What it’s like at the Huntington Beach’s Dog Beach on an early weekday morning?  This video shows one of my favorite times to visit the dog beach.  There’s usually more surfers than dogs in the early morning. I find it to be very peaceful and relaxing.  It’s a good way to tire the dogs out for the day. Or, in my case, a good way to tire the dog out before I hit the waves myself.

Contrast this peaceful weekday setting, to a busy summer weekend here.  You’ll hardly recognize the place.

This video shows some footage from a busy summer weekend at the dog beach in Huntington Beach.  If you enjoy people and dog watching, the crowds peak at Dog Beach during the summer on weekends.  I find it to be very entertaining and an all around blast to see so many people and dogs having a great time together. So check it out if you don’t mind a lot of people and dogs, summer is a great time to visit.

Check my other video blog posting on how different it is on an early weekday morning at the same beach.  You’d hardly recognize it as being the same place.

The 1st annual 2009 SurfinPaws dog surf contest in Huntington Beach, CA was a huge success.  The turnout was amazing. Hundreds of people watched from the beach and cheered for the surfing dogs. Kyjen was a title sponsor, we had a booth on the beach and we gave away free Outward Hound PetSaver life jackets to all the participants. Congratulations to 2009 SurfinPaws champ: Nani, a Bernese Mountain Dog.

You missed a lot fun if you didn’t catch the 2009 SurfinPaws Huntington Beach Dog Surf contest and festival this weekend!  In addition to all the surfing dog contestants, there were hundreds of people and most brought their dogs.  There were all kinds of dog-related booths (including one from us at Kyjen). All in all, it was just a bunch of happy people and dogs enjoying the perfect 75 degree summer day!  It was also great to see so many dogs wearing their Outward Hound lifejackets!

You missed a lot fun if you didn’t catch the 2009 SurfinPaws Huntington Beach Dog Surf contest and festival this weekend!  In addition to all the surfing dog contestants, there were hundreds of people and most brought their dogs.  There were all kinds of dog-related booths (including one from us at Kyjen). All in all, it was just a bunch of happy people and dogs enjoying the perfect 75 degree summer day!  It was also great to see so many dogs wearing their Outward Hound lifejackets!

How easy is it to teach a dog to surf? Not easy at all! This video shows my attempts to teach our Labrador McMoose to surf.  McMoose normally loves the water (have you ever met a lab that didn’t?), but he wanted nothing to do with the big waves this day. Needless to say, we had no success.  Excuse the noisy waves crashing in the background and turn up your volume a bit before you watch.  If you have had success at teaching your dog to surf, and you have it on video, email the link as I’d love to check it out. (Or tweet a link to @kyjenkyle on twitter.)