I’m so tired of people smugly insisting that Breed Specific Legislation – or breed banning, to call it by it’s more actual name – isn’t their problem. We all need to wake up and realize that BSL is a threat to all of, to all of our dogs, and to our decency as a society. French Bulldogs barely escaped being included in Ontario’s recent BSL laws. Staffordshire Bull Terriers – those little twenty something pound cuties known as “Nanny Dogs” in the UK, for their excellence as children’s pets – weren’t so lucky.

Pugs and Boston Terriers have been included in other areas. Pugs and Bostons, for God’s sakes! Read more →

Well, we’re still in the waiting and seeing stage when it comes to puppies. Journey hasn’t been bred yet, but we anticipate doing so either tomorrow or Thursday. The date will be based on her progesterone results, the originals of which were lost by Purolator enroute to the lab. Sailor is being bred one last time, and her breeding date is also still tentative, because, again, we need to monitor her progesterone, her Draminski readings, and the progress of her crenation. Normally, we’d also be checking her LH results, but there are no kits available at the moment. Luckily, our new vet, Dr. Boyd, seems to have timing testing down to an art. The proof, of course, will be in the puppies. Read more →