A belated birthday gift sent from the heavens

A belated birthday gift has arrived, my precious Darlings, and it's called....
S  N  O W

I do so love frolicking in this white powder...and by frolicking I must emphasize the "licking" as it hits the tastebuds like the most wonderful thing you ever ate.

I celebrated my first birthday on Boxing Day!

Here I am, one year later, the surprise "7th" pup of a femme dominant litter of 5 girls and 2 boys. I'm told I was the last pup to rear her red head from the birth canal.  I hadn't even shown up on an x-ray (ha! humans and their technology), but as chanteuse Vanessa Williams sang ,.."you always save the best for last" and that's just what my mother did.  And voilà: here I am loving and living life to the fullest!

Here are some smashing art quality images of me enjoying the white gift from above.

paws & kisses to all of my darling admirers & pals,
ajay

Where is my winter wonderland???

My Dearest Darlings,

I am distraught, distressed, and totallement déçue at the lack of snow!

While lucky Tollers on the eastern seaboard get to play in white mountains  of heaven-sent powder, I have to contend with a measly inch that will evaporate before I complete this sentence.

Do someone tell the snow gods that Ajay must have snow for Christmas!

paws & kisses,
Snow-longing Ajay

Some new tricks up my sleeves!

Bonjour mes amours!

As the song says, "the weather outside is frightful", so I have been passing the days learning some new skills.

My caregivers are incredibly forgetful. So now I am delighted to announce that I can help them when they have lost their keys or when they require a tissue if they need to sneeze.

Enjoy these little vignettes below!

http://pets.webshots.com/video/3071275360059812627rHnGog?vhost=pets
http://pets.webshots.com/video/3067937120059812627yIdQfX?vhost=pets

Paws & Kisses,
Ajay

Tollers are mascots for the 2011 Canada Games !

Two absolutely adorable Tollers have been drafted into service for Nova Scotia's hosting of the Canada Games in 2011. Their names are Samule and Angelique (Sammi and Anni for short). They are tres adorable!

http://www.canadagames2011.ca/annisammi/intro.html

Lovely new video available...of me!

Salutations my Darlings!

I'm almost 11 months...don't forget my *birthday* (hint: on a date that rhymes with Doxing Bay!).

Unlike so many other more selfless and self-giving pups, I LOVE to receive...so do send your gifts my way and know that they will be received with love and eternal lipsmacking admiration.

Do click on the link below to see me in action performing some of my greatest moves.

http://pets.webshots.com/video/3063708480059812627mYSyAO?vhost=pets

Woof wiedersehn, Lieblings!
Ajay

Tails Of The City : Do dogs think like we do?

Tails Of The City : Do dogs think like we do?

Click on the link above Darlings and read!

Fellow Canines, our reputations are at risk! Some doubt our inherent intelligence. Let’s prove them wrong! Take the tests and lets compare notes.

Paws and kisses,

Ajay

Announcing Ajay the graduate

Cue the trumpets! Let the heavens rejoice! I have successfully graduated, my darlings! I do hate to boast but I am rather chuffed and pleased with myself.

I'm no longer an energetic & adorable pup with no social skills or 'tricks' under her cape....I am now on my way to canine stardom...or so my caregivers believe.

To date my achievements include:

-sitting

-going into a down

-going into a 'relax' position (laying on my side)

-lifting my left or right paw

-closing the kitchen cabinets and other door-like things

-spinning and twirling

-praying

-crawling

I feel I've achieved a lot but now, from what I've overheard, I am to be thrust into cold marshes and forced to jump through hoops when I am mature enough. As long as liver treats or peanut butter are waiting, then I shall endeavour to do my best as allows.

My intermediate education begins late October. Thank the gods I get to rest a bit!

xxx Paws and kisses

Ajay

9 months....Tempus et Toller fugit

My how time flies in Tollerland!

Have you noticed that time flies exponentially (or some such thing) as though time itself is a Toller launching itself into the blue sky with rocket speed as it chases a tennis ball...my the autumn weather makes me verbose!

A year ago, my parents Tinker and Mensa had not yet been "introduced" and now, here I am bringing joy and hairballs to this world! This world, nay this very day, would be incomplete without me!

Happy 9 months to the Mensa and Tinker Litter and my brothers and sisters whom I have not seen since February.

xxx Paws & Kisses

Ajay

As Virgil said...

"Sed fugit interea, fugit inreparabile tempus"

Darlings, do any of you speak Norwegian?

Would love to know what this article says. I think I’d like Norway…lots of beaches and swimming in crystal clear waters of fjords, and succulent salmon for every meal!

link:
Øynene som ser
paws & kisses, Ajay

B.C. toddler lost in Yukon gets to keep dog he followed

Incredibly touching story, isn’t it? Funny that this is a two year old and dogs are said to be as ‘smart’ as two year olds. So glad there is a happy end. 

paws & kisses

Princess Ajay

 

B.C. toddler lost in Yukon gets to keep dog he followed

Much smarter than you and a two year old.

