Today would be a good day to be in San Diego
By Gina Spadafori
October 31, 2009
Well, heck, the fact is in my book ANY day is a good day to be in San Diego. It’s one of my all-time favorite getaways, and would be even if it weren’t a short hop on Southwest away. (How much do I like SD? Consider: 25 years after the fact, I’m STILL kicking myself for not saying “yes! yes! yes!” when the San Diego Union offered me a better job than the one I had at The Sacramento Bee … and I said … no. D’oh!)
But maybe it’s just as well, because if I lived in San Diego I’d waste every Saturday at Liz’s place. Her Kindred Spirits training facility (complete with geese and agility obstacles) has a full slate of classes every Saturday, and on holidays, they really go all out.
I know today’s classes will be more like a canine carnival — that’s just the way they roll at Kindred Spirits. Here are a couple of the Aussie boys checking the fun stuff for quality control:
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Since this is the day when people do some crazy things, keep your pets in today — and especially tonight. Crates are good thing for bolters and fear-biters. Use them.
Addy loves the little kids, in costume or not, but the teenagers in good costumes scare her—so no candy-giving tonight, and carefully timed walks. We spent prime Trick or Treat time at my mother’s—in a senior housing complex where no Trick or Treaters can turn up.
Comment by Lis — October 31, 2009 @ 5:00 pm
We had about 60 well behaved dogs and their families for our Halloween Party and raised about $800 for the local therapy and service dog organizations!
We had a wonderful pot luck, super raffle, and a wonderful trick contest. It was great to see so many kids having fun putting their dogs through the trick routines.
So yes, Gina, any time you want to vacation in San Diego, come on down! smile….
Comment by Liz Palika — October 31, 2009 @ 8:48 pm