A NEW AWARD!!

Mango the Maltese kiddo gave us this cool new award! Isn't it beautiful? Thank-you Mango!!!

We would like to pass on this award to the following doggies and kitties: Blue, Tadpole, Simba, Siku (White dog), Pacco and JB 'cause we love your blogs!

We love many other bloggies too but just don't have time to name them all!

AGILITY WEEKEND FUN!!!!

This weekend I competed in a Canadian Kennel Club agility trial. I did very well and didn't even do any zoomies or run away from Momma! She was so thrilled with my performance.

Here I am jumping.

And going down the teeter.

I even got ribbons! Two 1st place ribbons!!

1st place & Qualifying in Standard Novice Selected 12 inches and 1st place & Qualifying in Jumpers With Weaves Novice Selected 12 inches.

Here is my picture with the agility judge holding my ribbons and me and Momma. The judge and Momma are shy about showing there faces here but I'm not!

Tomorrow we have another agility trial. Buddy and I will be both competing. FUN FUN FUN!!

SWAT TEAM KILLS MAYOR'S DOGS IN MISTAKEN DRUG RAID

Here the mayor talks about how his 2 black labs were killed by the SWAT team in a mistaken identity drug raid. In another speech that we saw, he has talked about how he and his wife don't have kids and these 2 dogs were their children.

We also found out that the SWAT Team not only did not have a proper warrent they also did no investigation prior to this act to ensure they were going to the correct address!

Click on the arrows to watch these 2 videos:

It's so sad and unbelievable. It is just making us shake our heads.

What more can you say?

Want to read more on this story? Go here:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/07/mayor.warrant/

http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2008/08/02/another-police-raid-more-dead-dogs/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/05/AR2008080502664.html

OH NO- ANOTHER PET FOOD RECALL! (dog and cat)

Hi to all doggies and kitties,

There has been another pet food recall! So get your people to check out your food to make sure it is safe to eat.

On Sept 12/08 Mars Pet Care in the USA recalled a number of dog and cat foods due to possible salmonella contamination. It is for the USA only and includes some of the following products:

Country Acres
Doggy Bag
Members Mark
Sam's Club
Ol' Roy
Paws and Claws
Pedigree
Pet Pride
PMI
Red Flannel
Retriever
Special Kitty
Wegmans

Go to this link http://www.petcare.mars.com/ and scroll down for the entire list with the names / types in more detail and the UPC codes.

It might be a good idea to pass on the news to other doggies and kitties.

We don't want any doggies or kitties getting sick!

Woofs, Casper and Pals

FINALLY!!! PICTURES OF THE LAKE

Hi all doggies, kitties and hammies,

Sorry we are so slow at getting our lake pictures posted. Momma keeps saying something about work!! Work Shmurk!!! That's what we have to say!

(What do you mean that's how she keeps us in kibble and treats?? Really?? Okay.... I guess it's ok if she works ;) )

We went to Waskesiu Lake at Prince Albert National Park It was beautiful!!!

Here is where we stayed.

Nikki is that you peeking out?

We saw lots of different animals.

There was a Momma deer and 2 fawns that came into the campground everyday.

Nikki made sure to bark, bark ,bark to keep them away. Silly Nikki!

There was also a momma elk and a baby elk.

Our Momma was to slow to get a picture of the elk baby but she did get this picture of the momma elk.

There were lots of these crawling around too.

We accidently trampled one that crawled into our x-pen. Oops!

Momma took me to the beach with everyone else.

Buddy and Nikki had to stay home.

She said Nikki barks to much and Buddy runs away too much.

Dogs weren't supposed to be at the beach but I was very quiet and well behaved, except for shaking off all the water on me and getting everyone wet! Not my fault-Momma made me go in the water :(

Momma forgot to bring my lifejacket.

I'm not a very good swmmer and don't I really like being in the water, so they made a raft for me for float on.

I started to get a burn on my neck so I went into the shade.

See - my neck is pink!

Just kidding- the color from my red collar started to run so I had a pink ring around my neck for a few days. That's ok. I am secure on my masculinity as a boy dog!

Here is Buddy hanging out in the x-pen. He doesn't need a pillow. He just leans again the wire.

And here's Buddy after a walk. He looks tired!

Nikki went on a walk to the doggie beach.

But she lied down and refused to even get her pawsies wet. Momma didn't make HER go in.

Here we wait as all the 2 leggeds seem to be packing things up.

