Wow, I’m the first one to enter the contest (maybe I’ll win by acclamation?)!

My name: S. Mills
My dog’s name: Joey
Breed: American Eskimo
Age: 6
Best trick: Joey was rescued from a negligent owner in the summer, so he is just learning “how to be a dog” – tricks included! However, he has already mastered “sit”, “shake a paw”, and “shake the OTHER paw”, which I think is pretty amazing!
Joey and I live in Almonte.

My name: Stephen
My dog’s name: Sasha
Breed: Puggle
Age: 3
Best trick: When I say “Bang!” and point at her, Sasha will roll over on her back and stay there until I say otherwise.
Location: Gloucester

My name: Melissa

My Dog’s name: Colby

Breed: Cocker Spaniel mix with Pomeranian

Age: 2

Best Tricks: Hokey Poky where she does a 360, Roll Over, fetch, sit, shake a paw, and she dose it with hand signals mainly.

Location: Westboro

My name: Shelly
Dog name: Gus
Breed: English Bulldog
Age: 5 months
Best trick: He learned to sit in puppy kindergarten class last week
Location: Riverside South

My name: Steve
My dog’s name: Lola
Breed: Miniature Wirehaired Dachshund
Age: 3

Best Tricks: Sausage Roll, which consists of seeing a treat and immediately starting to roll over and over in an attempt to be given the treat.

Location: Barrhaven

My name: Jennie
My dog’s name: Nala
Breed: Pure rescued mutt
Age: 2 years
Best Trick: Breaking sticks off downed trees, finding sticks in mountains of snow, sharing sticks with friends, eating sticks…notice a pattern here?
Location: Nala and I live in North Vanier

My name is Jennifer
Dogs names are: Seamus (Boxer), Charlie (Terrier Surprise), Pickle (Yorkie), Riggles (Brussels Griffon) and Squeegee (Brussels Griffon)
Ages: 8, 4, 7, 5, 1
Best Tricks (in order of dog): Bum wiggle, playing musical sit, sitting up like a groundhog (for hours), snoring, jumping up into my arms
Location: Winchester

Congrats on 3 amazing years! You just keep getting bigger and better!

My name: Amy
My dog’s name: Emery
Breed: Rotweiller/Cocker Spaniel Mix
Age: 3 and a half years old
Best Trick: Sit, lay down, shake a paw and shake the other paw, we are working on speak but she doesnt seem to get it yet
Location: Barrhaven

My name: Joanne
My dog is Jessie
She is a 1 year old goldendoodle
our location is orleans
Best trick (and newest) trick is catching snowballs

My name: Pam
Dog’s name: Otis
Breed: ?rescue? we call him a teacup Mastiff – his head is just like a Mastiff’s but the rest of him is half the size it should be
Age: ? vet guesses 3-4 years
Best Trick: playing soccer – one ball in the mouth, one between front paws, running like the wind
Location: Manotick

My name: Carolyn
My dog’s name: Claddagh
Breed: Ausie/Border Collie mix
Age: 2 1/2 years
Best Trick: Singing along with us
Location: Hunt Club area

My Name:Anne
My Dog: Riley
1.5 year old Labradoodle.
Does looking cute count as his best trick?
We live in Orleans.

My Name: Tyler
Dog’s name: Dexter
Breed: Bernese Mountain Dog
Age: 4
Best Trick: Snow sledding! (He climbs up snow piles and slides all the way down, runs back up and does it again.)
Location: Embrun

My Name: Gwendilin
Dog’s Name: Soul
Dog’s Breed: Great Dane – Deaf & Blind
Best Trick: Educating the public about how ‘normal’ it is to be deaf/blind. OK, well his bestest trick is how small he can make his almost 160 pound self so that he can be on our bed at night!
Dog’s age: 5 years next month!
Locale: Oxford Station(just outside of Ottawa)

My Name: Jacquie
Dog’s Name: Bella Rose
Breed: Long hair mini dachshund
Best trick: turning like a ballerina (which is why her nick name is Bellarina!!)

My Name: Jacqui
Dog’s Name: Lola
Breed: Looks like a catahoula but supposed to be aussie shepard/beagle mix
Age: 2
Best trick: Relocating the remote to her little bed!

