Snow Day In Oxford County, Ontario

So much has happened since our last post.  Sawyer has moved to a new home, in a more rural area of Ontario complete with a park & pond behind his house.  Life is blissful.

Very blustery day today with temperatures hovering at -11C (feels like -21C!) but perfect conditions for a Bernese Mountain dog. Lots of sun & snow. Let's not keep you in suspense, here's Sawyer...

 Enjoying his peanut butter jar

 Sawyer intercepting my cross country skiing on the pond

 His new home

 Snoozing in the snow

 Nothing like hours of entertainment with a jar of peanut butter - thanks Kraft!

Can I PLEASE come in??

Mr. Mailman, where are you?

Waiting patiently in the shrubbery, to surprise my oh so-not-favourite-mailcarrier.  Think he can see me?

Vacation away from home

Sawyer's enjoying a little vacation away from mommy & daddy this weekend.  He's privy to a beautiful cottage with a lake view,  skippering and lifeguarding on a boat and later, sunning on the dock with MJ. 

One of his favorite pursuits is to sneak up to Lincoln's (gorgeous Newfoundlander) dish and devour his gourmet dinner.  On the other hand, maybe his most favorite activity is to stand near Auntie Jaye's treat cupboard and politely beg for those awesome carob oreo treats!  Sawyer....you're spoiled.

Perfect winter for a Berner

Argh, it's been a longgggg winter with endless snowfalls and frigid temperatures.  Sawyer's "mommy" has had about enough of it.  Having said that, it's been a perfect winter for Sawyer Doodles.  Even on the coldest days, he insists on staying outside.  A few pictures from this winter.

The Bruce Trail after the ice storm in Dec.

Beautiful ice-laden trees

Sawyer's Auntie S trying to hike through an ice tunnel

Hurley, "What are you looking at?"

Sawyer and his "mommy"

Sawyer. January on the frozen Hamilton, ON beach

Looking out towards Burlington, ON from the Hamilton Beach

one happy bouncing Berner in fresh snowfall

A well deserved nap under his blankie

Some of my Favorite Activities

Lincoln the Newfoundlander

Golly, Sawyer is lagging behind in his posts.  Not much has happened....WAIT, something DID happen.  How could I forget?

I have a new little buddy....LINCOLN!  Yup, Lincoln is my new protege - he loves to follow me around, and around and around.  Did I mention that he loves to follow me where ever I go?!!  Lincoln is a handsome, midnight black Newfoundlander puppy, who has a very loving family, like me.  He looked just like a little teddy bear when I first met him (Mellie wanted to take him home but I wouldn't let her...snicker, snicker!).  He's not so little anymore - he's inching close to my size & weight.  We are going to be best buddies.

Thanks for being my friend Lincoln and welcome!

(photo courtesy of  J.Guimond c2013)

It's March 13th and just as all the snow had melted, it starts to snow yet again.  Berners love their snow but sometimes their owners have had enough!

Enjoy a few snowy pictures of Sawyer and company.

Appropriate licence plate!

HURLEY - 5 yrs old

HURLEY blocking the trail

HURLEY and SAWYER 

SAWYER on our driveway after a good storm

Who's paws do these belong too?

SAWYER was not fond of this snowman

SAWYER and his Mom

OOPS How did this picture get in there?
  Oh, right...this is where Sawyer's mommy would like to be!
(photo courtesy of the Guimonds)

Move over Sawyer, heeeeeere's LINCOLN!

HELLO everyone, my name if Lincoln

Yesterday, Mellie and I had the opportunity to meet a new addition to Jaye & Joe's family (and NO, Mel did not give birth to a baby!).

This four-legged not-so-little bundle of joy (8 weeks old and already weighing in at 27 lbs!) arrived on their doorstep on Wednesday.  Lincoln & Johnson were the only twin pups born from this litter and luckily, J&J were granted custody of Lincoln, a fluffy black-haired boy.  Look at that face....awwww

Please welcome him on Sawyer's blog...we'll be seeing much more of Linc!

OMG!  T H E    C U T E S T  puppy E V E R!

Exploring the backyard

Lincoln loves his new honking pink pig....courtesy of Miss Mellie & Sawyer

So photogenic - yes, both of you!

Kiss for Mellie.  Look at the size of those PAWS!

Lost...and found

Another fun adventure for Sawyer yesterday.  While on our usual walk, we ran into a 16-month old golden retriever named Bower, with unlimited energy for play.  Following Bower, was a stray chocolate Lab, quite happily joining in on the fun.  We never did get his name  (for now we'll refer to him as Coco) nor could we ascertain who his owners were (none in sight).  I had an inkling that he lived in one of the 5 homes near the trail. We figured in time, though, that Coco would find his way home.

"If I roll fast enough, Coco will never catch me!"

After some good, robust time playing tug-a-stick,  whose-dominating-who,  and I-can-bark-louder-than-you-can, we parted ways...almost.  Coco decided to follow Sawyer and I, which was cute for a while.  I realized we were nearing our car, and Coco was still with us.  I encouraged him to go home but he refused to listen.  Must be our magnetic personality!  Ok, what to do?  I decided to retrace my steps and make an attempt to walk him back to the subdivision, in hope of finding his owner.  After several attempts knocking on strangers' doors, with no response, there really wasn't much I could do.  We turned around and headed for the car, with two dogs happily in tow.

'My name is Sawyer, what's yours?"

"I have bigger teeth than you do." "No you don't"

Best buddies...walking the trail side-by-side

We got to the car and Coco was trusting enough to hop in the front seat with me, while Sawyer assumed the back seat position.  Off we went to the Burlington Animal Shelter in hope that his owners would claim him.  The shelter was awesome.  They scanned Coco to determine if he was micro-chipped and thankfully he was.  The owners were notified and Coco was reunited with his family 2 hours later....one happy ending for Coco....and Sawyer (who really doesn't like sharing his mommy with other males!)

"Hey Mom, I had fun with Coco!"