PIE CHALLENGE

Event a smashing success

The Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter hosted its annual Pie Challenge on Tuesday, Dec. 3, an event aimed at encouraging dog adoptions. For every 10 dogs adopted, one pie was smashed in the face of shelter director Misty Valenta.

This year, the shelter expanded the challenge to include dogs who left through its Doggy Day Out program, foster care, partner organization pulls or were reunited with their families. The result was 30 pies — a significant increase from last year’s 17 pies — as the shelter reported 62 adoptions, 30 reunions, 16 partner pulls, 84 fosters and 37 Doggy Day Out participants.