tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13028376700697906832011-11-27T15:52:48.638-08:00A blog about dogs and wine and other happy, messy things.Shauna (Fido and Wino)noreply@blogger.comBlogger1851100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302837670069790683.post-8966981490124454312010-08-11T16:26:00.000-07:002010-08-11T16:26:51.699-07:00

Hello Beautiful People! Just wanted to send a quick reminder just in case you thought I had DIED or something. I'm not dead. I've just moved. Fido & Wino is now over at Fido & Wino... there's more "fido" stuff and "wino" stuff and "life-o" stuff and "stuff-o" stuff... it's all good. See ya over there.

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Hey Everybody! The Fido & Wino circus has moved on over to fidoandwino.com so please (please!) update your Blog Rolls and "Favorites" links and RSS feeds and all that good stuff. Alrighty then. I'll see you over there! Whoo hoo! I'm excited! Change is good!

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I absolutely love walking the dogs down by the water. Look at how it glitters. Love it. If you liked this post and you would like to share it, that would be super! Thank you so much!

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Went for a walk with a dear friend of mine on Saturday- we gabbed in the sun for HOURS. You know when you get on a roll and you practically talk your jaw off? Fueled by caffeine, sun rays and estrogen I'm pretty sure were basically the Michael Jordan's of jabbering. We came across these floating rocks*. The water was perfectly still despite being on the edge of the ocean. Cool, right? This

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This weekend was one of those mind-buzzing weekends. The kind where you walk into rooms, forgot why, walk out, have a flash of brilliance and remember, walk back into the room... and then promptly forget again and do something else entirely. PLEASE TELL ME I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS DAYS LIKE THAT. Since my brain wasn't working it was the PERFECT weekend to zone out and watch movies. I am

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Mmmm. Cherry blossoms. I took this picture last Friday while I was taking the dogs for a walk. I love it when a breeze starts to blow and the petals start to fall like snow. Nice snow that doesn't need to be shoveled. If you liked this post and you would like to share it, that would be super! Thank you so much!

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This is me and Dexter. Actually, this is me doing my best not to smother little Dexter because he was just so darn cute he made me want to eat him up (kinda felt like I was cheating on my dogs a wee bit, but it was OKAY cuz he was super cute and cuddly and SOMEBODY had to do it. I mean, come on. High five to ME for taking on the hard jobs). Okay, so you can't see him exactly, he's shy, but

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An important part of the holiday process: Devouring delectable books. Have you read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time? You need to read this book. I read this fabulous skip-and-jump of a novel long before I was freakishly into dogs. It's not really about dogs anyway. The dog in the title is dead when the book starts and this is NOT A SPOILER because, again, it is clear the

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Did I mention we went away for the weekend in FREAKING HEAVEN? Umyeahyeah. We did: Sigh. If you liked this post and you would like to share it, that would be super! Thank you so much!

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John and I went away for a couple of days. I'll write a more complete post about the Divine Days of Awww, but in the meantime: Oh. My. God. Heaven. We slept. We ate. We walked around.... we slept, we ate... and after all of that we looked around and sighed: Well, well. This is what the world looks like after a whole entire 8 hours of sleep, fresh salty air swirling around our care-free heads

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Sometimes the only way to deal with a thing is to wedge your whole face in between two fuzzy cushions and wait for things to improve: This is something I can appreciate. Kayloo is a smart dog. If you liked this post and you would like to share it, that would be super! Thank you so much!

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99.99% of the time I have no idea what in the hell is going on with the front cover of the New Yorker. Waaaaaaaaaaay over my head. Way. They are all cerebral and smart and clever... and I don't get them (yes, I do realize what this says about me). This one, however, I think I get: It's cold! And there's snow everywhere! And even our dogs are cold! ... Or maybe it's some kind of commentary

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So, this whole thing about Mike Vick posing for Playgirl with the proceeds going to PETA (read the Life & Style article). In case you haven't heard: Playgirl offered to donate $1 million to PETA if Michael Vick poses for it's magazine. ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME? This is the worst idea ever: Guy tortures animals (he started his dogfighting operation, "Bad Newz Kennels" in 2001) Guy is

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That is my husband. Those are my dogs. The sun is shining. Things are good. If you liked this post and you would like to share it, that would be super! Thank you so much!

