Tag: 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

Post author By Gavan
Post date July 28, 2008
Categories In How-to, Ollie
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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 […]

Off to camp

Post author By Gavan
Post date May 14, 2008
Categories In It's all about me
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I’m in the last throws of packing for a month away, directing the Camp Arowhon Outdoor Centre. It’s one of the many hats that I wear in addition to being a PhD student. I started working for Camp Arowhon in 1998, so my return marks a decade! Ollie’s coming up for the month, so I’m […]