Lincoln and his people live across the street from the Fort Bragg Dog Park - when they come to play people smile and tails wag. People and dogs of every shape, size, and attitude love Lincoln. He runs fast with the speedy guys, wrestles with the big boys, even just walks around, sniffing and hanging out if that’s what a little one prefers.

When I suggested we should make Lincoln Mayor of the Dog Park, Jim (Lincoln’s human) said Lincoln sees himself more as the Activities Director… he just wants to have fun and make certain other dogs do too. Good enough.

Meet Lincoln and the other well-behaved dogs at the Fort Bragg Dog Park. It’s easy to find, Maple St east from Main Street in Fort Bragg, until it dead-ends at the dog park parking lot - the cross street is South Lincoln - just like everybody’s favorite dog! Open daily, dawn to dusk, free to well-behaved dogs and their people.

Tom and Penny Honer of Fort Bragg, owners of Harvest Markets, are two of the most generous people on the Mendocino Coast. And they are at it again: Harvest Market is helping the Mendocino Coast Humane Society (MCHS) by allocating 10% of all Pet Supply Sales from June 17th through June 24th to MCHS from both Harvest Market in Fort Bragg and Harvest Market – Mendoza’s in Mendocino. You can be of help by making your pet supply purchases during that time period. A nice deed, indeed.

Johanna Jensen, a major Fort Bragg booster and former owner of Cowlick’s Ice Cream, loves dogs. So much so, that she got together with a group of other civic minded folks, such as Doug Hammerstrom and Diane Harris, to build an off-leash dog park in Fort Bragg. Here’s the story Johanna submitted:

MCDOG, Mendocino Coast Dog Owners Group, is pleased to announce the Fort Bragg Dog Park is officially open, and it’s a huge success! The dog park is located on the grounds of the C.V. Starr Community Center, at Maple and S. Lincoln in Fort Bragg. The park is almost an acre of fenced land where well-behaved dogs can romp and play between dawn and dusk each and every day. There are two areas, one for big dogs, and a slightly smaller one for small and shy dogs. Visit on a sunny Saturday afternoon and you’ll find a dozen or more dogs, and their people, enjoying the park. (more…)