The bone that keeps on giving

by | Apr 27, 2007 | Pets, The puppy years (1-2)

One would think that a dog which weighs over 100 pounds would devour bones in a matter of hours…or maybe days if it’s a huge one like Ayla has now. But not our little Newfers. Ayla has now had her bone for almost two weeks and you can hardly see a change...

Elephant is back in the game

by | Apr 27, 2007 | Pets, The puppy years (1-2)

Apparently I’ve never mentioned him before, but Ayla has a stuffed blue and orange elephant toy from IKEA that she really loves. We love buying toys for her there because they’re cheaper than dog toys but safe for babies and therefore dogs…and just...

What a walk!

by | Apr 21, 2007 | Pets, The puppy years (1-2)

We just came back from a really long walk and Ayla is totally worn out. She’s been just kinda hanging out most of the day in the courtyard while we made two trips to the home improvement store and worked in the garden so we figured we’d take advantage of...

Words I Know

by | Apr 21, 2007 | Dog Training, The puppy years (1-2)

Hi Guys,It’s Ayla again…I borrowed the computer from my humans and saw a really cool post from Nanook the awesome Newfoundland. He listed all the human words he knows and I thought I would join in the fun. I would like to state for the record that although...

My, what a big bone you’ve got

by | Apr 16, 2007 | Pets, The puppy years (1-2)

Ayla’s fur mommy and sister came to play yesterday! Which meant the day started with a bit of brushing. We don’t do it nearly often enough lately, especially when Ayla’s damp (which is often) so I was hoping we wouldn’t get yelled out or...

The Mouse Hunter

by | Apr 16, 2007 | Homesteading Life, Pets, The puppy years (1-2)

Although we’ve been trying to deny it, we have a small mouse problem here on the farm. Although we live in a small city (it’s more of a town really with a population of around 1000 people) and there are houses all around us, most of the farms are...