NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – The Bay Area Pet Fair & Adoptathon will be held in San Rafael on Saturday, Oct. 5, and Sunday, Oct. 6.

The free event, which organizers say will feature the most adoptable pets ever in one spot, will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days at the Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, in San Rafael.

The Bay Area Pet Fair and Adoptathon will have more than 1,000 puppies, dogs, kittens, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, roosters and more available for adoption.

Lake County Animal Services is taking lots of orphans from the Orphan Dog Ranch, including tiny little Apollo; brothers Duck and Loon, two very calm and loving little doxie mixes; Jenna, a German Shepard mix; and Teddy, a Pekinese pug.

In addition to the LCAS Orphan Dogs, nearly every Northern California pet adoption and rescue organization will be there with pets that need forever homes. Some of these pets have been in the shelter for months.

The goal is for 600 pets to get a new home (last year they adopted 544 pets over the weekend).

For every pet adopted, $50 will be donated to the adopting group and each adopting family will get a $25 Pet Food Express gift card.

In addition to adoptions, there are all kinds of activities/entertainment for people and their pets, including Tillman the skateboarding bulldog; Splash Dogs will offer a dog dock-diving where the public’s dogs can jump in, compete and get wet; Bay Area police K-9 teams demos; dozens of pet treat, food, apparel and accessory vendors will have great giveaways; kids area with face painting, balloons and more; and live music with KFOG.

Bring a dog, cat or critter on a leash, please.

Visit www.bayareapetfair.org for more information.

For more information about Lake County Animal Services, visit http://www.lakecountyanimalservices.org/ .