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On Friday, February 19th Daddy, Cesar Millan's loyal sidekick and Canine Assistant Extraordinaire passed away at the age of 16 years (you can post your condolences on Daddy's Memorium page here). I didn't know Daddy, I don't know the Millan's, but I am sitting here bawling my eyes out because I can't imagine what they are going through right now. My heart truly goes out to them. There is a

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I mentioned in my horoscope post that I headed over to Vancouver a couple of weeks ago. Here's a bunch of pics cuz, yet again, my brain is too dang mushy to get it together and be properly witty for y'all. It was before the Olympics started but ooooh the Olympics buzz was in the air! Lots of "I Heart Canada" stuff to spend your cash-ola on: I'm not sure if these were put up before all the

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Here we have Kayloo on Rock #1: And here we have Kayloo on Rock #2: These photos probably don't seem ALL that interesting, but I had to share them with you guys because it took a BLOODY LONG TIME to get these shots. And NOT because I had to snap so many photos. Oh no. It's because Kayloo thinks she is as wee as a can of tomato soup and that her little ol' four-left-pawed self was

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I went to Vancouver a couple weeks ago for a family emergency (everything is okay) and in order to get there I hung out on public transport for many-an-hour. Which meant I got to do cool things like people watch, chow down on a gooey chocolate bar for breakfast (you're allowed to do that when you're traveling, oh-yes-you-are-trust-me), and... wait for it... READ THE PAPER. The whole thing

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I've been entering a bunch of contests lately because... well, basically because I want to see if I will win. Does that sound weird? In addition to wanting to win I want to SEE if I will win because THAT IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING. Yes it is. Work with me. Long story short... I WON SOME CUTE LITTLE DOG BONE SOAPS FROM PHETCHED (go to phetched to check out what they look like)! Thank

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Back in the day when my dogs were really, really bad, they gnawed on the remote control, notably the power button. Now the TV turns on at random times, like in the MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, which is a pain because the TV popping on throws me into confused, half-awake freak-outs: Me: John! Wake up! WAKE UP! A burgular has broken into the house and is downstairs watching Friends!!! Tell that asshole

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Happy Valentine's, you guys! It has been a super, wicked week over here at Fido & Wino. Super. And wicked. And CAN YOU SEE HOW FREAKING CUTE MICKEY LOOKS IN THIS PHOTO? Ah Mickey. Every now and then he redeems himself. So, super fun stuff this week:Fido & Wino hung out over at the Petfinder blog with the Top 10 Reasons a Dog Makes the Best Valentine's Date I am sure there are actually

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This is an excerpt from the Fido & Wino Guest Blogger post on the Petfinder.com Blog. As Valentine's Day approaches you could be thinking a couple of things. Maybe you're contentedly daydreaming about perforated paper bunny cards, too-hot cinnamon hearts and the various secret admirers you are sure to have doting on you this year. Or perhaps you are thinking, "Ugh." You're not alone... [

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Early morning walk before Kayloo's (successful! BOO YA!) Therapy Dog test. 8am on a Saturday morning is damn early, people. Damn early. If you liked this post and you would like to share it, that would be super! Thank you so much!

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ShweeeEEEEeee! Kayloo passed her Therapy Dog Test!!!! (If you're reading for the first time, I wax on about this crazy test here and here). Look at Miss Kayloo, lookin' all dignified and important in her snappy 'kerchief! Who knew they would give her her own parking spot? And now I need to level with you: HOLY CRAP I AM SO GLAD THAT IS OVER. I know this wasn't ABOUT me, but HOLY smokes

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I took this photo last weekend; the last weekend of January 2010. I love how the brush  looks like it's burnt and Kayloo and Mickey looked positively thrilled to be a part of it all. Two years ago I didn't have dogs. I don't think I noticed things like rusty crimson cliffs and how beautiful a tree looks balancing beside a dilapidated old barn. If I did, surely I didn't appreciate all this

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Okay guys! Kayloo's Therapy Dog test is this weekend. We are DOWN TO THE FINAL STRETCH! We just got back from a wonderful walk. An AMAZING walk. Dare I say a THERAPY DOG TEST ACING WALK!!! No, I don't dare say that... I'm a wimp... I take it back... Quick somebody throw some salt over your shoulder or give me a rabbit's foot OR SOMETHING (actually, don't with the rabbit's foot, I think that

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Reason #63,000 why having dogs rocks... Coming off of a mega-weekend of renos for John's office. It's exhilerating, it's exhausting... it's kinda high-inducing because paint thinner is wicked WICKED stuff. Did you see that TEN FOOT TALL BOUNCING RUBBER DUCKY BOUNDING DOWN THE STREET? What? And now we're home. Home, lovely home. We are about to down the pasta MOTHER LOAD and wash it down

