The Town of Oakville has a nice little harbour which is very popular with local boat enthusiasts. More importantly to us, it allows us to vary our walks with Ray as we weave our way to the downtown area for personal business and/or to simply allow Ray to visit his “biscuit giving friends” at the TD Bank and Lululemon!
We can be in a lakeside park within 10 minutes of leaving home and then follow a trail which takes us along the lake’s edge, up some wood steps which go up to a kind of “lookout” over the harbor entrance area. From there, there are a number of ways to get back down to ground level and into town. Because Ray has always seemed to be particularly happy on trails, we recently used this route.
The whole area near the harbor has been undergoing a renovation and, as the day was perfect, we stopped for a few moments to take advantage of some of the new “fixtures”! Needless to say Ray brought smiles to the faces of many people as he took his place in the chair.
I cannot really see that a “Muskoka” style chair would be that comfortable for a dog, especially the way that Ray sat in it, but he was certainly entertaining!

He certainly looks like he is in charge sitting there. Great picture of the two of you.
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Thank you Ron. He certainly does take charge as he thinks necessary. 😉
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Haha! He was smiling and posing for the pic! Can’t get a better model than that;)
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… and one that is thrilled to work for peanuts (literally)! 🙂
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LOL!
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I read your piece on my phone where I can’t access the photos easily – I knew it would be a good one once I finally saw him sitting up there, and it was! 🙂 He’s like our Tillie, you just want to reach out and bear hug him, with permission, of course!
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He is now so good with meeting people and allowing touching but, sadly, I would not agree to a bear hug. It might be a very regrettable move!
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*sigh* will just have to hug Tillie then, she mostly enjoys it (she tells me very gently when she doesn’t!). That’s when she’s not just about shoving me over trying get close enough 😉
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Lovely photo Colin.
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Thank you Di. (Woof! Ray) 🙂
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Aah that Ray. He knows how to be a star no matter the situation. All he needs to do is look handsome and folks are going to smile. Of course sitting in a chair surely adds to his charisma.
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He really does produce so many smiles from people. What a wonderful life mission! 🙂
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A mission indeed. From street dog to a blogging star and dog-about-town star. Never in your widest dreams would you have thought this possible when you adopted Ray.
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Yvonne – I could not have said it more accurately myself! Ray has been (still is) a real “life-direction” changer. When his book comes out next year, that will also be something that was never expected. In fact I have never in my history contemplated writing any book. So many changes caused by one “nose to nose” contact with a dog.
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Colin, as that old saying goes, “Unexpected wonders come to good people.” Or something like that. You and Ray have each been benefited from the love and care that you have provided him. Everyone that adopts a pet should be so lucky and blessed.
And I now “rest my case.” 🙂
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What can I say? Case closed! 🙂
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hello ray its dennis the vizsla dog hay dada sez that luks like an adirondack chayr!!! wotever an adirondack chayr is!!! i preefer chays with kushons on them myself!!! ok bye
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what a great picture!
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Hi Maggie – Yes it is isn’t it! I put on my best photogenic face, and Colin did the best he could. Woof! Ray. 🙂
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(blushes) handsome devil
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Woof! Woof! Ray.
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Comfy or not, looks like a great place for a rest!
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It is. The sail boat docks are just off to the left of the pic.
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He is a handsome dog.
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He certainly is! That was his “millstone” for a long time. So many people wanting to just touch him!
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He is beautiful 🙂
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Agreed but be fair …… Ray is also! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
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I see there are two sly dogs in the family hehehehe
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… and justifiably proud of the fact Heather! 🙂
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Brilliant photo 🙂
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Thank you. Great model – great weather – great camera – great area. How could it go wrong! 🙂
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