Kinoje

Our beloved gentle giant, Kinoje left us on Friday evening.

With great sorrow and sadness he is being missed.

He will live long in our hearts and memories.

Dog Walk

It was such a beautiful day yesterday we took the dogs out earlier than normal for their afternoon walk, and went to the five mile bridge and then part way in to Minnow Lake. Kinoje is not fond of the snow mobile bridge and would not go near it. Old dog sledding memories for him. Big spaces for little dog feet to slip through.

Kinoje hanging back

looking out across the mill road toward the Aguasabon River

five mile bridge

Kinoje feeling much better, getting some love!

Cali (miss bean) is the rolling queen

the dogs love to chase "peanuts", jackpine cones

"Cone-oje" and Winter Walk

A couple of weeks ago the back door of the cap on our truck slipped and fell and hit Kinoje on his nose. It was really sore and didn't seem to be getting better, so Mark made him an appointment with a vet in Thunder Bay. We thought he had broke a tooth, and would need it removed.

During his examination at the clinic on Friday morning, the vet discovered he had testicular cancer and he had to be neutered. We only had a few minutes to agree and left him there for the day. A long long day, waiting for him to go into surgery and come out of surgery and recover. We went back at 4 o'clock to pick him up. The vet said she discovered he had a tumor on one of the glands on his penis and she removed it as well. He had a drain tube in the incision in his penis.

Our outside dog now had to become a sort of inside dog. We made him a bed in our unheated front porch. He is wearing an Elizabethan collar, an e-collar, and not really very happy about it. Last night, day 1, while we ate dinner, he managed to pull his drain tube out and eat it. Everything looks okay, but he can lick his incision even while wearing the stupid e-collar. We have survived day 2 of 14.. it will be a long 2 weeks.

His sister is beside herself out in the kennel by herself and is very unsettled, woofing and howling. They have been together for the past 10 years, a long time. She misses him a lot.

Mark brought him out in the truck for a short walk with Beanie this morning, so I went out with them again before dinner. At least he can get his business done without excessive pulling on a leash.

Our dog walking road was hit hard in the ice storm in December. The poor trees are bent right down, the road is no longer drivable. It will need some brush clearing come spring.

Oh, by the way, there is nothing wrong with Kinojes nose or his teeth, he must have just bruised it.

Mark bent right over under the arch of bent brush

"cone-oje"

wintery walk on a snowy day

Family and Coffee Drops

We got very good news last night! Marks brother is back home again. He will need to take life easy for the next month or so, but being home is wonderful.

His Uncle has a blocked stent, and will be sent home later this week with meds to hopefully dissolve what it needs to.. if not surgery may be necessary.

Life... it keeps us on our toes!

Thomas and Kinoje

coffee drops

simple copper sleeper hoops with a gorgeous dangling coffee brown pearl

Kinoje

Noje enjoying fresh straw in his house last week after the snow.

We brought Kinoje to the vet in the city early this morning to have a big molar extracted. They also removed two other teeth that were broken to the gum line, old war wounds.. fighting his dad and brother ...

He got home,  drank a gallon of water, ate a big dinner and cozied down in his straw lined dog house. We are all glad to be home.

Lazy Tuesday afternoon

Actually most days in January are lazy for me, winter is my worst season due to Hashimotos disease. It knocks my energy level for a loop in the winter. I just do what I can.

Mark and Thomas have taken Kinoje and Cali out ice fishing this afternoon. They may go camping tomorrow night, before Thomas leaves for the west coast to start his first plant of the year. I hope they catch some fish to have for dinner. It would be a treat.

This is a photo Thomas took of Kinoje and Cali on the weekend, they are such cuties, Canadian Inuits. Apparently Kinoje took to eating the cattail fluff, he must of thought it was yummy, he is a silly boy.