Action Dog! East Bay Dog Walking

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Doodle Madness!

Mulligan and Sophie - two of our doodle mixes were having a blast together today at Leona Canyon in Oakland. I was able to get a minute of it on video - check their agility! Sophie goes up, Mulligan ducks under, and this went on the whole hike! Amber and Drake tried to get in on it too, but the doodle dogs were just too fast!

Thursday, June 16, 2011

When the weather gets hot, the dogs get thirsty....

Well this spring sure took a turn for the worst! Or best, depending on how you look at it :) Rather, Summer's here, finally! Jeff and Elana have been wearing shorts, lathering up on sunscreen, wearing hats to shield our faces and carrying plenty of water to quench our thirst. But what do we do to ensure that our four-legged friends are also protected from the heat, when the sun bears down on us all day?

Elana with Zoe, Oskar, Monkee, Sandy & Kenai

Well, Sandy wears the saddle bags, and since she's a Labrador, good for working and eager to please, she's happy to bear the weight to make sure that all her dog friends are healthy. We take a lot of breaks in the shade and dish out the hydration, where all the guys get a good dose of digging and chasing after butterflies while everyone drinks their fill.

Sandy, after a good swim at Lake Anza

Or, we hike to someplace with lots of fresh water, like our favorite swimming hole up at Lake Anza, in Tilden. Here, the big swimmers can launch themselves into the cool water, swim after balls and bask in the tree shade.


Monkee and Sam rolling around in the shade

Every chance they get, Monkee and Sam tear around in the dry duff from the Redwoods or Oak trees up near Redwood Bowl in the East Bay hills.

Kitsu and the pack at Pt.Isabel

Friday, June 3, 2011

Friday hikes with Action Dog!

Sandy and Bella, digging for critters!

Here are some shots from our hikes on Friday - we went up to the Grass Valley trail heads in Anthony Chabot park with the first group, and to Pt Isabel later in the day. It was cool and moist from the rains, but that doesn't deter us from having a ball!

The dogs were digging fools, on the critter hunt on the trails, and the new additions to the pack Angus and Bella got along great with the Action veterans!

At Pt. Isabel, new kids on the block Cooper and Duke ran and ran, and Cooper and Kenai seemed to know that they were painted by the same artist :)

Jillian and Brannagh

Mulligan, Brannagh, Sam and Maddy

Go Cooper!!

Kenai, with Cooper, Monkee and Duke

Drake, Remy and Poa

Duke!

Kenai, Bugsy, Cooper & Duke re-hydrating after a good romp

Bella, Angus in his "stop, drop n' chill" mode

Digging for critters!

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the pack at Pt. Isabel

Yesterday we went to Point Isabel dog park in the morning, where we met up with a lot of great dogs!

Taking a dip at Pt. Isabel

Monday, May 30, 2011

Memorial Day walk in Oakland with the Action Dog! Pack

Bugsy meets Sophie, with Sam on her heels

Great day on the trails! It was just a little breezy, a lot dusty and extremely gorgeous... We ran into a handful of people on the trails enjoying their day off, including a huge great dane who dwarfed everyone, a horse with his own dogs leading the way, and everyone had a great time, including the new girl Jillian! Here are some shots of everyone rambling along West Ridge trail today.

Sammy wrestles with Brannagh and Sophie

Bugsy!

Brannagh and Sam getting dirty ;)

Beautiful day!

Jillian watches the crazy kids play.

Incoming!!

Brannagh and Sam going at it... Fun, fun!

Sammy smile :)

Jillian checks in after a great hike in the hills.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

The New Science Of Understanding Dog Behavior

This sounds like a really good read. John Bradshaw's new book, Dog Sense: How the New Science of Dog Behavior Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet

I do belive Action Dog! will be heading to the library to get a copy of this one ;)

http://www.npr.org/2011/05/26/136497064/the-new-science-of-understanding-dog-behavior

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

New Action Dog flyers are here!!

Yeehaw! With the help of many friends of Action Dog!, including our pal Aaron over at Robots In Love and my brother Josh over at Design for your Ears, the finalized postcard flyer for Action Dog! East Bay Dog Walking is done, printed up and ready to go attract new pooches to the pack!! Here's Drake, proud of his folks showing off the neat eye-catching design :)
Feel free to hit us up and we'll give you some to post up on dog and small-business-friendly bulletin boards and local shops for us!