My name: Katie Gutzman
Dog’s Name: Barney
Breed: Labrador Retriever x American Bulldog
Age: 5 months
Best trick: We say, “Bang!” and pretend to shoot him with our fingers…he rolls onto his back and plays dead. Sounds morbid but it is super cute!

My Name: Lydia
Dog’s Name: Alaska
Breed: Alaskan Malamut
Age: 1 year
Best trick: “OFF” we taught her this when she was just a puppy. This way she won’t rush to the floor when you drop something (pills, chocolate, food). When outside for a walk, we can say this when she goes to pick up garbage or walking around other dogs.
Location: Kanata, Ontario

My Name: Michelle
Dog: Moxy
Breed: Goldendoodle
Age:3 1/2
Best Trick: Jump up to say hi, you pat your chest and she puts both paws up on it to say hello
Location: Spencerville, Ontario

My name: Mel
My dog’s name: Halladay
Breed: Schnoodle
Age: 1.5

Best Tricks: Take a bow, shake a paw, high 5, crawl, and catching a ball mid-air.

Location: Nepean, ON

My name: L. Marchand
My dog’s name: Katie
Breed: Catahoula Mix
Age: 10
Best trick: Going from being a total basket case 8 1/2 years ago to being almost normal now, by learning how to be a dog from all our foster pooches :0)
We live in Finch.

Donna Neron
Millie(this week’s dog blog’s Dog of the Week) Yorkie, 2 years old
Since coming to us as a rescue in July 2010 with no traiining (not even house trained) she has passed beginner and intermediate training @ Petsmart. She learned how to give a paw, other paw and high five; how to roll over and how to bow…still needs a treat for it though! Millie lives in the Elmvale Acre/Alta Vista area.

: ) : )

Name: Lindsay
Dogs Name: Dingo
Breed: Australian Cattle Dog
Age: 5
Best Trick: ‘Closer’…he will bring whatever object you want closer and closer to you.

I live in the Carleton Heights Area.

You guys rock!!

Hey Liz!
My name is: Caroline
My Dog’s name: West
Breed: Golden Retreiver (he’s more red)
Age: 1 yrs and 2 months
Tricks: He speaks when asked to and gives highfives
We are from Orleans, Ontario

Name: Stephanie P.
Dogs Name: Farfalle and Bazil (B is blind)
Breed: both are Jack Russell Terriers
Age: Farfalle is 12 and Bazil is ~13 (she’s a rescue)
Best Trick: Before she went blind, Bazil’s best trick was to catch tennis in mid air. She also shakes a paw and will sing on command. Farfalle’s best trick is faking his sister out to get what he wants E.g. If Bazil has a toy he wants, Farfalle will go to window and bark excitedly and as soon as Bazil comes to see what’s up, he races over and grabs the toy she dropped. He will also sing on command–sometimes.

We live in Stittsville.

Happy Anniversary & keep up the good work Ottawa Dog Blog!

My Name: R.Bryerton
My dog’s name: Scout
Breed: Lab mix
Age: 3.5
Best trick: Can seek out and find the largest of sticks…not uncommon for Scout to tote a large branch/mini tree around the dog park in his mouth! Also is very good at the “Front” command!
Lives in: Nepean

Name: Danielle
Our dog’s name: Juno
Breed: Labrador Retriever
Age: just shy of 3
Best Trick: Michael Jackson’s Thriller moves – she raises one paw, then the other, then the first one again, and just keeps switching! It’s wonderfully cute – and she has good rhythm with it too!
We live in Nepean.

Name: Melissa
Dog’s names: Oscar & Meyer
Breed: Longhaired miniature dachshunds
Age: Oscar will be 4 on St. Pattys day and Meyer is 2
Trick: Oscar will play dead if you point your finger at him like a gun and “BANG”
We live in Nepean

Hi! Nice to see lots of comments here, the contest really brings us out of the woodwork!

Human: Scott
Pooch: Doug
Breed: Great Pyrenees and ??? – everyone has a different theory
Age: Unknown exactly but we figure about 8 (aka a million years old for a dog of his size!)
Best Trick: I don’t make Dougie do tricks but he does have a very fancy-prancy gait.
Loc: Chelsea

My Name: Linda O
Dog’s Name: Molly
Breed: Miniature Poodle
Age 6 in March 1
Best trick: Chases wheels on shopping carts

Hi Ottawa Dog Bloggers!

