<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div> Hi all, it's the ever clueless momPerson here,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2873"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2872" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2799" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
I've been reading the where can your dog go thread with interest. H</font><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2801" face="Calibri"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2802" size="3">ere in the San Francisco Bay Area …. It varies.<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2803" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2804" size="3">In San Francisco proper there are tons of off
leash beaches and parks …… down by Santa Cruz they are fewer and farther
between and many are “unofficial.”</font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2805" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2806" size="3"> I live in Campbell where you can take your dog anywhere on a leash, and to the dog park or on private property without one. There have been problems with the schools because people use them as off leash parks after hours because they are fenced but then don't clean up after their dogs and it's a big issue with little kids and dog poop .... people don't get it .... you can't abuse a privilege. </font></span><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2807" size="3">Then
you get to Carmel (think Doris Day) where dogs are allowed absolutely
everywhere (hotets/restaurants/stores/beaches/trails/everywhere) Most restaurants have “patio seating” so that you can bring your
dog to dinner with you.</font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2808" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2809" size="3"> </font></span><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2810" size="3">Which brings me
to this little gem ……</font></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2811"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2812" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2813" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2814" face="Calibri" size="3"> </font><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2818" face="Calibri"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2819" size="3">When my eldest daughter was only 19 months old we had
hardwood floors installed in the kitchen.<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2820" style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></font><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2821" size="3">At the time we had one dog, a lab named sugar magnolia (sweet Maggie).</font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2822" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2823" size="3"> </font></span><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2824" size="3">She was quite the love.</font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2825" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2826" size="3"> </font></span><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2827" size="3">We rented a room in a luxurious hotel for the
4 of us …. Yes of course the hotel accepted our 110 lab.</font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2828" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2829" size="3"> </font></span><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2830" size="3">We took Maggie everywhere with us those 3
days in Carmel but the funniest story was the fancy French restaurant.</font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2831" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2832" size="3"> </font></span><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2833" size="3">Yes, we took Maggie, and our baby girl
too.</font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2834" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2835" size="3"> </font></span><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2836" size="3">We were seated on the patio. </font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2837" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2838" size="3"> </font></span><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2839" size="3">Maggie laid down under the table and was
behaving perfectly, our toddler, not so much.</font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2840" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2841" size="3">
</font></span><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2842" size="3">Somewhere around the 2</font><sup id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2843"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2844" size="2">nd</font></sup><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2845" size="3"> or 3</font><sup id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2846"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2847" size="2">rd</font></sup><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2848" size="3"> course I excused
myself to the powder room and when I returned our daughter was GONE.</font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2849" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2850" size="3"> </font></span><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2851" size="3">I said to Greg ….. “where’s the baby??” to
which he replied “I dunno, she took off into the restaurant and I couldn’t
leave Maggie so I stayed here.”</font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2852" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2853" size="3">
</font></span><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2854" size="3">OMG!</font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2855" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2856" size="3"> </font></span><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2857" size="3">So of course I dashed back
into the restaurant to hunt for my daughter and when I finally found her she
was sitting in an elderly ladies lap finishing off the last of the woman’s
lobster.</font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2858" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2859" size="3"> </font></span><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2860" size="3">Apparently she ate most of
it.</font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2861" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2862" size="3"> </font></span><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2863" size="3">The lady was REALLY nice about it, I
was mortified.</font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2864" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2865" size="3"> </font></span><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2866" size="3">To make this basset
related I need to get my floors refinished as that toddler is now 19 years old
and they haven’t been done since but I REALLY DON’T think I can take Snoopy to
Carmel because he would spend the whole weekend howling at every dog in
sight.</font><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2867" style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2868" size="3"> </font></span><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2869" size="3">And I don’t think he would do so
well in fancy eating establishments either.</font></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2927" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"></font><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2933" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2932" face="Calibri" size="3">Drool to all in need, keep on getting better Page.</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2928" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Dale</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2929" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Calibri" size="3"></font><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2931" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2930" face="Calibri" size="3">PS .... Pawtunia, Snoopy is absolutely smitten. What did you say to him?</font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2870" dir="ltr"><font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470957072018_2871" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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