International Dog Day 2026: Raise empathetic children. Raise a kinder world.
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An afternoon of corgi puppies, yoga, and quiet moments — built around one simple belief: kindness toward animals is something we can nurture.
Four experiences across one afternoon, from playful puppy yoga to a candlelit cuddle sound bath. $5 from every ticket goes to the Justice for Animals Foundation.
What your child will pick up along the way
Our team weaves in small questions as the hour goes, the kind that stick because a puppy is right there demonstrating the answer:
- How can you tell a puppy wants to play?
- How can you tell it needs space?
- Why do we use gentle hands?
- How do animals talk without using words?
- What does it mean for an animal to trust us?
- How do we show kindness to animals every day?
- Nobody lectures anyone. The puppies do the teaching. Children tend to leave thinking less "that puppy was so cute" and more "I wonder how the puppy feels."
Why we're running this
August 26 is International Dog Day, and we're marking it with Paws for Compassion, an afternoon built around one belief: empathy toward animals is something you can nurture in a child, and it starts early.
Dogs are often the first friend who teaches a child that feelings belong to someone else too. That another living being has its own boundaries, preferences, and fears, and that noticing them is what kindness actually looks like.
Animals aren't here for our entertainment. They're living beings who deserve gentleness and respect, and that's a lesson best learned with a puppy in your lap.
$5 from every child ticket goes to the Justice for Animals Foundation
A Canadian charity working to protect animals and advance their compassionate treatment. You don't have to do anything but come.
Four experiences across one afternoon, from playful puppy yoga to a candlelit cuddle sound bath. $5 from every ticket goes to the Justice for Animals Foundation.
What your child will pick up along the way
Our team weaves in small questions as the hour goes, the kind that stick because a puppy is right there demonstrating the answer:
- How can you tell a puppy wants to play?
- How can you tell it needs space?
- Why do we use gentle hands?
- How do animals talk without using words?
- What does it mean for an animal to trust us?
- How do we show kindness to animals every day?
- Nobody lectures anyone. The puppies do the teaching. Children tend to leave thinking less "that puppy was so cute" and more "I wonder how the puppy feels."
Why we're running this
August 26 is International Dog Day, and we're marking it with Paws for Compassion, an afternoon built around one belief: empathy toward animals is something you can nurture in a child, and it starts early.
Dogs are often the first friend who teaches a child that feelings belong to someone else too. That another living being has its own boundaries, preferences, and fears, and that noticing them is what kindness actually looks like.
Animals aren't here for our entertainment. They're living beings who deserve gentleness and respect, and that's a lesson best learned with a puppy in your lap.
$5 from every child ticket goes to the Justice for Animals Foundation
A Canadian charity working to protect animals and advance their compassionate treatment. You don't have to do anything but come.
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Where is it happening?
539 A Mt Pleasant Rd, Toronto, ON, Canada, Ontario M4S 2M5
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Host or PublisherYoga Kawa
