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No…not mine, UNFORTUNATELY! We are dog sitting for friends this weekend. She is a lovely Lab, around 4, I think. When she’s at home they’ve rigged up their back door so she can ring the doorbell to come in once she’s done her business outside. 🤣 It’s so cute. At any rate you can see she has the...

Hello friends. This is a post I have been putting off and putting off for months, thinking it might get easier. It hasn't, but I just feel like I wanted to come clean with all of you to let you know why I have been absent these past few months. Sadly, we made the very difficult decision to...

Once again, Simba has bitten someone. Once again, not entirely his fault. But I feel horrible. Awful. We had a friend for supper. He is a Ukrainian refugee. He was petting Simba after dinner. He leaned down and started to blow in his face, don’t know why? I was about to say “That’s not a good...

Something is definitely off with Simba. I can’t figure it out. On the weekend we went for a long walk. When we came back, it was time for supper about an hour later. He was curled up on his bed. Not bugging us to eat. Weird. Put food out. He finally ambled over and ate it. Okaaayyy….. That...

🙁 Feeling gloomy. We were out for a walk and ran into a couple of ladies who are really good friends of ours. We were standing and chatting on a walking path that goes around a pond in our neighbourhood and there were lots of kids around because there was a special art event for kids happening...

Is there anything more Canadian than Mounties on Canada Day? I think not! 🇨🇦🇨🇦

…. but you can’t make him lie on it!! A newly purchased cooling pad, to be exact. It’s quite hot here this week, and I decided that this summer I would get one of those pads for Simba. Generally he hangs out in the shady part of the garden when it’s hot outside, or under the deck. And when...

With pretty much our whole province in fire (seems like it, anyway!) the air quality is horrible because of the smoke. We are at a 10 today which is almost as bad as you can get. Have to keep the windows closed and limit outdoor activity as much as possible. I took Simba out for a walk early...

Last year it went so well! This year, not so much. Sigh. I had the lady vet again and they took him to the back room so he wouldn’t feel boxed in, but they had to put the muzzle on and he got a bit grumbly. Also he’s got a fatty lump (I think) on his ribs (lower down, close to his undercarriage)...

…you probably don’t worry about meeting one of these. But this is why I’m a little nervous taking Simba for a walk by myself on the trails around here! It’s a little freaky shareing the same trails with some big ol grizzly bears , here is some current footage from the past two weeks of a few big...

Settling in for the Canada-USA women’s hockey gold medal game… anyone with me? @jazzmynn?

I made a Saskatoon pie for OH as a Valentine’s treat. I had one piece. OH had two. Simba had the rest. 😩

I"ve been having a few run-ins over the last few months with Hank, an Australian Shepherd-type dog and his Boy, who looks to be about 10-11. It first started towards the end of summer, with Hank suddenly appearing, off-leash, as Simba and I walked along the walking trails that are in our...

We’ve had melting and freezing and freezing rain over the last week. Last night when Simba was barking to come in, he stood at the steps to the deck, which leads to the back door, looking uncertain. He did not want to go up. He must have slipped coming up at some point yesterday. I had to get...

My best friend’s dog was struck by a semi tonight. I’m so very sad for her. He was only three. Dear Roopie, you were very loved and will leave a huge hole behind. :'( This is the last time I saw him, about a month ago.

Our town has some lovely walking trails that Simba and I enjoy a lot. They all have spots with little bridges. Over the summer they have been replacing the wooden bridges with metal ones. Someone is not impressed. He flatly refused to put a paw on, even with a treat in the offing. We had to go...

Welp. We had to take the pooch from home to the city to drop him off there for my daughter to take care of while we went to a wedding in BC. We stayed in Edmonton over night, intending to leave early the next morning as it's an approximate 6 hour drive from there. So we got up around 6:30 or...

In particular, watermelon RIND...which Simba has eaten a chunk of. The leftover of OH’s piece which he conveniently left within scarfing range 😡

Simba has managed to get the remains of the rack of lamb from last nights supper. The whole bloody thing. There’s no way to get it from him. He will eat it all. Just hope he chews it all...I’m worried about the splintery ribs. Ugh. I was going to take the garbage out earlier but of course i...

Ugh time for the yearly exam. Just dropped him off at the vet...waiting outside for all the needles to be done. Poor guy, he’s so happy and bright-eyed outside. Vet comes out to put muzzle on, he immediately gets unhappy. Vet has to drag him into exam room (ok, not exactly but he definitely...