Home Run Dog Park Blog
BATTLE JACKS DOG COACH TRYOUTS
Does your dog have what it takes to be a baseball coach? Not sure? Bring them to the tryouts! Challenges to work with your dogs on before the event: Arguing with the Umpire Challenge: Can you get your dog to leave the dugout, run up to an umpire and run…
Get Ready for Howl-O-Ween Pawty 2021!
It is October again, and the leaves are falling! What is even more exciting is that the Howl-O-Ween Pawty is fast approaching! This year we will have the same great categories of events, with a new theme of ‘Doggie Comic Con’. This means it is suggested costumes be focused on comic books…
Puppy Plunge 2021
On September 11th, 2021 the Home Run Dog Committee and the members of the Friends of Calhoun County Dog Park facebook group participated in the Puppy Plunge at Full Blast Waterpark. Every year on the last day of the Full Blast Waterpark season the city of Battle Creek parks and…
Festival of the Dogs 2021!
On August 21st, 2021 we held our second annual Festival of the Dogs event at the Home Run Dog Park. We held field day competitions in categories from obedience, ball chase & return, agility bars, etc.! It was a great turnout! Watch the video of the event here: The event…
Volunteer Maintenance Days!
On May 1st and on July 24th this year in 2021, the Home Run Dog Park Committee organized volunteer maintenance days at the dog park. This years projects included repairing the soil in an area across from the pavilion, and planting new grass seed. This area was fenced off for…
Home Run Dog Park Dance Pawty!
On June 5th, 2021, the Home Run Dog Park held a fundraising event called the Dance Pawty! We invited people to come out to dance with their dogs, play in the water and celebrate Spring! The event also featured vendors selling dog products, the Home Run Dog Park merchandise booth…
Home Run Dog Park Videos
We have begun a new project to create videos of the fun at the Home Run Dog Park in the last few months. Recently at the end of January we sent a message out on Social media for an impromptu Snow Pawty, which several people turned out for. In the…
Dog Licensing Around the USA
At the Home Run Dog Park, it is required that all dogs using the park have a current dog license from the City of Battle Creek, Calhoun County or the municipality or state their dog owners are coming from. The dog when licensed will be issued a metal tag to…
The Woof Board Unveiled
At the Howl-O-Ween Pawty held at the Home Run Dog Park on October 31st, we unveiled a new bulletin board in the pavilion which is called appropriately The Woof Board. The new board was donated by the family of Larry Kaiser, who passed away this past summer. Larry was a…
K-9 Demo for Skube
At the Howl-O-Ween Pawty held on October 31st, part of the event schedule was a special K-9 Demonstration by the Battle Creek Police Department. The weekend event was partially a fundraiser for the project to acquire Skube as a new dog for the K-9 Unit. Skube is a Belgian Malinois,…