This weekend was packed full of dog fun!

Dachtoberfest At Washington Square Park, the Dachtoberfest gathering took place on Saturday.


FIDO Brooklyn held another Coffee Bark with guests from the Church of St. Thomas Aquinas who blessed the animals on Saturday.

Corris of the NYC Schnauzer Meetup group told us the Shih Tzu Meetup took place at Animal Haven SoHo.
Participants’ $8 fee per dog was contributed to Animal Haven’s shelter for homeless pets.
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The next Shih Tzu meetup (for Halloween) will take place on Sunday, October 29th at the Riverside Small Dog Run (72nd Street) at 1:00 pm.

The Yorkie Meetup also happened from 2-4 pm at Animal Haven.

Brooklyn Animal Foster Network hosted a luxury cruise that is just wrapping up right now. The $25 tickets benefited the homeless pets of NYC.
Although pets sat this cruise out, another Canine Cruise is in the works for September 2007.

At the Medieval Festival in Fort Tryon ParkMedieval Pug today, a pug even made a dutiful appearance for good show, as pugs were popular after William I of the Netherlands was saved by the watchful bark of his pet pug in 1572. (Read more history here.)


Animal Care & Control held an adoption event today at the Commerce Bank
(at 85th & 3rd Ave) from 12:00-5:00 pm.

BASHA (Big Apple Sighthound Association) ran lure coursing in Oyster Bay, NY, early in the AM.

Fall in NYC is a great time for pets!

(Dachtoberfest photo via Gretchen Holly’s Flickr page.
Shih Tzu Meetup photo from March 2006 via BabyOllieMom’s Flickr page.
Medieval Pug photo via Aoife City Womanchile’s Flickr page.)