La Jolla Loves Pets Foundation
501(c)(3) Nonprofit
For dogs lost. For dogs waiting. From dogs already home.
🐾 The La Jolla Mutt Strut & Scavenger Hunt is BACK 🐾
Saturday, June 20, 2026 · 11 AM – 2 PM
Sotheby’s Plaza (1111 Prospect St.) · La Jolla Village
A free community celebration co-hosted with the La Jolla Village Merchants Association.
Grab your scavenger hunt map at check-in, stroll through La Jolla Village with your dog, collect letters at participating businesses, solve the puzzle, and win prizes along the way — plus surprises and giveaways at every stop. Dogs welcome, kids welcome, leashes welcome — bring everyone you love.
The event is free — but every Mutt Strut raises money for a cause. This year, we’re going all in for one extraordinary woman.
OUR 2026 BENEFICIARY: BABS FRY
Babs Fry has spent the last decade reuniting San Diego’s lost dogs with their families. She doesn’t charge a dime — she just shows up. The Today Show, KPBS, Fox 5, and NBC 7 have all profiled her. She just got named the 2025 San Diego Remarkable Woman.
This year, La Jolla Loves Pets is going ALL IN for Babs. 80% of net proceeds go directly to her nonprofit, A Way Home for Dogs. The remaining 20% funds future La Jolla Loves Pets Foundation events. No one at LJLPF takes a salary — every event is run by volunteers.
AND THIS YEAR — WE’RE DOING SOMETHING NEW
For the first time ever, one La Jolla dog will be chosen to represent Mutt Strut 2026 with their own banner hanging in La Jolla Village all of November.
The dog whose family raises the most money for Babs’s mission wins. The banner is theirs to keep forever.
It’s called Top Dog ’26. Sign up your pup, rally your friends and family, and watch the donations add up — even $10 gifts go a long way. 20 friends giving $10 is $200 toward your dog’s total. Your dog could go down in La Jolla history.
❤️For dogs lost. For dogs waiting. From dogs already home.❤️
More Than Just Fundraising
We’re the bridge between La Jolla’s generous pet-loving community and the local rescues working tirelessly to save lives. Through fun, engaging events, we create new funding streams that wouldn’t exist otherwise.
We proudly donate 80% of our net proceeds directly to animal rescue partners, while reinvesting 20% to grow our impact and host even more fundraising events.
How We Create Impact
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Highlights from previous La Jolla Loves Pets Foundation events
About Us
Our Mission and Vision
Mission: To unite our pet-loving community through fun events that raise funds for animal rescues and local pet charities.
Vision: Creating positive impact for animals in need while fostering joyful connections between pets and people in La Jolla.
How You Can Help
La Jolla Loves Pets Foundation
EIN 88-3926343
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Mailing address: 6529 Caminito Catalan, La Jolla, CA 92037
(214)-235-5301 – Call or Text
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