littlebitloki, Oakland, CA (2026)

03/17/2026

Send healing energy to our big boy Loki 💜

Last night we took him to the emergency vet to rule out bloat or obstruction and thankfully, he did not have either but was given fluids and anti-nausea medication. The changes we recognized in Loki— dry heaving, breathing irregularity, pacing, white foamy vomit, drooling, and anxiety. While I was trying to not have a panic attack, Josh got in contact with the ER vet and they recommended we bring him in just in case. Within 30 minutes, Loki was laying in the exam room trying to sleep with his breathing and heart rate back to normal. We wanted to be careful so we decided to go with the fluids and anti-nausea medication to help him feel better. Up all hours of the night for bathroom breaks and making sure he was doing okay, he is now recovering and has been able to sleep.

Loki was a trooper meeting two new vets and a bunch of dogs in the waiting room with no reactions while being very chill. We are hopeful that he will have a solid recovery in the next few days and if there’s any change, we will be bringing him to our regular vet.

Within the first 3 months of having Sven he had an allergic reaction to a bug so we went to an ER vet with him even though we knew it was an allergic reaction. Another dog came in with an allergic reaction and with our permission, they shared the ultrasound with both parties to show how Sven had a normal one and the other dog at the ER had asphyxiation. Thus, for us we just felt like we had to bring Loki in from our previous experience with Sven.

Loki is our least affectionate dog so when he was leaning on us and asking for pets, I knew he needed to feel relieved of the anxiety and nausea so I’m happy the fluids and meds helped him a lot. He is my first dog ever so he is my everything 🤎

02/13/2026

I’m your valentine and your problem 🐚

We will always support because she cares about meeting all the dietary needs of dogs especially like Loki who as they age, can no longer have the same things as they used to. Rabbit, duck, bison—unique goodies galore! It’s an honor to watch our dogs grow into slower days, pausing moments in time 🤎

I am truly grateful to celebrate the holiday of love with Loki especially as a senior bean. Dressed to impress in his heart bandana, Loki would like to wish a happy pawlentine’s and galentine’s to the Ladies Love Loki squad 🫡

02/12/2026

It’s the most wonderful time of the year for Freya 💌

If Freya could talk, she would invite everyone she has ever met to be her valentine. But of course, she would demand treats and snuggles by pyr pawing you.

Thank you to Kenzie from for creating this!

02/11/2026

A Little Bit Loki 🐻‍❄️

My dogs and I are all adopted, not something you normally think you would have in common with your pet 😅

Loki came with intense reactivity, heartworms, and was underweight with no history to go off of. I always felt out of place even in a loving family because I was different and I was always longing for more, but felt like I needed to change who I was in order to fit into the molds of being socially acceptable and have thoughts that were easier for people to digest. Instead of seeing ourselves as something to fix, we take the reigns to create a space for ourselves and others to feel a sense of belonging. Where whether you feel too weird, not enough, too loud, lost, too quiet, or too much—you are welcome. We all have a bit of Loki in us.

Allow us to reintroduce ourselves 🪻

Humans: Caitlin & Josh
Dogs (from oldest to youngest): Loki, Freya and Sven

A few years ago we were inspired by my close friend Sarah and her dog to take the plunge to create an Instagram for Loki. Finding lasting friendships was the greatest part of starting this account that we had no idea would happen. So thank you to everyone who has been part of our journey 💜

If you ever want to connect and talk about life, our DMs are always open and yes, I also watch ungodly amounts of reality tv 🫡

02/01/2026

2 years of loving you 👽

Today is 2 years since we adopted Sven from Rover’s Retreat. I learned from a Facebook group that a rescue in California brought in a group of Bernese/Golden mixes and immediately fell in love with two of them, Frosty and Kringle.

Now Kringle was fostered by the amazing from who we were following for updates on Kringle and learning more about the rest of the group. I was so enamored with the two dogs that I made a Google Slides presentation for why we should adopt another dog including photos of them.

We rented a car and drove 16 hours from Colorado to the San Diego area, slept at a rest area, and did our meet and greet with the dogs. It was pouring rain as we did walks around the neighborhood to get our dogs and Kringle used to each other. He was shy, but the sweetest dog we’d ever met. We immediately drove home to beat the snowstorm coming to Colorado and slept at another rest area. Sven’s first day in Colorado he got to experience snow and play for hours.

We are thankful for all the friends Sven has made in his time in Colorado and California—Arktos, Potato and Frankie. We also still appreciate Sven’s foster and his foster siblings (Arlo and Bubbles) for loving him so well!

He is my shadow and my favorite snuggle buddy. And the first dog to pick me 💜

01/29/2026

My heart beats for you 🤎

Today on Travel Thursday in conjunction with we are sharing a new hiking location, Point Pinole Regional Shoreline in Richmond, CA. And yes, indeed that is Freya that went on a 2.2 mile walk in nature (she came for the turkey hearts)!

Point Pinole Regional Shoreline 📍
22 minutes from Berkeley

The Bay View Trail: When leaving the Great Highway parking lot we walked the bridge that goes over the railroad tracks and took the first left down to the Bay View Trail. About a mile walk from the parking lot, you will reach a dog friendly beach but make sure to stay out of the protected marsh areas and be respectful of the birds.

