{"id":387877,"date":"2026-07-27T16:52:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/387877\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T16:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:52:15","slug":"paddle-for-puppies-celebrates-15-years-of-lifesaving-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/387877\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddle for Puppies celebrates 15 years of lifesaving impact!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grab your paddle and get ready to make a difference. Paddle for Puppies is returning for its 15th year, bringing the Austin community together for a morning of fun on the water while raising money to save vulnerable puppies.<\/p>\n

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Paddle for Puppies celebrates 15 years of lifesaving impact!<\/p>\n

Aline Ferreira with Austin Subaru <\/a>and Mady Young with Austin Pets Alive! joined Sierra Waggoner on We Are Austin to share how the annual event helps support Austin Pet’s Alive!’<\/a>s Parvo ICU, one of the nation’s leading programs dedicated to treating puppies diagnosed with the highly contagious and potentially deadly parvovirus.<\/p>\n

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Aline Ferreira with Austin Subaru and Mady Young with Austin Pets Alive! joined Sierra Waggoner on We Are Austin to share how the annual event helps support APA!’s Parvo ICU, one of the nation’s leading programs dedicated to treating puppies diagnosed with the highly contagious and potentially deadly parvovirus.<\/p>\n

Paddle for Puppies<\/a> takes place on Saturday, August 9, from 6:45 to 10 a.m. on Lady Bird Lake. Participants can choose from paddleboards, single or tandem kayaks, and canoes while enjoying a morning filled with vendors, food trucks and even a DJ on the water. Every participant also receives a commemorative event T-shirt.<\/p>\n

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Paddle for Puppies celebrates 15 years of lifesaving impact!<\/p>\n

Aline Ferreira said the event has become a beloved Austin tradition over the past 15 years, bringing the community together for a fun morning that directly benefits puppies in need.<\/p>\n

“It is a huge event that we do every year, and we’re so proud to do it every year because it benefits puppies like Lark.”<\/p>\n

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Ferreira also shared why the partnership is so meaningful to Austin Subaru.<\/p>\n

“Austin Subaru has dedicated its entire business toward giving back to the community. Austin Pets Alive! has been a huge partner of ours for years. The goal isn’t about us\u2014it’s about how it benefits puppies and people. This whole event is about coming together for a great cause.”<\/p>\n

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Paddle for Puppies takes place on Saturday, August 9, from 6:45 to 10 a.m. on Lady Bird Lake. Participants can choose from paddleboards, single or tandem kayaks, and canoes while enjoying a morning filled with vendors, food trucks and even a DJ on the water. Every participant also receives a commemorative event T-shirt.<\/p>\n

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Grab your paddle and get ready to make a difference. Paddle for Puppies is returning for its 15th year, bringing the Austin community together for a morning of fun on the water while raising money to save vulnerable puppies.<\/p>\n

This year’s special guest was Lark, a two-month-old puppy and recent parvovirus survivor who had just tested negative the day before appearing on the show.<\/p>\n

Mady Young explained that puppies like Lark are exactly why Paddle for Puppies matters.<\/p>\n

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This year’s special guest was Lark, a two-month-old puppy and recent parvovirus survivor who had just tested negative the day before appearing on the show.<\/p>\n

“Lark is one of the puppies this fundraiser directly supports. She’s actually a parvo survivor. She just tested negative yesterday, she’s doing really well, and now she’s ready for her forever home.”<\/p>\n

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Young said every dollar raised supports Austin Pets Alive!’s Parvo ICU, which has treated more than 10,000 puppies since 2009.<\/p>\n

Young said every dollar raised supports Austin Pets Alive!’s <\/a>Parvo ICU, which has treated more than 10,000 puppies since 2009.<\/p>\n

\"{p}Mady<\/p>\n

Mady Young explained that puppies like Lark are exactly why Paddle for Puppies matters.<\/p>\n

“Our goal this year is to raise $25,000, and that money goes directly into the care and support needed for our Parvo ICU.”<\/p>\n

She also highlighted the program’s remarkable success.<\/p>\n

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Paddle for Puppies celebrates 15 years of lifesaving impact!<\/p>\n

“We have about a 90% save rate, which is really impressive because parvo is so deadly and contagious. This program has truly been a lifesaver.”<\/p>\n

\"{p}Paddle<\/p>\n

Paddle for Puppies takes place on Saturday, August 9, from 6:45 to 10 a.m. on Lady Bird Lake. Participants can choose from paddleboards, single or tandem kayaks, and canoes while enjoying a morning filled with vendors, food trucks and even a DJ on the water. Every participant also receives a commemorative event T-shirt.<\/p>\n

For anyone considering attending, Ferreira says the event offers everything people love about Austin while supporting an incredible cause.<\/p>\n

“Come out because it’s Austin. You’re going to be on the water, there will be adoptable puppies everywhere, and every bit of it benefits puppies like Lark. That’s why this event matters.”<\/p>\n

\"{p}Paddle<\/p>\n

Paddle for Puppies takes place on Saturday, August 9, from 6:45 to 10 a.m. on Lady Bird Lake. Participants can choose from paddleboards, single or tandem kayaks, and canoes while enjoying a morning filled with vendors, food trucks and even a DJ on the water. Every participant also receives a commemorative event T-shirt.<\/p>\n

Registration, event details and commemorative T-shirts are available now at PaddleForPuppies.com.<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"{p}Registration,<\/p>\n

Registration, event details and commemorative T-shirts are available now at PaddleForPuppies.com.<\/p>\n

Proceeds from the event help Austin Pets Alive!<\/a> continue providing lifesaving care to puppies battling parvovirus while giving more animals the chance to find loving forever homes.<\/p>\n

Thank you to Austin Subaru for your unwavering support check them out at austinsubaru.com<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grab your paddle and get ready to make a difference. Paddle for Puppies is returning for its 15th…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-387877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}