June 22, 2009
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Spring in bloom in ravine run with the dogs....
Alberta is called wild rose country
and this was certainly evident in a ravine run with the dogs one morning last week, as these delicate pink blossomed bushes 
dotted the trails, 
later in the summer to turn into rose hips for collecting. Except for the last few days in which there has been some overnight rains, it has been an extremely dry spring in Alberta ( aka forest fires north of city and mid-province drought for farmers ). This particular morning run was a different route and both the green 
and the minuteness of blooms caught my attention. 
This decayed 
but still standing tree stump 
surrounded by lush green, a testament to the changing seasons and years, and the need to care for this fragile world we have been given.From this one spot in Mill Creek ravine one also gets a good city scape view
and sitting with one's coffee the dogs can run, 
chasing squirrels, other dogs and in mucky creek. 
Dysis of late is getting some arthritis in her right hip so daily glucosamine has been added to the feedings, but amazing how the dogs know and spit out pills. Robert has a trick with smelly cheese followed by a treat that seems to work. Dysis trots of exploring all and Nanuq waits in a crouch and spring mode to surprise her....no idea what the other cross besides husky is here...probably lab due to enjoying the water but maybe abit of border collie with the latter behavior.My Canon digital camera is now well worn missing some buttons and black electrical tape holds the batteries and memory card in...replacement the other day I noted at Staples was about $150 not the $350 I paid for it originally. I am of the generation of trying to fix before throw but I guess there may be a new one before the end of the summer.
So where am I going...well here are a few brief videos of the dogs
...not yet figured out how to patch together
but my readers and dog fans will get some idea of these two characters.
Comments (2)
Aw, I just want to give your dogs a great big hug.
If they catch on to the pill-inside-a-treat thing, this is what I do. I set out three little bites of something my dog loves, one of which has the pill inside it. I feed them to her one right after the other, as quick as she'll take them, with the pill in the second bite. This fools her almost all the time.
This way you can save the smelly cheese for yourself!!
PS - my dog takes a chewable glucosamine pill called Glyco-Flex (prescription). She seems to like it...
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