Finally the contractor and there is only one in our entire area is here. And so is Old Man Winter knocking on our doors.

Yes that is snow on Aardvark (she and her sister Lucy had their 17th birthday on October 11th) There was three inches on the ground this morning. We love building in snow!! I can imagine the finished product. The woodstove will be in it - more room in the common room for us and the dogs will LOVE the heat. There will be an overhang for storage of non-perishables, the adoption centre will be in the front of the building with its own outside door to the driveway not the dog yard. The dog yard door will be close to the red house door - two outside doors. There will be shelves and storage areas for the dogfood, blankets and linens. And beds for the dogs of course as well as chairs for humans too. It is 12 feet by 20 feet - the same size as the common room. It will be fantastic and long awaited!!

And this is Tuya - which means “daughter” in Taltan - what a cool name! She already has an enquiry from Haida Gwaii where 4 other Taltan Beardog mixes live. The “normal” color for them is usually black and white - like the Karelian beardogs. Although smaller than Karelians they look very much like them - she doesn’t have the “brush” tail. Thank you Jim and Barb for sending me links about them. It was very interesting reading.

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