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Is it just me or does it look like Mickey is sticking his tongue out? Cheeky little bugger... Quick reminder: January is Walk Your Pet Month! Go on, get on our there are drag your pup around in the cold, wind, rain and mud! It'll be fun. You'll be wet and miserable and all that, but other than that it'll be great! Trust me! If you liked this post and you would like to share it, that would

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Do you see the ducks in the background there? Kayloo wanted to be buds with them. She was clearly disappointed when they waddled away in uncoordinated terror. She even managed to look a little confused, like, Don't you know I'm practically Therapy Dog material?!!! Back in the day at this very same park Mickey discovered ducks as well (here's a pic). They didn't like him either. Bitchy,

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So, I've been going back and forth and back and forth on whether I want to tell you this next bit of news or not. It's not a HUGE big deal I guess, but it involves taking a test. A TEST! Ack! It involves ACTUALLY BEING TESTED, which means I could potentially FAIL this test, which means I am telling you about this being tested thing before I have gone and ACED said test, which means I could

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I went ice skating with some girlfriends on Friday night. CHICK NIGHT! Super fun. Turns out I SUCK at skating and it was more like shuffling/walking/waddling. The second part of the evening involved sipping full glasses of Chilean wine and I am VERY good at that so there weren't any 8 year old screaming past me during that part of the evening, was there? I have a tendency to be a complete

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Here is a little Kayloo Action to send you off into your weekend. We came THIS close to her twisting her head right off today. I dared to utter the word "dinner" and she vibrated into a head tilting tizzy. Here is another photo of her ridiculousness, and as you can see she has improved her game. Thank GOD. Would have really sucked to end up with a slacker in the head bobbing department.

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Turns out that even though right now John and I are living in the Big Dusty Office Build-Out Extravaganza (I bitch intelligently discuss the process here and here) the world continues to turn AND... January is Walk Your Pet Month! So, if you'll allow me to get up on my little soapbox, I would like to take this opportunity to talk about how important it is to walk your pet. BUT, before

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Kayloo's antennae are up. Mickey is gnawing on something soggy and disgusting, after which he probably rolled in it so we could all enjoy the aroma for HOURS AND HOURS TO COME. Yeah, I'd chalk that up to a pretty darn good day... If you liked this post and you would like to share it, that would be super! Thank you so much!

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This weekend was a blur. I don't want to be a drama queen, but there was drama and there were Queens (okay, not really, but there WAS Dairy Queen ice cream wonderfulness in there somewhere so THANK GOD for that). There WAS however, painting. And painting. And painting... and since I'm too damn lazy to write about it right now I am going to share my weekend with you in pictures. As

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Where is my damn dog, and why isn't she doing back flips to materialize at my side when I call her?Aha. Three guesses as to why she is sitting so perfectly at my feet.First two don't count.If you liked this post and you would like to share it, that would be super! Thank you so much!

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My heart goes out to those in Haiti right now, and to their families and friends around the world.This is a link to the Red Cross (Canadian) with more information and some information on how to help.

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The next couple of weeks are going to be MASSIVE WEEKS OF CHAOS from which we can only hope to emerge from all in once piece. John is laboriously working on moving his office, which means we are all going to be running about with a pound of gyprock dust on our eyelashes and cheeks for awhile, like I am sporting here. Add to that I JUST picked up a DISGUSTING leaf by the door (digusting as in dis.

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I was trying to catch Kayloo pushing her nose into the little tube above the water dish. Sounds weird, but she likes doing that for some reason. I love how this pic turned out... kind of arty or balanced or something. Her leg is even sticking out all funky-like and she matches the graffiti!Here was another attempt I made at being arty.Do you have an uber-fabulous photo to share? Post a link in

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This was what we were surrounded by at the end of one of our walks last weekend (same day as this photo).I love my dogs for lots of reasons, but one thing I will be eternally grateful for is that because of them I now get my butt OUTSIDE. Every day.And I get to breathe in views like this.If you liked this post and you would like to share it, that would be super! Thank you so much!

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Happy Friday, gorgeous people!I read somewhere that after the holidays people can sometimes feel a little... disoriented. Like, WHAT IN THE HELL JUST HAPPENED AND WHY IS THERE A TREES WORTH OF TINSEL STUCK BETWEEN MY TOES, BAAAAAAAAAAA!!!So, well done You! You made it through the first week of 2010. Not only did you make it through, chances are you kicked ass in ways you didn't even know.Mickey

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Mickey IS in this photo... can you see him? Kinda of another Where's Waldo/Mickey pic.So. Do you guys feel all jazzercized after the holiday season, or do you feel like you downed too many squirrelly eggnogs and should sleep it off a little longer lest you CROSS THE LINE (again) and moon innocent passerby's from your (parked) vehicle? I seem to bounce between the two. An hour ago all I seemed

