Sarasota, FL?

Ashi · 10-20-2009, 09:16 PM

Hi, I'm a new german shepherd owner. Anyone know of anything happenings around Sarasota, FL? =)

**JKlatsky** · 10-20-2009, 10:27 PM

I'm not sure what kinds of things you are looking for but...

There are lots of neat places to take your puppy in the area for socializing.

City Island Park is a fun walk, so is St. Armands Circle. Lots of people coming now into season. Especially foreign tourists. Have some Ben and Jerry's with your pup and people watch!

There's a PetsMart in the Landings plaza.

Venice Ave is a nice walk with lots of restuarants with outdoor seating. While you're down there, there is also a really great offleash dog beach.

There are a number of "paw parks"
http://www.sarasotafl.org/article/hound-heaven/

Humane Societys in the area are pretty active.
http://www.hssc.org/events.html
http://www.suncoasthumane.org/pages/events.cfm

As far as clubs...Once again. It depends on what your want.
For AKC type stuff...
You've got the Venice Dog Club with their big show coming up...
http://www.venicedogclub.org/

Sarasota Dog Training Club
http://sotcdogtraining.com/

There's also the local magazine.
http://www.sarasotapet.com/

If you're interested in Schutzhund at all it can be a hike, although not too bad at about an hour to hour and a half. (The fourth phase of Shcutzhund-driving!) South there is a group training in Punta Gorda. North in PLant City is where we go.

So lucky you!! You're in a very dog friendly area!

Ashi · 10-21-2009, 07:56 PM

Wow thanks for the tips and places. My dog, Edward is a sweetie, but he can be a little barky at the people around our condominium. I heard of this manatee country group training club online, I think I'm going to attend their seminar that is coming up in like 2 weeks and maybe get into some stuff with them =)

I'm gonna look into the things you posted. I live very near St. Armand's Circle, I've been afraid to take him there though cause I dunno how they'd react if he accidentally peed on the sidewalk! lol.

10-20-2009, 09:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ashi New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Florida, USA. Posts: 10	Sarasota, FL? Hi, I'm a new german shepherd owner. Anyone know of anything happenings around Sarasota, FL? =)

10-20-2009, 10:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
JKlatsky Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Riverview, FL Posts: 2,985	Re: Sarasota, FL? I'm not sure what kinds of things you are looking for but... There are lots of neat places to take your puppy in the area for socializing. City Island Park is a fun walk, so is St. Armands Circle. Lots of people coming now into season. Especially foreign tourists. Have some Ben and Jerry's with your pup and people watch! There's a PetsMart in the Landings plaza. Venice Ave is a nice walk with lots of restuarants with outdoor seating. While you're down there, there is also a really great offleash dog beach. There are a number of "paw parks" http://www.sarasotafl.org/article/hound-heaven/ Humane Societys in the area are pretty active. http://www.hssc.org/events.html http://www.suncoasthumane.org/pages/events.cfm As far as clubs...Once again. It depends on what your want. For AKC type stuff... You've got the Venice Dog Club with their big show coming up... http://www.venicedogclub.org/ Sarasota Dog Training Club http://sotcdogtraining.com/ There's also the local magazine. http://www.sarasotapet.com/ If you're interested in Schutzhund at all it can be a hike, although not too bad at about an hour to hour and a half. (The fourth phase of Shcutzhund-driving!) South there is a group training in Punta Gorda. North in PLant City is where we go. So lucky you!! You're in a very dog friendly area! __________________ Argos vom Eisernen Loewen VPG1, CGC, TC 3-3-07 Bianka vom Eisernen Loewen BH, CGC, TC 1-3-08 Cade vom Eisernen Loewen CGC 3-25-09 D'Artagnan (Tag) vom Eisernen Loewen 2-2-10 G Aiko von Burkndeiros SchH 3, IPO3, FH, TC, KKL2 9-17-02

10-21-2009, 07:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
Ashi New Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Florida, USA. Posts: 10	Re: Sarasota, FL? Wow thanks for the tips and places. My dog, Edward is a sweetie, but he can be a little barky at the people around our condominium. I heard of this manatee country group training club online, I think I'm going to attend their seminar that is coming up in like 2 weeks and maybe get into some stuff with them =) I'm gonna look into the things you posted. I live very near St. Armand's Circle, I've been afraid to take him there though cause I dunno how they'd react if he accidentally peed on the sidewalk! lol.

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