Human: Linda
Pup pup: Lucy
Breed: Bernese Mountain Dog
Age: almost two
Best trick: her “monkey hug” – when she wants some love she’ll hook her paw around your leg.
Location: Blackburn Hamlet

We love contests!

My name is Nathalie and my dog’s name is Melly. She is mostly Chihuahua (and all attitude). Her best trick is definitely ‘sitting pretty’ – she does it so well, she looks like a rockstar when she does it. We live in the South end of Ottawa.

Wow this is wonderful

ME: Rose
Breed: Westie
Name: Scottie (I know very original)
Age: 8 and very peppy

Best Trick: Scottie sings along to Happy Birthday really well – I think his best trick is that he has actually managed to train us – a sharp whack with his snout on my leg is a constant reminder its walk time – I swear he has a watch hidden somewhere

Location – Central Ottawa

Hi all, the Ottawa Dog Blog has taught me so much about the dog community in Ottawa, I love the dog park finder and great tips, keep ‘em coming Liz

My name: Stephanie
The girls: Roxy and Molly
Breed: They’re both Morkie’s
Age: Roxy is almost 2 and Molly is almost 1
Best tricks: Roxy knows shake a paw, high five, laying belly up when we say *bang*, and squeaking every squeaky toy imaginable. Molly is learning high five, fetch and sitting still with a treat on the floor in front of her, she’s come a long way!!
Location: Richmond

Karine Langley
Dogs: Sophie a 10 year old mini retriever rescue
Bubba a 13.5 year old Lhasa Apso

Best tricks: Bubba will do the NAVY SEAL. I show him a treat, tell him we are under attack…crawl under the wire…NAVY SEAL>..and he will crawl on his belly like a Navy Seal. It is really hilarious…he gets right on the floor!

We live in Elmvale Acres in Ottawa

Happy 3rd Ottawa Dog Blog! Always find such useful information here!

Me: Jennifer G.
My doggy: Sable
Breed: Siberian Husky
Age: 6 1/2
Best Trick: Bang! – That’s where when she’s lying down, she collapses to the floor like she’s been shot! She’s a miraculous dog though, and heals VERY quickly!
Area in town: Sable lives in Kanata North with my husband & I.

name: Mélanie
dog’s name: Lucky
breed: Chocolate Lab
age: 6 years
best trick: Speaks on demand, cries on demand, gives paw, used to know the sign language for pee and ball.
part of Ottawa: Orleans

Happy 3rd year!

My name: Cliff
My dog’s name: Bruce, Casey & Boomer
Breed: Black Lab, Rotti mix, Yellow Lab
Age: 7, 3 & 2
Best trick: Eating the inside cardboard on a roll of toilet paper while leaving toilet paper intact
Location: Gloucester Glen

My Name: Holly
Dog’s Name(s): Ajax, Fergie, Daisy Mae
Breed(s): Briard, Briard, Dachshund Standard Wirehair
Age(s): 5.5 years, 5 months, 4.5 years
Best trick: Ajax: all agility stuff , Fergie: high fiving, Daisy: turning left and right on voice command.
Location: Barrhaven

Happy Anniversary!!!

My name: Stephen
My dog’s name: Abigail Eloise – “Abby”
Breed: Chocolate Lab
Age: 1
Best trick: “Drop on recall.” She “drops” to a lie, mid run.
Location: Gloucester

My name: Melanie
Dog’s name: Juno
Breed: Weimaraner
Age: just over 2 years
Best trick: Making the arm off my couch dissapear.
Location: Nepean

My name: Stephanie
Dog’s name: Lila Rose
Breed: Pug
Dog’s age: 3
Best trick: Ballerina “pirouette”
Ottawa area: Munster

My Name: Melissa S.
Dog’s name: Trinity
Breed: Pure Mutt; Lab, German Sheppard and Collie(I think)
Age: 2
Best Trick: My mom taught her what her duck toy is in french. If you ask her to get her”canard”, she will choose this toy amoung the others. She also remembers where we are going in the car, not exactly a trick but still she is pretty smart
Location:Aylmer, Que

My name: Allie M.
My dog’s name: Finnegan
Breed: Border Collie
Age: 2
Best trick: Finn knows a handful of crate commands. Alongside the standard “go to bed” he goes to his crate to “get to da choppah”, “your shoe’s untied”, “you’re in the way” and the ever popular “nobody likes you” (he likes that one the best, oddly enough).

