Sky Skiing in Kananaskis

Well she is finally breaking out of her shell. After 10 days of having her around the house she has finally made two impromptu trips to the bathroom indoor and is now being a bit more stuborn. She has basically become acostumed to our habits, routine and tolerance level. We have also started a bit more stern ways with her and we are not being pushed around by this savage dog. I think I was succesful at "lay down" today.



These are pictures of our weekend jaunt X-C skiing in Kananaskis country. She was awesome, she followed us all the way and even tolerated having giant snowballs on her feet.

Fun fact about Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers: They have webbed feet which ball up with snow quite easily.

Bark count: 3

Our new puppy!

On Sat Feb 5th, we welcomed Sky into our home! She is a 10 month-old Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever (Toller for short) that comes to us from a breeder in Calgary. We went to see Sky at a dog show, then ended up bringing her home for a couple days to test her out with Stacey's allergies. Over the weekend we fell in love with her, and with no allergies, she officially became ours on the Monday! We are co-owning her with her breeder, which basically means she will be shown at dog shows until she receives her Championship, then at around 2 years she will become a mom for a litter. Her breeder felt she was just too special not to breed! Then she will formally become ours only. Until then, we basically take care of her for all of the time except the occasional show weekend. Sky comes to us with lots of manners, is alot of fun, and a very mellow dog for her breed. She loves to play catch and run around, and when she's in the house she's either sleeping or cuddling with us. Mat and I are both really enjoying having her in our lives!

This is Sky as an 8 week old puppy, hanging out with her siblings.