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I don't know what they do at that church, but it may not have had anything to do with dogs, Rafee.   "Dog days" are what we call the hottest part of the summer, when (before everyone had air conditioning) people suffered from the heat.   I just looked it up:   My source claims they're called that "because they occur around the time of the heliacal rising of Sirius, the Dog Star (kyon seirios)".   Usually that's later in the year, say August, so it may be that erickadelaune's church called this a "Dog Days' Weekend", even before it gets hotter, partly as a joke because they did do something related to dogs.

This has nothing to do with the topic, but it's kind of funny that '3 dog night' means the very opposite of 'dog day.' Eskimos are said to sleep snuggling close with their sledge dogs to keep warm, so it is an extraordinarily cold night when not 1 or 2 dogs but 3 are employed to heat the master.
But frankly I have never heard that idiom used in real life except as the name of that rock band, and I wonder if I might not be among the majority in that, and why.

Well since I'm a pet lover specially dogs, this event would really catch the attentions of people like me. I love adopting dogs and now I have 3 healthy dogs and 2 pups in my house. Hope their would be more animals could find a new home.

For me guys, maybe they just called it a dog day weekend because its a weekend all about dogs. Dog competition such as ranging and grooming talking about adoptions. This are the events that needs to be supported, we should treat our dogs as one of our family. So don't think so deep with the word dog days.

It was really nice when Pastor Ed Young encourage pet owners to bring their canine companions to church for pet-friendly activities, Ive seen lots of cute dogs that time.