World’s Ugliest Dog Contest<\/a> is about to em-bark on its annual adventure June 22, 2012 at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, the summer is heating up with exciting bowser contests and events, including the dog surfing contests. The ugly dogs aren’t getting their just desserts as surfer dogs steal the spotlight, defiantly not rolling over to lose their 5 minutes of fame.\u00a0 If you ever watch a surfing dog contests, most dogs can barely ride a surfboard and some even shiver as their masters make them do it, but occasionally there’s a rising star of the canine surf world, and to see that moment–it’s priceless!<\/p>\nSeveral days ago Purina Surf Dog Contest 2012 awarded three of 16 competing dogs top spots in the Purina Pro Plan Incredible Dog Challenge.\u00a0 Winners included Jedi, an Australian Kelpie, owned by Katie Seja of Oxnard; Kalani, a golden retriever owned by Andra Lew of San Diego; and Zoey, an eight year-old Jack Russel terrier owned by Scott Chandler of Carlsbad.<\/p>\n
SURF DOG CONTESTS 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- IMPERIAL BEACH – Loews Hounds Hang 20 for Charity<\/strong> June 16-17, 2012
\nThe annual event invites pooches of all ages & sizes to surf in the Pacific Ocean at Imperial Beach’s Dunes Park.\u00a0 Look forward to a wonderful afternoon at the beach. In addition to the competition, enjoy onsite family activities, delicious lunch by the Devilicious Food Truck, sponsor giveaways and more. Please bring beach chairs, towels, sunscreen and umbrellas. And don\u2019t forget your leash because dogs need to be on a leash at all times. Location: 700 Seacoast Drive, Imperial Beach, CA, loewssurfdog.blogspot.com<\/li>\n- DEL MAR -Teach Your Dog to Surf Like a Pro<\/strong> June 30 & July 28, August 11, 18, 25, 2012, 10am \u2013 Noon
\nHWAC Doggie Surf Clinics at Dog Beach Del Mar help you to teach your dog to surf like a pro!\u00a0 kintera.org<\/li>\n- DEL MAR – Surf Dog Surf-a-thon<\/strong> September 9, 2012
\nSurf Dog Surf-A-Thon is a fun event at Del Mar Dog Beach that raises funds for orphaned animals at Helen Woodward Animal Center! surfdog.kintera.org<\/li>\n- HUNTINGTON BEACH<\/strong> – Surf City Surf Dog Competition<\/strong> September 28-30, 2012
\nContest is on Sept. 30 at Goldenwest St. & PCH (Dog Beach). surfcitysurfdog.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just as the World’s Ugliest Dog Contest is about to em-bark on its annual adventure June 22, 2012 at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, the summer is heating up with exciting bowser contests and events, including the dog surfing contests. The ugly dogs aren’t getting their just desserts as surfer dogs steal the spotlight, defiantly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6314"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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