This is a social club for pugs & their humans! We love our pugs- all ages, all kinds and we want to meet you and yours. The club holds monthly meetups that generally fall on the first Saturday of every month (barring holidays) at Austin local dog parks. We are usually at Bull Creek, but in the winter months we take field trips to other local dog parks! We also host bigger events like The Great PUGkin Fest, a halloween costume contest for pugs in October, the Valentines Day PUG Tuneup in February …

Meet friendly French Bulldogs and French Bulldog Owners near you! Come to a local French Bulldog Meetup to watch the frenchies play. All are welcome! you can also go to www.austinfrenchies.com to get to the site. our merchandise website is: www.cafepress.com/austinfbpg (The Austin French Bulldog Play Group is free to its members. However the organizers of the group pay monthly fees for the club and donations are VERY much appreciated! The purpose of our club is to have fun and to make sure …

Meet friendly Great Danes and Great Dane owners in and around the Austin area. Come to a local Great Dane Meetup where your dane can play and socialize with other danes and you can share information and your experiences about the breed with other Great Dane owners.  We usually meet up twice a month at area parks for playdates and get together at other dog-related festivals and events.  You'll enjoy being a member of our active, fun and lively meetup group.

Welcome to the Austin Happy Campers! We're a group of (mostly) Austin-area camping enthusiasts, with members statewide. We started in September 2006 and try to have at least one camping trip each month. Most of our trips are casual weekends at state and county parks, but we do enjoy the occasional back country adventure as well as extended excursions. If you're eager to get out and have a new adventure or just like to hang by the fire, please join us today.

Meet other local Shiba Inu owners and lovers in the Austin / San Antonio area. Get together for dog walks, doggie play dates, and fun get togethers. Play Nice and Don't Bite - Club Rules: Meetups: Dogs attending meetups must be fully vaccinated with a current rabies certificate. They should preferably be spayed/neutered (if not, please use good judgment with regards to your dog's behavior.) Do not bring your dog if she is in heat! Owners must be in full control of their dogs at all times. …

Free people, competing markets and lawful government The Austin Liberty Activists group is an Open Discussion Mailing List and Message Board serving individual citizen activists in the greater Austin Texas area. Many members are active within Austin Liberty Coalition (ALC) organizations. Open topic email exchanges via this group's mailing list are how members share, learn and develop their views on civil liberties. As this group is primarily a communication network with few restrictions organiz …

Meet others who love Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. A little breed of dog with a big name and more charm than they have a right to.

We are an Austin meetup group that loves Weimaraners. We are eager to meet other Weim owners and lovers in and around the Austin area. We meet at Austin dog parks and other dog friendly places.  Our dogs enjoy playing together, and we enjoy talking about our dogs. We also want to extend a welcome to owners of German Shorthaired Pointers (GSP).  We know that there are some GSP out there (indeed one, Henry, has already been welcome at our meetups), but there is no GSP meetup; and that Weimaraners, …

Meet other local Vizsla owners! Vizslas were bred to be the royal dog of Hungary and are smart loving pets and hunting dogs. Enjoy "Playday's" with other Vizsla lover's. Hike, hunt, learn ..........how to maximize your Vizsla's potential for excellence and just plain ole fashion FUN. Versatlile Vizsla's need variety.

Meet fellow Basset and Basset Owners near you! This is simply a group for folks with Bassets to get their pups together and play. We discuss performance events and other stuff. This is not a group for breeding or selling dogs.

Meet Austinites who share in your love of Schnauzers! Our members are committed to socializing their beloved dogs with the like-mindedness, temperament and intelligence of other schnauzers. Schnoodles and mixes are always welcome. Our members are VIPs ... Very Important Pooches and People :)

[Resuming again in November 2012. Thanks for your patience!] We are people who meet to be creative in nature. Our events are outings. We walk to places in nature where we break to be creative. We do not talk during our breaks, but we talk again afterwards to share our creations. We are an artsy group, not a hiking group. All who seek to create from nature are welcome, whatever your art, whether you write, draw, paint, sculpt, craft, photograph, dance, philosophize, or meditate for inspiration. P …

Meet other locals who own and love Puggles, a breed of dog that is half pug and half beagle. Gather to meet others and let your dogs play!

Meet friendly Standard Poodles and Standard Poodle owners near you! Come to a local Standard Poodle Meetup to play with people and Standard Poodles of all colors and sizes. Share information and tips about the breed with other Standard Poodle owners. You'll enjoy being a part of an active and lively meetup group.

