Westport Animal Shelter Advocates would like to thank all the wonderful Westport residents that nominated their dog for Westport’s Top Dog. Your entry fee donation will go a long way to ensure that Westport Animal Control remains a no kill, independent, compassionate and responsive facility for the lost and homeless dogs in Westport.
Congratulations to the winners. Featured here are the top finalists. In addition, the following dogs will be included in our WASA fundraising calendar which will be available soon: Ringo Hickson, Cody Haberstroh, Lillie Rosenkrantz, Floyd Daffan, Lucy Bergmann, Molly Ashman, Chloe Longacre, Sandy Griffin, Sandy Reitano and Bernie and Joba Marden.
For those dogs that didn’t make the calendar this year, your family knows that no contest will ever determine their Top Dog. It’s you!
OTIS – Westport’s Top Dog
Our rescue dog Otis is intelligent and handsome. On our daily walks through the streets of Westport many comment he is gorgeous and gentle. An eighty pound dog with big, sweet, brown eyes. Otis very similar to the famous “Balto”; striking, majestic and a lifesaver. In our home for only two days, our non barking dog barked like crazy toward the backyard. An investigation by the fire department declared an electrical fire outside which nearly ignited the gas line nearby. We are grateful Otis is good looking, smart and a helpful dog. Otis is the man! – submitted by Sam Hammer
WRIGLEY and SABRINA – 2nd place (tie)
Our dogs nominate the dogs in the Westport Animal Control as “Top Dogs of Westport”. Put their pictures in the newspaper and calendar to give them a better chance to get adopted. 
dogs-a-barking. Except for one..in the bottom right. Our eyes fall upon a mellow beagle just minding his own business. We immediately fall in love. After the adoption papers are signed and we’ve bought enough doggie products from Pet Smart to properly welcome this new fella into our home, we are on our way. A heart murmer, skin cancer, midnight emergency room trips for what turned out to be “reverse sneezing” (a common beagle affliction), a few ultrasounds, hundreds of miles walked and sniffed and lastly, so much love later, Jack is snoring loudly at my feet as I write this. A refined gentleman who looks like he should have a martini and a cigar, he has brought so much love and happiness to me in 5 short years. I beg all who read this to consider adopting/rescuing a dog in need. Jack came from the streets of South Carolina to our home in Westport. Hope he thinks it is worth the long journey.
-submitted by Caitlin F. O’Malley
MOCHA – 3rd place (tie)
To boast of Haley without bragging
Might be a task beyond my reach.
Her head held high, her tail a-wagging
at Winslow Park or Compo Beach,
many remark: “What grace! What poise!
That jet black dog with white-tipped paws!
What breed is she? A lab? A hound?
But I can’t say; she’s from the pound
where, admidst the yapping fray she sat,
head tipped, she silently spoke to me:
“I’m top dog, take me home, you’ll see!”
Nine years it’s been, our routine down pat:
For walks, or food, or to go to bed
She simply sits, and tilts her head.
-submitted by Kerith Harding
