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
Some tips and advice for puppy buyers in the midst of the pandemic I must say this is a blog I never imagined myself writing, but here we are. While our brave health care workers continue to fight the COVID-19 outbreak, puppy buyers are faced with many challenges this ...
/en/The-Dish/April-2020/Getting-a-new-puppy-during-COVID-19
4/14/2020 7:56:55 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 celebrate differently with your dog this year This year’s Pride will be very different as cities across Canada cancel their Pride parades and festivals amid the COVID-19 pandemic. But that doesn't mean Pride is canceled. The celebration continues as there's stil...
/en/The-Dish/June-2020/Pride-2020-The-Home-Edition
6/24/2020 11:45:05 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
BC dog lovers gathered to promote purebred dogs Although we all like to post photos of our dogs on our Facebook and Instagram pages, nothing really shows off how great purebred dogs are like taking them out in public. I have three dogs that all look very different (Stan...
/en/The-Dish/August-2020/Getting-out-there
8/27/2020 12:05:58 PM
This common practice is actually an incredibly dangerous behaviour to allow while travelling There are so many things I love about dogs and “dog people”. Too many to list. On the other hand, I also have some pet peeves when it comes to the behaviours of dog owners. Allow...
/en/The-Dish/October-2020/Dogs-in-Cars-Why-Your-Dog-Should-Never-Ride-with
10/5/2020 2:26:37 PM
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
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