Today Ayla got to see her friends at the vet. They just shower her with love and attention there which she just eats up like the treats they throw at her. She is 11.1 kilos now and growing up quickly into a big girl. Pretty soon she’ll be too heavy to even lift on the […]

So I think I’ve mentioned before that we now have a Frisbee for Ayla to play with outside…and it has helped us to realize that we really enjoy throwing it back and forth to each other while she plays with something else. Of course we can’t just confiscate the dog’s toy for ourselves so we […]

I don’t know who I’m more irritated with at the moment…the dog or myself. Of course when she’s laying under the dining table where I’m sitting and sleeping so nice and peacefully it’s really hard to hold a grudge. Alas, I knew I should have changed my jeans when we got home today but just […]

Today was Ayla’s very first bath. One would think that since Newf’s are supposed to be water loving dogs that they would also enjoy a bath in nice warm water…but apparently that is not the case. Maybe something for us to work towards? lol We got out the doggy shampoo and headed into the spare […]

This morning we took a journey to visit some friends in Holland. It’s about 3 hours ride from here and a good warm up for Ayla since she’ll be spending a lot of time in the car the last few weeks of September and beginning of October travelling from place to place. On the way […]