{"id":204696,"date":"2026-05-28T18:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/204696\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T18:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T18:43:08","slug":"american-kennel-club-dog-diving-and-agility-event-is-coming-to-the-navy-yard-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/204696\/","title":{"rendered":"American Kennel Club dog diving and agility event is coming to the Navy Yard in June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Families can watch diving dogs, agility races and other canine competitions during American Kennel Club (AKC) Celebrates USA 250, a three-day event coming to the Philadelphia Navy Yard from June 5-7.<\/p>\n<p>The event will take place at the Marine Parade Ground Field at the Navy Yard, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.<\/p>\n<p>One of the main attractions will be the AKC Diving Dogs Team Challenge, where dogs compete in high-flying jumping events featuring big splashes and fast-paced tournament action.<\/p>\n<p>The event also will feature the AKC Agility Premier Cup and the AKC Agility Team Challenge, where dogs and handlers race through obstacle courses designed to test speed and teamwork.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees\u00a0can also meet and interact with different dog breeds during the Mini AKC Meet the Breeds experience, scheduled from noon to 2:30 p.m. on June 6 and June 7.<\/p>\n<p>Additional activities will include a Kid\u2019s Zone with games, photo opportunities and family-friendly activities. Food trucks also will be on site during the event.<\/p>\n<p>More information about American Kennel Club Celebrates USA 250 is available online.<\/p>\n<p><a data-original-title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akc.org\/sports\/events\/akc-usa-250-pa\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">American Kennel Club Celebrates USA 250<\/a><\/p>\n<p>June 5-7,2026<br \/>Philadelphia Navy Yard<br \/>4747 S. Broad St. <br \/>Philadelphia, PA 19112<\/p>\n<p>This content was generated by PhillyVoice Media Events, not by the newsroom staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Families can watch diving dogs, agility races and other canine competitions during American Kennel Club (AKC) Celebrates USA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[8120,2211,9356,69,71,70,49849],"class_list":["post-204696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-america250","tag-competition","tag-dogs","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-the-navy-yard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}