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Well, folks. It would appear that I have run out of Christmas photos. This is it! No more mention of Santa hats or turkey experiments or Christmas decorations or any of that crap. PROMISE.Here is a kinda sorta similar picture that I took of Mickey and Kayloo in January of last year. Holy crap, you guys! Look at how little they were! They're fuzzy mini-me's of themselves! Awww puppies...Sigh. If

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Okay, so this post is a bit out of order since I already wrote my Happy New Year! post, but whatev. Here are a few pics from the holiday season:Me wearing a goofy Santa hat on Christmas morning:I am sporting one (1) fancy black glove, one (1) 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and Paralympics Red Mitten (ALL the rage here in Canada at the moment. I am SO in), and my new scarf. Kayloo is playing with

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Happy New Year!It has been quite a year. Mostly it's been amazing- every year has its ups and downs of course- but on the whole I am entirely thankful for all the sparkly wonderfulness and the many chances I have had to learn a little bit more about myself, my family*, and the complex and glittering people (and critters!) around me.I've been carving out this little corner of the blog-verse for a

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Um. Okay. This is NOT the look and feel I was going for when I put up the holly, jolly, FREAKING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS:John may have murmured an "I told you so" but I think what he MEANT to lovingly croon was, "Wow, Shauna that is truly a pain in the butt, how-can-I-help-you-have-you-lost-weight-would-you-like-your-drink-straight-up-or-on-the-rocks?"Best not to make direct eye contact when you

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Yeah to Petstages and their Toss & Shake toy!John's parents got us this toy for Mickey for Christmas and Kayloo appropriated it for herself and it kept her occupied ALL CHRISTMAS MORNING. I am not kidding you. She sat there and she played with it which meant she spent less time shredding wrapping paper into 60 trillion shreds. Don't get me wrong, cleaning up 60 trillion shreds of red and green

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A quick note to wish you all a very happy christmashanukkahseasonholiday! I hope you've eaten fabulous food, had lots of fun with your loved ones and tore into a bottle or two (or five... or seven...)My ma and popinlaw got me this... WOW do they ever know me. Perhaps I should be a wee bit more discreet about my extensive, albeit amateurish love of wine?NAH!!!If you liked this post and you would

Shauna (Fido and Wino)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302837670069790683.post-29007605233736037502009-12-20T17:52:00.000-08:002009-12-21T19:40:02.978-08:00

Holy crap! Look at how sweet they look AND I DIDN'T POSE THEM LIKE THIS OR ANYTHING.... 5 seconds later they were back to their normal selves:... 10 seconds later Mickey was lovingly dragging Kayloo across the living room floor by her collar. Kayloo outweighs Mickey by a good 30 lbs.I enjoyed the sweetness while it lasted (another couple of photos showing moments of sibling tenderness here).If

Shauna (Fido and Wino)noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302837670069790683.post-3740440979633344862009-12-20T14:20:00.000-08:002009-12-20T17:45:40.139-08:00

In my family it is a time-honoured tradition to go for a huge brunch on the Sunday before Christmas. Right outside the place John and I went for our festive food there were these GIANT PRESENTS.I just wanted to share this photo with you because they are just so... cheery!I hope you're getting into the festive spirit!If you liked this post and you would like to share it, that would be super! Thank

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This shot was from the Cujo photoshoot.If Mickey had a little Devil speaking to him this is what he would look like (I imagine Mickey's Devil to be male, they'd be like two boys playing hooky, throwing stink bombs and putting salamanders in little girls sandals).Mickey's bratty little angel would wear a cockeyed hat, a smart alec grin and Mickey would be ENTRANCED ever time that little Devil gave

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That's right. Please DO NOT go and get your cute little kid a cute little dog and put a bright shiny bow around the pups oh-so-adorable neck. Cuz you know what? Little Tobi or Fluffy or whatever is decidedly LESS CUTE WHEN THEY ARE CRAPPING ON YOUR CARPET.Top 5 reasons why you should NOT wrap a puppy up and put him under the tree for your bambinos:#5 As mentioned, dogs crap on stuff. ALL THE

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Even sharing this gnawed on Christmas card with you now, I know it's a little weak. It's a card. The corner is gone. YOU CAN STILL TELL IT'S A WREATH.It's like my dogs aren't even trying anymore.I mean, how to compare to cushion fluff everywhere (like here) or busting the World's Perfect Sandals (like here). Which leads me to a question I am afraid to utter lest I jinx it:Are my dogs getting

