Montrose Dog Beach

I have lived in Chicago for almost a year and had never gone to the Montrose dog beach until Friday.  The weather was not the greatest but it wasn't that bad either.  The wind was up a little but not enough that it was chilly.  The waves were lapping gently and the sun was out but nicely diffused by some very welcome clouds.  Unfortunately, the wind meant that getting shots of Vaughn was almost impossible.  He gets this weird wind blown effect which does not look very attractive at all.  Maybe on another day.  But, I managed to get some pretty decent ones of other pooches having a great time frolicking around on the beach.

Montrose dog beach is really awesome.  The beach itself must be 400 yards long that the dogs can use and the way it is setup is perfect.  There is a high wall on one side which tapers in towards the lake which the dogs cannot get over.  The other side has a fence, although the fence is broken and the dogs could theoretically get through.  But they don't bother since there is so much space and they want to hang out with the other dogs anyway.

Making the best of a bad situation.....and loving it!!

Unfortunately I never got this little guys name but he was having a whale of a time wheeling around the beach.  He had no trouble walking up to other much bigger pooches and letting him know that this was his beach!