Month: June 2025

Whiskers was a big boy who didn’t like to be picked up, but he did love a scratch on his belly. He loved trying to get outdoors!!

Miss you always my beautiful boy

Nicknames: Wiki
Pet parents: Shanna & Mike
Siblings: Lily, Finn, Frank and Dave
Favourite toys: Scratch board
Birth/gotcha date: 2013-01-12
Death date: 2025-06-12
Favourite Activity: Trying to get outdoors
Favourite food: Iams
Least favourite thing: Being picked up
Friends: Finn, Frank, Dave

Jed was my beautiful boy. It’s so hard to believe he is not with me here tonight. He passed in my arms last night. At 17.5 years old his little body was so tired. But we are so blessed to have had him for so long. He had the perfect life. Travelling across Canada, rides on the skidoo, side x side, quad. Then there was the hiking on the east coast trail, hiking Signal Hill, Bowring Park to chase the ducks and test his balance on the ballards. He watched Lindsay Head play many games of ball. Jed hated beagles but ended up with Louie his best friend…a beagle. The Cabin life is what he loved just like his Dad, Brian Head.

Jed had liver disease since he was born and so he had to live on a low protein diet. He was later diagnosed with congestive heart failure in 2022 and has been on 3 different meds ever since. Living this long with CHF is not often seen but my little guy defeated the odds.

My boy I hope you stopped and looked back just once as you made your way across that bridge, then I hope your tail went up and is wagging as all your family greeted you. Take good care of him

Pet parents: Head Family
Favourite toys: Lamb chops
Birth/gotcha date: 2007-12-17
Death date: 2025-05-22
Favourite Activity: Walking in the park
Favourite food: Tim Hortons cookie
Least favourite thing: Swim
Friends: Louie

He loved to scream when he caught a toy mouse until you told him he was the great hunter

Nicknames: Oliver Button
Pet parents: The Carey’s
Siblings: Jetta
Favourite toys: His lizard and punching bag
Birth/gotcha date: 2013-05-17
Death date: 2025-06-09
Favourite Activity: Hunting
Favourite food: Treats
Least favourite thing: Sour cream
Friends: Beau, Ozzy & Chewy

Running on the beach, howling to greet us when she knew we were home after losing her vision. Playtime with her siblings and all of her snuggles and kisses.

Cheyenne
Nicknames: Chy
Pet parents: Suzette Chaulk,Thelma Chiappetta Foster parents Dave and Krissy
Siblings: Paige, Mia and Devin
Favourite toys: Stuffed toys
Birth/gotcha date: 2009-12-03
Death date: 2025-06-01
Favourite Activity: Cuddling
Favourite food: Chicken
Least favourite thing: Dog food
Friends: Tiny, Wonder and fluffers

My favorite memory is Spyder saying hello to Dad every day, he actually sounded like he was really saying the word hello. We sure do miss him.

Nicknames: Pyderman, Maggot, Dicky, Mom’s baby face
Pet parents: Shelley and Bill Sullivan
Favourite toys: Bally, Mousey
Birth/gotcha date: 2007-06-15
Death date: 2025-04-21
Favourite Activity: Sitting by Mom on the couch
Favourite food: Chicken, anything that Mom is eating
Least favourite thing: Leaving the house

If you’ve ever wanted your first dog, you’ll know how this all started. As the youngest child, I begged and begged and begged for a dog. “Why would you want a dog?” people would say. “You’re terrified of them.” And to be completely honest, they weren’t wrong. I grew up afraid of dogs, and even when we brought Knight home, it wasn’t uncommon to hear me screaming because he had my pants in his mouth. He was dropped off about an hour earlier than expected, and I was by myself… panicking. Handed this floppy, massive border collie. My dad got home shortly after, and the rest was history. I don’t know if this experience influenced me winning the name battle or not, but there was a serious argument over calling him Hudson. To this day, I’m still real glad I won that one. My Jedi Knight.

