those dates are good for me. I like the fort desoto park as well :thumbup:

I am game for after the 4th of July too! I will also tell Nikki who lives here with me on the East Coast and see if she would be interested in taking a drive over too with me. :D

awe guys I am jealous that I am north right now.. but please plan on another one when I get back to florida..anne

awww I wanna come.... I may be back down in November..

We are going to hold a meet-up.

We are not sure on the time yet. Let me know please :)

Attached is the invitation.

I'm going to have to miss this one.:( I know y'all will have a blast- it was so much fun meeting everyone at the last one.:)

Lori that is perfect timing for me... we go to florida in november...anne

Woo! Mr. Biggs, Capone and I will definately be there! I'm also going to see about getting 2 of my friends that have yorkies to go.

I just now found this thread thanks to FL Tink. I absolutely love the Ft. Desoto dog beach. I've taken the boys there twice and am going again next weekend. lol. It's such a clean beach considering it's a dog beach w/ a lot of larger dogs. But all the dogs that go there seem to be very well behaved. The park/paw playground part isn't the best dog park....it's kind of a bit unkept. lol. But they do have a very large wash area that's good for hosing them off to get all the sand out of their hair after the beach.

Also, we can bring a grill (if anyone has a mini one) and we could grill up hot dogs or burgers or something. They have a lot of grassy areas under trees that people often bbq in. Also, don't know if anyone mentioned it before, but if you have unbrellas or x-pens, you sould definately bring them. Oh, and plenty of towels! The sand gets so hot that we had to carry the boys to the water. lol. And the beach unbrellas were a definate need....we stayed at the beach for hours last time, since the unbrella took off some of the heat.

Also, once we get a an approximate number of people that are coming, we can also see if there is a place around there where we can eat afterwards w/ our furbabies. I know of a nice pizza/italian place that's not too far away....but they only have a few tables outside.

I'm a big planner, so let me know if you need any help! Can't wait to meet you all!

oh, if you're not sure of a time, I'd say maybe at 10 or 12 (to give people time to get there). I went around 11ish the last time and there was still plenty of beach space available. I know form my house it's a little over an hour away....so we don't want to make people get up too early. lol

I don't understand. Pets can be on any part of the beach? Or only in the paw playground?

They have a fenced in grassy area for small and large dogs. Then they also have a beach just for dogs....but it is just a 1/2 mile stretch of the beach that the dogs can be on.... they just can't be on any other parts of the beach not zoned for dogs.

here are some pics of the boys enjoying the beach a few weeks ago:

Looks really fun! I can't wait!

I have a mini grill I can bring! :)

thanks for the suggestions on what to bring! i think the bbq idea is fantastic.. i need to get an umbrella!

You're welcome! I only mentioned it because the last time I went to the dog beach with one of my friends, she definately wasn't prepared... she wasn't even going to bring a towel. lol