A week in pictures...and some words

Getting ready for our walkathon

Beginning our walk

Exploring the rocks

Walking together

On the way home

On the way to the very first obedience class

Broken tree from thunder storm

Our hydro pole

I didn't mean to have a blogging break last week but sometimes life just comes out of nowhere. I began being busier with work and school and then we had a giant thunderstorm/windstorm which knocked out our hyro for four days. It is nice having everything get back to normal now. My little sister and I participated in a SPCA walk-a-thon and had a blast with the dogs. We raised $100.00 for the SPCA which was our goal. Sophie also attended her very first obedience class, it was nice to see that she misbehaves for everyone not just us LOL. We have been working with her and she will now do sit and watch me for treats as long as she isn't too distracted by the things around her. I hope she continues to improve and grow to be a better behaved dog.

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

May Long Weekend...one nice day

The forecast said mostly rainy this past weekend but lucky for us we had one nice hot sunny day! The dogs and I took advantage by heading to the lake for some swimming and sunning.

As soon as Koda got out of the car he headed right for the water, while Sophie found a nice sun spot on the dock until we put her in the water to cool her off.

Koda swam for sticks and then had a great time chewing them up!

Overall we had a great afternoon at the lake

A Sense of Humor

Koda is usually a laidback kind of guy but every once in awhile he gets more than a little goofy! I am always amazed to find his sense of humor, it just isn't a quality that you normally think about pets having. It sounds strange but if you laugh at him it just makes him act goofier as though laughter is the reaction he wanted all along.

In this picture I was trying to get one of us snuggling but he thought this might be better instead,

I'm not so sure what was so funny while I was taking this picture!



His best goofy pose,




He is quite the comedian once he gets going thats for sure

Wordless Wednesday

Koda and the Tick

I know two posts in one is pretty unusual for this blog, but yesterday I pulled a tick off of Koda's eyebrow. I have never seen a tick before in my life so when I first noticed the bump it I looked it all over and that was when I saw the legs. I'm not a bug person and was thoroughly grossed out.

Luckily living in the country I knew to get some tweezers to pull it out, but before doing so I googled ticks on dogs to get some tips. Some one had posted a quick home cure which involved moving the tick in circles as they don't like it so they pull out. I tried this with no real luck and went back to the tweezer method but it seems that the circling helped as it came right out. I'm pretty sure that I got the head although I'm not an expert on tick removal.


My concern is that Koda still has a bump over his eye which is hard to touch. He has not shown any signs of lyme disease as he is acting like his normal self. Is the bump normal? Are their any treatments that you would reccomend for next time? I did put some polysporin on it to help it heal.