Hello Hikers, welcome to Hiking Hounds!

Hiking Hounds is a monthly group hike with our shelter dogs, happening the last Sunday of each month from May to September! Enjoy the outdoors, give our pups some love, and help them shine outside the shelter.

This month, we will be hiking Phipps Park Trail! A moderate trail spanning 2.5 miles with a few hills and beautiful scenery.

Please keep in mind the dogs able to participate in the hike are limited to our population and the well-being of the animals. Not every Adoptable dog will be eligible to hike and not every hiker may be able to walk a dog for the entire duration of the hike.

Participants should meet at the shelter at 8AM. The hikes will take place once per month on Sunday through early Fall and we will try to go to a different trail head each month.  We will provide you with a crate for transport but you may forego using the crate at your own discretion. Understand the crate is for your safety and theirs. Dog will be loaded in the vehicle and we will all leave together to the trailhead.

Participants should be at least 16 years old. Parent/child duos are able to participate but the adult should be in control of the leash at all times during the hike. The dog must ride in a crate for transport if there is a child in the vehicle. Children accompanying an adult must be at least 10 years old.

Spots are limited, so make sure to get signed up Here