It was Labor Day weekend and my parents wanted to stay low key so they grabbed coffee and checked out a local smoothie place for breakfast. On their way home, they decided to stop at Balboa park for a quick walk and remembered there was a small dog park. Since this was going to be my first dog park experience they thought the earlier we went there might be a smaller crown and it wouldn’t be so overwhelming. We hopped out of the car and followed all the other owners with their pups and noticed two other pus walking towards the dog park. To our surprise, we opened the gates to many, many, many more pugs all gathered under a shaded tree.
My tail was wagging with excitement and curiosity as I started to notice all these pups looked like me and were very close to my size. I sniffed and smelled around to introduce myself to the crowd of other pups and their owners. After talking to a few people, I realized I crashed a pug meet up of other pugs and their owners. Immediately, I began to play chase with a few of the other pugs. At one point, I did get chased by a small crowd but luckily my parents were on watch and grabbed me before anything got out of hand. I figured it was my initiation to the crowd and jumped back in to play a little more with the other pugs. I played to the point where I began to pant so my dad picked me up and I knew it was probably time to leave. After we got home, we checked out the meet up site and found some great pictures taken by one of the members that captured my first time at the dog park.
After a little rest, I joined my parents for a late lunch at one of their favorite happy hour spots, La Puerta. I didn’t actually have a drink, it was my mom’s, but the people watching view is alway better when I sit in her lap.
The next morning we woke up fairly early and decided to extend my first time experience weekend by checking out Coronado dog beach for the first time. We arrived early enough to snag a great parking spot and made our way through the soft sand. I really enjoyed getting my paws in the sand and as soon as my dad let me off my leash made a quick friend with a black French bulldog. We played and chased each other through the shallow water. This friend of mine seemed to be pretty familiar with the beach and left to play with some of the other dogs so I ran through the sand with my dad while my mom watched. My mom and I dipped our feet in the ocean then a larger wave crept up and drenched both of us and I immediately froze. Not so sure I like getting completely wet just yet. I’m sure I’ll get used to it soon but may need a few more trips to the beach first.
After the beach, we drove to Southbark to get a bath and rinse off all the sand and the fun weekend away from my paws. My weekend was a very successful low key weekend of firsts…my first time at a dog park and a dog beach. Now that I know what is out there for me, I’m looking forward to many more meet up events with my fellow pug friends and early mornings at the dog beach.
Bentley the Pug 