Charlie and my husband Trip

My dog Charlie, a Border Collie absolutely loved Dog Beach. We lived in Belmont Shore during 1994-1995 and visited Dog Beach every day. Although his time at the beach was brief he remembered every time I would say "Go to the Beach?" or reached for the jar of quarters (we needed quarters to park).

Back in the 90s when Charlie loved the beach, the dogs weren't allowed to be off leash but good ol Charlie could see the man coming and get back to me every time to hook up so we never got a ticket.

Charlie and I caught our first waves off of Dog Beach which I'll never forget. He was an awesome dog that loved the water.

Charlie died of cancer last December right before the Holidays at the age of 13. He was the best dog ever and I'll never forget him.

I'll be visiting Dog Beach on a vacation back to Huntington Beach next week and will be scattering some of his ashes and say a prayer for him.

Of all the many places he's lived, Dog Beach was by far his favorite.

- Renee Gabel