Socialize your dog with other boxers. Feel free to attend any of our events or suggest one!! Add us on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/groups/austinboxerowners/

Great Pyrenees are big dogs and need lots of interaction and exercise and too often they are too big to play with other dogs so lets see if we can get a few Pyrenees owners in the Austin area A group to get together so these big boys and girls can play. If you have another big dog like a Kangal, Akbash or Anatolian Shepherd and need play mates feel free to join http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyrenees

Meet friendly Cocker Spaniels and Cocker Spaniel families near you! Come to one of our semiannual Wigglebutts Meetups where you and your dog can make some new friends!

Austin Urban Sketchers was formed as a way for artists to get together and draw our city. This group was inspired by Urban Sketchers.org, an international organization that gathers people to draw and tell the visual stories they observe on location. Artists of all levels are welcomed in the group. The group is organized by artist/instructor Laurie Mann of LZM Studio and I am available during our drawing sessions to teach, give tips and help beginners. It is my intention that we all grow and lear …

This group is for Corgi addicts who want to meet local Corgis and their owners. Pembrokes, Cardigans, and mixes are all welcome! People interested in getting a Corgi or just want to enjoy the spectacle of large groups of Corgis bumbling around with each other are also welcome to join. Bring your short-legged fur babies to monthly meetups and other local doggie events, and let the herding begin!

Hi, Thanks for joining our Meetup - I'm Rob Hill, the executive director and head coach of Team Spiridon. We're a non-profit group here in Austin that provides low-cost training for runners, that then raise funds for local animal welfare organizations like Austin Pets Alive, Emancipet, Love-a-Bull, Animal Trustees of Austin, and others. Last year, in only our second year as a non-profit, our runners raised almost $8,000 during their six months of half marathon and marathon training, bringing our …

Meet beautiful Brittany's and their owners that live in or arround the Austin, TX area. The dogs can socialize and play while their people can share stories and both can make new friends. We try to meet twice a month at dog friendly parks and other meetup places.

RuffTail Runners (formerly "Jog-a-Dog") is a program brought to you by Team Spiridon, that encourages runners to run with shelter dogs, giving the dogs a little more exercise “off-campus”, away from the stressful shelter environment. As a result, they are better-adjusted, healthier, and therefore, more adoptable. This program is for runners, or at least walkers who can get the dogs out for a few miles - higher paces keep the dogs more focused and gives them more exercise, and makes some of them …

Are you a Doberman Pinscher lover in the Austin area? If so, join this group so you can meet other people who love and own Dobermans as well :) Meetups at public parks are held at least twice a month at public parks for our Dobermans to socialize. Well-mannered and vaccinated Doberman Pinschers and their well-mannered owners are welcome to join! ****Disclaimer**** By joining this group, you agree to release the group's organizer and members from ANY and ALL liability in regards to group activi …

It takes a community to raise a puppy!  A tiny puppy can help you realize that you're just part of a bigger picture, and will change your life while changing the lives of others. Lone Star Guide Dog Raisers is affiliated with, sponsored by, and supported by the Guide Dogs for the Blind in California.  We receive puppies at 8 weeks old, teach them house manners, basic obedience, and socialization before returning them between 13-18 months old.

Come join us for a walk on a Saturday morning -- this will provide the opportunity to socialize and exercise through an on-leash pack walk with our rescue dogs and allies. Let's show the public what great pets shelter and rescue dogs make! This will be every 3rd Saturday. Participants should plan to gather at the This is NOT an off-leash area, and our walks are always on-leash, but there is always a chance that other owners may not comply. Please Bring water for you and your dogs, as well as cle …

I'm making this group for people in there 20's or 30's, who are looking for fun and active friends around the Austin area! If your new here, or have lived here awhile but are searching for active friends, this is the perfect group for you! We recently moved here, and are interested in making friends who enjoy the outdoors as much as we do! We will mostly be hiking, but will also have some tennis, volleyball, disc golf, yoga and other activities. Single, couples, and married couples are all welco …

This is a daytime practice group for Rally, Obedience, and Canine Good Citizen prep. Looking for new training environments and some doggy distraction? Are evenings and weekends too busy for dog training? Let's get together and practice!

Calling all short, tall, fat, skinny, full bred, mixed breed, floppy eared or not hound dogs in Austin. Join us once a month for a meet up with Austin's best and brightest beagles, basset hounds, dachshunds and bloodhounds - if your great dane thinks he's a hound dog, that's cool too. Interested in adopting? Check out the Hound Rescue of Central Texas: http://www.houndrescue.com/