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The odds of your dog stopping to smell the more irresistible smell ever are increased by inattention on the part of the rider, how directly behind them you are and how fast you are going.

Unless you want to look like the Greatest American Hero, don’t ride directly behind your dog. Off to the side a little you sail past them instead of slamming on the brakes to prevent running them over thus launching yourself over the handle bars and using all sorts of colourful language.

Speaking of colours. You should see my arm.

I know better than ride directly behind Casey when a female canine in heat might have peed right there beside the road. But I did. And I went over the handlebars. I’m just a little banged up. Casey was fine.

We’re setting up at the Horse Fair at the Agridome in Truro this weekend.  Details are here poster pdf.  Hope to see you there!

Hello everyone!

A project we’ve been wanting to get off the ground for years now is finally starting – it’s going to take a fair amount of work to get it rolling but we think it’ll be worth it.

www.mushlantic.org  is a new page we’re starting and it’s goal is to foster mushing and gather resources, knowledge and articles for all things mushing related.

It’s also a place to centralize mushing groups and organizations in Atlantic Canada.

It’s for anyone curious about mushing, who do mush either as a hobby or professionally. For people looking to start a mushing group in their area or runs a mushing group.

We’ll be looking around for good information that we can link or articles written by people that mush. If you see any send mushlantic an email or post in the forums and we’ll take it from there.

Hope everyone enjoys it!

Just wanted to post a great big thank you to all the customers that have been waiting patiently for their orders and to the many friends we’ve come to gain while building this business.

You’ve all made a big difference in how we’ve been able to deal with Claire’s operation and recovery. We tell her about all the well wishes and give her the treats we were given to help her heal (they really work!  ). The people of the dog community are the best and most understanding folks we know.

We have a few new products to put up, Tuf Foot, training tugs and Johnny Zee’s Nylon Dog Balls (now in various colours) and a whole lot of inventory adjustments to do. The coming holiday weekend should see us put a big dent in all the things we want to get done.

We really love what we do. Of course being busy is fantastic and by all means keep the orders coming Every picture we see of people and dogs using our products makes us feel great. Nothing better than a smiling, tired dog and owners.

Once again, thanks everyone!

We’ll be vendoring at the Cobequid dog show this weekend.  The show is held at the Agridome in Bible Hill/Truro.
Map to Agridome
Hours are 8:30-5 Saturday and Sunday.

$2 admission for adults
$1 admission for kids

We’ll have a selection of everything we carry there.  At least as much as we can fit in the booth!  Hope to see you there!

- John and Steph

We had a chance recently to do a special harness – one modelled after the Labrador flag:

Hard part was doing the twig, but with some embroidery trickery we think it came out pretty good:

Thanks to Jack and his people for giving us this challenge!

What an awesome time we had at the expo!

There was a nice level of interest in our products and I think we got our name out to more people which is really one of our goals when we go to these.

The other goal is to see how our customers/friends and their dogs are doing. It’s really amazing to see the changes in many of the dogs. More confidence, more in tune with the owners and they seem to be happier.

The expo was non stop from opening at 10am till 3pm, even better than last year which was steady. Seemed to be the case for the vendor friends we talked to.

All in all another excellent expo put on by the folks at GPAC and we appreciate them having us – hope to see everyone there next year!

Had a great time at the Halifax Kennel Club dog show this weekend.  Enjoyed seeing all the dogs looking their finest.  Wonderful to meet new dog lovers and see some dog lovers we’ve met before!  Would have been more fun using the sled to get there than the driving conditions.  But we appreciated everyone who came out to support the club and the vendor alley!  Wooof!! Ooooo!