Never Forget

A canine officer and his dog take a much needed rest September 18, 2001 after search duty at the World Trade Center site, one week after the attacks on New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.

For more pics of the dogs that helped in the efforts of search and rescue click HERE.

For more information on Search and Rescue (SAR), check out sardog.org.


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Tour de Dog - Blog of the Day!

Hi pups, please take the time to visit David and Chiva's blog: Tour de Dog. They are on a biking journey across the US (with recent stops here in Ontario, Canada!) and are raising money and awareness for shelters and their services!

Bravo you two!!

[photo from Tour de Dog blog]

The Indians need Squirrel Patrol!

Check out the action at a recent Cleveland Indians game...some nut got loose during the game!! Hey Indians...call me whenever you need to! I'm always up for a little game of "get the squirrel"!!

PawsWay Pet Discovery Centre

HM and I spent a pawtastic afternoon at the new PawsWay Pet Discovery Centre! It's dog-friendly and has LOTS of cool information and interactive activities for humans and dogs! The Purina Canada Pet Hall of Fame is located there too!

Breed/Group Information

Terriers!

The library section...you can browse and sit and read about..DOGS!

Me by the books

Hall of Fame section

HM also loved the fact there is a cafe that allows dogs to sit inside by the tables too! So she had an early dinner and I got a free cookie too! If you are in the Toronto area...get your humans to take you to PawsWay!

Sitting Pretty

Some shots from our walks around the new neighbourhood.


Enjoy!

Opposing Views: Should We Keep Pets?

This is an interesting website: Opposing Views. They pick a topic and have experts weigh in with a "for" "against" online debate.

Check out their latest topic: Should We Keep Pets. Argued between Human Society of United States and law professor Gary L. Francione.

Labour Day at the Beach!

What a great way to spend the long weekend Monday! Denali, Starr and I had our humans take us to the beach today!!




We spent the afternoon frolicking and sniffing LOTS of dogs and dipping our toes in the water too!


Hope you all had a safe a happy Labour Day weekend!!

Dog Park Redemption!

So....HM was in a good mood...she took me BACK to Trinity Bellwoods off leash dog park! She felt she wanted to see if I could redeem myself, and have a good experience, and also to work on our recalls from a play group.

We went early in the morning, thinking there might be a smaller amount of dogs, and an easier time to do some training in the park with the distractions.


She was VERY happy with me! When I was playing or running with another pup, and she called me (or whistled or used my squeaky Wubba) to get my attention, I came back and got a nice treat or tug of the Wubba for it! We didn't stay long, as she wanted to leave on a good note, before it got too busy. But all the dogs were really good...so that helped me be good too! I romped with a couple of Chocolate Labs, a Doberman, a Husky (who was a little naughty...so HM made me keep my distance from her) and some cool "all-Canadian" mixes.

Yay! I love the dog park and socializing, so I know we'll be back!

Subway Ride!

So yesterday HM and I went to hang out at her friends house for some BBQ (that I didn't get any of!!).

We took a streetcar and subway to get there! It was my first time on a street car (like a trolley on tracks) and only my second time on the subway.


I was a very good boy and HM had lots of people ask about what kind of dog I was. ("No, he's not a mini-Doberman....")

Here's some video of me on the subway platform waiting for my train at Donlands Station:

New Dogpark!

So now that I'm living in downtown Toronto, HM has been wondering where I'll burn my energy AND get to 'wrassle' with some local dogs.

The answer: Trinity Bellwoods Park. HM has heard this park had a good off leash area, so today she FINALLY took me to it! She was a little nervous, cause another local park, Stanley Park which is sort of an "un-official" dog park...well, we had a bad experience there a few nights ago. There is one section that is a bit open and I got spooked by a Basset Hound and took off through the opening out of the park! I stopped outside the fence..but naturally HM was super scared.

The Dog Bowl

So today, she decided to try Trinity Bellwoods...to see if it was going to be a good place for me to get my zoomie on!

Boy was it!! (although...it wasn't without incident either...)

View of Dog Bowl from the top of the park

It's at the north end of a large park that includes tennis courts, bike paths, a big kiddie park, greenhouse, etc. A really big greenspace in the middle of the downtown area.

The off leash area is called the "Dog Bowl" cause it's literally in a bowl like crevice of the park. So the dogs are less likely to run out/away. "Less likely". Unless you like to play the game of chase...*ahem* like me.

Me, with a JRT and a cute Lab puppy

So we had some fun, I met some cool dogs, big dogs, little dogs...all friendly....then 2 young girls come down to the park with a red Min Pin. This little guy was still on leash...something I've heard you shouldn't really do in an off leash, cause he can get defensive as all the off leash dogs are coming for a sniff and he can' properly meet/greet while on leash.

Of course, I headed up the meet/greet party..and the dog started to spin around and around it's owner...tying her up a bit. HM saw his fur go up too...just as she was going to ask the owner to untangle but carefully watch her dog, and perhaps get him away from the situation...she popped off his leash and with all of us sniffing him...he bolted!! Well, to me, he said, "CHASE ME!!"....so I did..and he went right up the hill and out of the park!! "Oh FUN!".


HM...NOT HAPPY....she and the Min Pin owner gave chase and the little Min Pin took us into the parks parking lot where it's car was. The game ended there. HM caught up to me...a bit mad...and put me back on my leash!! I mean, this dog WANTED me to chase him, non??

She brought me back to the park..just to let the other owners know we weren't hurt or run over by a car. Not sure if I'll be going back. I hope so..it was FUN!