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ideal for puppy training trifecta of before 9am temp in mid teens and overcast none of which most people want for the beach indeed when we got there there were exactly two other people there enjoying books in beach chairs facing the waves lots of new and exciting places to explore so i put puppy on the long line and we went exploring i mostly just followed her around while she explored i ve done this before in a canadian tire was a lot more work there cause she was on a normal length leash and i m determined not to allow her to practice pulling on a leash which meant i had to be a very speedy walker to keep that leash loose while she explored since she doesn t know yet that that s actually her job on a beach with a long line a different experience the sand walk today was so much fun and all the experiences for puppy so many new scents textures sounds everything she was very confused by seagulls why they were on the sand and when they flew away she seemed not quite sure what had just happened but that was right at the start of the day and at that point there was so much new she quickly dismissed them from her mind and continued her adventure she got to run on the sand both went and dry a lovely sand walk not sure what it s called but basically a path over the sand not paved but like a stiff outdoor carpet or plastic type material concrete normal pavement log benches metal chairs sand covered stairs and probably other things i m forgetting front paws up but most exciting for sure was the waves she did not choose to go in but she did get close enough to get a quick drink and she watched them and walked along them for ages i was thrilled there was no barking she discovered her voice this week and we ve been working on rewarding quiet dog behaviours since neither chris nor i particularly want a barking dog i really enjoyed watching her learn about the waves both the sound and the movement and also enjoyed that while she wasn t into going into the water she also by the end didn t care about it either definitely wasn t sure about waves but not overly concerned either at one point a person went by on a bike with quite a large dog luxor was interested in that but didn t try to follow however she was fascinated with the dog s footprints in the wet sand spent ages investigating one after another then we did a little bit of learning to run ahead instead of trying to herd me from behind which once she understood she really seemed to enjoy gave one burst of speed that was super impressive and i was sad i had to distract her from it because i didn t want her to hit the end of the long line esp going at that speed we had a giant party when she came back to me the waves were erasing the big dog footprints gradually other people started to appear some she got to visit with some she learned to be a patient dog and let others go by people both riding and walking bikes a couple other dogs in the distance a few people just walking some kids a couple sitting in beach chairs reading one asked if she could meet the puppy so we went to visit but comparatively still extremely quite and calm way for her to learn she got to explore so many surfaces today i loved watching her play and explore i loved that throughout the whole thing she d keep checking in yeah i know not a teenager yet loving it and that after a little while she had enough of a brain to do some minor training things like sitting way off to the side when people went by she really does believe she s everybody s best friend and should demonstrate that with full body enthusiasm so we didn t try that anywhere actually near people a mildly amusing moment she is about as good as spotting animals as i am right before we went home she was almost on top of a pigeon before she noticed it in the parking lot and was dramatically surprised when it flew away we got all four paws on this one for about 10 seconds we were there almost exactly an hour and she was asleep within moments of getting in the car like we hadn t left the parking lot yet i m deeming that a win all around esp as i m still smiling hours later running with luxi out in front was my favourite part of the day surprising since i don t particularly enjoy running i suspect her enjoyment contributed to mine ️ labels luxor sydenham kimble rock rd to dawson rd posted by lauren cude horsfall at 9 06 2026 10 45 00 pm comments 0 the side trail view easy hike today with jill absolutely perfect weather we got to meet albino forrest cows lol jill lost her phone so we did a minor backtrack but managed to find it win cedar point side trail was rather disappointing supposed to lead to a view which it did i m just not sure it was worth the detour photo here to save you the trip otherwise great day fellow hiker jill antsy distance 16 7 km elevation gain 360m weather high teens sunny duration 5h avg pace 18 00 labels brucetrail sydenham sydenham kemble rock rd to peninsula voundary bruce s caves posted by lauren cude horsfall at 9 05 2026 08 01 00 pm comments 0 nice place to stop for lunch solo hiking today and started clearly in daydream land since i went the wrong direction to start and was 6km in when i realized it ️ i blame the dog that was loose and didn t want company on his property at least it was absolutely stunning weather and when i realized what i d done was shortly after a side trail to a parking lot so followed that to the road and through a combo of side trails and road walking made my way back to the car to start over the other direction not my finest moment for sure despite that the day was incredible one particularly spectacular view and some other amazing ones near the end but otherwise mostly normal trail hiking bruce s caves the only people were right around bruce s caves which has parking immediately beside them so lots of non hiking tourists signs warning about the difficulty of the relevant trails were much more strongly worded than warranted comparatively but clearly targeting a different audience am glad i detoured to visit though rest of the way saw very few people stats distance 37 2 km elevation gain 457m weather high teens and sunny duration 7h 07 min labels brucetrail sydenham luxi learns to swim posted by lauren cude horsfall at 8 20 2026 09 03 00 pm comments 0 luxi is three months old today and today she swam for the first time she had another big day today not entirely planned that way but things happen ️ so started w luxi accompanying chris on a random short errand but they stumbled upon touch the truck an event for firefighters police and paramedics and all their vehicles now chris is none of the above but he did have an adorable black and white puppy with him so joined in luxi got to meet and be fawned over many people and also get introduced to a fire truck alas no pictures but super cute she came home and despite trying to convince us she wasn t tired had a great nap she loves the dog floaty it has been a great way to introduce her to the concept then we went to janie and braulio s for her next swimming lesson we started with the puppy floaty which she knows and is confident on then we did some walking on the steps she really doesn t like this and i wasn t successful in convincing her to step in it s a bigger step than onto the floaty then i held her in the water a foot or so away from chris sitting on the steps and holding her in the water all four legs started going so he called her and i gave her a bit of a hand but mostly let her go did it again