Category: Adventures

  • The Winter Wardrobe Struggle

    Winter in Quebec is not a season. It is a survival challenge.Near Mont Saint Hilaire, where Stephanie and I lived, the wind was something else. It did not blow. It attacked. It wrapped around the house like it was trying to repossess it. It made trees bend in ways trees should never bend. It made…

  • Vacationing With Royalty

    I am on vacation right now, and as always, I cannot help comparing it to vacations with Toby. Travelling now feels simple. Travelling with Toby never was. Stephanie and I used to joke that we did not plan our vacations.We planned Toby’s vacations. Everything had to be dog friendly.Everything had to be comfortable for him.Everything…

  • His Royal Highness and the Stomach of Doom

    Some dogs have sensitive stomachs.Some dogs have big appetites.Toby, being a Caniche Royal, chose to have both… at the exact same time. It was June 2020.COVID was in full force. Life was stressful, unpredictable, and exhausting. And Toby, in true royal fashion, decided this was the perfect moment to eat something stupid. To understand how…