Phoebe was the lucky winner of the Ottawa Dog Blog Contest Giveaway in February. Allison, Phoebe’s human, sent in a photo of her with all of her prizes!

Hi Liz

We finally made it to Bark & Fitz to collect our prize.
Attached is a photo of Phoebe with the loot. And she offfically a fan of the Canine Life muffins.
Thanks again to you and Bark & Fitz Kanata.

Cheers!
Allison & Phoebe

I’ve mentioned here before at how much energy Paddington has. She is a Morkie, which means she is half Yorkie so she has more energy than you ever thought a dog her size could have. We were searching for ways to decrease her energy level and once we tried out the dog backpack – we were hooked!

Paddington wears her backpack like it’s her job. We put in some small rocks into each side to weigh her down and make her work more and it’s also a great way not to have to carry the poo bags around – Paddington carries the bag in her backpack!

When we first got the pack, I was worried that Paddington wouldn’t be able to move too well in it and we were proved VERY wrong. She runs like crazy and it doesn’t hinder her movement at all.

I made a quick video at Bruce Pit to demonstrate how much Paddy loves her pack. Please forgive the wobblyness and the orientation of the video as I shot it with my phone.

Paddington LOVES her backpack. We only use it when we go walking so she knows as soon as we get it out, we are going somewhere fun.

When you first start using the pack with your dog, just get him or her to wear the pack empty, and after a while you can add things to weigh it down. If you have a larger dog, instead of rocks you can try filling a water bottle a little bit and placing it on each side to add some extra weight. Make sure to increase the weight gradually and not to get the load too heavy!

The backpack Paddington has is by Ruff Wear and is available at Bark & Fitz Kanata and Westboro. It is available in the awesome green that Paddington wears so fabulously, or a really nice ice blue.

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!!!

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Something a bit different for this week’s Friday video. Thought it was fun.
Enjoy!

I just wanted to take a moment to say Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a great holiday and your dogs were spoiled rotten (I know ours were!)

See you in 2010!

With everyone being buried by snow on Wednesday, I am sure your dogs are having all sorts of reactions to the fluffy white stuff. My dogs enjoy the snow, Corduroy especially! She hops around like a little bunny and dives into the deepest snow she can find. It is one of the reasons why I like the snow (there are very few reasons!!).

How do your dogs like the snow? Love it? Hate it? Couldn’t be bothered either way?