Kiapet on Fox News !

Yes Kia is all over the media, way to go Kia !!!

SurfinPaws went to Helen WoodWard Surf dog a thon and had a blast !

Our star student Bobby Gorgeous kicked some tail, he got 2nd to Kia's 1st in the small dog class ! Way to go Bobby !

Here are some links to some footage, ( not sure how the photographers from the Reuters put Kai instead of Kia) as we handed them her business card, kinda actually pisses me off.. anyhow enjoy the clips and such !!!

Rene ( Kia, Pancho & Hector)

http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/cutestuff/cutestuff-photos/2861052/Surf-Dog-Surf-A-Thon

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/sports/Hanging-20-59179327.html

Animal Planet's Unleashed is coming dog surfing!

Ok so Sunday the 30th, Cairo from Animal Planet's show Unleashed will be meeting up with us to get some lessons on how to Hang Ten !!! We had a great week and looking forward to one more great Sunday at the beach! This pict was at San Onofre on Thurs we stopped to surf while on the way back from the INT factory in SD, waves were 7'+ and shore rock breaks and high tide, so we just played and chilled and met some nice people too !!!

Hope to see ya there !!!


Rene ( Kia, Pancho & Hector)

More fun in the sun with surfing dogs !

Well we had a great Sunday, Kia rode at least 20 waves min of 100yrds ea, Princess the lil chi took level 1, as did a cute lil Pap, I even learned a tiny bit of SUP, was so nice.. Thanx to our regulars that showed up !!! And have a great week here are some picts !!!


Rene ( Kia, Pancho & Hector )
ps. Most of this while Hector was Napping, and Pancho was running the beach.. O and Trucker was popas shadow as was Gidget guarding the wagon ( Lucy running Pancho, and Nash was guarding his mom, and Petey came back to play and wear his shades on his butt) !

Lost 6' clinic foam dog surf board !

Hey All,

We had a great Sunday teaching some kool new dogs how to surf, we even got Trucker Gidget's brother to surf and he did great.. Magneto the Boston from Boston Buddies kicked booty too !!

On a SAD note, some how we lost a 6' foam board last we saw it, was being used by a random dog on the beach, we gather it floated up river when the tide came in, if anyone here's about it, bring it back Sunday to us.. I hate to see $100+ float off for no good.

Were ramping up for the Sept 13th contest in SD so be ready and practice ! Sydney and Booda came down from Venice Beach to surf with us and he did great and his popa got to catch some waves on his own :) so thanks to Syd for comin down !!! I had a prize for you but you left so get it next time we see ya !!!

ok also Aug 30th were being filmed for a reality show so if any of you want to get a chance to be filmed come hang, put in the time and you might make the cut !


Rene ( Kia, Pancho & Hector )
ps. thanx to Keith May from OCWeekly.com for the nice shot of KIA !!!

Dog surfing clinic Newport Beach, CA

Yes this Sunday the 16th of Aug, we will meet at same spot and have lots of fun, low tide is noonish, so we will be there super early if you want to show up and have fun learning !

We meet on the south side of the Santa Ana river just check this Map !

Parking is best at Brookhurst state Beach.. you can try if you get in early to park in Newport at Orange or towards the jetties, just keep in mind it's tough after 8am... looks for the boards, the white tub with vests, and my white electric umbrella, O and some dogs 2 !!!

Rene ( Kia, Pancho & Hector )

Pisses me OFF !

Visit RinglingBeatsAnimals.com

Dog surfing clinic Newport Beach, CA This weekend is ON !

Hey everyone, were on for this Sunday, so do your homework if you need to ! The rest of ya, be ready for surf ( show up 8-9am )!!!

We rescued this lil gal from Dodger stadium in LA weds, someone dumped her off in the parking lot and the game had over 50,000 people ready to leave in cars, so we grabbed her put her in a car for safety, then drove her to OC and took her to the vet for a spa day, and now she's ready to hit her new home, Bonita is very cute !!!

Rene

More Surfurdog fun !

What can we say, Sunday the 2nd we spent 12hours on the beach, most of them were surfing with dogs ! Was a blast check the video it shows you a bit !

We had many dogs show up, I would say about 20 in all ! You all know who you are and thanx for coming down, we luv you all !



Rene ( Kia, Pancho & Hector)
PS. also at youtube

Clinic 4 for Surfing dogs !

