Dog About Town: Showing Off Your Tricks and More Things to Do

Expect to see even more tricks than usual at the 24th annual Dog Days celebration in Denton, which has the theme "It's Doggone Magic." This year's festivities include the ever-popular Glamfur Shots, a canine couture show, agility and lure courses and contests (costume, dancing, tricks, singing and more). They'll also have live entertainment, vendors, demos, adoptions and festival foods. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the North Texas Fairgrounds, 2217 N. Carroll Blvd. Dogs must be friendly, and leashes and vaccinations are required. Free admission, with pet food donations collected for the Denton Animal Shelter. For a schedule, go to dentondogdays.com.Also on the schedule•Sunstone FIT in Rockwall Village is offering doggy and kitty yoga sessions to raise money for Rockwall Pets, which will provide the four-leggers (available for adoption). Kitten yoga will be at 6:30 p.m. Friday, and puppy yoga will be at 8 p.m. Friday and 8 and 9:30 a.m. Saturday, all at Harry Myers Community Center, 815 E. Washington in Rockwall. Organizers recommend bringing a mat. $15. Reserve a spot by emailing the time you'd like to go to jade@rockwallpets.com. facebook.com/rockwallpets.•The Levitt Pavilion's fall concert series is continuing with the Quaker City Night Hawks on Friday, Sunny Sweeney on Saturday and Little Joe y La Familia on Sunday at Founders Plaza, 100 W. Abram St. in Arlington. All shows are at 8 p.m. The usual rules apply: Dogs must be leashed, well-behaved and cleaned up after. Free. levittpavilionarlington.org.•The Brazos Drive-in Theatre in Granbury is showing Halloween-inspired fare this month, and instead of charging they ask that anyone older than 15 buy a concession voucher for $5, which can be redeemed for a small drink and a small popcorn. Kids under 16 and dogs don't have to buy one. One movie is screened Thursdays, while Fridays and Saturdays you get a double feature, continuing with The Nightmare Before Christmas and Tremors on Friday and The Goonies and Tremors on Saturday. 1800 W. Pearl St. 817-573-1311. Find the full lineup at facebook.com/brazosdrivein.•Four-leggers can help shop at the DFW Humane Society's fall garage sale from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Irving shelter, which has a dog park next door. 4140 Valley View Lane. 972-721-7788. Find info on donating items at dfwhumane.com.•You can buy pumpkins, mums and more at Brittany Rescue in Texas' Pumpkin Patch from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Ace Pet Resort, 861 E. Main St. in Allen. brittanyrescueintexas.org.  Continue reading...