{"id":243219,"date":"2010-02-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/tails-of-the-city-barks-and-recreation\/"},"modified":"2010-02-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-22T08:00:00","slug":"tails-of-the-city-barks-and-recreation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/tails-of-the-city-barks-and-recreation\/","title":{"rendered":"Tails of the City: “Bark”s and Recreation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colas de la ciudad<\/p>\n

por Peggy Scott<\/p>\n

Columnista SDUN<\/p>\n

\u201cBark\u201ds and recreation<\/p>\n

\"Tails<\/a>This Sunday\u2019s organ concert in Balboa Park will certainly strike a chord with animal lovers, and a festival at Liberty Station on Feb. 28 will have feet \u2013 whether you have two or four \u2013 hitting the street for a day of doggie-dedicated fun.<\/p>\n

Music aficionados attending \u201cBark in Balboa Park 4,\u201d starting at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Spreckels Organ Pavilion, won\u2019t be hearing \u201cKitten on the Keys,\u201d but San Diego Civic Organist Dr. Carol Williams\u2019 program will include several critter-centric tunes. Tap your toes to the \u201cTiger Rag\u201d and \u201cAlligator Crawl\u201d and ponder: just how much IS that doggie in the window? Pets and their human pals can even take part in the Dog Parade across the stage. The concert is free, but donations will be accepted and go to a great cause \u2013 the San Diego Humane Society.<\/p>\n

Helping animals is as near and dear to Williams\u2019 heart as is song. \u201cI started \u2018Bark in Balboa Park\u2019 four years ago,\u201d explained Williams, who has an Airedale named Ambush. \u201cWhen I was in England, I used to do fundraisers for the RSPCA. I just adore animals!\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with the concert, Bark in Balboa Park offers the chance to find your new best friend \u2013 the Humane Society will be on site with mobile adoptions. For more information, visit sosorgan.com.<\/p>\n

The word on the street \u2013 The Second Annual Doggie Street Festival, actually \u2013 is that canines are cool and deserve their own daylong celebration. Running from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 28 at Preble Field in Liberty Station in Point Loma, this pooch party aims to raise awareness of pet adoption options \u2013 and have fun with Fido at the same time (dogs must keep their humans on leash at all times). The festival\u2019s rockin\u2019 \u201chouse band,\u201d the Koalas, will keep things upbeat throughout the day as more than 30 breed-specific rescue groups and shelters seek to make a love connection between people and homeless pets. Attendees can find out how not to \u201clitter\u201d from SNAP (Spay Neuter Action Network), check out doggie-and-me workouts with Leash Your Fitness, flip for a demonstration by San Diego Gymnastics and groove to the Paul Green School of Rock House Band.<\/p>\n

The day also offers a kids\u2019 art area, auctions of works from the Doggie Street Festival Original Art Project as well as gift baskets, vendor and food booths, and the chance to get a photo taken with your furry friend by famed photographer Michelle C. D. Mueller. The festival is also featuring an \u201cAsk a Pet Professional\u201d booth, where seven experts will answer your questions, one-on-one, about issues such as training, behavior, spaying and neutering, and pet health.<\/p>\n

You can even \u201cbrush up\u201d on the basics, starting with those pearly whites! While it is estimated that 80 percent of people brush their teeth every day, far fewer pet owners scrub their pets\u2019 choppers. Pet Dental Health Month, celebrated every February, teaches pet owners that proper dental hygiene is equally as important for their pets\u2019 overall health. Take a bite out of \u201cgrime,\u201d anyone? Visit petdental.com for more information.<\/p>\n

For the scoop about the Second Annual Doggie Street Festival, visit doggiestreetfestival.org.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tails of the City By Peggy Scott SDUN Columnist \u201cBark\u201ds and recreation This Sunday\u2019s organ concert in Balboa Park will certainly strike a chord with animal lovers, and a festival at Liberty Station on Feb. 28 will have feet \u2013 whether you have two or four \u2013 hitting the street for a day of doggie-dedicated […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":243220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11555","_seopress_titles_title":"Tails of the City: \"Bark\"s and Recreation","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11551,11555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-uptown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}