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Milestone

Georgie has loved the water since he first had a chance to splash around in it, but he has been reluctant to actually go out deep enough to swim. It happened today in Lake Ontario – his first real swim. You can see him way… Read More

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Goofin’ Around

The dogs and I went for a good walk this morning around the neighbourhood culminating in a little bit of goofin’ around time, because what dog doesn’t love to goof around?

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Over the top?

We were at a leash free park with the dogs yesterday and there was a doggy Easter event during which there were some free treats available for the dogs. This was sponsored by one of the local purveyors of pet food. We came home with… Read More

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Training

Good training session for Georgie today. We worked on all kinds of things from basic walking, sits, downs, walking near another dog, sitting beside a strange dog, “touch” for two feet up on a platform, “up” for all the way up on the platform, stay… Read More

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Who’s training who?

We took the dogs up to a training centre near Cookstown this morning – the K9 Country Inn, for the first of a few training sessions. The idea is give Memphis a tune-up and teach Georgie basic obedience. George is likely going to be 180… Read More

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Fun at the lake

After work I took the Newfs over to the lake. We saw Buffy there playing fetch the stick in the water. She taught Georgie a thing or two about goofing around in the water, but he was still nervous to go in over his head.… Read More