09/06/2016 09/06/2016

First strawberries of the year!

In the background these days, we are coping with the discovery that our beautiful dog, missing since April, died a long horrible death. He was a five minute walk away on our neighbour's property, and I am in disbelief and pain that I did not find him while he was still alive. He was a good and sweet dog and deserved much better. I cry every day.

27/02/2016 27/02/2016

The Bone zone

19/02/2016 19/02/2016

Quill face

The winter is a blessed time of relative porcupine peace, but earlier in the fall, the dog got a mouthful. I pulled them all out of his mouth, but then, many days later, I felt a little prick on top of his nose. It's a quill! Worked up from inside his mouth, poking out the top of his muzzle.

21/01/2016 21/01/2016

The Mighty Vole Hunter

12/12/2015 12/12/2015

Just a cute dog picture.

27/10/2015 27/10/2015

mouse season

Not the brightest mouse in the maze, that one. No mouse parenting awards. Let's have babies in the dog's house. We'll live in the blanket, right underneath the dog! It's warm there. Not a mensa mouse.

06/08/2015 06/08/2015

Doggiversary

One example of a lot of other charming traits he exhibited at the beginning: he had some phobia of the leash around his legs. The lead simply getting looped under his "arm" would inspire him to suddenly hurl his body in all directions at once, thrashing and flailing around on the ground while shrieking insanely about it; on the whole, behavior appropriate to being attacked by a swarm of hornets. This was a mesmerizing spectacle, especially because it often wasn't clear what provoked the scene.

25/07/2015 25/07/2015

Positions my dog thinks are comfortable

Sure, I totally fit under here. As long as I don't move my head.Please can I lie on the pile of tools?

26/06/2015 26/06/2015

Better dog

For months, our primary feeling about him was what were we thinking? He was pretty troubled when we got him, a huge handful, and he introduced himself by killing one of my chickens. It was a bad beginning and it didn't really improve.

07/06/2015 07/06/2015

How to get the garlic in the dog.

Sure, raw garlic is a natural alternative for deworming. But how to get it in the dog?I have the answer. A raw perogy (thawed out).

21/05/2015 21/05/2015

Moving day for the dog. Hilarity ensues.

First thing, the steel roof came off.This made the dog very nervous. He settled into the house like an Occupy protester and started dealing out morose looks.Perhaps I should explain that the dog is very attached to his house.

01/09/2014 01/09/2014

Dog

What is it with dogs and tomatoes? This is the second tomato-thieving dog we’ve known. I had him tied in the garden with me and he edged up to the first nearly-ripe tomato. I thought he was smelling it, but next thing I knew it was a mangled mess between his paws.