Jet's Furkid Palace: Our very own Dewey Beach

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Our very own Dewey Beach

While every greyhound that lives in the USA seems to be headed to Dewey beach for a big party this weekend, I decided that we really needed to get out to the beach too. Turned out it was sunny, beautiful, and pretty quiet as well.

It is getting warmer as Summer approaches, so the dogs spent a bit more time in the water. The surf was still a bit rough though, so they stuck to just wading through it.

There was the usual saunter along the sand, mixed with more highly paced games of chase.

"There is no way you are going to catch me, slow dog, especially if I curl my front legs up in the air like this!"

"Ah hah! You have made a tactical error brother, of mine. Heading in a straight line after the ball makes you a sitting duck. I am going to get you. KAPOW."

OK after all that running it is time to cool off a little bit! Barbie spent a lot of time wading, and she even chased the waves a bit.

I also made a video of the day for your enjoyment. Goes for just about two minutes, and in it Barbie makes a friend.

or click here to go to youtube if you are having problems viewing it here (sometimes embedded videos have a bad day and refuse to play)

Both the dogs are passed out on the floor now. They are look more satisfied than they have been for weeks. They haven't been out for a good offleash burn for a while. Last time Bender ripped off one of the nails on his back foot, right at the root, and we were waiting for some nail growth to cover the end of his toe. The little bit of nail that has grown back held up well.

The only problem is that all that extra winter fluff that Barbie is currently sporting is taking a bit longer than usual to dry. I think she is too tired to care.

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Greyhounds CAN Sit · 703 weeks ago

Oh, we're so jealous! Look at that gorgeous, almost empty beach with the lovely smooth, golden sand. Beryl hasn't had a good blow out like that for ages either. No wonder Barbie and Bender are snoozing. I love watching them (and mine) have fun. You can just feel the joy oozing from the video, lol!

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Witty Angel · 703 weeks ago

I just love how fast she gets from one end to the other. Luna has not had a chance to visit the beach, but hopefully we will soon now that swimming season is over. I would love to see her reaction to the ocean.

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Angela Jardine · 703 weeks ago

Love the video! I wish we had somewhere like that to go to. It looks like so much fun!

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jan · 703 weeks ago

We're ready to join you on that beautiful uncrowded beach. How lucky for you to be there.

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houndstooth4 82p · 702 weeks ago

It looks like they're enjoying the beach more than we are here at Dewey! You're so lucky to have a spot like that to take them! We get to to go to the beach once a year, if we're lucky!

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bigdogzola 12p · 702 weeks ago

I love my beaches too...but the ones near me haven't got such springy speed sprinting sand...looks like you are enjoying the wind round your ears Barbie! Nice one..my summer is coming to an end in the Northern Hemisphere...weird eh? aroooooofs from France...bigdogzola x

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Honey the Great Dane · 702 weeks ago

oh my God! That beach looks incredible!! I can't believe places like that actually exist in Australia! I take back every negative comment I've said before I've said about Australian beaches – they are not all awful– ha ha :-) that looks so wonderfully clean, wide open spaces, untouched and natural and UNCROWDED – just like the beaches we are used to back in New Zealand. We've been having a very depressing time in the last couple of weekends going down to Sydney to do househunting (in preparation forour move in about a month's time) and just not really liking anything we've seen of the city so far. I don't know why – I know everyone says Sydney is a wonderful city and I'm sure it is but it just does nothing for me. But now I've seen your video – I've got something to hold onto! We've just got to get through this one year in Sydney and then we can come out and join you – hopefully! I just really really really hope that Honey remains healthy and walk make it out to Perth with us so that she can enjoy this sort of dog friendly place again before she dies! (by the way – which beach is that?)

Oh – and my God! Watching Barbie run takes your breath away! There really is nothing like a greyhound! :-)

Hsin-Yi

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jetsagenda 82p · 702 weeks ago

Sydney's just a big, busy city and to some folks, that is it's appeal. I never really liked Sydney either, even just to visit. I much prefer Melbourne - even though it's the same size it doesn't have that cut throat, rush-rush, dog-eat-dog kind of feel.

This beach is 'City Beach' - pretty much directly west of the CBD. It is the best dog beach, and the closest one to us. There are also dog beaches at Leighton (near Fremantle) and Trigg (further North)
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=city+beach+perth&am...

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Honey the Great Dane · 702 weeks ago

thanks! I do feel guilty though because I meet so many people who rave about Sydney and all the culture and what it has to offer and how beautiful it is (well, part of it – although it still doesn't do much for me) – and I always feel bad that I can't appreciate it. Like I am sort of missing something. I just don't really "feel it". Like Paddington does nothing for me – I have a friend who lives there and she thinks it is just the best place and gorgeous and everything – whereas I just find it a quite pretentious and okay, it has some old architecture (although all the houses are clones of each other, squashed side-by-side!) but everything is still pretty cramped and I don't know – maybe it's just that I am not into urban landscapes and Sydney has so much of that. I like nature and things that are untouched by man and more natural, wide open spaces. I always feel so claustrophobic when we go to Sydney – the traffic is just AWFUL, the Main roads are so ugly (Parramatta Road has to be the driveway to Hell!!) and you are right about that terrible feeling of rush rush, dog eat dog… But I still feel a bit guilty because people are sort of raising their eyebrows at me and saying that I should feel grateful and lucky that we are going to be living in one of the supposedly most attractive, exciting, desirable cities in the world!

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jetsagenda 82p · 702 weeks ago

I guess for me, some of the drawbacks of Sydney are the result of it being one of the most popular cities in the world. It's expensive, has awful traffic, and is all hustle and bustle because so many people want to be there. They want to be there so badly they put up with the awful infrastructure (most expensive public transport in Australia is in Sydney!) I have now been to every Aussie capital, and Darwin and Perth are more my speed! I am sure Perth will change into a bustling metropolis too - it's growing at a faster rate than Sydney or Melbourne now - which is good for our house value but not so good for Perth as a whole. When Perth does get too big and ugly I think we shall be making a beeline for the countryside!

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Declan · 702 weeks ago

Oh Barbie, you look awesome! Mum really hopes one day I might be able to run free like that. At the moment I have to be on my lead unless I go to my tennis courts. Mum is pretty sure I would have gone completely cracker-dog if she'd let me off on a beach and I'd never have been seed again - she's right to think that! Deccy x

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jetsagenda 82p · 702 weeks ago

It took about a year for me to be able to trust Barbie at the beach, but we have a couple of fenced dog parks that we could practice recall in as well. There are still only certain places I will let her have a run - there are a lot of parks around here that dogs are allowed to run in, but they are so small, Barbie would get from one end to the other in a couple of seconds!