Pet-Friendly Provincetown Sets Special Appreciation Weekend: Sep 28-30

Once a year—and most every day—visitors and townies alike head out to the main street of Ptown with their dogs in tow to strut their stuff. It should come as no surprise in this place, one of the most pet friendly communities in America. Here you can eat with your pet, sleep with your pet and, well, dress up your pet to match the free-wheeling boa-accented costuming of local performers. 

Provincetown, "America's First Destination," is the nation's oldest continuous art colony and the open society here seems just fine that the welcome mat also include America's pet society. Every fall, thousands are drawn to the very tip of Cape Codwhere Ptown hosts Pet Appreciation Weekend. Sponsored by the Carrie A. Seaman Animal Shelter, Pet Appreciation Weekend is a busy three-day affair, with many benefits, dances and other fun events. The weekend is meant to provide fun ways to show appreciation for our animal friends, while also contributing to a good cause that helps animals without homes.

This year the annual Canine Games, complete with an agility playground, takes place on Sept. 27 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will also be a “Fabulous Feline Photo Contest” at the same time and, later in the day, a Pet Tea Dance at the Boatslip Resort, where most afternoons host the dance for humans. For more information, check out provincetown.com.