The MacPup

Today Ada and I hiked the Wolf Ridge Loop in the Marin Headlands. At 4.3 miles, it’s a pretty long hike for her, so I ended up carrying her about half the time and stopping often for water and treat breaks. I highly recommend it for a short dog-hike because:

1. dogs can be off leash for the whole loop,
2. the trails are wide and often paved (if your dog tends to get debris in her hair), and
3. it’s sunny but not too hot because of the cool wind off the ocean.

As recommended in the Bay Area Hiker guide, we stopped for lunch at the high point where Wolf Ridge Trail meet the Costal Trail and I snapped this photo.

Windblown Ada with the Tennessee Valley in the background.

It took a lot of combing and a lot of soap to get all that dirt and debris out of her fur. And she still has brown feet.

When Ada walks down the street she makes strangers smile. This is why:

Ada has the best doggy smile EVER.

On Fourth of July we took Ada to Fort Funston, a big long beach in San Francisco where dogs are allowed off-leash.

We met some friends and drank a few beers and ate a few sausages.  Ada dug around in the sand and then ate some of it.  We went home tired and happy.  What a great holiday!

While the guys were out swimming...

...the girls relaxed on the beach.

Happy dog, likes to sit on laps.

We were lucky enough to get Friday off for the 4th of July weekend; something weird to do with the American’s not getting on well with the British or something… who knows :P

San Francisco wind and puppy hair are sometimes problematic.

Anyway, we spent the afternoon in Dolores Park with a group of friends; filling in cross words, slack lining, doing hand stands, and just chilling in the sun while a DJ played tunes across the park.

This was Ada’s first time in a park with a lot of other dogs.  All the ones she met were super calm and nice, but she was very warey of them, turning the otherway or hiding behind one of her human compatriots.

Most of the time she simply lay on laps, breaking occasionally to eat treats or chase Tessa around in circles.

After just two days in the city she’s getting much better at walking on leash. She still gets distracted by people, cars and all the different smells, but seems to enjoy trotting along and doesn’t get over whelmed at all.