Woofstock 2007: (L) The crowds along Front Street. (R) Laura and Photon. On Saturday all four of us went down to Front Street near the St. Lawrence Market to experience Woofstock, a weekend street festival for dogs and their owners. The event is huge; thousands of people and their pooches strolled the streets and checked …
Category Archive: Photon
Jun
11
Jun
04
Our graduate redux
Photon and Laura with our course completion certificate. Tonight we finished our second obedience training course at Who’s Walking Who with a round of doggy games: relay races (dog has to come and then sit on command before a teammate can go); musical mats (dog heels with owner; when music is turned off, dog has …
Jun
02
Who’s Your Daddy?
Photon and her Dad, Max We dropped in on Stoverly Aussies on the May long weekend, just to say hi and introduce Photon, who had left them just newly rechristened from the puppy name Mango. If she remembered her birthplace, she didn’t show it. And she and her Mom kinda sniffed and then couldn’t be …
May
30
Back from the spa(y)
Photon just came back safe and sound from an overnight stay at the vet’s for her spay, with a dainty little scar and a huge shaved patch on her belly. (Sister Cobalt’s spay is today.) Now we can breathe a sigh of relief; she was suddenly getting humped by a few more dogs than we …
May
30
Roll Over…
Along with Photon’s regular obedience commands we’re now and then trying to teach her tricks. Currently we’re training her to Roll Over, and it’s coming—slowly, but she’s getting the idea. Maybe someday she’ll be like this dog, though! 🙂
May
27
Photon vs. Cobalt: Cherry Beach Smackdown
Actually, they’re having a blast. That’s Cobalt doing the chainsaw impression: no surprise that her owners have recently seen Evil Dead: The Musical… UPDATE: James’ gorgeous photos are up!
May
18
Thunder Girl
We have a ballsy little pup. During the recent big thunderstorm, the one that did this, Photon sat at the back screen door, relaxed, watching the rain pour and the lightning flash and looking up during massive thunderclaps to try and figure out where the speakers were mounted.