My Town Monday: Off-Leash Dog Places
Dogs enjoying the surf on Dog Beach. Our Dorothy is not in this picture.
San Diego has great weather.
A lot of dog lovers live in San Diego.
We have about seven leash-free beaches and nineteen leash-free parks. Here's a good place to check for locations. Some areas are open 24 hours. Many are fenced and divided into small dog and large dog areas. All are free. Here's a good website with all the scoop on leash-free parks/beaches.
Here's the link to Bum the dog, a previous My Town Monday post.
Child #4 is in the hot pink t-shirt. She's on the look-out for dogs to pet. She is seriously the biggest animal lover in our family.
For the first time ever, Child #4 and I took Dorothy the Dog to a fenced-in, leash-free park. We got Dorothy from Craig's List (I'm not even kidding) almost two years ago. Why did it take us so long to venture to a leash-free dog park? Reason #1: Dorothy is very skittish and nervous around other dogs. Reason #2: Dorothy doesn't always come when called.
That said, the three of us had a SUPER time at the dog park. Dorothy actually enticed a Dachshund to play with her! She did come when called. She was somewhat anxious, but got over herself. AND the ice cream truck came by; two of us got treats.
Child #4 and I are thinking of trying a leash-free beach next time. My, my aren't we brave? We will probably not go to the original Dog Beach (which is on Ocean Beach) because it gets very crowded. We're planning a trip with Dorothy to Fiesta Island because it's less crowded and has small waves. Also, the ENTIRE ISLAND is for dogs.
I did not get a good picture of Dorothy. She was far too busy to pose.
I figured no post about leash-free beaches and parks would be complete without a picture like this!
Please trot on over to Travis' blog where he'll have a fun post and links to other participants.
Sources:
http://sandiego.about.com/cs/prosports/a/dogparks_sd.htm
http://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/general-info/leashfree.shtml
http://www.sandiego.com/regional/beaches/san-diego-dog-beaches-&-parks/
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