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Arcata Animal Hospital
Arcata
If you have an emergency when they are closed, please call (707) 672-6505. After-hours emergency care is currently shared by all of the hospitals in our area on a rotating basis.
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Arcata
Sunny Brae Animal Clinic, a full-service veterinary medical facility established in 1972, is a trusted destination for pet care in Arcata, CA.
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Hunting for bigfoot
Humboldt County's Redwood Coast is cool enough to keep your dog comfortable while you check out the Bigfoot Museum in Willow Creek. Nearby, Sequoia Park and Arcata Community Forest offer great dog-friendly walks through ferny woodlands.
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Eureka, you’ve found it!
Eureka makes an ideal base for exploring Humboldt's redwood country with your dog. Off-leash beaches, the five-mile Hammond Coastal Trail, and a laid-back waterfront town with flannel-shirt charm and real sophistication await you and your pup.
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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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