It was the Spring of 2016, at one of my first dog showing weekends, and my neighbour in the grooming hall was a very entertaining and...

Your dog’s not pregnant, The doctor says. Heart, kidney, gall bladder, bowel But no blobs Empty. And I’m fine. I knew this was possible....

Ruby and I enjoyed a walk with my friend and dog breeding mentor, Caren of Tidewalker Australian Terriers and her 5 month old Aussie,...

Rare. Roll that word around in your mind for a moment. Rare, like a rare cooked steak? Rare, like difficult to get and only available to...

An idea that crept in, then Grew big with talk and plans and study, has gone small again. What’s going on in there, I wonder. It’s hard,...

The Schipperke breeding population is very small and the practice of line breeding to create beautiful and consistent 'type' has created...

Robins are a common sight here in the Pacific Northwest. This robin lives in my backyard and he posed for a portrait this morning. He is...

Ruby woke me up at 5 AM on the morning of her procedure. I'd slept well, thanks to wax earplugs that subdued the neighbouring guests'...

Test test test! is not only good pandemic policy, it's essential for a successful canine insemination. We want to time the sperm and egg...

Part of the day, Ruby has been ensconced in a well appointed ex pen in the middle of our living room during her heat cycle. This affords...

The Agility Association of Canada has started an online game for suffering Canadian agility addicts and Ruby and I are having a ton of...

The Covid 19 pandemic adds a little spicy sauce to everything we do nowadays!

I adopted a pet Schipperke, many years ago. A scraggly, nearly bald little thing, with an impish furred face, she suffered from...

I have decided to breed Ruby.