Laguna Beach Dog Park in Laguna Beach, CA.

Me (Bobo) running on the expansive grass.

The Laguna Beach Dog Park in Laguna Beach, CA. is our favorite dog park to visit.  It is located on Laguna Canyon Road and offers an enormous grassy area and hills for the larger PAWs.  It also has a smaller area for the little PAWs.



Me (Gracie) playing on a hill with a friend.

We love running on the expansive grassy area, chasing balls and running up and down the hills along the side.  Many of our friends have enjoyed this park as well.

Waiting for mom to chuck the ball.

It is one of the most beautiful dog parks here in Orange County, CA. and all of the PAWs that we have met have been very friendly and playful with us.

Exploring with our friends.

Be sure your parents are aware of the weather as the park does tend to flood when it rains.  However, the rain does keep the grounds lush, green and very enjoyable to run around on.

Me (Gracie) very happy.

The only issue we've heard our parents talk about is the parking.  Parking is allocated only directly alongside Laguna Canyon Road, which is metered.  So PAWs, be extra careful and make sure that your parents have a tight hold on your leash when exiting and re-entering their vehicle.

 

 

 Click here to visit Friends of Laguna Beach Dog Park website.

DogSpa Resort & Wellness Center in Desert Hot Springs, CA.

We love DogSpa Resort & Wellness Center in Desert Hot Springs, CA. as do our Parents.  As soon as we walked through the gated entrance our leashes came off and we were free to roam the entire resort off-leash as if it were our home.  We couldn't believe it!  We were greeted by the wonderful friendly staff and a POOL!!!! We will tell you more about that later.  DogSpa was our home for the whole weekend including a few of our PAW friends and their parents from our Dog Club.  We had the entire resort to ourselves.  It was awesome!   

The resort has six modernly designed, comfortable, fully-appointed and air-conditioned rooms to choose from either as a Studio, Mini Suite or Double Suite (Suites include a kitchen). 

Each room even comes with its very own dog bed, or you can sleep in bed with your parents as we often did.  There is even a Wellness Room equipped with products by Nikken, such as, PiMag water system, Power5 Pro air filtration unit, Naturest sleep system and KenkoLight.  We didn't know what all that was but our parents sure enjoyed them and the water tasted great.  Free high-speed wireless internet is included for those parents who don't leave the laptop at home.  We tried to convince our parents to leave theirs at home but they brought it anyway.  Funny thing was, they were having so much fun with us and just relaxing that they hardly used it. 

The amenities don't stop there.  As mentioned before there is a pool, two hot mineral pools,  kept at the perfect temperature year round.  For the swimmers like us, we, along with our friends, were in the large swimming pool almost all day, every day.  Yes, you read that correctly.  Dogs ARE ALLOWED in the pool! Woof!! Woof!!!

There is also a communal lounge which is called the Dog House Lounge, where you can  watch movies, listen to music or just relax.

It includes a kitchen where you will receive a complimentary health conscious buffet breakfast served inside or poolside. 

Just off the Dog House Lounge, on the back patio, there is an enclosed Dog Park with fire pit for everyone to enjoy.  Our parents, their friends and ours all enjoyed this area in the evenings after being in the pool all day.  It was so relaxing and fun!

The staff is so accommodating and nice.  They even offer a Pet Nanny service so if your parents want to take a trip into nearby Palm Springs or other locations in the surrounding area, you can stay at the resort and swim, play or just relax with your Pet Nanny.

Your parents can either go with just you or rent the entire resort for friends, family and PAWs, just like our parents did.  By the way, we just found out that we are going again in September with some friends from our Dog Club.  We can't wait!!

Overall, DogSpa Resort & Wellness Center in Desert Hot Springs, CA. is an absolutely wonderful place to vacation with friends and PAWs and it's where DOGS RULE!

Click here to visit DogSpa Resort & Wellness Center in Desert Hot Springs, CA. website! 

