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toedtoes
Feb 18, 2017Explorer III
downtheroad wrote:
We have found that National Parks and most all Calif. State Parks are not at all pet friendly....pretty much not allowed anywhere outside of the parking lots.
Oregon and Washington State Parks and beaches are very pet friendly.
I've found the same thing. It's my number 1 pet peeve (pun intended) with California State Parks. They actually had (don't know if it's still out there) a flyer that says they ban dogs from the trails for their own safety - because if a dog goes to check out a boulder or downed tree, they might get bit by a rattlesnake (guess they don't care about your little kids checking out that downed tree or boulder).
National Forests are usually the most dog-friendly overall. They have very few limits on where you can walk the dog.
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