Are we REALLY leaving?

We are so sad to leave the lake!

But we will be back again next year!

We hope you enjoyed our lake pictures!

Were Back!

We had so much fun at the lake! It was a blast! We will be posting pictures soon. :)

GOING TO THE LAKE!!!!!!!!!!

Hey doggies, We overheard Momma saying we are going to the lake.

She's getting her suitcase out now and we are ready to hop in. See you all in a week . We will have a bunch of pictures to show you. Maybe we will even get a tan!! Can white dogs tan?

ANSWERS TO SASKATCHEWAN QUIZ

Hi DWB's friends,

Thanks for taking part in our Saskatchewan Quiz and thanks for so patiently waiting for the answers.



Here are the answers. Most doggies thought that the incorrect statement was #12 (horsehair dancefloor) or #13 (mountain used for the Oympics was built from garbage). However those both are actually TOTALLY TRUE!



Comet and Blu guess correctly that # 11 is incorrect and so are being awarded this:

Read below to find out more about all the statements.

1. Saskatchewan's population is over 1 million.

True

2. Saskatchewan's official motto is "The Land of the Living Skies"

True - it's even on our license plates.

and here is why:

photo by Neil Rawlyk

Click here

Whoa!!!! Scary!!! I found it on google images here

Can you see the puppy jumping? I found it in flicker.
It was from a Saskatchewan Land of the Living Skies photo album. Unfortunately I have lost the link.

Another SK photo- not mine.

3. The very first bird santuary in North America was founded in Saskatchewan.

True

See this link:

4. The highest temperature ever recorded in Canada was in Saskatchewan at 45 C / 113 F

True. This was in Yellow Grass and Midale on July 5, 1937

5. The coldest official recorded temperature in Saskatchewan is -57° C /-70.6 °F .

True. This was in Prince Albert on Feb. 1, 1893.

6. In Saskatchewan the only month that it has never snowed is July.

True. Momma remembers the year it snowed on June 1st - how depressing!!

Thank goodness it quickly melted. Snow in Aug is rare but it has happened.

7. Minnesota, USA may be known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" but Saskatchewan which is totally land-locked has over 100,000 bodies of water.

True.

8. There is a lake in Saskatchewan in which it is impossible to sink.

True. This is Manitou Lake. It has the same properties as the Dead Sea.

See here

9. There is a place in Saskatchewan where scientists have located historic findings that date back older than the Great Pyramids of Egypt. These are Native Indian's tipi rings, stone cairns and a medicine wheel.

True. Wanuskewin Heritage Park. It is just a couple miles from where we live.

10. An almost complete set of dinosaur bones has been found in Saskatchewan. The bones are over 56 million years old.

True " Scottie" was found in Eastend SK.

11. Saskatchewan landscape is flat prairieland. In fact the common joke is: "Saskatchewan is so flat that you can sit on the porch and watch your dog run away for 3 days. ( Hey we gotta put some doggie stuff in here somewhere. ) LOL

False. Well we do have that saying here but actually Saskatchewan is 1/3 prairieland, 1/3 boreal forest and 1/3 settled land. We even have a desert area- the Athabasca Sand Dunes.

photo by SERM

Forest and rivers

photo by Canadian Geographic

Waterfalls

photo by Neil Rawlyk

12. Saskatchewan has the world's only dance floor that is padded with horse hair.

True. It's is called Danceland and is located at Manitou Lake. The horsehair under the wood softens the spring of the floor making for a superior dancing experience.

Danceland
photo by Al Mierau

13. Saskatchewan once needed a mountain for downhill skiing and since Saskatchewan is prairieland, tonnes and tonnes of trash were piled up into a mountain, covered with dirt and then snow. The Winter Olympics were then held on this 'trash mountain'. (Hey, we just had to add in the Olympics here too! )

Hard to believe but oh so true! Saskatchewan built this mountain for the 1971 Winter Olympics! See this

Hope you enjoyed our Saskatchewan Quiz and photos!

REPLY TO: CASPER NEEDS HOME

Thank you doggies for all your support! No Momma is not really looking for a new home for me. She was just playing the google game: Fill your name into the blank.

________ needs

and then google to see what the results are. She has promised I don't need to start looking for another home. Thanks for all your concern!

PLAYING THE 'NEEDS' GAME- CASPER NEEDS A ................

"HOME"

Yikes - I'm not liking the sounds of this.....