Hey All,

Those that came ans listened to us !!! Johanna and Hurley, Andy and Lucy, Journey and his mom and pack of dogs !!! We even got a couple randoms off the beach to hang with us, a 11yr + yorky caught a tandem wave with Rambo the 5 month Mini Wiener dog ! Lil Petey was cut fancy yorky, then when he got wet his moma yelled OMG, I said no no look you can see his lil Muscles he's a tough dude.. anyhow we had fun, Hurley the wild and crazy ball hog got to level 2, meaning his momma was able to have him jump on the board on his own, then she could walk him around, he really learned how to balance on his own, we also met a nice guy named William that was helping us out a bit, and he got to learn to paddle and take pancho with him too.. Golie finally showed up, he was bugging his mom, but Trisha was draggin her tail, so they got to come and he got to chill with is surf pals, so back to Hurley He won STAR student for the day and he gets a neat gift next time we see him ( I left them at the office, woops). Now I have to tell some of you people ( actually LOTS of you ) not exactly sure why the emails telling me the wves are to big blah blah.. I'm not here to put your dogs in harms way, I checked the break on Fri and it was almost as good as I have ever seen it. So you all missed out on about 2hrs in the am and 1.5hr at 6pm, Kia caught 3 100+ yard runs it was like she rode for ever ( this is the same type of break in SD at the Del Mar dog beach) and people on the beach were amazed.. also Pancho rode 2 waves but his tall skinny legs he tends to bail if the board gets funny, where Kia will hang on till the end !!!

So enjoy a few of the picts, if you were ther email me 2 of your best picts and I'll put them all in the clinics gallery at SurfinPaws.com as it's tough for me to shoot picts of the pups riding when I'm pushing them on to the waves ;)!!!

Once again we got here at 9am and left at 7pm Sunday so a nice fun filled day with pals !

Mahalo !

Rene

Clinics for surf dogs...

Ok so waves are big on outside and that means nice whitewash for the dogs to ride at the shore !!! I was out there today and it looked great so were gonna meet up Sat 8-9amish and play.. then sunday same gig but might be more 9amish.. as I have to go to Palm Desert to shoot picts sat afternoon and who knows how late that will go... so don't be mad if I don't show up on time.. but Andy and others will be there with the equipment and I know all you great Sudents can handle it all !!!

Here is a map I suggest you consider the fact it's SUMMER, so parking is tough, I tend to ride my bike, so you can do a few things.. park free up on Brookhurst then ride down to the trail and over the bridge, pay to park at brookhurst on the beach south most point and walk over the bridge (1/8mile), if you like to gamble then hit up pch and Orange just b4 the jetty's if your northbound on PCH, or just over the bridge if south on PCH, at Orange turn towards the ocean then make right go to end and pray for parking.... 7am you can park but 9am Rarely.

Time to have fun !!!

The Surfinpaws gang !!!

ps. remeber I have loaner boards that I payed for outta my pocket, and have lif vests to lend that Kyjen donated so feel free to use, also if you end up wanting to go to Helen Woodward in SD I will bring the gear and lend it for the comp !

Surfinpaws free clinics continue !

Well were in Zion UT doing some secret training ! Be back for this weekend, thinking we will have 2 clinics, both around 9am at our same spot! Heard word some dogs wanna compete in San Diego at the Del Mar Contest September 11th so we are here to help !!!


Yest we did a 10mi bike ride in 110 heat good thing we found the river and were able to kool off at our half way point !

Be back soon and ready to rumble!

Rene ( Kia, Pancho, Hector, Ocho and Shaka)

SurfinPaws Contest went great !

HI All,

WE had the comp and it kicked butt! Thanx to all for competing, and all for helping, and all that came to watch ! It rocked!

Rene

SurfinPaws dog surf Clinic #3 Rocked !!!

Hi All,

We had a blast !!! Were shooting for one more weds the 8th will let ya know long as your signed up when and where.

Check the picts as we had lots of killer dogs show up and lots of fun learning, the waves for so so, but the dogs all kicked Canine Butt !!! We even got our veteran boxer Mr. Golie to surf 3 waves !!! Nash was a great first times and even our lil rock start Bobby G the 4lb pom kicked major booty !!! A cute lil girly Boston showed up to cheer her brother on, but she stole the show, then we had a sweet pug rescue rock along with her brohter Quest the full sized Aussi shepard along with our own Lucy the Min Aussi Shep catch many many waves.. Nacho a Chihuahua from Mission Viejo kicked his larger brother Lance's butt and Lance is a sweet rescue but was not in the mood to ride. even out mascot Kia was rockin it as the NPR.org Gloria came out to interview many of us for there up and coming story on dog surfing !!! Fun by all and thanx to all ad I'm sure I missed some names but were slammed pulling the comp together July 11th !

