It was going to be a long day, with more hours driving than normal. But you can't get there by wishing. So headed out in the early dawn to catch the Kingston-Edmonds ferry.
Kiwi enjoyed some cool, autumn air on the ferry. After a while on the highway, we pulled over at a rest area to stretch all of our legs. She is a trooper when traveling. Though this time, Kiwi was chauffered in her travel crate in the back of the limousine. :-) Plenty of room to run and finds all sorts of yummy sticks to gnaw on.
Kiwi was special enough to warrant a little sunshine from the Canadian immagration folk. This was about the only photo with blue sky that I recall. Even though she was not asked, Kiwi had her papers ready. (Canada requires proof of vaccinations within last 3 years.)
See, we were there! The picture of the tourist bus below leaves no doubt. LOL Our destination, after getting redirected by some friendly locals, was Stanley Park. The hyperlink to the park's website provides plenty of information and much better photos than we were able to shoot. But, the site does not have pictures of the prettiest red ACD. HAHA :-)
See there, one moment the sky is somewhat decent, the next has it overcast. At least the people in the rowing class weren't too worried about getting wet.
You'll notice that Kiwi is now modeling the rather unfashionable Gentle Leader. I have decided to switch from a prong collar to the Gentle Leader as we enter Kiwi's next stage on training. Some folk feel that prong collars lead to aggression issues later in life. We are going to reserve our opinion on that subject, ...at least until the mailman's lawsuit is settled. ROFL I keed, I keed.
A couple more of our shots while at Stanley Park. 
Though not the most picturesque post on Kiwi's site, Stanley Park has plenty to offer. You could easily spend a relaxed lazy weekend strolling here and there, exploring all that it has to offer. Then have a fine dinner in the many nice restaraunts before retiring to your room over looking English Bay. Who's up for a trip. LOL (I have included two separate links to Stanley Park. Both are full on info and show it way much better than I)
Kiwi's video of her trip to Vancouver. Though not noticed by you viewers, Kiwi was in her crate for about 7-8 hours throughout the day. I am not kidding, she did not bark or whine once. Honestly, it was no trouble with her at all. We had her food and water and chew sticks, but she was low maintenance. We are really fortunate that Kiwi is acclimated to travel. ( Now if she would only stop asking me to pull over at every Petsmart. ROFL)
2 comments:
ACDL, Glad to hear from you. I imagine a beautiful weekend in June or July would be great to experience. The hard part would be to avoid feeding all the cute critters. LOL Once when I was on patrol several years ago, Martitha and Jordy went to Stanley Park. While they were enoying a delicious ice cream cone, one of the bolder raccoons stole the cone from Jordy. ROFL Wish I could have seen that. And the black squirrels were a surprise to me too!! Pretty neat.
I will discuss the Gentle Leader vs prong collar issue in the blog. We are going thru the next stage of training with Kiwi and it is playing a vital role. Not being evasive but feel it is worth sharing to all.
Norman Brown was the gentlemen on guitar, pretty mellow.
R/ Mike
I used prong collars for years on a couple of my late 100 lb. dogs. Never had problems with agression. Niki ignores me unless she has one on. I loved it when Kiwi fell off the log. The way she turned and looked at the camera it seemed like she was asking if you were taping her when she slipped.
Trish
Niki, Penny and Cara
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