How smart is your dog? - DVM

According to this tawdry bit of journalism (see link above), MOST dogs are as smart as a human two year old. Begging to differ I must say that I’ve met many a human well advanced in years (15 and up) who have failed tragically to master the most basic commands …such as when I look at you, you must pay attention or when I nuzzle your hand with my cold nose, it means I want to play so do drop that blasted laptop and throw me a ball!! Look out for MY article: How smart is your human? Rather it will be a tome worthy of the Smithsonian. Let’s put these would be dog experts in their place!

Paws & kisses,

Princess Ajay

Diss Mercury - Home wanted for rare gun dog brothers

Read this and weep! Diss Mercury - Home wanted for rare gun dog brothers

So heartbreaking to hear of two Toller brothers looking for a loving home.
xxx Princess Ajay

Orbee - "World Ball" - Planet Dog's Orbee

Darlings, I absolutely must have one of these! Apparently these little globes a practically indestructible. So, if you are reading this…do send me one and I shall be eternally yours. XXX Ajay

 

Orbee - "World Ball" - Planet Dog's Orbee

Toller beach bunny

Baywatch beach bunnies
watch out- there's a new water babe on the block!
















Darlings, I just spent the most marvelous afternoon getting all wet and adoooooring it. We visited a long stretch of beach at Ipperwash in Ontario.


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We had gone the day before but the waves then were rough and were churning up black sludge which some credit to a decaying woodmill somewhere in the area. But on Sunday the winds died down, the clouds vanished, and the sun beamed beneficently upon on bipeds and quadropeds everywhere.

My Aunt Pauline "forgot" to put my leash on and I dashed to the water singing to the waves with unbounded joy. The water was clear and warm and suprisingly shallow.

I can't remember the number of retrieves I achieved all I know is that I did not want this blessed afternoon to end...which it did due to an obnoxious family showing up with their little yapster who would not stop barking at me. Jealous little mongrel: don't hate me because I'm beautiful, sporty, and smart!

Auf wiedersehn Lieblings...enjoy the video below!

Happy Canada Day

Today is July 1st my Darlings...and cause for celebration as it is Canada Day.


I am particularly proud as I represent one of only FOUR Canadian breeds (extant breeds, that is- a few others have gone the way of the Dodo bird).

My caregivers are rather biased but they find Tollers to be the handsomest, most intelligent of the four but we can't blame their enthusiasm, can we Darlings?

Happy Canada Day to all quadropeds and bipeds

xxx Ajay

Well Darlings, the weather here is frightful. I cannot abide by weather that makes me pant and froth at the mouth in the most uncomely of manners. So far, my birthday weekend has been rather uneventful. But I have been promised a swim tomorrow in Lake Erie if no thunderstorms are on the horizon.

I must say that I am rather touched by a litte montage my caregivers have created of me. I do think they are rather besotted with me.

A bientot mes enfants...

Almost 6 months

Darlings!

Can you believe it my Loves....I'm almost six months old!

Celebrations begin tomorrow and will last (I am led to believe) all weekend long!

I feel this is proper moment to begin my six month retrospective. My daddies have been keeping me so busy they have neglected to share my achievements with the world. Well, time to resolve that. Let's begin....

Check out this link first. Here I am at 7 weeks. My breeder (affectionately?) labelled me as the brat. Me, a brat? I do beg to differ.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5hLUovO8as


Here is me at the tender age of 8.5 weeks having just learned to sit.

Here we are darlings, one small step for a precocious Toller princess. Frankly, I could descend the Eiffel Tower at that age. But I am keeping all of my innate tricks in store. I love the look of surprise and adulation when I show my caregivers how smart I am. I have a whole lifetime of tricks to show (and teach) them!

A 10 weeks old, I showed them I could do this....you'll notice that I do well despite the confusing clicker timing.

Hello Darlings!

My spirits continue to soar- or should I say 'sore'- despite this relentless teething.

I found a tooth yesterday and all I got from the tooth fairy was ...nothing!

I should put that on a t-shirt and wear it. Sadly, my caregivers refuse to 'humanize' me and there will be no puppy shoes, blinged-out collars, or quirky t-shirts with pithy four-pawed proverbs.

Sigh. I hope they don't expect me to retrieve nasty dead ducks filled with gunshot ! They're not even hunters but I fear I may find myself thrust into a chilly marsh before long.

Well, let's think positive.

Here is another one of my beloved photos. Here I am at 10 weeks. This was no pose. I simply looked up when asked and 'click' my inimitable cuteness was digitized.

Now it's yours to enjoy my darlings!

Ciao, besos, bises and kisses
Ajay

Welcome to Me!

Welcome Darlings!

Welcome to a site all about me.

I'll have many fascinating and extraordinary things to share with you in the coming months and years.

But first things first.

I know you must be desperate for some photographic portraiture featuring moi. Below you'll find some of the myriad photographs taken by my caregivers Anthony and Joe. These date from March 2009 when I was just 9 weeks old. What a darling face, if I do say so myself :)

My posts will be rather laconic while I finish teething, but I will endeavour to post pictures and video diaries to keep your ardent appetites whetted.


Ciao, Besos, Bises and Kisses,
Ajay

A Toller Princess is born

Picture it, Darlings: 6 Toller newborns freshly sprouted from mother's womb as planned.

All appear healthy, mother grateful the long hours of labour have come to an end. But then, contractions begin again. Mother seems exhausted and confused.