Suddenly, hours were spent in our backyard, going on walks, and enjoying the fresh air—something that felt like it hadn’t been done since I was a kid. I mean, we didn’t have a clue what we were doing… and to be honest, if you look at the bed frame and door frames that got chewed up, it was kind of obvious. But the love, energy, and frustration he brought to our home was also obvious. I loved it. Over time and with some obedience training, I spent less time crying over him and more time enjoying his company. He was a great friend to have by your side, always down for anything. He was basically a “yes” dog. Whether he was watching me coach soccer games or being a menace while Nicole was rowing down at the lake he’d be there, sometimes making a scene. “I think I saw you with your dog,” or “I saw your dog with your dad” became a regular comment.

He brought so much joy to our lives and we miss him immensely. He was the best friend to our family and we’ll never forget him.

Nicknames: Knighty
Pet parents: Paul and Glenda Peddigrew
Siblings: Nicole, Danielle and Odin
Favourite toys: Hockey balls
Birth/gotcha date: 2011-03-23
Death date: 2025-05-28
Favourite Activity: Walking in Bowring Park
Favourite food: Liver bites!
Least favourite thing: When it was too hot to go for walks.
Friends: Navi and Newton

Every moment with her was my favorite, but at night she would cuddle into my back and would not move for the entire night.

Nicknames: Potatosarus
Pet parents: Tim, Kal
Siblings: Max, Blaze
Favourite toys: Her orange rope.
Birth/gotcha date: 2011-09-30
Death date: 2025-05-23
Favourite Activity: Following her nose while going for walks.
Favourite food: She would drool for strawberry filled timbits.
Least favourite thing: Getting her nails cut, and her ears cleaned out.
Friends: Plisken, King, Tank, Switch.

My favourite memories of Rocco is before I had children. Me and him would walk for hours and hours together and he was willing to go anywhere as long as mom was with him. The moment I Brang my first burn home it was almost like he was meant to protect this little human, he was the most gentle giant. He protected our family to the very last day. He was so strong so loving, his nanny was terrified of how big and scary he looked (intimidating I like to call it) and within 2 weeks my mother absolutely loved him and they were inseparable from that day. His poppy loved him so much, he was the only to take him for walks when his daddy was working offshore. For that we love them both for taking him in when we needed them most. Rocco was our pride and joy. He was our first baby, and we will forever cherish every moment with him. It’s hard to tell all the precious memories we’ve had with him in 13 years. There were so many. They’ll stay in our hearts for our entire lifetime he was like no other. We will forever miss him and home doesn’t feel like home without him.

Nicknames: Bully beef / fat head
Pet parents: Shane & Amanda Ebsary
Siblings: Michael Rayfield Axel & Puss
Favourite toys: Big tires/ anything he can chew apart
Birth/gotcha date: 2013-08-20
Death date: 2025-06-03
Favourite Activity: Walking, smelling the grass, getting his brother puss playing with him, in Nannie’s yard roaming freely and pop Ebsary giving him treats

Favourite food: STEAK, (anything the boys are eating), he loved hauling down leftovers when he had the chance, cheeseburgers daddy would always buy him, and mommy would always give me lots of yummy homemade treats.
Least favourite thing: Not coming to bed with mommy

Friends: He had lots of friends. Jasper was his favourite! Axel and puss were his best friends and brothers. Luna was his cousin.

Charlie lead a great life. He travelled up and down the eastern seaboard and wintered in Florida as a snowbird for many years with mom dad and ANGEL. He was happy just to be with you. That’s all he wanted. Living a very pampered life, what a lucky doggy.
RIP my little Prince Charlie.

Nicknames: Prince Charlie
Pet parents: Pamela and Rick Lethbridge
Siblings: Charlie’s Angel. “Angel”
Favourite toys: stuffed Christmas stockings
Birth/gotcha date: 2012-10-09
Death date: 2025-05-29
Favourite Activity: Charlie was quite happy as long as he was with Mom, Dad and Angel.
Favourite food: Dried Apple and chicken breast
Least favourite thing: Knock on the door!
Friends: He loved anyone that would give him attention.

We went out for an early Valentine’s Day supper and came home with a furever friend. What started out as a foster, quickly failed lol. He had the loudest purrs and was the most gentle kitty.He will missed heart

Pet parents: Angela & Tom
Siblings: Oreo, Darrbie, Reginald Barktholomew and Jessie
Favourite toys: Cat nip banana
Birth/gotcha date: 2017-02-02
Death date: 2025-05-11
Favourite Activity: Lounging around
Favourite food: Cod
Least favourite thing: Getting groomed