If you shop at Folklife Village, I bet you’ve seen these two Gabriola dogs, especially when they’re hanging out near Village Foods. The black one is old and calm, the light one zips all over the place. Yeah, you try photographing a dog who never stops moving! Note blurry tail in first photo: it wags [...]
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On walks, the dog thinks I am dense: how can this human possibly miss all the great smells? How can this human walk right by the place where deer romped, and ignore the route deer took into the Gabriola woods? How stupid is that? And then snow comes, and I can see where the deer [...]
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Uh-oh! What’s that, there on the beach, Gabriola? It has several names, like if you mess with that I will give you a bath, dammit!, and putrid, vile, smelly thing. To be more precise, one might say stinky, dead animal or rotting carcass. If you were planning to go to Whalebone with your dog anytime [...]
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This is Kyra, one of our favourite Gabriola friends. She died a couple of days ago. We are heartbroken. Farewell, sweet Airedale. See also: Gabriola Airedale – that’s Kyra, of course. Update, October 2011: Kyra still stands out as one of the Best Dogs Ever, and we still miss her more than you could imagine.
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If you had hoped to have the cutest and furriest feet on Gabriola, I’m afraid you’ll have to give up on that fantasy. Your feet don’t look as if Dr Seuss drew them into existence, do they? And your toe-fur doesn’t curl into delightful swirls when it’s wet, does it?
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There are several Jack Russell Terriers on Gabriola. I love to watch them swim into the sea, where they brave waves of any height to fetch sticks. Their tails are usually up and wagging on the way back to shore.
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One of the things about having a dog is that you always know Where the Dead Things Are. On Gabriola, they’re everywhere. Todays’ dead thing is this little mouse, left in our yard by some neighbour’s cat. Probably the same annoying cat who leaves calling cards in the flower bed.
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This is our Airedale friend, shown here at Whalebone. Isn’t she grand? Her ears bounce when she walks, and she is altogether fine in every regard.
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If my dog could tell you what she likes about living on Gabriola, I bet she’d include the fishing: she likes to catch her own fish. This is what she caught today.
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This is Sam, who rides around on the back of a bicycle. I found him outside Village Foods this evening, as his human went off to do some grocery shopping. I’ve seen Sam all over Gabriola. He sure gets around!
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If you live on Gabriola, you’ve seen Buddy. He’s the dog who runs beside his human’s bike as they travel all over the island. Everywhere I go, I see this dog! He must be one of the fittest dogs on Gabriola, and maybe one of the happiest, too: he gets exercise, company, fresh air, and [...]
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Perhaps you’ve noticed that dogs left in cars are often barking dogs — particularly here on Gabriola, and particularly in the parking lot at Folklife. Some days you can come out of Village Foods and hear four different sets of dogs barking. It’s often the tiny ones who make the most noise. There are quiet [...]
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This is O.B, the dog who rides around in the Summer Rain water delivery truck. He’s a rather grand fellow, especially for one who is less than ten pounds.
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This is Jindol, probably the only Korean Jindo dog on Gabriola. He’s often at Berry Point as the sun sets.
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(The Viszla is on the left, the Airedale is on the right.) Viszla to human: Throw the ball, throw the ball, throw the ball, throw the ball… Airedale to Viszla: Who are you?
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