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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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Ok, so it sounds like the weekend of June 22-23rd is what works so far...are we settling on Huntington Beach, then? Anyone else have any objections ;)?
 
#205 ·
Either day is okay with me. What time? I understand that the beach is very busy on the weekend, with parking an issue. Where should we meet? Perhaps someone who has been to the dog beach could make a suggestion? I was thinking late morning or early afternoon. Maybe Sunday, the 23rd would be best--just thinking the beach may not be as busy on a Sunday.
 
#206 ·
Tentatively I'm out for now; with Buddy's aggression at the dog park today I want to figure out what's wrong with him before he possibly hurts any of your beautiful dogs.

He'll be starting training again next week so depending on how that goes we may still make it.
 
#208 ·
I'm going to call our vet tomorrow if they're open (not holding my breath d/t the holiday) and I was suggested on here to have his thyroid checked as well as a full exam. I've put hands on him and he doesn't seem to show any pain or discomfort, but I'm a lot better with assessing people than dogs lol.

If that comes back normal, I'm still going to have a behaviorist see him, and then I'm hoping to get him neutered within the next couple of weeks regardless. Sad, because I was hoping to start training for conformation, but it's okay.
 
#213 ·
YES! Max loves the beach. How about noon on the 23rd? Perhaps Dana can suggest a spot to meet. We have never been to Huntington Beach Dog Beach, but are somewhat familiar with the area. I know that the dog beach starts at PCH at Golden West and I believe stretches north to about Seapoint Street.
 
#214 ·
Buddy's neuter is the 14th, we'll see if he's up for playing so soon afterwards/how he's acting.

Sounds exciting! I'm glad everything is starting to come together and can't wait to see the pictures :)

I have a plastic pool, harder to pop but not as much fun. ;)
 
#216 ·
Oh drats! Well good luck with her first heat, I'm sure as it heats up more we'll find more excuses to take our dogs to the beach again ;)
 
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#220 ·
With only a few days until Sunday, as far as I can tell, only 3 have confirmed: DanaRuns, GuliblGuy and us. Kind of a small group. Is there anyone else interested, or will we have to reschedule for sometime later? Are there some people who were planning on coming, but have not posted?
 
#225 ·
What a handsome boy!!!

Buddy is doing so much better in class; he sometimes is still a little stiffer than I like but I can see improvement just in the last two weeks so I feel much more confident.

Might not be able to make SLO :/ But let's regroup and plan something for August in a couple weeks?
 
#230 ·
Hey lilbitbit ^_^ I see you happen to have my two favorite dog breeds! I'm a previous border collie owner who is interested in maybe getting a golden next I'm actually trying to do some research on both breeds more before I decide on getting my new dog as it will be my first dog on my own and I would really like to meetup at one of these events so I can meet some goldens in person (if its not creepy and OK with attendees) and I think its great that you have both!

I want to get a feel for the golden breed more in person and meet some other borders D: I would really like to spend some time amongst them, hang out a little and see if they are right for me first.

If that's a problem with anyone here no worries I totally get it >_< I've tried to look at rescues but you have to schedule ahead of time and I don't want to go there if I'm not adopting the dog out as I would feel bad for wasting their time..

if anyone has any suggestions on where I could go I would really appreciate it : ]
 
#229 ·
I posted this earlier in the General Forum...

I live in Huntington Beach CA and would love to find other GR owners willing to trade-off care while you're on vacation. The person most cabable of caring for a GR is a caring GR owner.

I cringe at the thought of putting her in a kennel.

Thanks.
 
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