The Gang !
ps. I promise to have the clinic picts from the start, up at our stie SurfinPaws tonight !

June 28th Surf Clinic !!!

Hi All,

Just to let ya know were hoping for a fun surf clinic this Sunday at the Newport River Jetty's ! If you want to come see dogs learn to surf, take a spin on your bike or drive down or walk over depending on where you live !!! We will be there around 9am just take a look at this map !!!

Hope to see you all there as we will have a full fun day at the beach!

And may the 3 Celebs that past this week R.I.P. !

Rene

Loews Surf Contest in Coronado Rocked !!!

Hi All,

We went down to support our pals ( canine and human ) at the Loews Surf Dog contest in Imperial Beach CA, and man was it a blast ( a bit cold and so so waves) and the crowd was great the volunteers from Loews were super, the media was having a barking time and of course the surfing dogs all had a blast !!!

These are some links to picts, our close friends are Nani the Bernese with the O so great lifejacket, Abbie the black & Tan that got 2nd in our evnet, Buddy the Jack that place 1st in 40 and under, Dozer our bulldog that isn't afraid of the water, even Elvis left the building to catch some waves ! Everyone remember the key to any event, it's not who wins, it's how much fun we all had together as a team !!!

SD Tribune

daylife.com

The Today Show

Great shots for the AFP

Were looking forward to having our event July 11th along with the Red Carpet Party so talk us up, spread the word and lets get ready to have a dog surfing time in HB to benefit the OCSPCA !!!!

CowaCanine !!!

Dog/Cat CPR

Hi All !

So this coming Sat were off to the Loews Dog Surf contest in Coronado just south/west of San Diego downtown so if you want something fun to do come on down, June 20th to cheer all the pups on !!!

Now I'd like to let everyone know that learning CPR for your pet is So very important ! We have a great resource to use from a gal named Melanie Monteiro on page 122 of her book this is covered, she has kindly donated some of her books for our event. I also found a simple sheet you can print that covers CPR here !

Make sure you take the time to at least read and print this as you never know when it might come in handy I'm taking a CPR class for animals soon, as I travel alot and now having 3 dogs out running it's a good idea for me to have it just in case. I hate to say but when we held a clinic we saw a couple that brought two dogs to the beach and the one was 60lbs+ but the other was about 10lbs ( Yorky) if that and they let the lil guy swim and swim and he went into cardiac arrest and our pal TJ ( and the lifeguard) tried to save him, the parents made way to many mistakes that could have maybe helped save his life he was just 7yrs.

In any event BE educated and ready for anything, I say at least keep the cpr sheet laminated and in your car or back pack and make sure you know of a 24hr emergency care ( pet, NOT human, human hospital will Help Zero) close to your area, one thing I have always done when I travel is pay attention to the vets or clinics that I pass along the way just in case( I see so many people that have not the faintest clue when they pull into a new town) you will need one or might be able to help someone else in need !

1st Surf Clinic Rocked ! Dogs surfing rocks !!!

Hey All,

Just a quick note to Thank Crystal for showing up and helping out, also the gals from the OCSPCA popped in to see what was up! Also thanx to the people that showed up, we had Kia jump writ up for basicly lesson 2 that's gettin you pooch to want to jump on the board willingly ! then I pulled her for the dogs to see. Then we had Maggie step up and jump on 1st time, then her brother, then even Golie our sweet Boxer that Trisha drove down from LB ! Also our Pal TJ showed up and we had Crystal paddle with her two min pins, now keep in mind we were in 2ft of water and it was dead calm why we had not put vests on the dogs yet as it was one on one. But keep in mind we always promote using vests and we had them but since it was so shallow it was easier to have them just take turns. now all lessons from here on out will Require vests as we will graduate to the open ocean and that for sure will warrant vests !!!

I have posted the picts at this link so that you all can add to them if you have surfing dog picts ! It's an open group so you can post picks from your training, yard, lake, beach or anything that apply's to teaching a dog to surf !