Shauna (Fido and Wino)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302837670069790683.post-62099570264056057002009-12-13T17:17:00.000-08:002009-12-14T20:03:44.654-08:00

This is a picture from Christmas 2008 (here is another one). Mickey was about 7 months old in this picture. Ah, how time flies.Speaking of how time flies: Soooo... it occurred to me today that I only have ONE MORE FREAKING WEEKEND before Christmas. WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN EXACTLY? Is anyone else ready? I'm not ready. I'M NOT READY.I am hosting Christmas for the first time ever so I have to make

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Umm. WTF is my dog doing? This is about as creepy as a dog looking out the window INTO THE BLACK and doing that low, gutteral growl thing at shit you can't see that makes you think HOLY CRAP MY DOG IS CUJO GET A PITCHFORK OR A PRIEST OR AN IRRESISTIBLE SQUEAKY TOY OR SOMETHING!!!Aside from the communing with fire thing, Mickey is generally a sweet sort of dog. I think.If you liked this post and

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I did something really, really dumb on Saturday. Something so dumb now, looking back, it makes me think WHAT THE HELL, SHAUNA? I know better than this. What the hell?On Saturday I got to thinking. About stuff. You know what I'm talking about: THINKING ABOUT STUFF. Bad news, bad news...At 2 o'clock in the afternoon I started to zone in on things that normally don't pop into my head until 2

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It's hard to say with any great certaintly what the "B" in "B-Dog" stands for in the graffiti here. I am going to hope for the artists' sake that "B-Dog" is not their name. Because that would be a really stupid name. For our purposes I am going to assume the "B" stands for "bad." That would make sense considering this and this and this. If you liked this post and you would like to share it, that

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It's December you guys! Yahoo! I can talk about Christmas as much as I want now without getting shot.This is going to be our FIRST Christmas with both of our dogs. Mickey was a part of our family last Christmas but he didn't come with us up to Prince George for the holidays (something about dog in plane cargo hold, no promise of heated cargo hold, Christmas moronic insanity, OHMYGOD MY NEW-ISH

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Reading up on what has been happening at the Toronto Humane Society the last few days has got me to thinking:So fair enough, some horrible stuff happens out there, but you know what? Some SUPER WICKED FANTASTIC STUFF happens too! That's right! I'll bet that together, we know hundreds, if not THOUSANDS of wonderful, amazing and spectacular shelter and humane society employees and volunteers. I was

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On Thursday I came across an article in the Globe and Mail that was depressing and disappointing and crushing and made me so effing irate it made me want to scream:Humane Society Officals arrested, face animal-cruelty chargesTo sum it up for you:the Toronto Humane Society's president, Tim Trow, chief veterenarian and three senior staff officials face criminal charges of animal cruelty; the

Shauna (Fido and Wino)noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302837670069790683.post-91023193134897752582009-11-26T20:01:00.000-08:002009-11-26T20:46:18.579-08:00

Mmmmm.... I am looking forward to weekend adventures, you guys! Friday night I am going on a DATE with my husband. Woo hoo! Depending on how this one goes, I MIGHT EVEN GO OUT WITH HIM AGAIN.These plans are a HUGE step up from my plans from last weekend. Last weekends' plans sucked rocks. These ones are better.When I took this picture we came THIS close to losing Kayloo over the rocks and into

Shauna (Fido and Wino)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302837670069790683.post-35965317539568987962009-11-24T20:33:00.000-08:002009-11-24T21:28:18.636-08:00

If my dogs were in a boy band (even though Kayloo is a girl) they would be *NSYNC. Cuz they are walking on the same foot it. They are "in sync." Get it?Okay, back to Kayloo being a girl. Kayloo is a girl and she wears a blue collar so everyone always says things like," Oh, look at how friendly HE is," "Oh, HE'S so slobbery," "Oh, look at that, HE doesn't know me at all but here HE is trying to

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Mickey is staring down at Kayloo, just DARING her to make her way up the stairs. I'm pretty sure he peed on every post on the way down so clearly the stairs are now his.Boys.If you liked this post and you would like to share it, that would be super! Thank you so much!

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Presenting to you our house guest for the weekend: THE CARPET CLEANER. This little machine took over most of our days off, joined us for dinner, and can definitely be held responsible for stubbing my toe because all the furniture was totally in the wrong place. We have 7 pairs of soggy socks (each) crowding the laundry basket and have learned that if we want to get fancy we can get rid of the

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Omg IT'S FRIDAY!!!! (Wanna read another super excited FRIDAY!!! post? Sure ya do! Here it is!!!). Guess what John and I are doing this weekend... come on, guess! Ok, I'll tell you. We're going to rent a stupid steamcleaner for our carpets because our STUPID DOGS ARE STUPID. AND I'm going to nurse my wimpy girly gums because I just braved a trip to the dentist. I hate the dentist. WHO'S WITH ME?

