Category: pets

Adventures in Dog/Cat/House Sitting – part 3

Posted in Activities, animals, cat, dogs, Harry, house, Leo, pet, pets, pictures, Sunny, Timmy, Winnipeg2 Comments

This post will end this adventure and is pretty much all photos. First the cats! And now the Dogs And then the cats again. First, checking out the ice cubes I put in the water dish and ending with some play fighting on the table. I had a fun 3 weeks with these 4 boys.

Adventures in Dog/Cat/House Sitting – part 2

Posted in animals, critters, dogs, Leo, pets, pictures, Sunny, walking, Winnipeg2 Comments

As I mentioned yesterday, the dogs and I head out on at least one walk each day. Some days, we go around turns and down streets and I often let the dogs pick the route. I enjoy the scenery and the different streets we travel on, but photo taking opportunities are not as good as… Continue reading Adventures in Dog/Cat/House Sitting – part 2

Adventures in Dog/Cat/House Sitting – part 1

Posted in Activities, animals, cat, dogs, Harry, Leo, pet, pets, pictures, Sunny, Timmy, walking, Winnipeg2 Comments

My love of critters of all kinds combined with my lack of finances to live where I can actually have my own pets any longer, has lead me to looking after other people’s pets while they are away from home. This is the perfect solution, allowing me to spend time with critters without the expense… Continue reading Adventures in Dog/Cat/House Sitting – part 1

Bird Sitting

Posted in Activities, birds, critters, Nature, pets, pictures, snow, Wildlife, Winnipeg, winter, yard5 Comments

Meet my two new buddies – Eva and Thomas, the Cockatiels. Guess I can’t really say they are my buddies yet, but this is only day 2 with them and we are getting there. Eva is pretty trusting and she will get on my hand and then head for my shoulder. Thomas did get on… Continue reading Bird Sitting

Spring is on the Way

Posted in Activities, animals, apartment, Assiniboine Park, assiniboine park zoo, birds, critters, Manitoba, move, pets, pictures, spring, Winnipeg, winter, zoo5 Comments

Yes, Christmas is on the way too – but spring WILL be here sometime in the next couple of months. In the meantime, I will be moving at the end of March and have been packing in advance. The first 2 weeks in March I will be bird and house sitting, so I won’t get… Continue reading Spring is on the Way

In Reality

Posted in Activities, Chester, home, ice, Manitoba, pets, snow, travel, weather, Winnipeg, winter6 Comments

Originally posted on Mavimet's Weblog:
In case you didn’t catch the words ‘virtual trip’ in my trip to Dallas – this is a confession that I did not leave Winnipeg and stayed in the frigid temperatures with way too much snow.  Chester and I had our walks in -20’s C temperatures with the ‘feels…

23 Hours in Dallas

Posted in Activities, Chester, dog, ice, Manitoba, pets, snow, travel, weather, Winnipeg, winter

Originally posted on Mavimet's Weblog:
I don’t have a lot of time to spend in Dallas, so didn’t waste any time in jumping right in.  My friend Donna gave me some tips on places to see and I was going to spend my time seeing them. After spending 20 hours in the car driving,…