Dog Beach
Off-leash strip of sand at a river mouth where dogs of every size run free together.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Dog Beach in Ocean Beach, San Diego opens with a quiet ritual at the waterline: visitors releasing pets' ashes into the surf, even though San Diego law otherwise requires scattering them three miles out at sea. It traces the beach's origin in a nineteen seventy-two fight, when Ocean Beach dog owners resisted the city's leash law and won this quarter mile of sand as one of the country's first official off-leash beaches. You'll hear about the volunteer group that has kept it clean ever since. Kneel at the waterline early on a weekend morning to see the ritual for yourself.
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