Finnegan and I live in the Billings Bridge area.

My dog’s names: Bella and Diesel
Breed: Newfoundland Landseer/Saint Bernard Cross’s
Age: Bella 1, and Diesel 8.5 weeks
Best trick: Bella’s best trick is she closes the kitchen cupboards and drawers on command. Diesel the baby can sit
Location: Alta Vista

Name: Andrew
Dog’s names: Ella and Roland
Breeds: Boston Terrier and Doberman Pinscher
Ages: 19 and 7 months
Best trick: Bang
Location: Gloucester

Name: Amy
Dog’s name: Sage
Breed: Boxer
Age: 3 Years
Best trick: All agility equipment and breaking out of the crate
Location: Nepean

Name: Steph
Dog’s name: Nikita
Breed: huskey
Age: 4 Years
Best trick: props
Location: Ottawa

Congrats on 3 great years!

Name: Kelly
Dog: Zoe
Breed: Golden Retriever
Age: 2.5 years
Best trick: Zoe cries for attention. She’ll find a sock and carry it around the house in her mouth, showing you what she has, knowing she isn’t supposed to eat all our socks! She also loves to “heel”, for treats of course

Congrats on 3 years-the ODB is always fun to check out and has also been a handy resource(especially the dog park map and services tab.

Name: Anna
Dog: Harley
Breed: Golden Retriever & Poodle cross
Age: 2 years
Location: Westboro
Best trick: Harley has an unbridled enthusiasm for just about everything but does not have a repertoire of ‘traditional’ dog tricks. If I say “Show him your move” Harley will attempt to sit on another dog to encourage the other dog to play-usually a very effective tactic.

Hey I have a dog!
Dog Name: Kona
Breed: Weimaraner
Age: 5 years
Best trick: opens cupboards and doors
Location: New Edinburgh/Manor Pak

Name: Melissa

Dog`s name: Tanner

Breed: Golden Retriever mix

Age: 10 months

Best trick: His ability to find his best buddy Apollo. Apollo is my brother`s Wire Fox Terrier who used to be very afraid of dogs. When we bring them to the dog park Apollo still gets spooked sometimes and he will take off running in the forest. All I have to say is ”Tanner, where is Apollo? Go get him! Go get your buddy!“ and off he goes! He always comes back with Apollo close behind.

Area: Ottawa South

YEY so exciting!!

Name: Celina Flores
Dog’s Name: Obie
Breed: Yorkshire Terrier
Age: 3 years old
Area: OTTAWA-Westboro

*Best Dog Trick: On command, Obie wipes his paws on the door mat before walking into the house. It is the funniest and most convenient trick!

Name: Jennifer
Dog’s name: Grimm
Dog’s breed: Siberian Husky (black & white, bi-eyed)
Dog’s age: 1yr 10 months
Dog’s best trick: He sits pretty – On his back legs, Paws in air…sitting oh-so-pretty. Another is the fact that he looooooves going down the slide. He also has the uncanny knack to look extremely pathetic upon getting trouble….enough that I usually forgive him within minutes.
Area: Richmond

Dog’s name: Bella, Breed: Bernese Mountain Dog, Age: 7yrs, Best trick: Bella can sing on command. Berners are blessed with the ability to belt out a deep howl instead of a bark. Bella’s repertoire consists mainly of numbers from The Sound of Music, such as the Lonely Goatherd.
Area: Greely

Name: Katharine
Dog’s name: Real name is Godiva, but know as Diddy
Dog’s breed: miniature smooth haired daschund (piebald colour – brown and white – hot!)
Dog’s age: 4
Dog’s best trick: Jumping high in the air (like 3 feet) for cheese, singing, chirping like a budgie out of excitement and destroying indestructible toys in 15 mins.
Area: Orleans

My name: Anna
Dog’s name: Haley
Breed: Golden Doodle
Age: 3 years
Best Trick: When I say ‘Shhhh, go to sleep baby’, she lays down and pretends to sleep….ok, she has her eyes open, we haven’t mastered that part yet! This is the softer, gentler version of play dead.
Location: Richmond

your name: Jacqueline
your dog’s name: Louis
your dog’s breed: Great Dane
your dog’s age 2 1/2 yrs
your dog’s best trick: He can help clean the counters… But for commands, he will sit and give hugs.
part of Ottawa & Area you live in!: near Mooney’s Bay

Happy Birthday!!

