Category: Ollie

How-to: Create a kayak crate for the transportation of a Border Terrier (or any other small dog breed) on the deck of a tandem sea-kayak

My challenge: to take Ollie (at the time, a five-month-old Border Terrier puppy) on our regular summer sea-kayaking trips on Georgian Bay. Canoeing with a dog is easy. Kayaking with a dog seemed a bit more difficult. So I dreamt up a contraption that would allow Ollie to join us on these kayaking trips. Thanks […]

Family matters

Ollie & siblings at 8 weeks, originally uploaded by Gavatron. Heather, Ollie and myself had a great little experience this morning–we met (Heather & Ollie for a second time and me for the first) Fozby, one of Ollie’s litter-mates (or, as Max, Fozby’s alpha-male, refers to the two of ’em: “the Beavertown Boys”). The two […]