We’ve got some fun October activities for your dog today! Can you believe it is already Halloween month? Boo! In case you didn’t recognize me, I’m the ghost with the treat basket pumpkin. Of course, I’m the shortest as always, but it doesn’t really bother me too much. So what fun stuff could you do with your pup this month? I’m listing general items as I don’t know specific dog friendly places other than here where I live.
Mind Your Manners
As with any activities you do with your dog, use common sense, and manners.
- Keep your pup on a short leash.
- Don’t let your dog jump on people.
- Make sure and potty your dog before you go into a place like an orchard or pumpkin patch. No peeing on apple trees or pumpkins.
- Bring bags along in case your dog has an accident so you can clean it up, and dispose of it properly.
- If it is warm out, bring water for your dog.
Bringing dogs into places is a privilege! Treat places you take your dog as if it is your Gramma’s home. If dogs are well behaved, and humans are good pet parents, we won’t lose the privilege of visiting these fun places.
Fun October Activities For Your Dog
1. The most popular thing to do, is to go to a pumpkin patch. Around here there are lots of dog friendly ones for us to visit. I went to my first one when I was about ten weeks old. The pumpkins were huge, but I was not afraid. This is Olivia’s first October, so we will be taking her to see lots of fall places.
2. Apple orchards are also a lot of fun, and are often dog friendly. Bailie and I have been to several of them in our area. Neither of us are into eating apples, so we leave the ones on the ground alone.
3. Hay rides can be loads of fun. What pup doesn’t enjoy a good ride with her fur blowing in the wind?
4. A corn maze is super interesting with all the smells! Don’t make the mistake my mom did with us. She figured being tracking dogs, we would get her through the maze with no trouble. Whoops! She forgot, to track, we need the scent of someone who went in and came back out. Yes, we three were lost in the maze for quite a while!
5. Garden stores often have fun Halloween and fall displays. If you have a dog friendly one in your area, stop by and do some shopping with your human. Maybe even take some cute photos?
6. Costumes and dogs – controversial! Does your dog enjoy dressing up, or does it stress her out? We love to dress up, so attending dog Halloween parties or greeting trick-or-treaters in costume is not a problem for us. Most dogs don’t enjoy dressing up. If your dog doesn’t like it, don’t do it – it will only cause a lot of stress for both of you.
Hope you like my list of fun October activities for your dog. Now we have to get started taking Olivia around to learn more about fall!
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I love the manners!!! Everyone should adhere to them. Great post!
So many people don’t use good manners and then they wonder why dogs are no longer allowed. Very frustrating.
All great advice and sounds like fun.
Now if the rain would stop, we could go out and have some fun!
oh that is the best month of da year and we will try to be well-bee-hived (sort of LOL)
No lifting your legs on things, boys. I’m sure you will find some good fun.
Oh how fun. I want to come along with you too.
What great advice on making sure you and your dog are doing things right. I’ve seen so many unruly dogs and it’s not the dogs fault. Being kind to others is a good thing.
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Have a fabulous Happy Tuesday. Scritches to all the pups. ♥
In this country, dogs don’t get out much like in other places like Europe, so they don’t learn how to properly behave and that ruins it for the rest of us. Humans need to help their pups learn some manners.
What an adorable little ghostest-with-the-mostest there at the top! And not a bit scarey!
Oh dear, I thought I was frightening! Oh well, I’m really a nice girl, so it is better to not be real scary.
All great advice! I (Benjamin) really like apples, so any that are on the ground are extra treats for me!!!
Mom’s dog Katie loved apples. She and Mom shared an apple every day Bailie told me. Since Katie passed, Mom hasn’t eaten any apples.
Lots and lots of fun! We are still working with Hachi so that he can do more stuff like you’ve talked about. Yesterday was our first hike on a busy trail with him… and he did okay with lots of counterconditioning.
Great advice all around!
At least with being so focused on Hatchi, you won’t ever be bored! Hopefully he will be able to get out and about more one of these days.
What a great post and we just adore the first picture where your eyebrows are sticking out of your ghost eyeholes☺
We had to make bigger holes so they fit, otherwise it was just the brows not the eyes!
What fun ideas! Fall is such a great time to get to do different things. Taking the dogs to apple orchards was always my favorite.
The activities all make for some good fall fun and human/dog bonding time.
Such a great post, good advise and super wonderful photos!!!
Thank you. We want everyone to get out and have some fun.
Those are fun things to do for the whole family, not just the pets. Enjoy!
This is true, but we focus on things for us pups. If pups can go, humans can go too, right?
What great ideas! We are going to be looking for some dog friendly pumpkin patches around here to visit this fall!
xoxo,
Rosy, Jakey & Arty
We hope the weather clears up so we can get out and do some fun stuff with Olivia.
Wonderful advice and fun photos!
Thank you.
We hope to visit a pumpkin patch!!
Hopefully our rain will finally stop so we can get out and do some fun things.