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I count on Oscar and Zen to provide me with up to date material for my column. This past month has been slow to say the least. Oscar and Zen weren’t being as quirky or mischievous as they usually are and now I know why. They had been silently planning all month for their big escape, their boys [...]

Like my kids, I consider my dogs to be an extension of myself.  I know I shouldn’t, and that both my kids and my dogs have minds of their own, but I just can’t help it.  So, when my dogs Oscar and Zen’s questionable behaviours arise at the off leash dog park, I find [...]

“This too shall pass,” I telepathically transmitted the ancient proverb to Oscar; he nodded in agreement. The temporality of all material conditions, positive or negative, had become all too apparent. As I unlatched the pearly gate, and entered the heavenly Zen garden, I knew this paradise couldn’t last forever. Although I don’t consider [...]

Bounding through the gates

running down the hills we go,

greeted by our friends each time

in the rain, sun, or snow.

It is our favourite time of day

a place where we are free,

amongst our friends we run and play,

and rest under a tree.

Although we go for walks on a leash

nothing [...]

I was speaking to my Dad this morning, and mentioned to him that I had read in the Oprah magazine that April is National Poetry month, and as a tribute to poetry I would be writing my next blog in poetic form.  About 20 minutes later I received an e-mail from my Dad and this [...]

The tree decorating season may have come to an end, but it’s still a custom that is very much practiced at the Off Leash Dog Park.  On most occasions when Oscar, Zen and I visit the OLDP, “poop bags” can be seen hanging from the branches of the trees.

For those of you, who haven’t [...]

About twice a year, I am fortunate enough to get to go to my all time favourite restaurant, an upscale oyster bar located in downtown Toronto.  The anticipation that I feel before I get in the car, as I am driving down the D.V.P. practically drooling, and then finally enjoying an assortment of decadent [...]

Oscar and I have been together now for just over 4 years, and until recently I would have said with conviction that I know everything there is to know about him. I know his favourite toy (Kong), treat (cranberry biscuits by Wags and Woofs), food (cheese), person (me) and place (the off [...]

Earlier this year, I took my 4 year old Husky, Oscar ,to the off leash dog park for the very first time. It was a sweltering day  (as many July days were this past summer).  Being the ever so responsible dog owner, I was well prepared with a plastic bag, 12oz water bottle and a [...]