{"id":26566,"date":"2025-10-28T05:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T05:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/26566\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T05:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T05:02:09","slug":"sit-stay-and-support-rescue-dogs-veterans-at-salute-to-paws-5k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/26566\/","title":{"rendered":"Sit, stay and support rescue dogs, veterans at Salute to Paws 5K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertosoldier.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shelter to Soldier<\/a> will host its second annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classy.org\/event\/2nd-annual-salute-to-paws-5k-and-gratitude-festival-for-dogs\/e695399\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Salute to Paws 5K<\/a> and Gratitude Festival for Dogs Sunday, Nov. 9, at Fox Point Farms in Encinitas. <\/p>\n<p>The pup-optional 5K and festival will raise funds for programs that rescue dogs from shelters and train them to become service animals for post-9\/11 veterans suffering from PTSD, traumatic brain injury, military sexual trauma and other injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9689-1-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9689-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-352585\"  \/><\/a>A dog confidently trots during last year\u2019s 5K. (Photo courtesy of Shelter to Soldier)<\/p>\n<p>After the run\/walk, participants can enjoy the views from Fox Point Farms with photo ops, tacos, wood-fired pizza, 21+ beverages, sponsor activations and live music by Dorian Tide. Four-legged friends can cruise pet-focused vendors such as a dog spa by <a href=\"https:\/\/unitehair.com\/products\/doggy-poo?srsltid=AfmBOooCjQ-ITcwv9oVMkWlEV6wCMdbplZy6wXW0tv41crpQ_y_X24jY\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UNITE Doggy \u2018Poo<\/a> and dog bars by <a href=\"https:\/\/furvorpet.com\/?srsltid=AfmBOoo7HuOnRpHKylgmN1dOqkXxDycSYEesduCTOlkz-o_rbPvJLncP\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Furvor Pet<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Visitors will also have a chance to meet adoptable dogs from <a href=\"https:\/\/theanimalpad.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Animal Pad<\/a> on Rescue Row, supported by <a href=\"https:\/\/petcolove.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Petco Love<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9611-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_9611.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-352586\"  \/><\/a>A smiley dog at last year\u2019s event. (Photo courtesy of\u00a0Shelter to Soldier)<\/p>\n<p>VIP experience tickets are also available to receive specialty cocktails by Tito\u2019s Vodka, curated small bites, gifts and a custom pet picnic. <\/p>\n<p>Registration opens at 8 a.m., followed by an all-levels yoga flow at 8:30 a.m. and 5K kickoff at 9:30 a.m., according to organizers. <\/p>\n<p>Pricing begins at $50 for adults, $25 for children and $10 for furry friends. All 5k registrations include access to the Gratitude Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets and sponsorship opportunities are available now. For more information, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltertosoldier.org\/event\/2nd-annual-salute-to-paws-5k-gratitude-festival-for-dogs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.sheltertosoldier.org\/event.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT\n\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shelter to Soldier will host its second annual Salute to Paws 5K and Gratitude Festival for Dogs Sunday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[20239,4601,20240,20241,20242,20243,74,76,75,20244,20245],"class_list":["post-26566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-9-11-veterans","tag-encinitas","tag-fox-point-farms","tag-gratitude-festival-for-dogs","tag-rescue-dogs","tag-salute-to-paws-5k","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-service-animals","tag-shelter-to-soldier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}