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A Sunny Dog Day at the Beach in Carlsbad

·Carlsbad, California, United States·#california#spring#beach-day#carlsbad#dog-beach
Many people and dogs are scattered across a wide beach with wet sand, rocks, and ocean waves.

We spent a Sunday afternoon in early May down at the beach in Carlsbad. It was a perfectly sunny Southern California day, and the place was packed with people and dozens of dogs running in and out of the surf. The tide was low, exposing a lot of rocks and creating small pools for the dogs to explore.

The dogs had a great time wading through the shallows. The water was just cool enough to be refreshing as small waves washed over their paws. They seemed a little unsure about the bigger waves but loved navigating the rocky patches along the shore.

After getting sufficiently wet and sandy, we did some exploring among the larger sandstone rock formations at the back of the beach. The warm, layered rock created some interesting little nooks and ledges to climb on. We got a few group photos with the kids and the dogs tucked into the crevices before calling it a day.

A dog on rocks and a person standing by the ocean, with many people and dogs on a sandy beach.A person bends down to pet a black and white dog standing on a rocky shoreline with ocean waves.A light brown dog wearing a harness and bandana stands on dark, wet rocks in shallow ocean water.A tan dog wearing a blue harness stands in shallow, frothy ocean water on a rocky beach with two people in the background.A child, a small dog, and an adult look through a gap in weathered sandstone rocks.A child, a dog, and an adult peek from behind large, light-colored rock formations.Two smiling people, an adult and a child, emerge from between large, light-colored rock formations.A person wearing sunglasses looks out from between light-colored rock formations.

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