The Beach!

We've lived in Chicago for close to a year now, and that whole time we've lived very close to Lake Shore drive and Lake Michigan.  We've often taken Griffey to a dog park near us, and while it's fairly nice, Griffey doesn't seem to enjoy it quite as much as we'd hoped.  Plus, we can't bring Brady in the dog park, so one of us has to go in there while the other just waits outside.  Usually this would start out being Charlie, but once Griffey realizes that his mom is not around, he just wants to leave.  So then we'd switch up.

About a month ago, we found a much better solution.  There's a very large section of the Lake Shore beach that is blocked off and there for dogs.  It's right off of Wilson Avenue, which is just two stops north of us and thus less than a 10 minute drive.  We tried it one day, and - success!  Griffey loved it!  It's a great place for us to take dog and baby.  Charlie can let Griffey off the leash and follow him around, and Griff doesn't seem so worried about where Katie is.  He's much more interested in what those big dogs are doing by the water, or what that other dachshund is chasing around, or what the beagle is digging up in the sand!

So we tend to go there once a weekend to be sure Griffey gets good exercise, and Brady seems to enjoy hanging out on a towel when we're there as well.