and no hand required win all the treats so from there i moved farther and farther back about half way across the shallow end i was ready to call it but c really wanted her to try the width so we did w me right with her in case of problem or misdirection i did have to redirect slightly no deep end swimming today but didn t have to help gave her lots of treats and celebration she was looking like a drowned rat but not at all concerned so we brought the floaty back to have her and on something super easy and then let her run around the yard and play w a toy we d brought wet puppy zoomies are just about the most fun thing ever learning to be a patio puppy then the plan was to stop at the taco truck which has picnic tables outside for a quick dinner and cafe puppy socialization opportunity except it was packed and the line was insane so we skipped that step c suggested a patio which is way beyond her training but we knew this one and it was quiet and dog friendly so we tried it i had her bed which she has very positive associations with her dinner and a couple chew toys she was amazing almost till the end way longer than i would ve expected and way longer than was fair for her training and exp level even at the end she wasn t bad just done so once our food eventually arrived we ate quickly and brought her home for a proper sleep and now it s time to wake her up so she has time to be awake before bed labels luxor luxor s crazy week posted by lauren cude horsfall at 8 17 2026 08 19 00 pm comments 0 miss luxor has had an insane week bringing you the adventures of your favourite it s more fun to have friends with a puppy than to own one border collie let me introduce you to the insane chaos that has been luxor s week so this week which keep in mind is also combined with my full time work schedule at a new job so more work hours rather than less my hard work week one has paid off early she s a great car puppy we ll start with monday monday nothing was planned for luxor other than being our puppy and continuing to learn life in our household however chris had borrowed my dad s truck so we decided she should add riding in a truck to her experiences and brought her with us when we went to return it this also meant she got her second visit with coco and to run around the garden which is basically her favourite thing with her friend coco tuesday after work she got to have her second swimming experience at janie and braulio s she s very not sure this is a good life choice but she does love running around the yard and playing with braulio lol she is great at running onto the dog floaty it s just actually being in the pool and steps towards actual swimming she s not sure about couch time with frankenduck a favourite toy with a similar consistency to our couch wednesday was her first ever puppy class we went to mccann s which is a hike from here with traffic it took us about an hour and a half so she was almost ready for a nap when we got there she was extremely excited about the other puppies and new people to play with but everything is well done and well controlled there so when it came time for actual training she was well able to focus on me and do the tasks requested given that i ve been consuming mccann s training videos amongst others for months this was all super easy for her they did give me some good tips tweaks re my timing etc which was helpful we all know these classes are more about training the people than the puppy the class was 90 minutes which surprised me and luxi s brain fell out her ear at about 75 the second trainer who had come to meet luxor when we first came in came and snuggled her at the same time quietly and calmly training her to take food gently while the lead instructor finished up last 15 mins was questions information etc after class she asked if we re coming back for grade 1 yes and if so could she borrow luxi as a demo puppy sure i wouldn t realize till later what she meant but just figured i m happy to have a pro work with my puppy esp when i m there to watch one of the puppies there looked lab ish slept through the vast majority of the class part of me thinks how much easier that would make life and part of me knows we d very quickly be bored i have ambitions of agility i need a puppy breed that s also likely to come with a pretty strong work ethic border collie might be more than we can handle but at least she isn t likely to be lazy first day of kindergarten thursday we should be done now right she s 11 weeks old yeah no not quite thursday was her vet appointment where she received 3 diff vaccines suffice to say she slept the rest of the day thankfully no side effects other than tired tired is okay once in a while she did wake up long enough for a quick visit to the pet store where she was thoroughly fawned over by the sales ladies and chauffeured around in a cart since she doesn t know how to walk on a leash yet i was going to leave her home but chris wanted her to come she loved it friday today had two exciting experiences even though she was still mildly sleepy from yesterday the first was that she went at lunch she went to visit our groomer karleen for a puppy nail trim she was apparently a superstar it was super fast and they said zero issues yeah handling practice win so then after work we went to do some exposure training now that she s had more shots i took her her favourite chew toy and a collection of treats to a local park that has a significant playground to let her see the world within seconds she met a tween age ish boy who was clearly on his way somewhere else and equally clearly adores puppies so that was a very positive experience for her then there was a trio of three very young girls with their grandmother i was a lot more careful with them as they were in the 4 7 range and of course i have no idea what they know so explained that she doesn t know not to use her teeth or not to jump on people yet the youngest wandered away blowing bubbles the oldest was nervous and chose to just watch from a distance and the middle child chose to pat her which went just fine then all three ran off to play and luxi was mildly stunned by all the things that had happened in the first 2 mins of being there so at this point i took a seat at the most out of the way bench and just let her watch the world a zillion scents different textures grass gravel whatever the squishy plastic stuff that covers new playgrounds is dirt etc noises laughing and squealing children squeaky swings dogs in the distance adults loudly talking at their children playing etc while she certainly didn t reach a state i d consider settled lol she wasn t overwhelmed once we weren t with all the kids and was doing the border collie watch and absorb we didn t stay too long it just felt that way and then went home so she could really relax extremely tired puppy saturday there was nothing on the schedule but i had to go to the vet to collect some paperwork so decided to bring her with me figuring i would likely take her back to the park a friend pinged me that she was about half an hour away watching her fiancee fly model planes well half an hour away is a lot closer than she usually is so i asked if puppies were allowed they were indeed so our saturday exposure was accidentally excellent because a i got to see a friend i haven t seen in ages b luxi got to meet another vaccinated dog which went extremely well and importantly got to learn she doesn t get to meet all the 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