Featured boats/houseboats
Blue Lakes
Blue Lake
Blue Lakes offer a perfect retreat for dog owners seeking a peaceful getaway. Comprising Upper and Lower Blue Lakes, this destination boasts clear, spring-fed waters that are ideal for swimming and fishing.
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Humboats Kayaking
Eureka
Humboats Kayaking has a waterfront location at Woodley Island Marina in Eureka, featuring the only dockside kayak and SUP rental facility on the redwood coast.
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Eureka
Owned by the Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum and operated by Humboldt Bay Harbor Cruise, the Madaket Ferry is the oldest vessel in continuous service in the United States, boasts the smallest licensed bar in the state and is a California historic vessel.
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Redwoods, shallow roots, and dogs on fire roads
Coast redwoods have roots just 6-12 feet deep but 100 feet wide. Here's why that shapes where your dog can walk in California's redwood parks.
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Roosevelt elk and dogs: rules for the North Coast
Roosevelt elk, bears, seal pups, plovers — California's North Coast is thick with wildlife. Here's exactly what to do when your dog meets them.
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Ticks and Lyme disease in California dogs
California reports roughly 1/200th the Lyme cases of New York — and our tick season peaks in fall and winter, not summer. Here's what California-specific CDC data, vet research, and CDPH surveillance actually show, and what it means for protecting…
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Dog-friendly Father’s Day: 5 California trips dads will want
Five honest California Father's Day trips, all dog-friendly: McCloud and the Shasta Cascade, Paso Robles ranch country, Trinidad on the Humboldt coast, Mammoth Lakes at full stretch, and Nevada City in the Gold Country. Muddy dogs, cabin porches, no infusions.
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ADA accessible dog-friendly trails on the North Coast
California’s North Coast is one of the most dramatic stretches of coastline in the state — towering redwoods, rugged bluffs, and quiet estuaries that feel a world away from the bustle of the Bay Area. For visitors with mobility challenges…
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DogTrekker® 15th anniversary
DogTrekker.com celebrates 15 years of helping California dog lovers travel together, supporting animal welfare groups and inspiring millions of readers since launching in June 2011. DogTrekker.com launched 15 years ago, guided by a mission to leave no dog behind --…
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