Fred's Mexican Cafe in Huntington Beach, CA. Doggie Date Night

Fred’s Mexican Café in Huntington Beach, CA. is a wonderful place to relax and enjoy with your four legged best friend on Doggie Date Nights every Monday throughout the year.  The restaurant is upstairs, which offers a spectacular and wonderfully gorgeous view of the Pacific Ocean and awesome sunset from their large dog-friendly patio.  We even saw a couple of seagulls and a dolphin out in the ocean. 

The aroma of the food and the smell from the ocean had us torn between wanting to eat or go swimming.  But we knew we were there for dinner as mom and dad wanted to relax from a long day of work.  There were a lot of other PAWS enjoying dinner with their parent’s, too.

Our parents ordered the Cajun Shrimp Tacos, which from what they were saying about it seems to be their favorite entree, and a blended Margarita or two.  We even got to chow down on a scrumptious stew of our own that the restaurant staff graciously gave to us amongst kisses of joy, and guess what, it was FREE!


The atmosphere is also friendly, lively and very welcoming to us friendly dogs as Fred’s Mexican Cafe is so popular and filled with tons of people that we were constantly getting petted and loved on from everyone there.  It was absolutely great!

Parking for our parents was simple and easy in the parking structure directly below the restaurant. We even got to ride in this large metal container thingy that took us up to the restaurant and then back down again after dinner.  Our Parents even got 90 minutes of free parking, which Fred’s Mexican Cafe validated with a meal purchase. 

We can’t wait to go again. 

By the way, who is Fred, anyway?  We’d like to meet him and give him tons of love and kisses for the great hospitality he lends to us four legged patrons!

View of the Pacific Ocean from the Dog-Friendly patio.

One of our many PAW friends hoping for a morsel of food.

   

Another one of our friends enjoying the stew.

Many of our friends enjoying dinner with their parents.

Fred's Mexican Cafe in Huntington Beach, CA. is so dog-friendly that they even help support the "PAW IT FORWARD" Campaign which aids Needy and Adoptable dogs in finding their New Forever Home.

Click here to visit Fred's Mexican Cafe in Huntington Beach, CA. website!

Gracie Girl's Conversation- As She Scolds Bobo the Toy Thief

(Gracie is talking to Bobo about his inconsiderate behavior and how she is tired of him stealing her toys. Gracie is sitting on the lawn in the backyard while Bobo is ignoring her)

Gracie Girl: "Bobo I am sick and tired of the way you steal all of my toys when Dad and I are playing and especially after I do all the work to retrieve them."

Bobo: "What are you talking about?" "I don't do that, you are exaggerating!"

Gracie Girl: "I am not exaggerating!" "You always steal my toys and I am sick of it?"

Bobo: "Get over it!" "If you can't handle it that is your problem and besides you don't know what you are talking about I don't steal toys."

Gracie Girl: "I am going to get Dad and he can tell you the truth, you big toy stealer." "I swear you're a spoiled brat who gets away with everything because Mom and Dad feel bad for you because you're a Rescue Dog they adopted, but not anymore, it ends now, as you have been caught on tape!"

Bobo: "Cry Baby, Cry Baby, Wah Wah Wah!"

Gracie Girl: "I am rubber you're glue whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you"

Bobo: "Loser!"

Gracie Girl: "Dad! Bobo is picking on me and I am tired of him stealing all my toys and taking them. He says he doesn't but I know he does. You Believe Me Right, Dad?"

Dad: "Bobo leave your sister alone!"

Bobo: "Dad she is crazy and she is attacking my character. I am not a ball hog, or toy stealer as she calls me. Now she is talking behind my back to Jake the Cat and telling him not to talk to me until I apologize to her, and frankly I don't have anything to apologize for!"

Dad: "Well Bobo lets check out the video from last summer's vacation and you can decide if you need to apologize."

(Bobo and Gracie Girl sits quietly while dad pulls out the video from their vacation last summer.)