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The lovely people at darfinc sent over a board game called funagle (a game for people to play with their dogs). It's basically a nice way to structure the time you spend making fun of your dog(s). Don't even try to tell me I'm the only one who does that. Here we are in action:Good times were had by all, lemme tell ya.And look! The little play piece thing-o's ARE IN THE SHAPE OF DOGS! That is

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This is a picture of Kayloo's forehead- we call her Oreo Blizzard Head because with the black and the white and the spots... she looks like an Oreo Blizzard. Mmmm... Oreo Blizzard... John and I got Blizzards on Sunday after we climbed a freaking mountain in the rain and then battled our way through Costco. Costco is Hell in a Warehouse. I went in for bread and meat and came out with 50lbs of

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"Ummm. I'm not sure what you're talking about, mom. I've been sitting here the whole time, being good. VERY good. One might even say saint-like."If you liked this post and you would like to share it, that would be super! Thank you so much!

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I've answered a few questions on whether or not people should get a dog recently so I thought I would do a little mini advertisement on just how FABULOUS dogs are. Sure, they crap on your carpet, don't always do as they're told and they wreck your stuff... but watching their happy puppy bums trot across a dog park (almost/not quite) erases all that frustration and is PRICELESS reminder to chill

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Ummm. So, I took this bat photo of Kayloo at 5:30pm on Saturday night. Aside from the issue that the most exciting thing I did on a Saturday was take pictures of my dog... there is something else wrong with this picture...IT'S 5:30PM AND IT IS PITCH BLACK OUT!!!From this photo you might think I was kickin' it up at the North Pole, but no, on no, I live much further south than that. I live in

Shauna (Fido and Wino)noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302837670069790683.post-55792006561035541702009-11-08T16:25:00.000-08:002009-11-10T21:47:18.305-08:00

Photographic evidence that my little terrier is a terror. The 50lb dog is sitting on the floor while the 15lb dog is sitting smack in the middle of the GIGANTIC Molly Mutt cushion. The cushion is HUGE- it takes up most of the hallway. There is enough room for two of BOTH OF THEM and Mickey goes ahead and dominates the thing! Go on admit it, you wish you had just a little of Mickey's shutzpa.

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It's Friday, it's Friday! IT'S FRIDAY!Oh my god. I just got that slightly hysterical, elated feeling I normally reserve for when I'm at the airport and I'm getting a trashy magazine and I get to read all about Bradgelina and their army without feeling guilty for filling my mind with smut because I'm going to be on a plane and IT DOESN'T COUNT WHEN YOUR ON A PLANE. Seriously- you can read what you

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After my crazy Grumpy Pants post from yesterday (you can find it here) I thought I would lighten up a bit and share this example of my lax Dog Parenting skills. Kayloo is not supposed to hang out on the couch like this... but here she is! She's also not supposed to be in the kitchen while I'm making dinner like she is here. What can ya do? I'm going to get all militant tomorrow. Promise. If you

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Wow. I am in an extraordinarily bad mood because I had a fantastically HORRID HORRID CRAPTACULOUS maddening day.This is what my day felt like: Imagine first, falling down. Not a spectacular fall, just your normal, ordinary uncoordinated spill that lands you on your butt. Next, imagine some random person sashaying along and thumping you in the middle of your forehead over and over and OVER again

Shauna (Fido and Wino)noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302837670069790683.post-14285770617282209572009-11-01T17:19:00.000-08:002009-11-01T18:15:37.237-08:00

Okay, well, there ya have it. In my last post (which you can find here) I was telling you about Stupid Freaking Halloween and my Rock Star Seamstress friend. My group did Alice in Wonderland and I have blonde hair so I was Alice. I am never going to live this down. I think my friend did a really amazing job on the costume, I just feel like a dork. And here I am with Mickey, who is looking sad

Shauna (Fido and Wino)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302837670069790683.post-61421478506390320302009-10-29T19:44:00.001-07:002009-10-29T20:02:05.807-07:00

So, I can't do a proper post tonight because I have to work on my stupid, freaking Halloween costume (as you know, I don't really like dressing up for Halloween (I complain about it here)).That's right: "Stupid." And "freaking."The actual costume isn't stupid, the actual costume is pretty darn kick ass. My friend is a whiz-bang seamstress and when I said to her, "Friend, you have a bunch of

