With a peanut-butter eating contest, costumed pups and giveaways for adults and kids alike, the Garrett Fifield Memorial Mutt Strut continued to grow into its fourth year.

Amy Fifield, the Humane Society Office Manager who organizes the annual event, said the Mutt Strut has grown exponentially, quintupling its number of sponsors and seeing nearly 200 people pre-register for the Saturday event at Butler Memorial Park.

It's a long way since it began as a way to remember Garrett Fifield, Amy's late son whom she described as an animal lover.

“We put on the event to get through his 16th birthday, and we've kept it going,” Fifield said.

Over the years it's expanded, adding peanut-butter eating and costume contests, bringing in kid-specific giveaways and attracting more and more guests.

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