My name: Nadine
Dog’s name: Chase
Breed: supposed to be boxer/lab
Age: 3 1/2 years
Best Trick: Backwards hug and kisses – if you stand behind him and say backwards hug, he stands on his back legs…waits for your arm around him for support and gives backwards kisses while you rub his belly with your free hand
Location: Orleans

My name: Sandra
Dog’s name: Maya
Breed: Labrador Retreiver
Age: 7
Best Trick: Balancing a treat on her nose, then catching it in her mouth.
Location: Carlington

name: Graham
dog’s name: Marley
dog’s breed: Puggle
dog’s age: 2.5yrs
dog’s best trick: Roll over
Area you live in: Barrhaven

My name: Kristina
Dog’s name: Haley
Breed: Aussie Mix
Age: 3 (just had birthday on Feb 14th!)
Best Trick: catching a snowball from 20 ft away!
Location: Westboro

My name: Erin
Dog’s name: CoCo
Breed: Mix (terrier, whippet?)
Age: 2
Best Trick: finding specific toy on cue
Location: Vanier

Name: Toni
Dog’s name: Otis
Breed: Pug
Age: 2 years
Best trick: Roll over
Location: Nepean

Name: Alan
Dog’s name: Myla
Breed: brindle Pug
Age: 8 months
Best trick: looking pretty
Location: Nepean

My name is Rachel, and I have a beautiful 3 year old boxer named Zeus. Zeus has many tricks, but most people are quite impressed by his “Freeze! Up against the wall!” trick, during which Zeus pretends to be a criminal caught red-handed, and gets a full pat-down while up against the wall. Zeus and I live in Stittsville, in the West end of Ottawa.

My name is Fiona and I’m entering on behalf of Merlin who is a 1 1/2 year old rescue. His best trick is his fetching skills. Even if his toys get lodged behind furniture, he can retrieve them with great skill and dexterity. He also eats bugs on command, which is particularly handy in an old house once the weather warms up. We live in South Mountain, just south of Ottawa, with Puzzles and Raven (two other rescues).

My name is Lily.
I have 4 dogs: Oscar, Paul, Roxy and Emma. Oscar and Roxy are Pekingese. Paul and Emma are dachshunds (Emma is a miniature).
Age: 5y6m(Oscar), 5y3m(Paul), 4y7m(Emma) and 1y10m(Roxy).
Tricks: Oscar can jump really high, and is a prime snowball chaser. Paul can sit, roll over and lie down. Emma is fast as lightning and will play fetch until your arm dies. Roxy is just special and pretty, can’t do any tricks that I’m aware of.
We live over in Almonte and Aylmer (time is shared).

My Name: Kerri
Dog’s Name: Milo
Breed: Cavalier King Charles Spaniel x Cocker Spaniel
Age: 1
Best Trick: “crate!”, and then he goes in his crate. It has been a life-saver. Very useful trick.
Location: Hintonburg

Congrats on your thrid year, great website
My dogs are: Jiggs who’s 12 years old llasaPoo; best trick is chasing a ball and making people laugh. Rita my hound is also 12 years old; best trick is lounging (not really a trick)and looking great. Finally Biscuit who’s a Shisho 9 years old: best trick is dancing around Jiggs

My name: Mel Begin
My dog’s name: Dash
Breed: Greyhound
Age: 7
Best trick: Take A Bow!
Location: Gloucester

My name: Chris Kasurak
My dog’s name: Roxy
Breed: Greyhound (Retired Racer)
Age: 4
Best trick: Sit… She get’s an “A” for effort!
Location: Gloucester

My name: Sarah
My dog’s name: Mowgli
Breed: Wirehaired Griffon
Age: 1
Best Trick: He can balance a treat on his nose, wait for the ok and then throw it up and catch it!
Location: Dow’s Lake

