Howlin' Hound Trick or Treat/ Pet Parade 2024. Hosted by Cakehound with help from German Village Society benefitting Stop the Suffering.
$40 vendor fee. Payment / signup deadline: Oct. 1st. After October 1st the fee will increase to $50. No vendors/ trick or treat spots accepted after October 15th. There are only 15 business slots available so if you're interested please sign up ASAP. Your responsibility: share event on social media, and hand out provided treats on the day of the event. Cakehound will be sharing the participating businesses periodically on social media; if you have something specific you'd like me to highlight let me know, otherwise content is chosen at random.
We would greatly appreciate costume contest prize donations. There will be 3 total prize collections. Anything you can spare (1, 2, or 3 items) would be amazing!
Sunday October 27th from 12-3pm. Check in for the event will be at 12 noon, and 1:00pm, with check in closing at 2:00 pm. Folks will have until 3:00pm to complete the route. (I have sign ups in two blocks to reduce bottle necking and spread the folks out a bit. Tickets for the event will be posted online through www.thecakehound.com, with $3 per ticket donated to Stop The Suffering.
We've consistently sold out for both Howlin' and Hoppin' Hound events for the last 3 years, with over 200 dogs in attendance each time. This is a great opportunity to introduce your business to new customers and remind previous shoppers how amazing you are.
Dogs will check in with Cakehound and Stop the Suffering volunteers at the corner of Jaeger and Deshler, collect a map of participating locations and bag to collect their treats, then head out into the village.
If you don’t have staff to distribute the treats, you are welcome to leave them at your front door- but people do tend to get greedy, unfortunately. Each dog gets 2 cookies. Strategy at Cakehound is to have the treats back at the sales counter, so folks have to walk into the store, which means they're more likely to purchase something.
Treats: all treats will be provided by Cakehound. They are themed Halloween / fall cookie cutouts (witches, pumpkins, bats, etc. ).
If you have any questions please or know someone who wants to participate please email Teresa at thecakehoundllc@gmail.com