Guide Dogs & Burgers!

Many of you will remember from earlier Posts that we have a Guide Dogs Training Facility about a 5 minutes walk away. It is operated by The Lions Club of Canada, and the dogs are provided at no cost to the ultimate owner regardless of their location within Canada.  Continue reading

Survival!

It would appear that our “foxy friends” have established themselves quite well in our part of town. Continue reading

To do … or not to do?

We have been gradually reducing the dosage of anxiety meds that Ray has been taking, and are now at the point where we must once again make the decision about whether to reduce him further … or not. Continue reading

End of Book Sale!

Just a reminder to those of you who have been following the developments with Ray, that his book (covering the first 18 months of living with us) is only on sale at the on-line FriesenPress Bookstore until the end of this month. Continue reading

The “real” Ray!

Ray is a lot more “bouncy” of late (I could have never imagined referring to almost 80lbs of dog as “bouncy”!). Continue reading

Pick a friend!

If you introduced me to a small group of people and then asked me to pick one as a friend, I would probably look at you rather oddly. Continue reading

Ray’s Meds Update

Ray’s anxiety medications were reduced by another 25% just over a week ago, so he is now on 50% of his original prescription. How is he doing?

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Some things haven’t changed!

Below is a copy of a Post from April 2015. Reading that Post, and reflecting on Ray’s life journey with us, I had to conclude that the recipe for having a happy home with a dog in it, is no different now than what it was when I wrote that Post. Continue reading

More Winter! More Ray!

The pic below was taken just after the Wednesday Post’s pic! Ray’s feet and “rear” are clearly immune to cold temperatures as he quite happily stands still, or sits, in the snow when requested to do so. Continue reading