Dogs of all sizes and breeds from throughout the area showed off their talents at Woofstock.The second annual Woofstock, held Aug. 25 at Diekroeger Park in Wright City, drew support for the future development of an animal shelter to serve Warren County. The spearheading group, Concerned Citizens for Animal Care (CCAC), raised around $3,000 toward the cause.This year’s event was similar to what was amassed at last year’s event.“We came to the event last year and wanted to support the cause,” said visitor Shelly Winter. “Now we’re back this year, and we’ve got a house full of dogs. I think this is a really important need for the community.”Event coordinator Katie Gorman says the group learned from last year’s experiences and decided to engage more competition this year with the inclusion of a wiener dog contest, trick contest and costume contest.“We feel like those were some of the biggest events for people to be involved in,” said Gorman. “We felt like we had really good involvement of everyone in attendance this year. The race really drew a lot of interest from around St. Louis.”The fastest wiener dog, Blue, came from Ballwin. Owner Julie Pearl says she and husband, David, learned about the event through Facebook.“It was the power of social media and word getting out,” said Julie. “We were looking for something to do, so we decided to come check it out and show our support.”Gorman says the raffles held inside the Heiliger Building were the biggest financial draw. CCAC also sold tie-dyed T-shirts to go along with the theme of “Groovy.”One addition this year was the presence of dogs for adoption.“We ended up getting so much traction from last year’s event that we actually have eight rescues here,” said Gorman. “That’s one thing we’ve really expanded on.”There was also the option for owners to get framed pet photos.Concerning the shelter, Gorman says CCAC is looking at other options beyond their original property.“We still own the property in west Warren County,” said Gorman. “We’ve been working on a few other opportunities, possibly working with the city of Warrenton. Potentially we’d be looking for some property closer to the city limits of Warrenton. We’ve also been talking to Five Acres Rescue in St. Charles, and they have some interest in expanding west this direction.”WOOFSTOCK