Parking: 3 lots to choose from, but we parked at the Great Highway Staging Area lot that is free on weekdays. Currently, gates close for entrance at 5pm but you can park outside the gate and the gate to exit stays open.

Suitability for reactive dogs: Most of the park allows dogs off leash but there are portions that are on leash. The majority of people recalled their dog to them or leashed them when passing us. I would only bring Loki on weekdays as a dog selective dog. If your dog is sensitive to sounds, there is a gun club a few miles down the road and train tracks near the beginning of the trail that you cross over.

Popularity: Weekdays are the best to visit as it is also free, otherwise there is a $5 fee for cars on holidays and weekends between April and October when the kiosks are attended. There are over 2,400 acres and tons of trails to use so you will see people and then be in solitude a few minutes later.

If your dog would like to gobble some turkey hearts on their hikes, you can use code LITTLEBITLOKI to shop at AJ’s Dog Bakery 🦃

12/17/2025

“I’m not a cookie! I’m a gingerbread man!” 🎁

Good news from there, good news from here, good news for all! The Gingerbread Dog House Decorating Contest has extended until December 24th, so you have more time to get creative and build that house. Use the hashtag AJsGingerbreadHouse to enter the contest on IG as there will be prizes for most festive and most creative 👀 If you didn’t get the chance to order a gingerbread dog house decorating kit, you can still order one with code LITTLEBITLOKI and decorate it for a bonding experience with your dog in the future.

While Josh fixed a hole in his tire, I only managed to get the front door done and take a few photos of Freya patiently waiting for her house to be built so she could demolish it. I am as indecisive about decorating a dog gingerbread house it seems as I am with interior decorating our own house.

How long do you think it took us to put together our gingerbread dog house? 🤎

12/16/2025

Would you believe me if I said this was Berkeley? 🐻

Tilden Regional Park 📍
Nimitz Trail, free to park and hike

Trail quality: Paved and pretty flat, perfect for senior dogs and dogs with mobility issues

Length: This is an out and back trail that you can choose your own adventure for in terms of length but it is 4.1 miles out and 4.1 miles back to complete. There are connecting trails to Tilden Nature Area but dogs are not allowed on those. We went 2 miles in and 2 miles back because we didn’t want to get caught in the dark.

Parking: You can park at the main lot for Inspiration Point or if it’s busy like it was for us, park on the side of the road. The road is closed after Inspiration Point so you can’t miss the lot.

Popularity: Yes, it’s a popular trail but even on a Saturday at 2pm it was not as busy as most hikes we’ve experienced in Colorado. Inspiration Point is a gateway spot to a bunch of trails so you don’t see as many people as you would think. It’s probably even less busy on a weekday.

Suitability for reactive dogs: This trail is entirely on leash and we did not see a single person with their dog off leash. We only passed about 4 dogs in a 4 mile span of walking.

Living in Longmont, we still had quite the trip just to get to 70 and we loved our trips to Nederland and Estes but it’s wild when we moved to the Bay we had no idea how close we would be to tons of mountain hiking within a 20 minute drive.

If you live in the Bay, are there trails you recommend we take our dogs to? 🌲

12/10/2025

Build a gingerbread dog house with us 🌲

What you need—

🐾 gingerbread dog house and icing by
🐾 sprinkles by .sprinkleco
🐾 goat milk lights by
🐾 creative way to display your house (we designed and 3D printed our tray)
🐾 your handy taste testers

Use LITTLEBITLOKI at checkout with your order for a discount and make sure to join the Gingerbread Dog House Decorating Contest between December 12th-19th with AJ’s Dog Bakery ✨

12/03/2025

Take a trip with us to the beach 🐚

Rodeo Beach 📍
Dog friendly: Dogs can be off leash.
Parking: Free along Mitchell Rd
45 mins from Berkeley
20-40 mins from San Francisco

Our Journeys—

Easy:
Park along Mitchell Road and cross the small bridge to the beach.

Short Trail with Elevation Change:
Park at Battery Alexander Parking lot.

Take the South Rodeo Beach Trail from the parking lot. It’s a pretty short trail that is all downhill so you will be coming uphill all the way back to your car.

Depending on the tide, you can walk to the main beach from the southern part.

Would I recommend this beach to people with reactive dogs? Yes and no, as this beach can be popular but also we did not have off leash dogs run up to Sven. Most of the beaches in the Bay where dogs are allowed off leash are best on colder and rainy days. The beach itself is more of a cove so it is more of a midsized beach in terms of creating space between your dogs and other dogs.

We hope you enjoyed learning how to get to Rodeo Beach and note there are even more paths to get there than the two we listed! 🤎

11/28/2025

Grateful 🤎

Seasons change and so do we. We’ve been in a season of transition since July so it feels never ending and hopeless at times. Even when there are consistently good days, my body still feels the weight of the world.

If you are stumbling and feeling lost, just know others are in it too. The vast loneliness and fear of what is our future looms, but we must look at the glimmer of hope.

And for most days, our dogs are that glimmer.

While we haven’t been on here very much, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has ever been there for us, met us in person, sent us goodies, gone on a walk with us, made dog gear for us, messaged us on IG over the years, and has become a friend. A lot of you have changed my life for the better 🤎

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