This was supposed to be a blog entry
About the cool and fabulous things I have been doing lately. But I am unable to write it, because today, I HATE DOGS. Say whaaaat? Today is my *only* day off since I can remember, and for the foreseeable future. I had a lot of things planned for today and even got up early to [...]
Oh Deer
She’s blogging again! I know it’s a bit excessive, but I won’t have a free day again until the end of next week, so I thought I’d better get in another post while I had a chance. Plus, I had a deer photo to go with the title! We saw the deer whilst on a [...]
Unique
I said good bye to West this afternoon – I lifted him into the crate in Courtenay’s car, shut the hatch and wished him well. I didn’t go back to say goodbye before they drove off, and I hope he forgives me. It’s time for him to Happy Dance for someone else :( Does your [...]
The Tails of Two Hunters
Or maybe The Two Tails of a Hunter? Or maybe Two Heads Are Better Than One For Hunting? Whatever the answer – the WooTWoo have finally sorted out their hunting regime, and I have figured out how, while they are onedog samedog, they are subtly different. TWooie likes to hunt. He likes the thrill of [...]
If My Dogs Were People …
The other morning I was walking along with my dogs when Dexter came over for a friendly lean against my leg and a pat on the noggin. Then he spied Piper going by with a frisbee in her teeth and he got all intense and stare-y and I heard myself say “Day-um, you’re a good [...]
And the winners are ..
In first place, with a whopping 191 votes, TESS! In second place with 113 votes – MAEVE! In third place, her devotees gave 96 votes to – BOSS! Fourth with 71 votes – SPORT! Fifth with 70 votes – PIPER(2)! Sixth with 65 votes – WOO(2)! Seventh with 56 votes – MAGGIE! Eighth with 53 [...]
Last Chance!!
Just a reminder that today is your last chance to vote in the rescue dogs calendar contest!! Tonight the comments will be closed and tomorrow I will tally them up and announce your winners! So go ahead and vote! Why are you still sitting there? Go vote! And then bring me a cookie.
Jack of no trades
Master of Sassmouth. Don’t worry, it will all make sense eventually. Did you get a chance to watch the National Sheepdog Finals this past weekend (as instructed!!)? Man, what a bunch of nail-biter performances! Patrick Shannahan and Riggs laid down a simply lovely run to win the whole shebang after a kind of “eep! zomg, [...]
I Gotta Bone To Pick With You
Remove facebox and go away now plz. Kthxbai. We were recently gifted with a box of rawhide bones. I don’t feed these things to my dogs, as I prefer to give them healthier, raw bones to snack on, but I figured what the heck … they’d come in handy for those super shitty weather days, [...]
OK Go
I am quite certain you’ve all seen this already, as it’s gone so viral, and it’s been sent to me about 100 times via email and Facebook, but in case you haven’t seen it, you must watch. And even if you HAVE seen it, you should watch it again. Here’s a couple of pieces of [...]
Reasons to love Tweed
Reason #1: He went 4 for 4 at the PAC trial today! Two Masters Jumpers with Qs and 1st places, a 1st Place Q in Masters Snooker and a 2nd place and a Q in Steeplechase. He was just a titch slower than the 1st place dog because he ran past the weaves entrance, which [...]
In which Dexter learns
that which goes around most assuredly comes around again. OOOOOWWWWW!!! As doG is my witness, I shall never hunt down and pounce upon my elders again! West continues to unravel here at Casa de Food Lady. He has figured out how to play, even with me. He’s developing an interest in toys. And Piper taught [...]
Go West, young man.
Saturday morning, Race the devil puppy left for his new home, where he has his very own Golden Retriever to play with. I had two glorious hours to myself and then, because idle hands are the devil’s playground, I picked up my next project. Meet West. Oh hai. West came with the name “Wesson” as [...]
The “hole” family
These cement pipes are stacked at the back of my neighbours’ property and I have always wanted to photograph my dogs in them, so today I did! You can see Mr. Woo believes himself to be at the very top of the family totem pole. Whereas TWooie is busy resenting his place at the very [...]
Just a reminder
That there are 13 spots available in the calendar, so you don’t *really* have to use all 5 of your votes on the same dog, or only cast one vote for one dog (not that this is directed specifically at Tess’ fanclub or anything. Nope. ha ha). But the enthusiasm is awesome and great to [...]
2011 Rescue Dog Calendar Contest
It’s that time again!! Here are 30 odd images of rescue dogs from the last 12-18 months that have come through TDBCR’s doors. We try to put out a calendar every year – some years we hold a submission and voting contest, but I didn’t get it together to do that this year. Instead, I [...]
Knuckle-dragging mouth-breather
Been wondering where we’ve been? The Food Lady has been working – that’s right, I said working! I’ve talked my way into a part time gig at a municipal animal shelter, so I’ve been doing this hellish commute every morning and every evening. I basically wake up, go to work, come home and go to [...]
The Apex Predator
There can only be one; the animal that is at the very top of the food chain, a relentless menace to all those quivering below in the competition for food. This creature is deadly, terrifying and eats anything in its path. WTF? It’s not me! I mean, it *could* be me, but it’s not me. [...]
Happy Random Jellyfish Day!
Random Jellyfish. Another random jellyfish! I have never ever seen jellyfish at East Beach before, so this was a rare occurrence! So rare, I thought we should celebrate, and I bought a cookiecake for the occasion. Unfortunately, for some reason, the store wrote “Yappy Barkday” on the cookiecake. This joke is already wearing thin, and [...]
What A Pisser
And no, I don’t mean the rain, which caught us unaware this morning, as I walked my beasts in my pajamas. Hard to believe that just a few days ago I was too hot to type, and now I am wearing a sweater. Summer in Vancouver is such a tease! Why just yesterday we were [...]
2010 National Sheepdog Finals – Live on the interwebz!
Click here for more information on how you can watch the USBCHA National Sheepdog Finals live on the internet this September.
The Elusive Fraser Valley DitchPig
Usually TDBCR alumni Zephyr looks like this: (Photo courtesy of Mambomutts Photography) But when he came out to Food Lady’s farm he found the only standing “water” left on the whole 10 acres in this heat wave we’re having. I say “water” because in actual fact it is about 10 inches of stagnant, extremely vile [...]
Neener, neener, neener!
I have 8 dogs, and you don’t! Wait … what? Yeah, why am I bragging about that anyway? It must be a form of insanity. The same insanity that whispered in my ear that 8 dogs wasn’t a big deal, for a couple of days. I don’t think these voices have my best interests at [...]
Dexter stands on stuff (alternate title: Between Two Bastards)
This was supposed to be a totally different entry. Originally I was going to discuss family social dynamics, because lately I have been seeing quite a lot of this: and this: And this: When the dogs get all really riled up, Dexter likes to “attack” Piper and Tweed likes to “attack” Dexter. Dex’s attacks on [...]
