Places

Stanford Shopping Center: http://www.stanfordshop.com/

This place is great! An outdoor mall that’s entirely dog friendly in beautiful Palo Alto! People need to shop and dogs need to walk; there’s no better way to combine the two. This mall has everything from Neiman Marcus (my favorite) to Starbucks (of course). It just feels great to able to walk into a Sharper Image or Nike store with a cup of strawberry Italian soda and your pup on your side.

One caveat, the usual suspects of handbag dogs and retrievers most commonly peruse the property with their owners. Due to this, almost everyone will try and approach your malamute or husky. If you or your pooch aren’t accustomed to such paparazzi, then its best to avoid the place till everyone is properly socialized. Remember, California has very strict animal bite laws that give the owner strict liability under most circumstances and defense to prevent recovery is usually based on provocation, negligence, or assumption of risk; difficult to successfully defend if you bring your dog to a public shopping area with children.

660 Stanford Shopping Ctr
Palo Alto, CA 94304

Just Google it!

Great place for food and wine and beer. Very dog friendly in an outdoor garden overlooking the ocean, with nice fires.

a few blocks off of Hwy. 1, 25 miles south of San Francisco, between Pacifica and Half Moon Bay. Driving times are approximately 20 minutes west of San Mateo, 35 minutes south of San Francisco, 45 minutes from the East and South Bay. See map below for directions from your location.
www.mossbeachdistillery.com

Nice coffee shop in downtown willow glen that actually allows dogs in the shop. There is also a small area to sit outside on a patio, where dogs are also allowed.

Just north of Minnesota on Lincoln Ave, across from the Starbucks.

Offleash area next to the bay.

From I-580 or I-80 (the Eastshore Freeway) in Richmond, take Central Avenue west to Isabel Street or Rydin Road, turn right to get to Point Isabel parking lots, adjacent to Costco and the U.S. Postal Service Bulk Mail Center.

Nice lake where dogs can swim

Going south on Almaden Expwy turn left at the lights at Via Monte into the Water District parking lot. Then follow the trail either left or right around the lake.

See the map for the best place to hang out.

Nice local Hardware store, where dogs are always welcomed with a biscuit.

a very very big dog park. one of the biggest i've been to. nothing for the dogs to run into, (except people). no shade though but us husky owners usally go during the later hours while it's cool anyways. only problem there's no small dog park so the lil' ones will be in the park also.

Enter the Park at the Softball Complex.

Great restaurant, that allows you to eat with your dogs on their secluded patio.
Offers simple but satisfying seafood, risottos, grilled meats and bright and light appetizers. Desserts are winners, too.
Note that people take preference over dogs on patio all except Thursday nights. Call ahead 408.271.0837 to make sure you can bring your dogs if it isn't Thursday. Also weekends are problematic with Dogs on the patio.

Hidden on a Willow Glen backstreet you access it from the back of Lincoln Ave, from the parking lot at Lincoln and Minnesota

Nice wine store, that has wine tasting, and wine by the glass, snacks and cheese. Dogs are allowed at the tables in the front on the street, and at the back on the secluded patio.

Just North of Minnesota on Lincoln ave, across from the Starbucks.

http://www.grapevinewillowglen.com/index.html

This Outback allows you to eat with your dogs on the patio outside, it is undercover, and quite nice to eat out there.

At the south end of the Pruneyard on E. Campbell Ave

A great, long beach where dogs are allowed offleash

The entrance and large parking lot can only be reached by driving south on Skyline Blvd (Highway 35). Go past the traffic light at John Muir Blvd and up the hill. You'll see a small sign on the right, near the top of the hill

A nice restaurant that is very dog friendly.
They allow you to eat outside in a nice patio area with your dogs.

Just off S. Bascom Ave at E. Campbell Ave in the Pruneyard

408-377-0707

English Pub, with a patio where dogs are welcome (on leash).

just north of Hwy 85 on Almaden Expwy.

Fairly large dog park. With large and small dog sections.
Open until sunset.
Recently re-opened after the surrounding area was closed due to contaminated soil.

