Pinon Elementary School student Ellen White’s winning 2024 Dog Jog design. Courtesy/Ginger Young 

Young artist Ellen White with her grandpa’s dog, Ella. Courtesy/Ginger Young

Dog Jog News:

Ellen White, a 6th grade student at Pinon Elementary School in White Rock, is this year’s winner of the Dog Jog Logo contest. 

Her drawing will be the official logo for this year’s Dog Jog event and she will receive a free t-shirt featuring her artwork. Talent obviously runs in the family – Ellen’s older sister Anna won the Dog Jog logo contest in 2019. The winners are chosen on the basis of artistic merit, creativity and originality.  

The other young artists recognized this year include a 2nd place tie by Karina Cai and Ferrin Bullock-Jenson. Another tie, for 3rd place this year, goes to Evelyn Stupka and Olivia Connor-Lee. We want to thank all of our young artists for their talent and enthusiasm.

The 2024 Los Alamos Dog Jog will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 27 at Rover Park in White Rock. For more information, visit our website. We hope to see you there. To save $5, pre-register by Sunday April 7 – send your registration form and payment to Dog Jog Registrar at 155 Monte Rey S., Los Alamos, NM 87547.

Dogs, of course, not only get to participate for free, they get a special doggie prize at the finish line. The 2024 Dog Jog offers both a timed 5K course and a non-competitive 2-mile walk. And we will be holding to our very fun post-race prize ceremony. We will have prizes for fastest doggie finishers and for cutest ears, best wag, and many other fine doggie characteristics.

You can get entry forms at Ridgeview Veterinary Hospital or download one at www.lafos.org.  And we will have day-of registration starting at 8:10 a.m. at Rover Park. All participants will get a t-shirt with Ellen’s whimsical and charming design!