A dog owner tries to coax his pooch along Pacific Avenue Thursday, the first day dogs are allowed in downtown Santa Cruz in 35 years. (Dan Coyro/Sentinel)
Thursday was the first day in 35 years that dogs are welcome in downtown Santa Cruz. (Dan Coyro/Sentinel)
A man tries to keep track of his rambunctious rat terriers in the patio of Santa Cruz City Hall Thursday, the first day dogs have been allowed downtown in 35 years. (Dan Coyro/Sentinel)
A vagabond and his camo-garbed dog amble down Pacific Avenue Thursday, the first day dogs are officially allowed in downtown Santa Cruz in 35 years. (Dan Coyro/Sentinel)
A 12-week-old Chihuahua plays in the grass at Pinto Lake City Park in Watsonville on Wednesday. (Julia Moore/Sentinel)
Shine and Shanti have some unleashed fun at Frederick Street Park will their owners Nikki Brock, left, and Naomi Fuss, who holds her other dog Sophie make their daily visit to the locale. (Shmuel Thaler/Sentinel)
Roxy, a two-month-old Pit Bull, licks Cassidy White, 9, at the Santa Cruz County Animal Services on Wednesday. (Julia Moore/Sentinel)
Kitty, a two-year-old Shiba Inu mix, plays tug of war with a volunteer at the Santa Cruz County Animal Services on Wednesday. Kitty is still currently available for adoption. (Julia Moore/Sentinel)
Animal Control officer Walter Johnston pleads with dog-owner Phillip Snider to let the dog go under a ten-day quarantine required by law after the dog bit an alleged assailant. Photo by Robinson Kuntz
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Aptos-La Selva Beach firefighters Ray Welch, Nigel Miller, Carole Wallace and Ray Benson look in on Ruby the three year-old Australian Shepard that gave birth in the cab of her owners truck while the kitchen caught fire Monday. Walter Hiatt said the puppies will be named after the firefighters. (Dan Coyro/Sentinel)
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