Timber and Chico

Timber and I drove down to Orange County to visit "Auntie" Christy and "Uncle" Dylan and play with Chico the dog. The plan was to breed the two dogs. Chico will be 4 years old in June and if the breeding was successful, this will be her first litter.

Visiting with Christy, Dylan and Chico

Two of my best friends, Christy and Dylan came up to visit from Hungtington Beach for a night. They brought Chico, momma Jade's sister and baby Jade's aunt. Baby Jade had never met Chico and the last time Timber and Chico saw each other was a year ago. The dogs got along great and we two-legged friends enjoyed out time too. We enjoyed a late lunch at Qins then relaxed at home for a while and watched a movie. I cooked up a nice dinner and after we ate, we decided to go for a drink in downtown Clayton, my home town. We had a good time and it was great to see my friends. We were too buzzed to really get any photos later that night, so I mostly have shots of the pups playing.

Saturday at the Dog Park

Sunday at the Beach

Sunday, Timber and I went out for the day with some of our friends from the dog park. We drove out to Point Isabel in Richmond to hang out for a while at the big dog park... I totally spaced and forgot my camera in the car...

We decided to drive out to Fort Funston, San Francisco to go to the beach when we found out that it wasn't too windy there after all...Antioch was incredibly windy and we deduced that SF would be the same, so that is why we opted for Richmond...

But...we caravaned out to SF and despite the reduction of wind, we still got blasted by sand until we made it down to the beach where the sand was wet enough to give us a break from exfoliation. lol

The beginning of our walk...and our sandblast facials...

"Battery Davis"

Timber's first waves...

Typical "dog park play" for these guys...Max, Tucker and Timber

Climbing up the cliff side and creating sand avalanches as we ascended...

Timber, Chopper and Kari

The View
I made my way up after the dogs...

Timber ran back down...I had to call him back up...

Tired and Dirty

Back to the water and chasing Jewel, Kari's "sister"

All the dogs...

Headed back to the cars...cold, wind-blown and wet and full of sand.

One last sniff before we go...

Black Diamond Dog Park

March 24, 2009

Timber has a couple "girlfriends" at the dog park now. The Husky, named Cari (an older woman lol) was so mean to Timber the first time they met at the Brentwood Dog Park. Timber was so small and she played really rough. He was so scared of her that he ran away from her and hid behind my legs if she came his way. They get along better now.

We go to the dog park nearly every day, when I'm too tired to go on a hike. Not to mention it is nice to get Timber out and playing with other dogs and exposed to different people. I know these "city" dog parks are a lazy dog owners way of exercising their dog...but it works for me for now, and I'm trying to use the elliptical when I get home for my exercise. I sure do miss the Mendocino Tree Farm in Chico. Now that is a dog park! I also got my exercise there too since the area was well over 300 acres! Some time soon, I hope to drive up there and see all my old friends and see how Timber likes it there.

He is always eating something...
A new friend, about a month younger, "Sparky" the boxer.