Congratulations to Allison and Phoebe! They are the grand prize winners of the Ottawa Dog Blog 2nd Birthday Contest Giveaway!! Also, congratulations goes out to Michelle and Jack, our winners of the runner up prize!!
Thank you to everyone who entered and for your wonderfully kind and beautiful words. I am honoured that all of you take the time to make this blog a part of your life and I thank you for it!
Ottawa has the best dog community ever!!!
(Ottawa Dog of the Week for October 19th/09)
“My partner and I started looking for a medium size dog about one year ago. We saw an ad on Kijiji that said they were looking for good families for these adorable Cocker Spaniel mix puppies. They were giving them away for free! Luckily, we were the first people to call and arrive in Diego’s parent’s home. Diego was the only male of the bunch and, surprisingly enough, he was also the calmest, smallest, and most timid. The owners were particularly attached to him since they had to encourage the small fellow to eat, drink, and play with his sisters. We instantly fell in love with the little pooch and decided to take him home just a few days later.
Although he was born in Canada, his parents came from Cuba so we thought that it would be fair to give him a Spanish name.
Our new family member started out as very shy, so we took him absolutely everywhere to make sure he would grow out of it. We took him camping, to our rock climbing gym, to work, to friend’s home’s, parks, the market, on long trips, etc.
Although it took him a little while before growing out of his shyness, he had no difficulties learning commands and tricks. After just two weeks, our fluffy Diego was potty trained, learned how to sit, lay down, give his paw, and stay. Despite the fact that those two weeks were amongst the most difficult I’ve ever had, I felt like I had filled a big hole in my life. For once, I had to care for someone more than I did for myself, and it felt great.
Diego is now 9 months old and is doing absolutely outstanding. In many ways, he is a lot like an English Cocker Spaniel: same size, colour, intelligence, crazy hair-do, and long ears, but he does have something very unique, his tail! His tail is absolutely beautiful. It makes me wonder why breeders ever started to cut this breeds tail in the first place. He has a long coat with a beard and a mustache that is getting longer every day and big paws that don’t match his size (yet) but do match his big heart. He LOVES to play with other dogs (even thought some of them are three times his size) and cuttle with us on the couch at night. He also adores to play fetch and go roller-blading.
If I had four words to describe this little critter they would be: adorable, smart, soft (in every sens of the word), and happy. ” – Diego’s Mom, Julie-Anne
Today Paddington is 3 – I can’t believe it! It seems like yesterday we brought her home. She has been such an amazing part of our lives and has been through so much with us, buying and moving into our first home, her major surgery, a new little puppy sister (Corduroy), our wedding and much much more. We love our little girls and are so happy to have both of them in our lives.
To celebrate her big day, we went to Bruce Pit Park and I had our own little photo shoot with both dogs. I took advantage of the beautiful weather and the sun setting and got some fabulous shots.
After we got home though, due to our skunk incident last night, it was off for yet another bath!
Happy Birthday Paddy – I hope you had a great day!!
I frequent Seattle based dog photographer Erin Vey’s blog on a regular basis. Her photographs are stunning, beautiful and inspiring. Recently she posted a book she created and in it tells the story of love and healing between dog and owner and the everlasting and unbreakable bond that forms between. I brought tears to my eyes and I know it will to yours too. Read the story here.
(Ottawa Dog of the Week for August 10th/09)
“This is my dog Moka. I got him at the Navan Animal Rescue Corp. I’m sending you a picture of him right after I got him last year and what he looks like now. He is a papillon/chihuahua, 3 years old. He is very happy with me and I would like to thank Michelle at the animal rescue for rescuing him.” – Moka’s Mom, Carole
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Ottawa Dog of the Week for March 8th/10
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Liz Bradley is a dog lover who lives in Ottawa, Ontario with her husband, Thomas, and their two little girls, Paddington and Corduroy. Paddington is a Morkie (Maltese/Yorkie) and was born in September 2006 - she's a ball of energy and both Thomas and Liz love her to bits. Corduroy is a Malshi (Maltese/Shih Tzu) and was born in January 2008 - she is determined, loving and will lick you constantly if you let her. Liz has many sides to her including, web designer, web developer, graphic designer and photographer. ...read more
