In September 1961 Betty and Barney Hill, along with their dog, Delsey, were heading home to Portsmouth, New Hampshire after spending time in Montreal, Canada. It was late, and they were tired. However, after getting lost trying to find a dog friendly hotel on the outskirts of Montreal, they decided to head straight home. Little […]
Today is Nature Photography Day! To celebrate we are sharing some of the dog friendly places that we visited that are as pretty as a picture. If you’d like to get out there and photograph these places too, click on the highlighted name for more information. Bradbury Mountain State Park, Pownal, ME: Bradbury Mountain State […]
Before heading out for a day of sand and surf, be sure to know the dog beach rules! Here is a list of Dog Friendly Beaches, with the dates and times dogs are allowed on beaches in New Hampshire and Maine during the 2022 Summer Season. For more information please click on the highlighted name. […]
Welcome to the 5th Annual Golden Tail Wags Awards, where we celebrate the weird and wonderful things we saw while exploring Dog Friendly Places. However, unlike other award shows where you get celebrity hosts, you get us, Chuck Billy and Asa, your intrepid explorers with active imaginations! Rest assured that these awards are not your […]
Today, November 1st, is opening day for deer hunting in Maine. With so many dogs taking their families outside to enjoy the many hiking trails Maine has to offer, it is important to remember that the majority of the Dog Friendly Trails reviewed here by Living with a Golden also allow hunting. Therefore, before heading out […]
Today our hike down memory lane is taking you back 300 years. Nestled behind the ca. 1710 Weeks Brick House and Gardens, in Greenland, New Hampshire, are the Weeks Nature Trails, a dog friendly hiking secret gem of the seacoast. Consisting of approximately 30 acres of conservation land, the Weeks Nature Trails are well marked […]
The Bellamy River Wildlife Management Area in Dover, New Hampshire is a dog friendly hike buzzing with activity. Follow these trails through fields of wildflowers surrounded by the sounds of bees, to a pond where you just may see a resident heron. Continue into the forest for perhaps a quick glimpse of a deer, while […]
Spoiler Alert: lions and tigers and elephants are NOT at Stonehouse Forest in Barrington, New Hampshire. Or at least that may be what the previous owner dreamed he would find when he pieced together 50 parcels of land to create his own private exotic game hunting reserve. However, apparently this “European investor” was not familiar […]
Please see 2022 post for 2022 UPDATED DOG RULES. Updated May 2021: Before heading out for a day of sand and surf, be sure to know the dog beach rules! Here is a list of Dog Friendly Beaches, with the dates and times dogs are allowed on beaches in New Hampshire and Maine during the […]
Awards season is here, and we are excited to announce the return of the Golden Tail Wags Awards! Our sincere apologies for not presenting any awards last year. There was a bit of controversy over who should host it. But enough about us, it is time to announce the winners of the most weird and […]