Oakville

Poor Ray (Follow-up)!

We recently walked Ray to our Humane Society so that he could see his friends there (and wear him out a little as it a 45 minute walk to get there!). Continue reading →

Friend or Guard?

Yesterday evening, we had finished our dinner and were watching the TV news as is our habit. As soon as Ray is satisfied that our evening “rituals” are complete, he will go over to “his” chair and curl up… but not yesterday. For some reason he decided to surprise us, and me in particular! Continue reading →

Poor Ray!

A couple of days ago we headed out on our regular afternoon walk with Ray and, as we had not been to Lululemon for quite a while, decided to let Ray take us there… which of course he did. There was only a water bowl outside (no biscuit bowl!) and Ray was clearly perturbed as he looked all around for it. He decided that he needed to go into the store and get this obvious oversight resolved! Continue reading →

Where is she?

The first pic below is Ray’s typical position soon after Carol has gone somewhere; if the neighbor’s car moves (we share a driveway); if somebody uses our driveway to turn around, or any other event which Ray feels that he needs to monitor! Continue reading →

… and there he was!

Ray, like most other dogs (I am assuming!) is extremely routine driven. As long as things happen at the same time every day, and in the same sequence, then all is well in his world. Change the sequence and he is a little perturbed and tries to resolve things in his own way. Continue reading →

The Many Faces of Ray!

Ray has been various characters in his time with us (see below) however, his most consistent role is friend and protector! Continue reading →

Beware the Easter Bunny!

The Ides of March had great significance long ago for the Roman Empire, and specifically for Julius Caesar, but let us not ignore the Easter Bunny of current times! Continue reading →

“A picture…

…is worth a thousand words.” – but what are the words? Continue reading →

“The Look”!

Ray has recently developed an interesting facial expression which, when accompanied by a head tilt, is very endearing… and leaves us wondering (yet again) what is going on in that German Shepherd/Rotti head of his! Continue reading →