First off, some of you may recall my blog piece titled ‘The New Handler – the Journey to the Show Ring’ . It tells the tale of how I started off and how the journey of my beloved four-legged companion becoming a Canadian Champion was full of ups and downs. However, if I h...
/en/The-Dish/November-2019/The-Road-to-Grand-Champion-Tanya-Martin-and-Victo
11/5/2019 12:02:01 PM
Remembering the brave military working canines that served our country. Remembrance Day is observed on November 11 every year here in Canada. 11/11 is the day when the First World War ended in 1918. On this day, Canadians come together to honour the courageous wo...
/en/The-Dish/November-2019/Dogs-of-War
11/11/2019 11:48:29 AM
L to R: Shannon Scheer; Mike Macbeth; Braydon Broadhurst, Sydney Berard Beaupré, Brielle Tanzi-Foshay, Richard Paquette (Desera Jaynes was away showing her dog) The Dandie Dinmont Terrier Club of Canada hosted a unique event ...
/en/The-Dish/December-2019/Planting-Seeds
12/5/2019 3:37:06 PM
When I was a child, my mother enrolled my American Cocker Spaniel “Peanut” and I in a dog obedience training course that was specially designed for. The course was taught by a man who owned 3 Samoyeds and brought them to every class to demonstrate exercises. Before the cou...
/en/The-Dish/March-2020/Meet-the-Samoyed
3/30/2020 11:59:08 AM
Exercising your dog’s mind and body inside your home Can’t take your dog outside? Don’t worry, there’s plenty of ways to entertain them. I call these activities “indoor recess” as they remind me of rainy or blizzarding days growing up where we would have to spend reces...
/en/The-Dish/May-2020/Indoor-Recess
5/4/2020 1:32:21 PM
A huge dog with a heart to match, the Leonberger is a whole lot of awesome when put in the right home. Standing as tall as 31 and a half inches at the shoulder with thick yellow gold to red-brown, medium-long coat and a black masked face that holds soulful eyes – it’s ...
/en/The-Dish/May-2020/Meet-the-Leonberger
5/22/2020 9:34:22 AM
How to help our dog family out amid the COVID-19 pandemic 2020 has been like no year we have seen before. This pandemic has given us such enormous amounts of trouble and changed so much- COVID-19 has taken so much of what we took for granted included our beloved dog sp...
/en/The-Dish/August-2020/Supporting-our-Friends
8/20/2020 10:00:15 AM
Like so many of you, I’ve spent large chunks of my adult life in obedience venues. My perception at the time was that there was pleasure in a few brief moments of any trial day, but that you had to plow through a considerable amount of tedium to harvest it. Now, in the absen...
/en/The-Dish/December-2020/An-Ode-to-Obedience-Trials
12/4/2020 10:42:39 AM
I know, I know—a New Year resolutions blog in January - ground breaking. To be honest, I rarely make new year’s resolutions for myself apart from “keep up the good work, Champ” (just kidding). With all that 2020 brought, though, when I sat down at the start of t...
/en/The-Dish/January-2021/New-Year’s-Resolutions-for-You-and-Your-Dogs
1/25/2021 2:51:38 PM
You did your homework. You researched extensively on the breed, you contacted breed clubs, went to shows, and met breeders. You put your deposit down, went, and picked up a gorgeous puppy. Everyone compliments your puppy, and you know they are incredible, so why do you feel s...
/en/The-Dish/April-2021/The-Puppy-Blues
4/14/2021 10:12:28 AM
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