I LIKE LITTLE GIRLS

It's the weekend!!!!

I love weekends 'cause my dad doesn't go to the office. We had a short snuggle in bed and then we ALL got up. 
I say ALL because, dad gets up extra early to take me for a walk so mom can sleep longer, EVERY morning.  Mom takes me for my walks late at night and in the middle of the night if I rustle around a lot, make loud huffy sounds or whine.

Once we were up, everyone got ready to go to the beach. The sky is grey and cloudy, and it's raining on and off,  but we don't care. My mom says we are 'west coast ducks'. 

Jackpot! There were lots of puppies and old dogs, at the beach today! There were also lots of children.  But I was brave and I made friends with a 10 year old girl. I'm one lucky guy.... she understands dogs and spent almost an hour throwing sticks into the water for me! 

I'm a little bit afraid and unsure of kids. I usually hide behind my mom and tinkle a bit. But today I was bolder and let everyone pat me and talk to me and I wasn't scared... not even a little bit! 

Hooray for being a 'west coast duck'.  

Food Stamps for Pets

This is a grrrrrrreat idea...food stamps for pets. While researching financial aid options for a relatives sick dog, I stumbled across a  new donation-based program called Pet Food Stamps. This program provides food stamps for pets of low-income families who, because of current circumstances, are struggling ot unable to feed their pets. Over 45,000 pets signed up in the first 2 weeks of operation.  This is a privately funded, not a government, program. Unfortunately the program is only available to anyone in the USA.

Only in the USA?  So I started digging.. and you know how much I love to dig! 
I unearthed a website named Pets of the Homeless http://www.petsofthehomeless.org/
This organization provides veterinary care an pet food to the homeless in both Canada and the USA.
This organization only has 4 collection sites in Canada, all in Ontario.
If you wish to become a collection site click here.

SICK DOG NEEDS HELP

Can you help Daisy before her time runs out?

Daisy lives in Edmonton. She is very ill. The lymph glands in her neck are swollen, she won't eat, is very thirsty and drinks, but vomits it right back up.

She is becoming weaker and thinner day, by day.

Daisy is the joy of her family's lives.. Her family consists of a single mom  and  her adult son. The mom lost her job almost a year ago. She   is responsible for and cares for her adult son who was born with spina bifida and struggles with severe and debilitating depression.

They live a very simple and meager life. They use public transportation,  have rented out the extra room in their home and do without anything but the basics. With barely enough to live on,  they have somehow managed to create a happy home life..

When you  walk into their house the first thing you notice is the love. It envelopes you like a warm breeze. Daisy greets everyone with a wagging tail and climbs up on the sofas to snuggle and be a part everything that happens. Her presence in this family is enormous.

The groups and associations, including the rescue organisations, we have contacted in Alberta cannot help unless Daisy is surrendered. This family has no extra money to take Daisy to the vet, even on a payment plan. The vet clinics I've contacted won't see her, even for a consultation, with out charging them.

I can't imagine the distress it would cause Daisy to be given up when she is already distress by her illness.
Nor can I imagine how heartbreaking and stressful it would be for her owners, especially for the young man who's had Daisy faithfully at his side, through his own illness.

I cant afford to take on Daisy's veterinary care alone, maybe as a community of pet owners we can come together and assist Daisy in getting the care she so desperately needs.

Please, if anyone  has any ideas or solutions, send Barbara or Roy or myself an email.

Thank you!

Remote Control Your Dog

Warning *** Does not work ***   (duh? Dogs are not as dumb as cats)

Would you like  "rover" to stop chasing cats and fetch your slippers? Stop jumpin' up at visitors and get off the furniture? Try this device for the optimistic dog owner.

Operating Instructions:

• Point remote at subject
• Push any button on the remote
• Hope for the best
• No batteries required... powered by positive thinking!

Measures: 2"L x .75"W x 5.25"H

Click to fetch the advertisment >>>> Control a Dog

Playing at Daycare

To see just how much fun I really have at K9HQ  daycare with my besties, just put your paw on the tiny arrow to play the video. (I'm the one with the tail.)

Golf Day

My parents are playing golf tomorrow. I'm going to a staff meating (I'm hoping that means everyone gets to eat a bi thick steak!), then I'll watch Emily teach a class (I'm hoping I can learn something and impress her), the out to Emily's acreage!

I'm so exited about going to see Emily and going to her acreage! That's where all dogs run free! 

It's my first home in the Pacific, before my furever home. 

By the way, the Pacific Ocean is not an ocean of milk....it's just water, delicious, salty water! 

I Broke the Dell Laptop

I will not run in the house.
I will not run in the house.
I will not run in the house.
I will not run in the house.
I will not run in the house.
I will not run in the house.
I will not run in the house.
I will not run in the house.
I will not run in the house.