Dog Friendly Events
Charlotte has a lot of dog friendly events all year long but SouthPark Magazine wrote an article that could keep you and your dog busy all summer.
Charlotte has a lot of dog friendly events all year long but SouthPark Magazine wrote an article that could keep you and your dog busy all summer. Here is a link to their entire article. I'm highlighting a few that they mentioned here.
Waggle For Your Beer
Wednesdays at a different brewery in Charlotte. 6-7 p.m.
Meet up with fellow dog owners and help your pup get out some restless energy with free, guided 1.5-mile group dog walks (or runs!) in North End, Villa Heights, Plaza Midwood, Dilworth, or South End. Afterwards, owners and their pups are welcome to hang on their patios and take advantage of beer specials.
The line-up:
Wednesday, July 25: The Unknown Brewing Company
Wednesday, August 1: Sycamore Brewing
Wednesday, August 8: Free Range Brewing
Wednesday, August 15: Legion Brewing
Wednesday, August 22: The Unknown Brewing Company
Wednesday, August 29: NoDa Brewing Company
LIVE Under the Lights
Every Thursday night 7-10 p.m.
Sugar Creek Brewing, 215 Southside Dr, Charlotte, NC 28217
Head to Sugar Creek Brewing for live music every Thursday night until Sept. 27 on their newly-renovated, full-service patio. You and your pup can enjoy local bands playing everything from blues to southern rock while you throw back a cold one.
Bark in the Ballpark
Monday, July 16
Monday, August 27
7:04 p.m.
BB&T Ballpark, 324 South Mint Street, Charlotte, NC 28202
Take your dog out to the ballgame. During special Bark in the Ballpark nights, dogs are welcome to root for the home team along with their owners. Dogs get free entry, but their owners must purchase a game ticket.
Be sure to get your copy of SouthPark Magazine. Look them up and follow them on instagram and twitter too.
Most of the breweries in Charlotte are dog friendly. Do you frequent them? Do you have a favorite?
Pet Sitting Lesson #2
Lesson #2 See previous post in May entitled "Advice I Wish I Would've Been Given" for Lesson #1 (always have a shovel in your car.) Lesson #2: take more poop bags that you think you will need. There are several reasons for this:
1. Dogs that run always and I mean always poop. Sometimes twice. Must have at least 2 bags.
2. For this next point, how do I delicately say this? Messy poop sometimes requires more than 1 bag as I experienced yesterday and luckily I had an extra bag. I'm not so sure that it was even that the poop was messy, I just made a mess of it. I'm not sure how I would've continued the run carrying a messy bag. That's all the detail I'll go into :)
Dog running with Bentley
hahahahaha I still laugh when I think about him. We were running along and he was in front of me. All of the sudden he puts the brakes on and timidly approaches a statue of a polar bear that is a yard ornament. The reason this makes me laugh is (1) because it was funny and (2) Sloan used to do the same thing. There is a set of lions on Dilworth Road East (maybe West) that we'd run by and she would do the same thing. I've never seen another dog do it until today. hahahahaha!!! We had a good run. I checked his water bowls when we got back. They were both pretty full so I'm not sure how much water he'd had today. I dumped them out and refilled them with fresh water.
PS Whose turn is it to cut the lawn??? LOL
Dog Running with Buddy and Dog Walking with Sam
We have started a new routine in our house. I'm running with Buddy first thing in the morning and then coming back to get Sam and we all go for a walk. The walk is a nice cool down for Buddy and me and Sam of course loves it. Sam is not thrilled to be left at home but he actually does okay when we leave. If you've read my earlier posts, Sam does not do well in the heat and Sam gets hot very easily so no running for Sam Sam. If we have him in the yard and he gets excited and runs around like a crazy dog (you dog owners will know this behavior), inevitably he ends up barfing. He has always been sensitive to the heat even when he was younger. Both dogs will be pooped for the rest of the day! (At least until it is time for their afternoon walk and then they will both act like they are 2, not 9 and 11!)