We can’t wait to see you at our Pleasant Forever Anniversary Prom. After ten years of operation, we are celebrating Forever A Pleasant Dog with a prom with dancing, fun dog sport try-its, portraits by Amy Carroll Photography, creative grooming, and of course a dance floor for you and your dog. Dress for the occasion. Prom attire for humans is required. Refreshments will be served. Adults and kids 13 and up only please. This event is open house style.
Who: Ages 13 and up
Where: At A Pleasant Dog! 1430 Knapp St NE Grand Rapids
When: 5pm - 9 pm
Attire: Formal/Prom
Additional Info: Dogs welcome! Please Read House Rules Below if you plan to bring your furry friend!
All dogs must be vaccinated and have clean fecals, but we are working on the honor policy for the first time in Pleasant Dog history. Don’t heck it up please. We will pull this car over and tell your father.
One dog per handler please.
Don’t let your dogs greet on leash.
Prom is a lot for neurodivergent dogs. Please leave your reactive dogs at home. We’ll have special take home party favors for them. If you think your dog might not have a good time, please leave them at home.
Hoomans Age 13 and up only please.
Please respect body autonomy. Ask before petting someone else’s dog.
Please be kind and Pleasant.
Please keep noise to a minimum. Our neighbors thank you in advance.
Please clean up after your dog. The Humble Hound will be joining us for the evening, but please keep your dog’s business to our property.
There may be peanut products on hand. Please plan accordingly.
We reserve the right to ask you to mosey on home if you can’t follow the rules or if your dog is not loving prom. If the latter, you can always come back later.
Our parking lot is small, but you can also park at the farmhouse across the street. follow the signs!
Our Prom is both a celebration of our ten years of A Pleasant Dog and a fundraising effort to support our ongoing research to improve the lives of animals and their people. Your donation will be used to support our research and/or our scholarship program, which provides free and reduced-cost training to underserved populations.
Please consider a donation for your Prom ticket to support our efforts!
$29 will provide one hour of a senior researcher’s time to improve the quality of life of dogs and cats and their people
$49 will provide one half hour of training to a veteran or family living below the poverty line
$99 will provide one private lesson to a veteran or family living below the poverty line
$149 will provide one kid’s camp, attendance or group presentation on dog safety to the community
$199 will provide a six week group class attendance to a veteran or family living below the poverty line
$249 will provide a behavior consultation for aggression or severe anxiety to a veteran or a family living below the poverty line
$499 will provide five research hours with our whole study team; or an initial behavior session, two follow ups, and a skill drill to a veteran or family living below the poverty line
$999 will provide ten service dog coaching sessions to a veteran or disabled person training their own service dog
Our gym will be transformed into a resplendent discotheque where you can dance your best dance with your dog, featuring hits from all eras, from 50's sockhop to 80's rock to Taylor Allison Swift!
Amy Carroll will be on hand to take your prom photo with your dog.
Freestyle is a sport where you do fun heelwork to music and dance with your dogs. Our very own Gin Brophy will be teaching different dances including:
6:00-6:20 Taylor Swift Karma
6:30-6:50 Dirty Dancing Time of My Life from the movie!
7:00-7:20 Darius Rucker Wagon Wheel square dance
7:45-8:10 Taylor Swift Karma
8:20-8:40 Dirty Dancing Time of My Life from the movie!
8:45-9:00 Darius Rucker Wagon Wheel square dance
Nosework is a fun sport in which dogs learn to find certain essential oils using their noses. We will have a fun prom style nosework searches.
We will have searches for experienced dogs as well as novices.
Our Fear Free groomer, Alexa, will be offering creative grooming stencils and colorful grooming accents with temporary(ish) dye by OPawz while you treat your best friend through the experience. Note: if you are currently competing in AKC sporting events with your dog, you may wish to skip this part.
Some common questions!
- We will be using a Non-Toxic and Washable Pet Hair Dye by Opawz
- The color will show up best on light colored pet hair
- the color come out with soap and water
- In order to dye your pet they will need to be blow dried (Hair Dryer will be used to help dry) so if this will make them uncomfortable best to skip this!
- The color will Last up to Two weeks or until they are bathed or otherwise get wet (rain, snow etc)