Shauna (Fido and Wino)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302837670069790683.post-38590090712765691892009-10-28T20:18:00.000-07:002009-10-28T21:19:56.453-07:00

The other night I was standing outside my front door to let my dogs out and I overheard two boys, probably about 15 years old, having a chat as they shuffled down the street. They were so excited and trying so hard to be cool I thought they were going to burst into flames.Let me set the stage for you:They were floppy in the way horribly uncomfortable teenage boys are floppy. Their pants were

Shauna (Fido and Wino)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302837670069790683.post-80843473632650367582009-10-27T19:00:00.000-07:002009-10-27T20:22:21.541-07:00

Don't be fooled by the innocent looks on their faces, THESE GUYS ARE TROUBLE! If Mickey isn't being a terror when we're around other people (like here), Kayloo is ignoring me completely (like here).Turkeys.If you liked this post and you would like to share it, that would be super! Thank you so much!

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I always knew she was a criminal. Quick note: Kayloo is sitting at the top of the stairs. The rest of us are in the living room. She is getting impatient because she is trying to magically transport through the banister to join us and it is taking TOO LONG. If Kayloo was human I'm thinking she probably wouldn't be Einstein.If you liked this post and you would like to share it, that would be super

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Five and a half months ago a good friend of mine died and today would have been her birthday. Today should have been her birthday.She was goofy. She didn't let me wimp out of getting a tattoo at a dodgy tattoo parlor in Japan. She could play piano and when she was a teenager she had the kind of hair that made a perfect poof. You know when you clip your hair up with a barrette? Her hair did that

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This is me waiting at the Toronto Airport on the way to the wedding (here's a few pics from the wedding). I'm Making A Face. That morning John and I were THIS close to missing our flight. So we didn't get our coffee. And we didn't get to sit beside each other. And I was sitting IN THE VERY VERY VERY BACK ROW (I'm not entirely sure who I ticked off to get that honour, but I'M SORRY AIRPLANE

Shauna (Fido and Wino)noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302837670069790683.post-9533227610236520812009-10-20T19:30:00.000-07:002009-10-31T15:52:08.170-07:00

Started this post on Monday, September 14, 2009I have a weird looking mole on my right side, right on my ribs. It didn’t always look weird. Now it does. I AM FREAKED OUT. Ew. Mole. Gross. Yes, gross… I’m nervous. Actually, not just nervous. At this precise moment I’m a bit scared. Five minutes ago I was distracted, now I’m not distracted. I liked it better when I was distracted. Tuesday,

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I took this photo on the same walk as this one.I'm not sure how it happened, but my dogs totally get along. Here they are gnawing on a petrified crab, I think. How much more bonded can you be than SHARING PETRIFIED CRAB?Mickey kind of hated Kayloo at first. But no one can hate Kayloo for long, even when she farts on you.If you liked this post and you would like to share it, that would be super!

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John and I went to our friends' wedding a couple of weekends ago. Weddings are nice. Beautiful candles and flowers and music and people. Weddings are ESPECIALLY nice when you're not the one planning it.Don't get me wrong- my wedding ROCKED. It was beautiful, it (amazingly) didn't rain, almost every single person we knew and loved were all in the same room, I got to wear a SPARKLY PRETTY DRESS,

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They look harmless enough, don't they? Oh CONTRAIRE.I have mentioned in past posts that I am doing what I can do be more zen (like here and here). I am certain that if I could get a couple days away from crap-free carpet, non-bitchy chicks in red and more wino, I would TOTALLY be able to kick Buddha's ass in an arm wrestle.The situation in the photo below is NOT HELPING.When I came home the other

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This is Kayloo's Harley Davidson dog tag. She wears it because she is a bad ass biker chick, just like her mom (you can see examples of just how bad ass I am here and... oh what the hell, let's laugh at me again: here).Mickey has one too (although it's not a heart, duh, he's a boy), but now it just looks like nothing because Kayloo gnaws on it whenever she gets the chance.Look at that! It looks

Shauna (Fido and Wino)noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1302837670069790683.post-68401077984542350892009-10-13T18:36:00.000-07:002009-10-13T18:51:01.180-07:00

Know what would be a miracle? Not needing this "PET ODOR" ELIMINATOR CRAP ANYMORE!!!What is going on? I thought we were OVER THIS BULLSH*T!!! If my dogs aren't fighting they're wrecking stuff, if they aren't wrecking stuff they are generally being a pain in the butt. **For those of you reading my blog for the first time, the truth is, I am hopelessly in love with my dogs. It's just... you just

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Okay. This is just a super cute picture of Kayloo. She was playing, and she was running, and was crashing into stuff and then she got tired and sat on her toy box (here's another cute picture... and OH MY GOD ANOTHER ONE).Yes, I do realize I need to get a grip. Thank you.If you liked this post and you would like to share it, that would be super! Thank you so much!

