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Superhero Dog Festival

Saturday, October 14 • 11 am - 2 pm

On the grounds of Doylestown Hospital

Rain Date: 10/21/23 11 am - 2 pm


Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Doylestown Hospital

A festival of fun for dog-loving adults and kids

Dog/Human Partnerships: Performance, Happiness, and Health

Performances & How-to’s: Canine athletes, entertainers, public safety heroes, and healers

Insights for mutual well-being from dog trainers, medical, veterinary, and fitness experts

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

11:00
Navy K-9 team

11:15
How Dogs Heal:
Roxy Therapy Dogs/Sharon Fleck

11:30
Frisbee Dogs: Featuring Tom & Shane Williams

12:00
Central Bucks Regional Police Department K-9 Unit

12:15
How to Become a Therapy Dog:
Comfort Caring Canines/Gina Zebley

12:30
Parade for
humans in Superhero or Dog costumes (or tee shirts)

1:00
Eyes of a Dog:
Dr. Shelby Reinstein/Vet Vision Center & Captain Terry Christensen with Guide Dog Twain

1:15
Search & Rescue: Tom Boland & Bull’s Eye with Canine Emergency Search and Rescue 345

1:30
Conformation & Tricks

Throughout the Event: 11 am - 2 pm

  • Puppy Yoga: Downward dog & more with adorable Wags

  • Rescue pups training for adoption & YMCA’s Health and Wellness Director

  • Therapy Dogs: Interact and get your picture with therapy dogs

  • Ask the Dog Whisperer: Solutions to vexing dog dilemmas like how to convince your dog to walk nicely on a leash

  • Ask the Canine Fitness Wizard: Dog walk fitness, exercise, and stretching with your best friend

  • Dog/Human Mutual Well-Being: Insights from Doylestown Health

  • DJ promises to play “Who let the dogs out” only once

  • Exhibitors: products, services, and helpful info and ideas for dog lovers, plus dog-inspired art

  • Kids activities, free Superhero capes and more

  • Check out a search & rescue drone, fire truck, police squad car, ambulance

  • The Doghouse: Food & drinks via donation to Scholarship Fund for Doylestown Health Teen Volunteers

Only dogs are performers and exhibitors. Please leave your pet dog at home.

Have fun and collect swag as well as hundreds of ideas to be happy, healthy, and safe with your dog in celebration of Doylestown Hospital’s 100th anniversary.

Free admission

Kindly bring a donation for Bucks County SPCA &/or the New Britain Food Pantry.

Donation wish lists and more event details on dh100.org

Earlier Event: October 7
Reading Goes to the Dogs
Later Event: November 11
Reading Goes to the Dogs