If my memory is correct, it was 10 years ago that Dad, Julie, Brian, Leanne, and I (with Winger and Surf) went camping for the May long weekend at MacGregor…
Read MoreGrief is a crazy mind altering emotion, isn’t it?
I have been exchanging emails with a lady who wrote me that she lost her Golden Retriever to cancer 16 months ago and feels that a part of her died…
Read MoreThis Week
I suppose I’m feeling a little jealous that Jeff is off fishing for a week so I just booked this coming Thursday and Friday off. Two days for me to…
Read MoreBlastomycosis
I just happened to visit the newspaper’s website for Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (across the river from me) and I noticed they had an article about blastomycosis (what I believe…
Read MoreLast Night’s Dream
Other than one nightmare after Winger died, last night was the first time I dreamed about my lost dogs. For some unknown reason, I took Winger and Surf into a…
Read MoreSurf has been “spread”
Well that closes the door so to speak on my Winger & Surf era. J. drove me out in the snow today so I could spread Surf’s ashes where I…
Read MoreSurf’s Memory Page
I woke up his morning and realized the TV was still on from last night. It was 6:30am and I couldn’t fall back to sleep, so I got up and…
Read MoreDon’t tell me I’m allergic to Tylenol now
I’m sure I didn’t need this. Monday – I was awake since 3am. My neck hurt so badly from whatever I pulled in it carrying Surf. I couldn’t sleep, I…
Read MoreSo Windy!
Today is the windiest day I think I’ve ever experienced. I even felt my house move a few times! I saw shingle after shingle being ripped from my neighbour’s garage…
Read MoreSurf is with Winger now
Surf is gone. By this afternoon she couldn’t walk, she couldn’t eat, she hadn’t peed all day, she couldn’t even stand. It was time to set her free. We don’t…
Read MoreSurf: Thursday Update
Surf is still holding her own. Her 10 day course of amoxicillin is up so the vet moved her to a much stronger (and much more expensive) antibiotic – Baytril…
Read MoreSurf – Wednesday’s update
Surf is sleeping on the futon I have stretched out in the living room right now. Her legs are so weak and wobbly that she’s learned to try to run…
Read MoreSurf is not good
Starting last night, Surf won’t get up, won’t even try to get up. I carried her outside last night and this morning. It’s a good thing she’s not too heavy….
Read MoreCereal boxes, Surf, Weather…
It was so much better when they used to glue the cereal bags into the bottom of the box, wasn’t it? I always big the big boxes of Raisin Bran…
Read MoreSurf, get better already!
Well Surf didn’t cough for a whole hour after we woke up! But she refuses to eat her kibble. She will eat dog cookies and my left over roast beef,…
Read MoreSurf is sick
I had to take Surf to the vet yesterday. She had been coughing for over a week. Like a cough, cough, cough, followed by a loud and long gag. On…
Read MoreYes, I am getting a Puppy
It was a very tough decision, oddly enough everyone I know without dogs thought I should definitely NOT get another dog, and most people with a dog thought I should,…
Read MoreMy Steal of a Deal
Well my finances aren’t good, but I found a deal that I just COULDN’T pass up. A man in town was selling his dog kennel. It has 6 panels, and…
Read MoreShitty Luck Streak continues…
Really, did I walk under a ladder or something? Two days ago the window of my truck was hit by a rock from a gravel truck. I didn’t notice it…
Read MoreOctober Swim
Hey what’s better than a swim in October? It was up to 27°C this afternoon, so Herc*, his dog, Surf, and I went to a local conservation area. Surf looooooooves…
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