The crux is on the smooth rock in the center of the route.  It is some of sort of easier 5.10 and there are several ways to climb the crux.

Skinny Puppy

DogGone It

Puppy Love

Dog & Pony Show

Dogma

Wiener

The crux is around the 5th bolt.  This is a new Diablo route, watch the smaller holds.

Rightmost route at present. Start up blobby vertical rock that looks loose but is solid. Continue up the easy slab to a vertical face characterized by high feet and long reaches to good holds. A final steep section offers some more technical feet and some fun pocket pulling to the chains.

The center route on the cliff. Similar vertical start to DogGone It. After the slab there is a vertical bulge crux at mid route. Continue past this on nice, featured, vertical rock to the anchors

Climbs the super smooth rock just right if the corner/gully. A very hard move at the bottom gives way to easier fun climbing on the smooth slab to the anchor

The crux is in the middle of the route.  The line is another lap after leading Dog & Pony Show.

This is the small cliff/landmass that is south and west of The Shack area. You continue hiking south past that area to a second small valley. The cliff faces east so it gets early morning sun (though not as quick as Winter Wall). In summer (the main Shack season) you probably need to be on the routes early since it gets hot. During the spring and fall seasons these are the perfect warm-ups since the usual shaded warm-ups at the Shack are often quite chilly. The rock is extremely clean basalt, similar to The Overlook and is slabby and vertical in nature. "Old School" slab/face climbs but very enjoyable.

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Routes in The Dog House