From Taylor street heading east towards 101 turn right on 22nd Street, then turn left on Jackson, and follow the road as far as you can go into the park.

Nice dog park, with big and small areas.
Now has K9 plastic grass.
Also has several miles of good easy walking trails, around the perk ponds and beyond.

At the junction of Hwy17 and San Tomas
Park in the park for $6 or on Camden Ave or E. Sunnyoaks Ave for free

New dog park, with Astro turf-like grass. Big and Small dog areas. Slightly smaller than Los Gatos Creek.

Go south on Camden Ave, past the Hillsdale fork, (Just past Leigh) its about 1,000ft past the split on the left.

Very big dog park, mixed small and large dogs.

Turn onto Hellyer Ave from Hwy 101 and follow it around to the stop sign, go straight, past the ranger parking pay station, and continue straight until you get to the dog park.
The map shows alternative street parking to avoid the $6 fee.

Nice, albeit small, dog park with artificial turf.
Open every day and doesn't close when it rains.
Mixed big and small dogs though.

From Hamilton turn right onto Saratoga, then at the first light turn left on graves, it is at the end of Graves on the right.

Behind the Orchard Supply at Prospect and Lawrence.

Every Wednesday evening downtown Campbell has a dog-friendly evening. Most restaurants have outside seating where you can eat with your dog.

http://www.downtowncampbell.com/eventinfo.php?eventid=7952

Nice place where dogs are allowed to swim, But recently leash laws have been enforced there. So I guess you need a flexi leash if you want them to swim.

Go South on Camden Ave, turn left onto Singletree way just past Blossom Hill Road.

About 800 feet on the right park by the Power poll, and follow the trail down to the ponds

Beach where dogs are usually seen off leash, however officially it says dogs must be on leash. Not sure how well enforced that is.

South 17 to Hwy 1. South to Watsonville.
Take Rio Del Mar Exit, turn right then first left (Clubhouse Dr.), at the AM/PM mini market. Follow road until end, turn left (Via Palo Alto) and park about 1200ft down, there are stairs down to the beach.

On the map I have marked the stairs on the google map. Zoom out ans switch to map view from satellite view for better directions from Hwy 1.

Nice little dog park, split into large and small dogs, still l has real grass

corner of Lafayette and Reed st, just north of El Camino Real, next to the cal train tracks

BBQ place in Los Gatos with patio seating (if the weather's nice) that allows dogs. Depending on who is working at the time the dogs may be allowed inside.

Going south on 17 exit lark, make a left, then a right on Los Gatos Blvd. It's 2 lights up and you'll make a left into a shopping center where there's a Pet food express and Carl's Junior.

Otherwise, you can just take Bascom and it turns into Los Gatos Blvd.

K-9 clinic is a dog training school that has everything from obedience classes, to special certifications (therapy dogs, iron dogs), to fun days at the beach or park and boot camps for dogs with behavioral challenges. The clinic makes it fun to train your dog and uses a variety of methods, starting with positive reinforcement and motivation training. For dogs with behavioral challenges, compulsion training and prong collars are used. Boot camps have a high success rating for dogs with behavioral challenges and "transfer" of leadership skills and working with your dog is done in one or 2 sessions. The classes are really fun and even dogs in the basic class get to do some agility work in tunnels and on ramps so its more fun than just doing sit/stays and recalls. Distraction training happens right there in class where you can work your dog under the distraction of other dogs doing their thing. Each class will have several trainers/handlers and the owner oversees the classes and dogs, uses headsets with the trainers to guide them in classes and while making recommendations to owners as he watches the dogs and owners work together. Its a very professionally run facility and fun too!

From Santa Cruz
Take Hwy 1 South
Take the Freedom Blvd. Exit
Turn left onto Freedom Blvd. at stop sign
Follow Freedom Blvd. approximately 5 miles
At stop sign turn left onto Corralitos Rd.
Turn right onto Varni
Go straight through stop sign
Varni turns into Pioneer Rd.
Look for the white and blue K-9 Clinic sign on the left hand side
Turn left onto Pioneer View Rd.
The K-9 Clinic is on the left hand side