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#1 ·
I saw an old thread for this but nothing seemed to come of it. So my SoCal friends, let's meet up!

I know it's not warm, so the beach may be out of the question, but anyone want to try a snow day at Big Bear sometime around the beginning of the year? Say, the weekend of January 5?

Eventually it'd be cool to get a weekly/monthly thing going but for now let's start with that ;)
 
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#273 ·
As of today, there are four members who have committed to attending: me, Brave, Melfice and Dana. It looks like the earliest date we could all probably attend, with Ziva, is the weekend of Feb 15-16. i cannot make it the weekend of Feb 8-9. I am not sure about the 15th.

Saturday, January 18 seems to be a good date for everyone, except for Ziva. While I would like to meet Ziva, I would prefer to have the meet as soon as possible. Gibbs will be there. We could have another meet-up in late February or March.

So, subject to everyone's agreement, how about Saturday, January 18th at noon? Should be a good turnout, with at least 7 dogs, maybe more, if some other members join in.

What does everyone think?
 
#283 ·
FYI I'm not certain I will come on the 18th. Still debating various stuff, including whether I want to leave the puppy home alone for that long, and what bugs my other dogs might bring home to her. OTOH, because of the puppy we have not taken the other dogs anywhere (not even to the park) for the last month. They could use a good run.
 
#286 ·
Since the meet-up is set for 1/18 @ 11:30 am at Huntington beach.

I was wondering if anyone wanted to list other places they may be interested in holding the meet-up, and maybe we can brainstorm the next date. I know last year we had trouble getting the steam going after the first meet-up.

Is Temecula too far away from people? I think that dog water park sounds divine for our next meet-up. :) Maybe Max and Gibbs can convince Bear that water won't bite. :)
 
#288 ·
Since the meet-up is set for 1/18 @ 11:30 am at Huntington beach.

I was wondering if anyone wanted to list other places they may be interested in holding the meet-up, and maybe we can brainstorm the next date. I know last year we had trouble getting the steam going after the first meet-up.

Is Temecula too far away from people? I think that dog water park sounds divine for our next meet-up. :) Maybe Max and Gibbs can convince Bear that water won't bite. :)
Very good idea and we can come up with some ideas on the 18th. I would like to maybe even setup meets, where we go on hikes with our pups.

That would be a lot of fun too, and normal play-social times for the dogs as well
 
#287 ·
I'm out for this time, we will be in Carmel :) The waterpark sounds fun, but I recall intact males are not allowed? Kind of a bummer :( I would be very happy to coordinate a meetup in SD somewhere....perhaps Del Mar dog beach or Coronado? Both would be fun.

ETA: I just looked and it looks like we could book a private swim time at the place in Murrieta and then intact dogs would be allowed. I vote for that, people would just have to commit in advance. It's $60 per hour for up to 10 dogs. If we did 2 hours and had 10 dogs that would only be $12 per dog...not bad :) I would probably have 2 for sure. http://countrykennelsca.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dogpark.jpg
 
#291 ·
Another essential thing to have at the beach is a ball and/or Chuckit launcher. Max's main activity is retrieving his ball from the surf.

The meet-up at the water park in Murrieta is a great idea. The private event is a good idea because the do not allow intact male dogs in during open swim time. They also require all vaccines including Bordetella (kennel cough). I believe they schedule private events on Sunday afternoons.
 
#294 ·
So, here's the thing. That Dog Beach is a big place. And there are even two parking lots, about 1/4 mile apart, a north lot and a south lot, with different beach areas.

How will we find each other?

And because it's summer weather, I expect the lots will be jammed by 11:30. This may take some luck.

BTW, I will be bringing Gibbs and Isabelle (and Dave the terrier), and I'm bringing a friend with her 3 Goldens (who were also at the last one).
 
#297 ·
Since the lots are 1/4 mile apart, should we meet half-way between the two lots? That way no matter which lot you park in, it's only an 1/8 of a mile walk to the group? We can also try to all meet-up near the edge of the beach so we aren't unnecessarily trudging through the sand (cause that is a WORK OUT!).

I'm really open to ANYTHING! It's about a 90 minute drive from my place, so I'm leaving my house around 930 - in case I get lost - so I hope to be their early or on time. :)
 
#298 ·
I will try to park in the south lot first and call to see where everybody is. Or if I hear from Jen, follow her lead. While the weather is warm, it is winter, so maybe it will not be too crowded. It is our first visit there. I gave my number to Melfice and I still have Dana's number from last year.

Around 9 dogs total so far!
 
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