My name: Julie
My dog’s name: Maya
Breed: Boxer (fawn colored)
Age: 1 1/2
Best trick: she ‘bops’ my hand with her snout to say yes when i ask her if she wants a cookie/to go outside/to play outside etc…
Location: ottawa/nepean

My name: Tanya
My dog’s name: Rocky
Breed: Chocolate Labrador Retriever
Age: 6 years
Best Trick: sleeping He gives a mean high five!
Location: Centertown

My Name: Teri
My dog’s name:Gordon
Breed: Goldendoodle
Dog’s age: 3
Dog’s best trick: Kisses on demand (no licks!)and he’s pretty good at agility!
Location: Nepean

My Name: Sarah
Dog’s name: Jorja & Pete
Breed: Canaan dog & sighthound mix
Age: 3 & 2
Best Trick: Jorja can jump and high 5 on cue, Pete can grab food from even the furthest corner of the counter.
Location: New Edinburgh

My Name: Mel W
Dogs Name: Brenna
Breed: Miniature Poodle
Age: 2 years
Best Trick: There’s so many to choose from! I’d say her best trick is a two parter; Sit Pretty then Bang! You’re Dead, she’s our little circus dog
Location: Orleans

Congrats on 3 years(and many more)Ottawa Dog Blog!

Dog: Sophie
Breed: Pug
Age: 5 years
Best Trick: she is so focused on food and treats, has competed and won in a pug contest for speed thru hoops and tunnel to receive a treat at the end.
Location: Barrhaven
Congratulations on 3 years of the most up to date and informative dog site!

My name: Karen L.
Dog: Sydney
Breed: Miniature Pinscher
Age: 5 years
Best Trick: Convincing anyone in the kitchen area that he is desperately hungry even after just finishing his dinner.
Location: Orleans

Name: Kathleen
Dog’s name: Sultan “Sully”
Dog’s breed: Mastiff
Dog’s age: 5yrs
Dog’s best trick: Convincing me he needs a treat
Part of Ottawa: Kanata

Name: Linda
Dog’s name: Cerby
Dog’s breed: Puggle
Dog’s age: almost 3 yrs
Dog’s best trick: shake a paw
Part of Ottawa: Hunt Club Park

Dog’s name:Loki

Dog’s breed:Mini Golden Doodle

Dog’s age:1 yr

Dog’s best trick: being the best Doodle on the planet

Part of Ottawa: Kanata

Name: Roscoe
Breed: Newfoundland & Belgian Sheepdog cross
Age: 3
Best trick: he’s so excited for liver treats he sits, paws, lies down, relaxes and rolls over with only one hand cue
Part of Ottawa: Centretown

Oh wow, I really hope I win this! With a baby coming in June, it would be wonderful to celebrate my fur baby before he comes along.

My name is Elly and I live in Ottawa, near Silvercity Gloucester. My little adorable girl is named Storm. She is a lovable 6.5 lb mutt, supposedly a mix between a Maltese, Silky Terrier, and something else, but really, she looks like a black long-haired chihuahua/papillon!! She turned 2 years old in August, and her best trick is that she dances on her hind legs with her front paws beating up and down. We never taught her how, she just does it when she’s really ecstatically happy.

Name: Roxane
Dog’s name: Pepito
Dog’s breed: Chihuahua
Dog’s age: 2.5 years
Dog’s best trick: Best trick? His best trick is making ME do tricks to get his attention! I guess you figured out who is the alpha…
Part of Ottawa: Orleans

My name: Star
My dog’s name: Cosmo
Breed: Collie/Lab
Age: 11
Best trick: She knows all the usual tricks…sit, speak, lie down, etc. But I think her best ‘trick’ is how she manages to make me feel like the Best Human Ever year after year
Location: Perth (in between Carleton Place & Perth)

My name: Amy
My dog’s name: Chelsea
Breed: Lab/Collie mix
Age:1 year old
Best trick: Although it isn’t really a trick, she has quite a distinguishing feature – she doesn’t have a mean bone in her body. Every human, dog, and even cat that she meets is her best friend. She makes friends every where she goes.
Location: Aylmer (funny enough, only a short walk from the SPCA where she was adopted from).

