Now that summer is here, all of us going on this trip are getting a bit anxious to start planning. We have set up one of those Yahoo groups to cordinate everyones ideas for the trip. That is turning out to be the best idea we have had for planning this trip. The yahoo groups […]

We took Ayla out for her evening walk and as usual ran into some other people walking dogs along the way. Most of the time people may pause to chat casually and ask about the dog (everyone loves a puppy after all and when there are only around 2,500 people in your community they all […]

So now that we have a third body in the car with us – Ayla, who will be almost fully grown by the time we leave – it was time to start thinking about what we would bring on our trip and how it will all fit in and on the Defender. While we have […]

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 […]