Category: Rescue Puppies

A drive to Watson Lake to get 17 rescue puppies

I was on the final days of guiding my Yukon Quest tour when a photo on the Facebook page of the Yukon Animal Rescue Network (YARN) got me thinking about fostering another litter of rescue puppies. On Tuesday, February 12th, I drove to Watson Lake and got 2 litters...
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A litter of rescue puppies – the Fabric litter

I’ve been mentally ready to foster another litter of rescued puppies for a few weeks, and when I saw that YARN (the Yukon Animal Rescue Network) had a litter needing a Whitehorse foster, I offered. I’ve had a new puppy facility in my head for a while, and quickly...
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Catching up: History, downsizing, and house work

It’s been almost 2 months since I last posted here. That’s one of my longest absences ever, but as my long-time readers probably know, it’s not because there’s nothing going on. It’s actually just the opposite – my life is so crazy that I hardly know which way is...
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Watson Lake to Whitehorse with a Jeep load of rescue puppies

Some of my regular readers have been wondering when rescue puppies were going to appear on the blog again. Here are the first, and there will be lots more coming over the next few months 🙂 On Saturday, there was a request on the Yukon Animal Rescue Network (YARN)...
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An Alaska Highway road trip – caribou and rescue puppies

For a couple of days this week, my focus was on helping YARN (the Yukon Animal Rescue Network) in Watson Lake get some supplies. My bonuses were seeing lots of caribou, and getting to snuggle with a litter of 7-week-old rescue puppies. On Monday, I made 4 stops around...
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Last puppy, cemetery research, and starting a tour

It’s been 3 weeks since I’ve talked to you, but it’s not because I’ve just been sitting around watching TV and drinking beer. When I wrote back on January 17th, that our puppy-fostering had reached a happy conclusion with everyone having found a forever-home, I was a bit ahead...
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Road trip to add a new puppy to our family

I’m not nearly finished showing you the places I visited on my epic BC road trip, but yesterday our family expanded, and I’d like to introduce our new puppy, Tucker, to you before going back to the trip. This was the photo that started the process. We’ve looked at...
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