50% of dogs in University of Guelph's VSTEP program killed

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University of Guelph's Ontario Veterinary College is dedicated to animal health care and a leader in North American Veterinary Colleges. That is why it's difficult to understand why the Veterinary Skills Training and Enhancement Program (VSTEP) is currently under fire by public scrutiny. In this program International Veterinary students are taught Canadian Veterinary criteria so they may practise here. The International students perform basic spays however these procedures were not supervised. The bottom line was numerous botched spays that resulted in ending 10 out of 20 animals lives.
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Lacey Dances the Night Away!

EEK!! We have been away too long!! I am so sorry; really not much of an excuse but we have been spashing in water, running up hills, chasing raccoons (got it on camera), seeing great big Tall Ships (yes pictures to follow) and more. We can't help it -  we are having a blast this summer. Promise though we will be posting all our adventures and pictures soon!

In the meantime, watch this cute video of our friend Lacey! Look at that tail wag!

 

Woofstock 2010!

Last weekend the weather almost threatened to ruin our annual trip to the St. Lawrence Market in downtown Toronto! The rain gods blessed us and held off (on Sunday anyways - sorry to any suckers that went on Saturday :P ). Thank goodness as June 12 and 13, 2010 marked Woofstock Toronto! We left Kodee and Becky at home as it was a long drive, loads of dogs and selfishly I had shopping on my mind!

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Pinecone Tales

Miss Kodee has an OBSESSION with pinecones. And at times *insert rolls eyes* she displays tiny little guarding issues over them.

FINALLY one day we sat her down and hammered out an agreement. Miss Kodee graciously trades her pinecone(s) for a treat... OK maybe 2 treats... well if its a tasty pinecone we might have to bargin up to 5 treats. This is the deal; she gets the treat(s) and we promise to post a memento photo here. Oh dear, we did warn you she is a "Princess" [Read More...]

Hunting Pinecones

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Woofing About Turning One Today!

 Once upon a time a little spunky mischievous girl entered the world with a *thud*. 

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Cavalier Fanciers of Southern Ontario

The last few months have been a blast of puppy fur flying, treats galore, mad dashes after laser lights and ohhh sweet boys! So where did I find such riveting action? Well, Mom and I have been attending handling classes with the Cavalier Fanciers of Southern Ontario (CFSO). Ha, that is Mom's version of the story. Reality is Mom drives us and then sits on a chair while my friend from Embee Cavaliers helps me learn to not be a freight train on a lead, to stand very still on a table and to flow when I walk! After all my registered name is "Dancing Queen! Boy, what I will do to get my lips on some good junk food.
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