Funny Cats vs. Funny Dogs

A Love Affair With Beauty

This dog of mine, with Angel Island, Marin and the bay in the background...true love!

click on this pic to enlarge...what a face on Roman...can I bottle that joy, please?

I can never get enough of the Golden Gate bridge at sunset...

Counting Crows

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Marin(a) Dogs

After a week of rainy weather, we were blessed with a glorious spring day. Time to escape the marina and go hiking in the Marin headlands.

When I see San Francisco through a tourist's eyes, it truly is the most beautiful city. Sorry, not-as-beautiful cities out there!
We hiked up above Rodeo beach at Ft. Cronkite...such a departure from our regular Ft. Funston hikes.
His magnificence overlooking his kingdom.
California poppies and a flower I don't know peeking out at the Pacific...
Roman and Tikka overlooking Rodeo beach and all the surfers.
Can you see the Golden Gate Bridge peeking out among the headlands? (click the pic for a bigger view).

Originally, I was going to go to Cataract Falls in Fairfax yesterday, but a friend said it was crawling with ticks. Yuck. So I thought this would be a better, tick-free venue. As I was sitting here typing this, with Tikka sleeping at my side, I found a tick crawling on my arm! Yuck. Treat your pets with Frontline (what I use on Roman and Tikka) or Advantix (not Advantage, which only kills fleas) to prevent tick infestation. The down side is, even though I have treated them, it doesn't prevent the ticks from hitchhiking on their fur and trying to make a meal out of me...

Training Cats

Training cats: an oxymoron if I ever heard one...

Is He Good With Kids?

Roman made yet another friend at Erik's baseball practice. Whether you have children or not, it's important to expose your dog at an early age. Get your dog used to the sudden and erratic movements of kids, so he won't become reactive to them (the same can be said for anything out of your dog's ordinary life: people with hats, in wheelchairs, men are some other common 'fears' of an unsocialized/desensitized dog).

This desensitization does not end when your puppy passes his socialization period. It's a lifelong process of reinforcement. We meet all sorts of people on our daily walks and I still will praise the dogs for being calm in different situations.

Save Money by Not Washing Dishes

YES, I am a crazy dog person with probably too much time on my hands (not)...