Dad: "Where is that video, Bobo did you delete it? Ah here it is."



Dad: "Now what do you have to say for yourself Bobo?"

Bobo: "Gracie Girl you just don't understand how the brother/sister relationship works!"

Dad: "Both of you enough already, now lick and make up, leave me alone and go wrestle in the grass or something. Oh and Bobo, let your sister win once in awhile!"

Bed Hogs Gracie Girl's Conversation with Dad

Conversation with Dad:

Gracie: "Dad we know that you let Bobo and I sleep in the bed with you and Mom. Trust us we really appreciate it. But seriously, what gives with the Queen Size Bed?"

"Don't give me that look Dad."

Dad: "What Look?"

Gracie: "The one like I know that you know what I know and you know what is coming next."

Dad: "No look, what are you talking about?"

Gracie: "Let me finish"

"Seriously Dad, Bobo and I have so little room in the bed that half the time we end up laying between your legs or making a sandwich out of Mom only to have you get upset and make us get down. It's not like we are trying to make you upset, but we simply have no room. We are after all, as you know, 210 pounds of dog, with two heads, slobbering tongues, four ears, eight legs, and two wiggling butts. We really need more room."

Dad: (Sighs)

Gracie: "So in order to bring back the cohesiveness and comfort at bedtime, Bobo and I have decided that effective immediately, you are going to have to sleep on the couch."

Dad: "YOU AND BOBO DECIDED!!"

Gracie: "Don't yell Dad, let me finish!"

Dad: "Where is Bobo in all of this? Why isn't he here talking about this too?

Gracie: "He's hiding in the bath tub."

Dad: "Uh Huh! That Figures."

Gracie: "Now we know it will take some getting use to. But think of this logically.

You already fall asleep on the couch most afternoons. There is two of us and only one of you. The couch is not big enough for both Bobo and I to sleep on but it would be just fine for you to sleep on."

"Don't walk away Dad hold on there mister."

"I know you are wondering why you and not Mom?"

Dad: "Okay why me?"

Gracie: "Well that is easy. Mom gives us treats in bed and belly rubs. Plus she doesn't mind if we drool a little and leave crumbs in the bed. Also you told Mom a long time ago no crackers in bed, so we made the decision to keep her and not you."

"Don't be the Drama King Dad"

"Yes Dad of course we still love you, and we want to be your dogs, but Mom smells better, is smaller than you and much softer too."

(Dad turns to leave mumbling incoherently)

Gracie: "Dad wait where are you going? Don't leave! What did you say Dad?"

Dad: "Going to "Sit N Sleep for a bigger bed."

(Gracie turns her attention to Mom who was eavesdropping on the conversation from around the corner of the hall)

Gracie: "We did it Mom."

Mom: "Great job Gracie Girl! I love it when a plan comes together. New bed is coming! Woo Hoo a new bed a new bed!"

Mom and Dad Why Jake the Cat Must Go

Top Ten Reasons Why Jake the Cat Must Go!

10) He does nothing to help around the house or contribute to the family.
9) He sleeps all day and is the most lazy animal we have ever seen.
8) He eats on the counter, and leaves dirt paw prints on the clean tile.
7) He leaves cat hair on everything and our noses hate smelling him
6) He licks himself clean, but is so fat he can not reach his butt and then he struts around like a diva and tries to put it in our face.
5) He hisses and spits at us every single time we try to play with him.
4) He takes up way to much pillow space on the bed at night and you and Mommy ignore us for him.
3) He eats better than we do like Fish, Shrimp, Crab, and he never shares.
2) He poops and pees in a box filled with sand on the patio, how disgusting but you don't get mad at him. If we do it, oh boy the poop hits the fan.

And the Number One Reason Why Jake the Cat Must Go!

1) He Hates Us!

Here is a video and fine example of his complete uselessness and laziness.

Please Mom and Dad Jake Must Go for All Our Sakes.