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Our puppies growing up

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Who couldn’t love this face?

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Midnight is as excited about spring as I am. We got her at the end of November so she never really had much time to experience anything but snow.

Now she loves going outside and proves it by ringing the bell we placed on our front door all the time. She just wants out so that she can smell the grass, taste the garden beds, watch the birds, squirrels and pretty much anything that moves such as plastic bags blowing along the street.

I took this photo while we were sitting in the enclosed front porch. She was curious about the camera and I snapped a shot as she came up to me to take a look at the lense.

Isn’t she a cute puppy?

If you like funny puppy stories check out the post I just made on my main blog. Midnight got really excited about her food and showed us just how much she loved it!





Loving the great weather

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As I was saying in my last post I’m really enjoying the fact that spring has truly arrived in Toronto. We’ve had some amazing weather here in Toronto this week. Yesterday it reached 19 Celsius (66.2 F), but it was kind of windy so it didn’t feel quite that warm.

Our puppy’s really been enjoying Spring as well. We got her at the end of November and she only had a very short period of time to enjoy the great outdoors before snow started to fall. She didn’t mind the snow at all, but the cool temperatures and poor walking conditions did lessen her time outdoors for most of her time with us so far.

Now that the weather is so nice though we’re taking her out all the time. We’ve been to a few of Toronto’s fantastic beach areas three times in the last week and a half, The brickworks, the local park and have been taking longer walks.

On the really nice days such as yesterday we’ve even been sitting outside on the front porch. She loves watching the cars, squirrels, birds, people and school kids going by. I’d say the kids are loving the nice weather too. I’d swear I heard a couple of them talking about soccer trophies yesterday which of course means they’re out playing a lot of sports now too.

Midnights only gone through a heavy shedding period with us twice. Shortly after she arrived and the month of March. I guess she’s still shedding but I think she’s on the tale end of it now. I took advantage of the nice weather today and brought her outside and groomed her as she watched everything that was going on in the neighborhood. We both got some fresh air and time to enjoy the lovely day and she has a few less hairs to lose in the house now too. Bonus.

Have you taken advantage of the great spring weather? What have you been doing?

Fighting garden pests with dog fur

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Our puppy just finished going through a big shed. We’re talking handfuls of fur coming off her! Ughh … I spend a portion of each day sweeping or vacuuming just to get up all the hair!

Her shedding did give me an idea though! We have cats that like to pass through our garden. Heck, we’ve got a few raccoons that like to visit as well. So I decided to save the dog fur and try placing it in the garden in order to see if the dog smell scared the animals away.

Have you tried anything like this to keep pests from your yard?

I think it will work to some degree. At least it’s worth a try and it won’t hurt anything. Fur is organic right?

Time to get fit!

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Once I get over this flu bug I’m going to start working on getting in good shape again. I’ve been so sick thanks to my Crohn’s for the last several months and I’ve gotten out of shape.

Chris and I eat fairly healthy so I think the main thing I need to do is start getting more active. The nicer weather of spring should help with that goal as I’ll be able to take longer walks with our puppy. If I can only get her to stop dawdling and smelling everything we pass I should be able to raise my metabolism with those long walks!

We have an elliptical machine upstairs too. I’m afraid it’s been gathering dust over the winter, but it too will fit into my plan. Perhaps I’ll even get some more fitness equipment. I’m not exactly sure what else I might need or want to get, but once I start working out again I’ll have an idea. certainly a pedometer would be useful so I can measure how far I walk each day.

Have you resolved to get fit too now that Spring is here?

Time to get in shape

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Back in September Chris and I went shopping for some exercise equipment. I had wanted to get in a little better shape before my trip to Las Vegas last November.

I actually bought a lot of stuff. A balance ball, a Pilates DVD, an elliptical machine and some stretchy band type exercise equipment. I honestly can’t remember the proper name for the last stuff. I guess it’s resistance training equipment?

Anyway. My Crohn’s was acting up very badly last fall and while I did get on the elliptical several times I can’t say that it did much good or that I was able to put all that much effort into it. My Crohn’s has actually been quite bad even through the winter so getting into a routine never happened.

Oh and we got a puppy at the end of November too. Heck, even my blogging slowed down because of her arrival!

Now that our puppy is almost 7 months old and is able to entertain herself a little bit I think I can try to get back to using the elliptical again. Of course, spring and nice weather will soon arrive too so I’ll be taking longer walks with our dog too. Getting back to exercising and taking longer walks should help me get back into shape. I hope!

Have you purchased exercise equipment and then for some reason or another ended up not using it as much as you thought you would? I know I’ve done that a few times in the past with health club memberships!

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