
Welcome aboard Sailing Dog House!
A crew of 2 modern pirates and 2 dogs who traded the Bay Area for the wild freedom of the high Sonoran desert.
Our self-inflicted marooning led us to hand-build a desert homestead from the ground up. No bank loans, no heavy machinery, zero professional help.
Don’t worry! Dog House is still floating and we are still sailing.
Swing by our Treasure Shop for handcrafted goods, desert-adapted plants, and loot worthy of any pirate’s home or boat. (Opening soon!)


Driving through the countryside of Arizona, New Mexico, and anywhere else in the Southwest has you wondering who the hell lives out here. It’s hard to fathom their reasons just by passing through. But should you have the opportunity to stay and meet some of them, you realize they’re a diverse group of people and…

Ahoy Crew, We have some pretty exciting changes coming to our site. Thank you so much for your patience and for checking out our blog. We can’t wait to share our wonderful treasure finds and all our adventures in sailing and building our desert homestead. Fair winds and following seas! 💜 Dog House Pirates
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