Dogabunga! It’s time for a beach fest for Bowser! The K9 Fest Tour is planting its umbrella at Rosie’s Dog Beach on Saturday and Sunday, September 13 and 14, and there’s bound to be a lot of photo ops for your album. Dog-oriented events and games will include the Dog Diving Competition, SUP with your PUP (that’s stand-up paddleboarding), and “digging for treasure.” There will also be a beverage garden, exhibitors and vendors. Dogs will be available for adoption, so check out all the Frankies and Annettes to share your blanket with!
Dock-diving at K9 Fest
Admission’s free, and all well-behaved dogs are welcome. The City of Long Beach requires that all dogs be on-leash when they are not on Rosie’s Dog Beach, which is adjacent to the event. More information is available here. Rosie’s Dog Beach is located at Ocean Boulevard and Granada Avenue in Belmont Shore.
Virtually Pets
Gelson’s Market is having its monthly pet adoption this Sunday, featuring three organizations offering pets for adoption. All have been spayed or neutered and are up-to-date on vaccinations. Here are a couple of the candidates:
Charlie, 7-year-old male, Long Beach Animal Care Services, ID#A530977
Big smile from Rudy, young male pug/pinscher mix from West Coast Animal Rescue
Sundance, orange-and-white male domestic shorthair tabby from Long Beach Spay and Neuter Foundation
Pet Projects
Pet Adoption Day, Sunday, Sept. 14, Gelson’s Market, 6225 E. 2nd St. (and PCH0, Long Beach 11AM–3PM
Get out your shopping list and write new BFF on it. Gelson’s Supermarket Long Beach is again co-hosting Pet Adoption Day, featuring pets from all-volunteer rescue organizations West Coast Animal Rescue and Long Beach Spay and Neuter Foundation. Long Beach Animal Care Services will be there with adoptable pets from our shelter. Gelson’s will be supply free samples from their pet partners and will give away a free reusable bag and store coupons with any donation to these groups.
Dog Wash to Benefit Friends of Long Beach Animals, Saturday, Sept. 20, Centinela Feed and Pet Supplies, 4700 E. PCH, Long Beach 9AM–6PM
No matter how scruffy he or she is, your dog will benefit from this sudsy fund-raiser for Friends of Long Beach Animals (FOLBA), and so will the many shelter and rescue animals that FOLBA has helped and continues to help. Each wash is $15, and all proceeds benefit FOLBA.
19th Annual Wag n’ Walk Benefitting the Animal Care Center, Saturday, Sept. 27, Eisenhower Park at Seal Beach Pier, Main Street and Ocean Boulevard, Seal Beach, 9 AM–2PM. Registration Information Online
Join Grand Marshall Justin Rudd and his dog, POTUS, in supporting the animals in residence at the Seal Beach Animal Care Center! Bring your two- and four-legged friends to stroll through Seal Beach and enjoy our animal expo, with fun for the entire family! Register online, or just come for the fun!
Holiday Bone-anza, Sunday, Nov. 16, Good Neighbor Park, 2800 Studebaker Rd., Long Beach, 10AM–5PM
Celebrate our new dog park and help raise money for water lines into the park. Friends of El Dorado, with the help of their sponsors, will be bringing in holiday snow to play in, and there will be a DJ, a raffle and a silent auction, face painting, elves (eek!) and food trucks. Pet contests will entertain in a number of categories—find the info here. Join the fun!