My Name: Carla
My Dogs Name: Maylene
Breed: Blue Great Dane
Age: Just had her first Birthday!
Best trick: Maylene likes to take a bow after doing tricks. She is such a little lady.
Location: Westboro

My name: Tiffany
My dogs names: Tally and Roxie
Breed: Great Dane and Boxer
Ages: 2 years, and 15 months.

Fav tricks: Tally jumps up for hugs, and Roxie can leap vertically in the air!
Part of Ottawa: Kanata

Name: Rachel
Dog’s Name: Cheese Bun
Breed: Pembroke Welsh Corgi
Age: 4
Best Trick: Going to bed in her own bed at night and magically appearing on the pillow beside you in the morning!

Texas is a Karelian Bear and part long coat Akita. He will be 11 years July 1st. Ha Ha tricks…he’ll do anything for a treat…paw, roll, lay down, stay
Best trick looking too cute with a stuff toy in his mouth.
Love this website

Horray-thank you!

Remi was rescued this summer. He’s a 2 year old Australian cattle dog mix. He is such a great little dog. He has been training in agility and freestyle disc but one of his best tricks is jumping on my back.. I’m also hoping to make him become an Ottawa Therapy dog.

Name: Natasha
Dog’s Name: Mika
Breed: Miniature Schnauzer
Age: 6
Best Trick: We compete in agility, but one of her best tricks is dramatically playing dead!

My Name: Julie
My dog’s name: Jasper
Breed: Standard Poodle, Red
Age: 5 weeks (he will be home soon!)
Best trick: Hmm. Can detect mum by scent!
Part of Ottawa: Orleans

Name: Michelle
Dog’s name: Sierra
Breed: Great Dane, black
Age: 3 yrs
Best Trick: Knows the difference between her right and left paw. Can shake both upon request. She can also say please for her treats! (soft bark).
Part of Ottawa: Bells Corners

Congrats on the 3 year milestone!!

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February 20th, 2011 at 4:58 pm

Name: Jaclyn
Dog’s name: Keegan
Breed: Light Golden Retriever
Age: Almost 10 yrs
Best Trick: Hide and Seek!
Part of Ottawa: Downtown

Congrats on the 3 year milestone!!

Name: Judy
Dog’s Name: Kona
Breed: Chow Chow
Age: 10.5 months
Best Trick: playing fetch with a tennis ball
Location: Richmond

Name: Roz
Dogs Name: Boscoe
Breed: Great Pyr
Age: 4 years
Best Trick: Entertaining kids at elementary schools while my mom makes presentations about rescued dogs.
Location: Barrhaven

Name:Colleen
Dog’s Name: Maggie
Breed: Pomeranian
Age: 12 years old
Best Trick: shaking a paw for treats

Name: Maureen
Dog’s Name: Nelly
Breed: Portuguese Water Dog
Age: 2 and a half
Best trick: chasing squirrels

Name: Karen
Dog’s Name: Prince
Breed: Labrador Retriever and Plott hound
Age: 4
Best trick: tons! Opens doors, counts, hight fives, speaks, catches midair, served as best dog at our wedding, best trick of all? Steals your heart completely before you know it!

Name: Shannon McGuire
Dog’s name: Stella
Breed: Vizsla
Age: 1
Best trick: Shake a paw
Location: Britannia Village

Name: Linda Sabourin
Dog’s name: Charlie
Breed: Collie/Hound
Age: 14
Best Trick: Speak! (While sitting pretty, for added cuteness!)
Location: Stittsville

Name: Robyn Armstrong
Dog’s name: Kayla
Breed: Lab/Pointer
Age: 16
Best Trick: Shake-a-Paw, but she does it really well
Location: Ottawa west end

I’m Natalie and my dog’s name is Bejeepers. Bejeepers is a chihuahua mix (we’re unsure what the other part is). We’re also unsure of his age, but the vet guesses around 11. Unfortunately, Bejeepers does not know any tricks. However, he does know certain words like: walk, treat, and bed.

