The weather here in Phoenix is now just wonderful and thankfully, there are a lot of great dog events coming up.

But first, vote.

Then you can hang out with the dog. On Thursday night, there’s a great talk about hiking with dogs at the Paradise Valley REI. On Sunday, you can put all that hiking knowledge to good use with the Tails on Trails, Maricopa County’s awesome program of guided hikes for your dogs, with beginner and advanced levels. The first hike is at Usery Pass in Mesa.

Coming up there’s the first-ever Dogs’ Day in the Garden at the Desert Botanical Garden in east Phoenix.

For a more complete list of events, check out our calendar.

See you at the polls!

Photo is from a very appropriate slideshow Dogs Who are Over the Election