Meeting Gidget the Surf Pug

A while ago I created an Instagram account for Ruby. She follows lots of cute little pugs :) One such pug is Gidget the Surf Pug. Gidget and her family live in Southern California and just so happened to be coming to Huntington Beach this past weekend for a surf dog competition. Actually it was the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge. I have watched these competitions on ESPN in the past so it is cool that it is being hosted so close to where we live. 

I told Gidget on Instagram that we are coming to cheer her on :) 

It was quite the challenge getting us to this competition on a Friday morning. We had to drive Tyler to work so we could have the car for the day (sorry we made you late Tyler :( ) Then when we got home I drove around a ton to try and find where the surfing event was being held. It was 2 miles down the beach from where the rest of the events were taking place. 

By the time we arrived Gidget had already done her first round. I was so bummed but I still worked put the courage to go introduce myself. Luckily she had made the finals and would be surfing another round. Her two owners were so nice to let us come see Gidget and talk to them. Of course we did not talk long at first because we did not want to distract the surfing pug :) 

So we hung out on the beach watching other surf dogs until the final round. 

 Tidus still loves the beach :) He is getting some crazy sun bleached hair down here.

 Here is my funny story for the beach. You will notice from the pictures that this was a very overcast day. Apparently Huntington Beach is known for May Grey and June Gloom. Almost every day starts out completely overcast. But by about 3PM it has all burned off and it is then a hot sunny day.

Before we left in the morning I made sure to put sunscreen on the kids. While they were playing in the sand a lady (one of the surf dog owners) came up to me and asked if I lived around there. I told her yes and she inquired if I knew that this kind of weather is the most dangerous as far as sun damage. Probably because it is deceptively cold and cloudy but you can still get burned. She then asked if the kids had sunscreen on. I told her yes they did, they are my pail babies and she was like oh ok good job, you are a great mom.

It was not offensive at all I didn't mind her asking.

We were sitting about 10 feet from another family that had little white hair babies the same ages as Ted and Tidus and I thought to myself, I wonder why she singled me out and not them. Then I noticed that their entire family was very tan. No tan lines. They just looked like a family that grew up in a sunny climate. We have lived here since last fall and we still look like we are just vacationing from Washington :) it made me laugh.

Finally it was Gidget's turn to surf in the finals. For each round a person would blast an airhorn and two dogs and their handlers ran out into the wave. A group of guys in yellow went out as well. They are the safety helpers. Each dog had at least 3 people guiding them through the water. 

In this pic you can see Gidget on the right and another little white dog on the right. That dog took first and Gidget took second. 

 I took a pic of the cameraman on the stand filming the competition.

 After the surfing was over the winning dogs were interviewed. This was the winner for the large dog competition. The large dogs are fun to watch because they don't really stand on the boards as much. They lie down. There was even a great dane that was really good.

 When all was done we got pictures with Gidget. She is a purebred all white pug. She is so stinking cute I can't handle it! And I love that my kids like dogs. They both loved seeing all the dogs run around on the beach.

 I don't know if you can tell but at this point Tidus was so dead tired. He was falling asleep in my arms and then I just plopped him on the ground for a photo hahaha. Oh the things my boys put up with...