Tuscaloosa’s repute as a dog-friendly city is rising, with Puppy Palooza set for April 20 at Midtown Village and an evening for pooches hosted by the University of Alabama baseball crew arising April 23.
Earlier this month, the Tuscaloosa Association of Realtors hosted Bark within the Park within the Will May Dog Park at Sokol Park.
The annual occasion included meals vans, dogs available for adoption, plenty of pet-themed distributors, a Ok-9 demonstration, a pet parade, T-shirts on the market and extra.
Bark within the Park is a fundraiser for the Will May Dog Park, which opened in 2013 as the primary enclosed canine park in Tuscaloosa County. Admission to the April 6 occasion was free, however donations have been accepted for the maintenance, upkeep and enchancment of the canine park.
The Will May Dog Park at 5901 Watermelon Road options fenced-in areas for small dogs and huge dogs, together with a coaching yard. The park is open from 6 a.m. till 9:30 p.m. each day, besides Thursday mornings when the park is closed for upkeep till midday.
Donations to the park can nonetheless be made at www.tcpara.org/donate.
Puppy Palooza
Puppy Palooza is scheduled for 11 a.m. till 2 p.m. April 20 at Midtown Village, 1800 McFarland Blvd. E.
“We are thrilled to host Puppy Palooza for the third yr in a row,” mentioned Hollyann Bemis, advertising affiliate at Crawford Square Real Estate Advisors, in a information launch. “It’s a implausible occasion that brings our neighborhood collectively to have a good time our four-legged buddies.”
The occasion is a profit for Metro Animal Shelter, which could have adoptable dogs on website.
This yr, Puppy Palooza will function greater than 20 distributors, together with stay music and actions for teenagers and actions for dogs.
There can even be a Ok-9 splash zone sponsored by the Tuscaloosa Kennel Club and Pet Supplies Plus..For extra data, go to midtownvillagetuscaloosa.com/events.
UA’s Bark on the Park
On April 23, the University of Alabama baseball crew will host Bark on the Park at Sewell-Thomas Stadium in the course of the Crimson Tide’s recreation towards Samford University.
The recreation will function a particular $15 ticket bundle that features admission for a fan and one canine buddy, an Alabama baseball chew toy and access to the “canine zone” space in Section AA, BB, A and B. Additional tickets on this bundle cost $2.
The particular “Bark on the Park” ticket bundle is restricted to 250 followers.
Season ticket holders who need to convey their canine can accomplish that with legitimate proof of their canine’s vaccinations by means of April 30. UA college students in the best subject terrace are additionally welcomed to convey their dogs, utilizing their exercise card to swipe in.
Each canine can be required to have proof of vaccinations and just one canine per person is permitted. Fans should additionally signal a waiver for his or her canine earlier than getting into the stadium.
The stadium can even have two designated grass areas for dogs to do their business: on the grass hill alongside the primary final analysis and behind the batter’s eye in middle subject.
First pitch is scheduled for six p.m. For extra particulars or to buy tickets, go to www.rolltide.com.
Reach Ken Roberts at [email protected].
