Join us at T.Y. Park for Wienerfest 2023. Vendors, Food and Wiener Competitions.
Lucky Dogs Will Be Running as a Pay-Per-Run Event.
Day of Event
Bark in the Park 2023, celebrating 36 years, will be held in-person on Saturday, February 11, 2023 at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park in Downtown Tampa. Bark in the Park is Tampa's favorite dog and family-friendly festival, featuring adoptable animals, fun activities for dogs, vendor booths, food trucks, drinks, music, and the one-mile Walk for the Animals charity walk down the Riverwalk.
Location
Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park | 600 N. Ashley Drive, Tampa, FL, 33602
Parking
Downtown Tampa offers a variety of parking garages, flat lots and street parking near Curtis Hixon Park. Most parking options require an hourly fee.
Day of Experiences
Walk for the Animals: a one-mile charity walk along Tampa's Riverwalk between Curtis Hixon Park and USF Park. The walk takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. Those who create/join a fundraising Pack or fundraise as a Lone Wolf are automatically registered for the walk. Those interested in registering separately can do so for a $25 registration fee that also includes an event t-shirt.
Lucky Dogs Will Be Running as a Pay-Per-Run Event.
EDGEfest Pet-A-Palooza on Saturday, March 18, 2023 at Rotary Park (902 West Park Avenue) from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
There will be plenty of fun pet related contests, games and lots of pet resources and vendors on hand. You may even find a forever friend at one of the many rescue organizations who will be represented. There will be food, music and probably a good deal of barking! Mark your calendar and bring your four legged friends (on a leash, of course).
Does your dog instinctively want to run and chase bunnies or squirrels or leaves or birds or.....? Then it is probably a good candidate for Lure Coursing, a great way for your dog to run and play safely at a game it loves!
Lure Coursing uses an artificial lure attached to a line, going at speeds of up to 60 miles an hour across an open field following a pattern that is meant to simulate live prey. Lucky Dogs Lure Coursing has taken this sport, and scaled it down in size in order to expose more people to this amazing sport. We have developed our own line of Lure Coursing Equipment which utilizes a closed-loop continuous system. Our variable speed controller can accommodate any and all levels of athleticism and our equipment can scale up or down to almost any sized yard or field, we can even run Indoors! With the ability to change the direction of the lure at the tip of your finger, you always have the ability to go back and get the attention of any dog your working with, or just reverse the course and reverse the fun!
Lucky Dogs believes all dogs deserve a chance to experience this wonderfully fun activity. A well-exercised dog is healthier, better-behaved and just makes life easier for everyone. Lure Coursing is a great way for your dog to get the exercise it needs and have a blast doing it.
Whether Indoors or Outdoors, our custom designed equipment is completely portable and quick to set-up. Lucky Dogs Lure Coursing will come out to your venue, festival or event location, set-up the Lure Coursing Machine, and install temporary fencing if necessary. We suggest an area of a 100' X 100', but a smaller course would be fine for smaller-breed dogs. We bring everything you need to host the most exciting doggie gathering ever, all you have to do is provide the dogs! We are always a hit at outdoor festivals, concerts and other pet based events because we provide a FULLY INTERACTIVE EVENT for the attendee's dogs to participate in! Yes your guest's furry friend becomes the center of the show!
For more information please click below and give us a brief description of your event and we would love to help you host the best outing your group has ever had!
The sport of lure coursing is rapidly increasing in popularity, and once you’ve taken a look at this activity in action you will know why.
Lucky Dogs builds equipment to bring this sport to more people on a more accessible scale. Our equipment is tough, but it is not intended for full 600 Yard AKC pulls. There is equipment out there for that, and it is some awesome engineering, but it is a bit pricey, bulky and heavy for your average enthusiast. Our Equipment is on a scale intended for trainers, rescue groups, boarding facilities, festivals and personal enthusiasts to practice, train and entertain!
Our equipment is designed to meet our demanding needs, and when running in a 250 Yard course, the machine consistently runs at 58+MPH, faster if you have ideal conditions! Many of you have seen us as we run all over the country with our equipment and we require a machine that can run all day long, consistently and smoothly across all performance levels and never overheat no matter what the temperature.
Combine these requirements along with the same rigid standards applied to materials and hardware we selected for each component and Lucky Dogs Lure Coursing created a machine to be proud of.
We give you "Reddy" The Machine.