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Happy Independence Day America!

July 4, 2008 – 7:02 am

I tried my best to find a dog photo suitably American for this Independence Day post. Alas, this was the best I could come up with. This photo was taken last week at the Surf Dog Competition at Imperial Beach, south of San Diego. Americans seem to love nothing more than heading to the beach for their vacation, so this picture seemed fitting.

Today I don’t intend to be travelling too far. I live on Coronado Island which seems to be one of those places that people flock to on their holidays. I have been warned that getting on and off the island on the 4th of July is next to impossible, so I’ll be enjoying the local festivities for my first Independence Day in the USA.

Here’s a fun video which proves that dogs and fireworks do not mix. Do not try this at home.

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Tug-O-War

May 29, 2008 – 7:46 am

Today’s photo was taken the same day as this one at Coronado Dog Beach. It was a gloomy old day, but it made for some lovely diffuse light. When I saw these two dogs wrestling with this toy I knew I had to capture it. The poor old lab was so exhausted after 10 minutes of wrestling with the energetic little bulldog that he just sat down on his rump and wouldn’t move anymore.

This is what I love about the dog beach. Dogs who have never met before get to play and interact with strangers. I know it does Zoe wonders to socialise with other dogs. I think sometime she forgets she’s not a human.

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A gloomy day at the beach

May 21, 2008 – 8:41 am

Just last week I mentioned this weather phenomenon we’ve been experiencing in San Diego called May Grey. It’s caused by this low cloud called a marine layer and it makes the day all gloomy and nasty.

On the weekend we decided to take Zoe to the beach in Coronado. We live on the bay side of Coronado and we had beautiful blue skies and the temperature was slowly warming up to a hot day. We packed Zoe into the back of the car and drove the 5 minutes to dog beach on the other side of the island. You guessed it….the marine layer was thick and heavy. The beach was still crowded with people and their dogs, but it was very surreal seeing people emerge out of the thick fog.

Compare this photo taken on the weekend with this one taken a few months ago from the same beach.

Oh, and here’s something that brought some joy and laughter into my life yesterday afternoon. I’d had one of ‘those’ afternoons and when I got home to read through my regular blogs I was delighted to read about Coco’s love of eating poop. This post from Dooce just cracks me up.

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Dog Beach Coronado

April 7, 2008 – 10:00 am

Coronado Beach ranks as the USA’s eighth most beautiful beach. Not having seen many beaches in this country yet I’ll have to take their word for it. I’ll give it one thing though, it sure it photogenic. Actually I’ll give it two things…the dogs love it!

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