Author Archives: notimetopaws

Making new friends!   Today I went to meet a potential client and while talking to her person I reminisced why I started boarding dogs in my home. For our pets, being away from their family is stressful enough, compound on that having to go live at a kennel for an extended stay with newContinue reading “Thoughts to Paws over…”

        “You’ll pay for that!”  We have all been there, where you perceive you have been wronged and you feel you need to drive that point home to the one whom has mistreated you!   The best example I can think of in my own life, my girls were but mere babesContinue reading “Thoughts to Paws over…”

When I wake up in the morning, you are there.  We eat breakfast together and then we go out for a walk.  When I come home you are there waiting for me by the door.  During the day you sit at my feet as I work away at my desk.  When I vacuum or washContinue reading “Thoughts to Paws over…”

I am searching to find an answer to my conundrum.  There are lot’s of people who feel comfortable walking their dog off leash, I myself over the years have allowed a few of our dogs to walk along a trail with us untethered.   My girls were my shadows, they wouldn’t leave my side andContinue reading “Thoughts to Paws over…”

Oh, to be Canadian eh!  Yesterday I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt and wishing I had a tank top on, as I was over heating.  After looking out the window it seemed in good order this morning to don a pair of jean capri pants, a t-shirt and a warm hoodie.  I was notContinue reading “Thoughts to Paws over…”

The Bruce Peninsula has lot’s of snakes, I have to admit just looking at a picture of one makes me shudder.  I feel bad that I am predisposed to feeling empathy for things with fur, but run faster than the wind when I see a serpent.  When we decided to take our vacation it wasContinue reading “Thoughts to Paws over…”

    Vacation mode….what a good mode to be in!  Or maybe not?  It’s September and summer is coming to an end and people’s routines are returning to normal with work and school life.  I decided to take a wee bit of a break last week and booked a cottage.  I didn’t have a totalContinue reading “Thoughts to Paws over…”

There is an old saying that you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.  Or another saying “Stubborn as a mule.”  I am beginning to think that my friend Diesel is more equine like than canine!  I am trying to reconcile myself to why he will eat his kibbles outContinue reading “Thoughts to Paws over…”

What do you mean I am not a water dog?   Typically when we think of dogs that love the water we think  Labrador’s, Setter’s Retriever’s, Spaniel’s, Vizsla’s, Portuguese Water Dogs, NewFoundlander’s …but we don’t often think of German Shepherd’s or Boxer like breeds.   Often we make assumptions because of breed that they enjoyContinue reading “Thoughts to Paws over…”

My name is Smokey!  I am a lovely boy who has unexpectedly found myself in need of a new life partner!  I am an  eight year old Russian Blue and have a lovely temperament.  I need someone to love me and I want someone to love, if you think you would like to share yourContinue reading “Looking for a new home!”