The Ear is still howling over the results from the SAND FLEA PET PARADE last Sunday on the Long Beach (Wash.) Peninsula, sponsored by the SOUTH PACIFIC COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY (http://beachpets.com).?Judges MIKE LITAWA, JANE HOLEMAN and MERRY SCHARFE must have had a difficult time. KELEIGH SCHWARTZ, president of SPCHS kindly sent the Ear the list of winners.

Best Costume: MOOSE and ZOE, pictured top left, owned by KATI PERO of Tacoma, Wash.

Pet/Owner Look-Alike: DAISY, pictured top right, with owner SCOTT GROSSMAN of Everett, Wash.

Biggest Paws: CISCO THE MALAMUTE, pictured bottom left, along with owner ARVO SUOMI, of Ocean Park, Wash. The Ear thinks this one was a shoe-in for the look-alike section, but big paws will work, too.

Beachiest Pet: NIKKI, with owners CHET KITENDAUGH and CONNIE CORK of Washougal, Wash.

The Donation Dog, deaf Great Dane LILLY, pictured bottom right, owned by KEITH SCHWARTZ of Long Beach, Wash., collected donations for the shelter.

You can see more puppy pulchritude at (http://sandsationslongbeach.com/photos)