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My Daddy found this really cool link to OFF-LEASH dog parks in Southern California: http://theguide.latimes.com/profiles/15/lists/170748

I had no idea there are 55 dog parks I could be visiting! So many dogs to sniff, so little time!

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1. Airport Park Santa Monica

2. Arbor Dog Park Seal Beach

3. Baldy View Dog Park Upland/Montclair

4. Baron Von Willard Memorial Dog Park San Clemente

5. Barrington Dog Park Brentwood

6. The Boneyard: Culver City Dog Park Culver City

7. Brookside Park Pasadena

8. Butterfield Stage Trail Park Corona/Norco

9. Calabasas Bark Park Calabasas

10. Canada Vista Dog Park Rancho Santa Margarita

11. Carlson Dog Park Riverside

12. Claremont Pooch Park Claremont

13. Costa Mesa Bark Park Costa Mesa

14. El Segundo Dog Park El Segundo

15. Freedom Park Indian Wells/Rancho Mirage/Palm Desert

16. Fullerton Pooch Park Fullerton

17. Griffith Park Dog Park Los Feliz

18. Hahamongna Watershed Park Pasadena

19. Harada Heritage Dog Park Riverside County

20. Hermon Park in the Arroyo Seco Dog Park Los Angeles County

21. Huntington Beach Best Friend Dog Park Huntington Beach

22. Huntington Dog Beach Huntington Beach

23. Irvine Central Bark Dog Park Irvine

24. Joe Mann Park Indian Wells/Rancho Mirage/Palm Desert

25. Joslyn Dog Park Santa Monica

26. Knoll Hill Off-Leash Dog Park San Pedro/Wilmington

27. Ladera Ranch Wagsdale Park Ladera Ranch

28. Laguna Beach Dog Park Laguna Beach

29. Laguna Niguel Pooch Park Laguna Niguel

30. Laguna Woods Dog Park Orange County

31. Laurel Canyon Dog Park Studio City

32. Long Beach Off-Leash Dog Zone Long Beach

33. Long Beach Recreation Dog Park Long Beach

34. Marine Park Santa Monica

35. Memorial Park Santa Monica

36. Orange Dog Park Orange

37. Pacific Street Park Santa Monica

38. Palm Desert Civic Center Park Indian Wells/Rancho Mirage/Palm Desert

39. Palm Springs Dog Park Palm Springs / Cathedral City

40. Pasadena Dog Park Pasadena

41. Pat Merritt Dog Park Riverside

42. Rancho Cucamonga Dog Park Rancho Cucamonga

43. Rancho San Jose Park Claremont

44. Redondo Beach Dog Park Redondo Beach

45. Riverwalk Dog Park Riverside

46. Runyon Canyon Park Hollywood

47. Rustic Canyon Pacific Palisades

48. San Dimas Dog Park San Dimas

49. Sepulveda Basin Off-Leash Dog Park Encino

50. Sierra Madre Dog Park Sierra Madre

51. Silver Lake Dog Park Silver Lake / Echo Park

52. University Dog Park Indian Wells/Rancho Mirage/Palm Desert

53. Westminster Dog Park Venice

54. Whitnall Off-Leash Dog Park North Hollywood/Valley Village

55. William S. Hart Park & Off-Leash Dog Park West Hollywood

When Mommy opened the door to take me on my morning walk, a huge box appeared in the door. I guess the UPS guy left it there. The box was so huge that Mommy got this idea of putting me in it! OMG!

I don’t know how Mommy gets such crazy ideas. But Daddy put me into the box and it was actually quite comfortable. I was surprised.

Then later on, Mommy started reading the book called The Dangerous Book for Dogs by Rex and Sparky (who also happened to be Myspace friends of mine.) Mommy was laughing the whole time she was reading it. Of course, it would be too dangerous if I ever got a hold of the book. So she tried to hide it from me. But I found it anyway! Muhahaha!

I also talked about this book in my Toys & Products page. Mommy and I spent quite a bit of time this summer working on my website. So please check it out if you have a chance! ^_^

Kayla came over for a visit on Saturday. I heard it was to test whether or not Kayla will be mean or nice to me!!! Can you believe that?!! Since when did I become a guinea pig?! I’m a dog!

It all started a couple of weekends ago at the dog beach. Kayla was just so moody. She growled at all new dogs. She was even super mean to me. Kayla was very nippy and extra … b*tchy. Mommy thought there was something wrong with Kayla. But Kayla’s daddy said it could be because she’s recovering from going through heat. So that’s why Kayla came over to my house on Saturday to see if she’s still going to nip and bite me OR if she’s going to be nice and kind to me like before.

Well it was a good thing she was nice to me. I don’t know how much more nipping I can take from Kayla. It’s a good thing for Kayla too. If she continued to be mean to me, I heard she was going to have to visit the vet or something to see what’s wrong with her.

By 9PM, Kayla went home and Mika came over! Jesse dropped Mika off at my place to spend the night. I wish Jesse would have stayed too. It would have been better if Jesse brought Mary and Mary spent the night with me! Oh how I love Mary! But Jesse left and I was left with Mika.

It was fun at first. Mika was jumpy and bouncy. Then we went for a late night walk and we always looked out for each other. If Mika fell behind, I would stop and wait for her. If I was distracted with sniffing, Mika would stop and wait for me. It was really nice. Then when we were walking the sprinklers went off and we all got wet! EEEEEK!

Then we went home and took a nap for a long time. Mommy woke Mika up at 6am to have her go on a potty break. Then Mommy fed both of us breakfast with REAL chicken at 6:30AM on Sunday. For whatever reason Mika didn’t want her share. So I had no problems eating up all her kibbles and chicken too!

At 10AM, Daddy woke up and walked both of us for our regular morning walk. It was such a hot Sunday that Mika and I slept through most of the afternoon. Then around 5PM Mary came over!! YAAAAY! I was so happy! I thought Mary came over to pick me up to take me over to her place. Then 15 minutes into Mary’s visit I got this horrible feeling that Mary just came over to pick up Mika. That’s when my smile went away and I got really sad. By 5:30PM my worst fear came true. Mary went home without me. It was so sad.

Mommy decided to cheer me up with a walk at 5:40PM. All I could think about is where Mary parked her car. I thought if I could sniff out Mary’s car, I would jump in and go home with her. But no such lucky. I checked all the usual places where Mary would park her car … carport parking area … street parking … I checked it all, but no signs of Mary’s car. So I reluctantly went on my usual afternoon walk with Mommy.

What a weekend!