If you’ve been waiting to adopt a dog until the Charlottesville Albemarle SPCA tied their rock-bottom adoption rates with an rock ‘n’ roll theme, now is your chance to strike:
In 1946, the young Elvis Presley begged his parents for a .22 rifle or a bicycle, neither of which they could afford. As a compromise, his mother Gladys took the young Elvis to the Tupelo Hardware Company and bought him his first guitar, a 1940s Kay. The price? $12.95.
All January, the CASPCA celebrates that fateful hardware store transaction with a discount on the animals that would later make Elvis famous: Hound dogs. So drag your parents and get one from the local no-kill shelter for $12.95. (Dogs usually run from $50 to $100.) It’s cheap. If it isn’t cute, then—damn, what is?
The King.
