Meetups, Vancouver

Winter on Wreck Beach

December 22, 2014

While during the summer it’s the hippie nudist hangout, in the winter Wreck Beach is pretty much empty and inviting to energetic off-leash Vizslas. We met up again with Whiskey’s sister Millie (and Millie’s owner) and let them race up and down the beach for several hours. It was raining…

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Hikes, Vancouver

St Marks Summit Hike

December 20, 2014

Another great day for a hike last weekend. It’s been raining so much that parts of Vancouver have been under threat of flooding but everything stopped by the time the weekend hit. We decided to push forward with slowly increasing our hiking distances and drove over to Cypress to do…

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Health and Wellness, Training

Dremel Trimming Naills

December 8, 2014

We’ve been instructed by our breeder how important it is to trim Whiskey’s nails and keep the quick short. She suggested us to trim every week with a Dremel and although it’s been a 2 person task, we can finish it in 10 mins. Moo watching on while Whiskey gets…

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Hikes, Vancouver

Stawamus-Chief Hike

December 1, 2014

This weekend we finally had beautiful weather and enough time to head to Squamish for “The Chief” hike. One of our old favorites it has become so popular that over the last 5 years it’s come to rival the “Grouse Grind” for the must-do hike in Vancouver (even though I…

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Hikes, Vancouver

Brother’s Creek Hike

November 27, 2014

It’s currently the awkward time of the year in Vancouver when it’s cold and rainy but the mountains have yet to become snowy. Our normal hikes are blocked by clouds for views while the trails have become streams (and no snowshoeing yet). Where to go for a quick afternoon hike?…

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dogpark, Health and Wellness, Puppyhood, Vancouver

Vizsla Half-Sisters

November 25, 2014

Since I’ve gotten Whiskey I’ve been happily daydreaming about having another Vizsla sister for Whiskey. Imagine my glee when we met up with Whiskey’s half-sister Millie (from the same father Ripley). The two half-sisters (Whiskey with red) They are both fearless climbers, though a little silly as they are “stuck”…

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Health and Wellness, moo, Roadtrips

Back from Mexico

November 22, 2014

At the end of October we went off for a long diving vacation in Mexico. Suffice to say, the trip didn’t go to plan and we were both counting the days until we could come back and snuggle with Whiskey. Mexico’s Great White Sharks (not dog friendly) We picked her…

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Training

Sniff training outside

October 29, 2014

It’s funny how the basic commands can also be the hardest. We sometimes have problems getting Whiskey to “lie down”, or “sit” quickly but as soon as we say “find it!” or “where’s daddy?” she immediately stops what she’s doing and starts looking. I’ve started introducing a chain of commands…

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Hikes, Roadtrips

Whistler Weekend

October 21, 2014

We were off to Whistler last weekend and though forecast was bleak, we had really good luck with the timing of rain. Because we both work full time, sometimes our lives seem nothing more than walk the dog, eat, work, walk the dog, eat, laundry, sleep. On the weekends however,…

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