Happiest Place on Earth - the Dog Beach!

Last week, while we were in Florida, we took our little dog, Izzy, to a dog beach. It's on the gulf coast near Fort Myers. It wasn't the easiest place to find and once we got there all we saw were some cars - no people, no dogs. We found some signs giving us directions about doggie doo, so we knew we were in the right place. We walked out to the beach and looked to the right and saw a sand bar with about 20 dogs and lots of humans.

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We left Izzy on her leash at first, unsure if she'd feel safe with all the other dogs. In no time she was wanting to run around with the other dogs, so we took her leash off. We were still a bit nervous about the big dogs running up to her, but she just had a great time sniffing and running around.

We ended up spending about an hour watching Izzy interact with the other dogs. We were wondering if she'd go into the water and at first she had no interest in getting her feet wet. But then her desire to play with doggies on another sand bar got to be too much and in she went!

Here's a quick movie of Izzy running through the water. She was having so much fun!

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And then she met a couple of dachshunds. Watching her run around with those two little dogs really made me realize how much doxie she has in her!

The rest of the pictures are just a few more pictures I wanted to share with you. The day was cloudy and a bit chilly but then sun really wanted to come out.

 

We tried to leave a couple of times but she'd go running back to play with a group of dogs. Finally she started to walk with us and she seemed okay with leaving.

Needless to say, when we got home little Izzy got a quick bath and I think she slept really great that night. No doubt she dreamed of running up and down that beach with all those new friends.