dou dou pomeranian shes 5 she can speak on command and we live in lowertown

Name: Charlene
Dog’s name: Molly
Breed: Goldendoodle
Age: 3 (in 2 1/2 months)
Best Trick: When we’re playing ball and she start running before we throw it we yell out ‘HEY’ then she stops, turns around and looks at me. Then I sign to her to come. She moves closer but not enough so I sign to her again and we repeat this until she’s laying on my feet (so cute).
Location: Gatineau

Name: Roula
Dog’s Name: Pikachu
Breed: Maltese
Age: 2
Best Trick: He loves his barks, morning, noon & night.
Location: Ottawa South

My name: Julie
My dog’s name: Chelsea
Breed: Husky/Lab
Age: 2
Best trick: High Five
Location: Nepean

My name: Karen
My dog’s name: Moses
Breed: Short-haired Chihuahua
Age: 5
Best trick: “Do a dance!” and he does a pirouette.
Location: Downtown Ottawa

My name : Lynn
My dog is Stella
Breed: golden retriever / Collie mix
Stella is 4
Trick: she is able to get her two adult owners
To do everything and anything to make her happy!
We live near Manotick

Your name: Melissa
My Dog: Rory
Breed: Cairn Terrier
Age: 3 years, 3 months
Best Trick: When I tell her it’s time for bed, she buries herself in my bed and pops her head up on the pillow beside me. Yes, she likes to be spooned.
Area of Ottawa: Vanier via The Glebe

my name: Katie
My doggies: Molly & Ernie
Breed: Shih-Poos
Age: 1 year, 6 months
Best Trick: chasing each other at the dog park and always finding a way to be snuggled in between my husband and I
Area of Ottawa: South Keys

My Name: Heidi
My Doggies: Mei Ling and Holly
Breeds: Border Collie and Newfoundland Landseer
Ages: 6 and 1.5 years
Best Trick: Mei Ling on command can pick up all her toys and put them all away in her toy basket
Holly on command can balance just about any treat on her nose with budging
Area of Ottawa: Riverside Park North

My Name: Jacquelynn
My Dog: Bourbon
Breed: St. Bernard
Age: 8 weeks
Best Trick: Can sit, lay down and roll over with assistance!
Area of Ottawa: Walkley & Bank

My Name: Chad
My Dog: Texan
Breed: Beagle/Lab
Ages: 9 Months
Best Tricks: Crosses his paws, can 360, rollover, search for anything and much more.
Area of Ottawa: Ottawa South

My Name: Erin
My Dog: Toby
Breed: Yorkshire Terrier
Age: I year and 2 months (on march 9th)
Best Tricks: Toby can sit and lay down, plays fetch, rolls over, and shakes a paw
Location: Nepean

My Name: Michelle
My Dog: Moxie
Breed: Boston Terrier / Pug
Age: 10.5 years
Best Tricks: Training humans to feed her
Location: West Centretown

My name: Karrie
My dog’s: Jacob, Roller , Harlow
Breed: J is a toy poodle/shizu. Roller is a white boxer. Harlow is a white boxer.
AgeS: 14,5,3
Best tricks: Jacob dances by spinning around on his back legs, Roller says I Love You and Harlow is really amazing at showing off her toys! All 3 are rescues All about to be put down within days! The two boxers are mirror images of eachother which was awesome and rare to find but that’s what made us a family! The rarity of the whole situation!
Location: Carleton Place, Ontario

My name: Elizabeth
My dog’s name: Karmabella (Bella for short)
Breed: Bouvier des Flandres
Age: 2 years old
Best trick: Bella likes to sit at the table with us for dinner.
Location: Gloucester, Ontario

My name: Magali
My dog’s name: Sookiemae (Sookie for short)
Breed: Bouvier des Flandres
Age: 1 year old
Best trick: Sookie can sing, give the paw, give high-five and roll over.
Location: Gloucester, Ontario

My name: Genevieve Quesnel
My dogs names: Belle & Milo
Breed: Chihuahua/Extraterrestrials
Ages: 10 & 11
Best trick: making food magically appear in their bowls (by whining incessantly)
Location: Downtown Ottawa

My Name: Morgan Crampton
My Dog’s Names: Clifford & Dottie
Breed: Boston Terriers
Ages: 4 and 3
Best Trick: Clifford can push a chair to the window to look outside.
Location: Carleton Place (west of Ottawa).