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Thanksgiving is coming up. Food mmm. Wine mmm. The first glass of wine I can remember tasting was in my first year of university. It was Thanksgiving, and one of my friends had organized a potluck.The cozy (read: cramped) house was filled with the homey aroma of turkey roasting in the oven, stove top dressing warming on the stove top (we were students, GIVE US A BREAK) and the distinctly musty

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John and I babysat our friends' little girl on Friday night. Little Munchkin (LM) is about 1 1/2 years old. Mickey is about 1 1/2 years old. LM was pretty darn good. Mickey was a pain in the ass.Let's compare, shall we?When I arrived LM had a wee bit of a breakdown once she realized that her dad was about to leave. Shortly after that all the tears were gone and she helped me prepare the family

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Mickey and I walked the CIBC Run for the Cure again this year (check out a photo of us from 2008).I'm honoured to have joined thousands of Canadians across the country in support of raising funds for breast cancer research. My heart goes out to the individuals and families touched by this horrible disease. Keep fighting, keep running, keep dancing... keep laughing and crying and just doing

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Happy October, everyone!Mmmm... I love the fall. When I was a kid there was a cat that adopted the street that my family lived on. He was a really cool cat. He liked ice cream. He was orange, so naturally his name was Tigger. He knew how to 'sit,' and 'stay,' and when my brother would rake up all the leaves in the backyard Tigger would wait patiently until my brother was done and then he would

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Right after I took this photo Kayloo took off in the direction of the dogs she is looking at in the distance.So that was wicked cool (frustrating/embarrassing/ KAYLOOYOUGETYOURBUTTOVERHERERIGHTNOWORELSEIMGOINGTOKICKYOURBUTTIMNOTKIDDING!!!).If you liked this post and you would like to share it, that would be super! Thank you so much!

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We are going to see Gerry Dee this weekend! He is HILarious! Love it! Yes, he's Canadian, and YES I am like every other Canadian and overly aware of EVERY SINGLE talented/famous/infamous Canadian on the entire planet, but whatever.(did you know that Jim Carrey is Canadian? he is. did you know that Pamela Anderson is Canadian? she is. did you know that Mike Myers is Canadian? he is. is it really

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Why do people have fancy towels in their bathrooms?I grew up with the fancy towel phenomenon. Every now and then there wouldn't be a towel so you'd mash the corner of the fancy towel trying to dry your hands off while doing your best to maintain the INTEGRITY OF THE TOWEL. Do that every day for a couple weeks and the towel integrity kind of goes out the window though. And then your mom's ticked.

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Photographic evidence that dropping your pup off at the kennel/boarder/Pooch Pamper Supreme Frou Frou Whatever can be a Very Good Idea:Behold: Complete and total, snout to tail, happy-puppy, deep bone exhaustion. Looks a lot like Kayloo's tired puppy pic.If you liked this post and you would like to share it, that would be super! Thank you so much!

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I didn't grow up near the water (I grew up in Prince George, with BEARS), so although mountains are what make me feel cozy and at home, there is something about walking through the salty breeze and watching the ocean sparkle and shimmer that really makes you feel like you have all the room in the world to BREATHE.If that is exactly what you need to do.If you liked this post and you would like to

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I bought this bottle of Voga Italia purely because of the wicked bottle. And because it was a Pinot Grigio. As far as white wines go, it was very nice. I think I am going to stick with Pinot Griogios (when I even venture down the white path) because, as a Red Wino, there aren't a lot of white wines that turn my crank.Just for the record, I didn't go and thump that ax into the block for this shot.

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Ok. So this is another wee bit of a rant. It's not a super crazy rant... it's pretty gentle as far as rants go. But I do realize it's a rant. Just so you know, I know. I know that it's a rant. I know.Ok.As I was walking home today I saw a woman take a glass thing-a-majig and break it into a garbage can leaving 60 billion shards of glass all over the sidewalk.She looked like a nice enough girl.

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Here we have Kayloo completely crashed out on her Molly Mutt, your hand in mind dog duvet (Canadians can order theirs here). You get a thing called a "stuff sack" and make your own little cushion and then put your cushion inside the duvet. GOOD IDEA. I LOVE the print and I LOVE the fact that I have reused all the heinous pieces of clothing I feel bad about getting rid of. Very green. Love it.And

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