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09/02/2025

Seriously a game changing puppy training hack. Always have treats within reach.

09/02/2025

Your puppy is not too young to learn the fundamentals for dog sports!

Hopefully June is going to be an awesome little sport dog, so ive already started the foundations for mushing, scent detection, and agility with her!

I was talking to about getting an x back harness for her, and they were kind enough to send me their brand new hybrid harness which comes out next week!

It's honestly the perfect harness for a growing pup to learn canicross in. It would also be perfect for everyday, as well as lighter pulling (i wouldn't uses this for heavy and frequent pulling)

It's also made right here in Canada 🇨🇦

08/28/2025

Some behind the scenes chaos 😅

Just trying time film some videos showing off the new tags I got for the pups from

I'm glad I worked hard on a solid drop it with June, because she's at the put everything in her mouth, and everything is a toy stage of puppyhood. She stole a sharpie off the counter at the end of the video too.

There's something so different about that 2nd puppy. Nova was my first puppy, and I considered myself "experienced" with...
08/15/2025

There's something so different about that 2nd puppy. Nova was my first puppy, and I considered myself "experienced" with dogs. But had never done dog sports or high level training.

She was perfect, but I know she could have accomplished SO much more if I hadn't spent so much of her puppyhood figuring out how the hell to deal with a puppy, lol.

Maybe June just feels easier because I know what's "normal" and what to expect?

Not sure, all I know is I regularly think "she's perfect" and when I had Nova i regularly thought "what the hell have i done?"

Oscar didn't enter my life until he was about 2 years old, so luckily I didn't have to experience husky puppyhood.

Some updated baby June photos. Here she is at 14 weeks (and 2 days) how has it been 3 weeks since she came home with us?...
07/17/2025

Some updated baby June photos. Here she is at 14 weeks (and 2 days) how has it been 3 weeks since she came home with us?

She honestly and amazing puppy, and has been quite easy. Shes smart and driven and loves to work and learn! She does love to get into anything fabric - the dirty laundry and the closet are lots of fun for her. And puppy witching hour every evening is no joke (she turns into a loud crazy piranha). But really we've just been enjoying the snuggles and trying to cherish her being small enough to pick up still.

She has so much personality and is always talking, with her words or her facial expressions.

I added Nova for scale in the photos, but it's a little deceiving. Shes nearly as tall as Nova is but is half the weight and length of her lol.

I had myself a good cry and a pity party last night, Nova had an absolute melt down over her ears and we had to go home ...
03/26/2025

I had myself a good cry and a pity party last night, Nova had an absolute melt down over her ears and we had to go home from our scent work class.

I'm frustrated and tired. More so frustrated that no matter how many vet trips we make for treatments and med adjustments, her allergies never seem to be completely under control. It breaks my heart more than anything that i cant take away her discomfort.

Don't get me wrong, my dogs are my world, but sometimes I wish things were easier.

So, I love my dogs, but...

Something I still try hard to prioritize when having multiple dogs, is taking each of them out for individual adventures...
03/16/2025

Something I still try hard to prioritize when having multiple dogs, is taking each of them out for individual adventures/fun time.

So this weekend Nova got to go on a long trek by herself and sniff to her hearts content.

Huskies I tell ya. He thought he was so clever with his bone hiding spot.
02/25/2025

Huskies I tell ya. He thought he was so clever with his bone hiding spot.

We call this "launch mode"Oscar has this thing where he "play bows" but makes it look like he's going to lay down, and h...
04/28/2024

We call this "launch mode"

Oscar has this thing where he "play bows" but makes it look like he's going to lay down, and holds it for a second too long, and jumps at you 😅

I love it, but he's accidently head butted a few unexpected victims.

Just a goofy faced girl to share a CCL tear update!She'll be going in for surgery on the 24th of April, BUT she will not...
04/08/2024

Just a goofy faced girl to share a CCL tear update!

She'll be going in for surgery on the 24th of April, BUT she will not be getting a TPLO. She will instead be getting a zlig procedure. This is a newer surgery in dogs that is alot more similar to humans, and has alot less intense of a recovery. She basically will be getting 2 artificial ligaments put in a drilled into her tibia and femur replacing her tore ccl.

This procedure is still new to our surgeon (she's done about 30 of them now), which makes me anxious of the long term outcomes, as there is a potential for these to "tear" as well or pull away from the bone. But our vet is willing to guarantee the surgery, if she needs them tightened or replaced or if it ends up failing they will fix it or perform a tplo at no cost to me 🙌

I'm really excited about this because if you've been following along since Noas last surgery she had a VERY rough recovery from her tplo. She was completely non weight bearing for about 3 weeks. She had extreme swelling and pain. She had to have extra check ups and X-rays and tests to make sure everything was actually healing okay.

This surgery is supposed to have a much easier and smoother recovery. There's no strick crate rest required, so hopefully it will be much easier on her

Extremely sad to say that Ember is not going to be staying with us.Shes an amazing dog and absolutely brilliant and so f...
03/28/2024

Extremely sad to say that Ember is not going to be staying with us.

Shes an amazing dog and absolutely brilliant and so fun to work with.

But there are a few things that make us believe she will be better off in a different setting.

She has a hard time settling around our dogs and they need to be kept separate when not supervised.

Our dogs have been very stressed by her restlessness as well.

She is still also extremely reactive to vehicles and will redirect her bites on the handler. We are unable to walk her in our neighborhood, so need to drive her to secluded areas to exercise her. It's alot more time consuming than people realize not being able to exercise a high energy dog nearby home.

Today she landed a bite hard enough to break the skin while i was trying to get her from the car to the house, because 2 vehicles happened to drive by.

Shes a super good girl and I just know she'll be better off living in a less busy household that has the time to take her out and exercise her.

She goes to meet another potential family tomorrow that will hopefully be a better fit for her ❤️



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It's was freezing cold and Oscar wanted to go out even though I didn't. So we comprised and went out for a bike ride lol...
03/04/2024

It's was freezing cold and Oscar wanted to go out even though I didn't. So we comprised and went out for a bike ride lol.

The husky gets what the husky wants 🤣

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