Thanks again to all ( including Crystal's pal Katharine), and also to Campster.com and Kiapet.com for donating a board ea to our loaner program !

Woof Woof,

Surfin Paws

Introducing our Newest member of the team !

OCSPCA and SurfinPaws would like to welcome Crystal to our team !!

"Aloha! My name is Crystal. I was born and raised in Southern CA, where Ive always lived less than 10 minutes to the beach. After high school I volunteered at a local animal hospital and ever since I've loved working with animals. I'm currently working in Newport Beach as a veterinary technician and also attending a veterinary assistant program to obtain my RVT license. Since my work is so close to the beach, I can't help but check out the surf after a long days work. I've been surfing for 5 years, and will be for the rest of my life. My dog Flash, a dachshund also shares the same love for the water. Its always a blast riding waves with him. Well, we'll see you in the water!

Crystal Romero"

Crystal will be assisting in surf lessons the month of June getting dog/humans ready for the big event !!!

Our first water lesson will happen June 7th at 1pm at the Newport River Jetty's if you all don't know about twitter you had better sign up! We will be using that to keep updates going and such ours is Twitter.com/SurfinPaws Now keep in mind we will have some loaner foam boards for this clinic just make sure you have at least worked on lesson #1 prior as it will make things much better.. now keep in mind we spoke with Tyson the skateboarding bulldog and he's going to give surfing a shot, so our Crystal and Rene will get to help Tyson roll into a new sport !!! Ok back to the lesson, were gonna be there for a couple hrs maybe longer if it's a super nice day as we luv to chill at that nice spot !

any questions can be sent to SurfinPaws@gmail.com or just check our site SurfinPaws.com for Red Carpet or contest info. Keep in mind these are free lessons if your signed up to surf in our contest !!!

Rene

How to teach your dog to surf ! ( lesson 1, in home pre training)

Hi all ! Our event is fast approaching, yahoo! We will be holding some clinics the month of June. I have been asked by people the best way to get a dog to ride. I base these first pre-surfing tips from a bit of experience getting Kia to ride many things like skateboards, motorcycle, electric scooters, boogie boards ( she did a 6 hr river float trip in AZ 4yrs ago) kayaking and the list is long.

My first tip for people is to get to Costco and buy a foam surfboard, most any dog can ride a longboard so I say get the 7-8ft depending on your dog size but also what you can carry to the beach in your vehicle.

Ok, now you have board and ready to get your pooch to ride !

Drop the board on the grass, or on the carpet in your house, and see what the dog does many will just jump on, others you might need to treat to get on the board, the key is to let the dog jump on it themselves ( not to force them ever). Now lets say your dog gets on the board, give them a treat and TONS of praise ( dogs on boards is NOT natural) so be way excited, NEVER rush them. This might take a short time, or could take a day or a week. It's all up to your pooch. Always take and be patient, dogs build trust with positive feedback ( treats don't hurt either).

Now lets say Fido is luving to get on the board, great, now step 2 !

Place board in pool or lake ( NOT ocean with waves) now repeat the above step getting your pooch to want to get on board. Treat each time they do.

Now once dog is fine with getting on the board while it's on water time to pull-push the board around so they get the idea of how to balance while moving.

Once again this might take lots of time, or no time at all.

Now once you get to this point your ready to hit the ocean. I highly recommend for starters to hit the Jetty's at the Santa Ana river and PCH, you turn towards the ocean at Orange St. then make right and go all the way to the end, I also warn you to check the tide you want a nice LOW tide to surf. As your gonna put your dog on the board in the shallow and do the same you did at the lake or pool. Once your dog is cleared with this step, then I say go out to the white wash ( the part that bubbles up after the waves break, it's the foam part we all play in) and see about catching a wave from that point, keep in mind you really want to have your dog get on the board and you push them out while on it, it's NOT a good idea to have your dog swim out and try to hop on, our pal Peter in Del Mar has this Mastered with Nani she's 85lbs, all he does is push her out then push her into the wave and she's off. Feel free to email us via the SurfinPaws site if you have any questions !

The pictures on this Post are for you to see that what I'm explaining here will get you to the point of your dog jumping up on the board and you being able to just push your dog out into the waves like Peter and Nani do !!!

Always be safe, wear a life vest, Nani is 85lbs so in being that large the vest in 3' of water is not so critical, but Kia being 8.5LBS always has one on, I like to stress to wear one no matter what!

Rene Bruce
SurfinPaws.com