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Sonoma Coast Villa & Spa
Bodega
This elegant, yet comfortably affordable luxury hotel, Sonoma Coast Villa & Spa, in Bodega, Sonoma County, offers a serene retreat for travelers seeking a dog-friendly getaway.
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You can bet your Bodega on this
Bodega Bay in Sonoma County is a prime spot for crabbing off the jetty with your leashed dog when Dungeness season opens in November. Between whale watching, beach walks at Doran Regional Park, and fresh crab, a coastal weekend awaits.
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Sensory overload in Sonoma County
Sonoma County's coastline offers dozens of beaches, bluff-top trails and dog-friendly inns where you can fall asleep to the sound of the Pacific. From Sea Ranch to Bodega Bay, leashed dogs are welcome along miles of rugged, scenic shoreline.
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Cinco de Mayo with your dog: California’s best patios
Cinco de Mayo is one of California’s great outdoor holidays. The first week of May delivers reliably warm weather from San Diego to Sacramento, patio season hits full stride, and the margaritas flow. And if you have a dog? You’re…
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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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Healdsburg with your dog: where pups own the square
Healdsburg is 67 miles north of the Golden Gate and built around a historic plaza where dogs aren't just allowed, they're expected. Here's how we spend a Sonoma wine weekend with the pup.
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California’s best dog-friendly resorts
Resorts are different from hotels. A hotel is somewhere you sleep between activities. A resort is the activity — grounds you can walk for an hour, restaurants and bars on the property, water access, real space for a dog to…
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