Boxer Day!

Last Sunday was Boxer Day at the park and a cold day it was. This was our second attempt at Boxer day because the date in December was rained out. Now, severe cold, but we did have some die hard cold weather beaters join us and we did have a good time.

Here are some photos of the day. Hope you enjoy them

We Saw Cesar Millan in Toronto

Just Last Monday my wife and I have the real privilege of seeing Cesar Millan in Toronto. Now I have been a follower of Cesar Millan for quite some time now and was really looking forward to seeing him live.

We arrived at the Air Canada Center at around 6:30pm, a little early for the 7:30pm start time, but you wouldn't have known it. The lobby areas were packed with people just as excited as we were and since we were a little early we walked around and grabbed a beer and relaxed for a little while before being aloud in.

We had floor seats right up front and center of the stage adorned with the set of a living room and a front door and in back and on both sides were very large big screens.

One of the things I had prepared ahead of time was a question to ask Cesar. Those of us who had floor seats were given a small card to fill out a question we would like to ask him. You see, after the seminar, floor seat ticket holders could stay for a question and answer period with Cesar. Anyway, I filled out the card and dropped it into the box for them to look at and hopefully select for me to ask later and I will tell you my question at the end of this post.

The seminar was better than anything I could have hoped for. This guy has tremendous stage presence and people skills. He is extremely entertaining, informative, and humorous and not a minute of the 2 and a half hours was wasted. It seemed as if everyone felt they were a friend of his.

I think the thing that sealed the deal for me was his on stage demonstrations with dogs he didn't know. Dogs with issues were brought on stage with their owners and Cesar worked his magic just as he does on 'The Dog Whisperer'.

For those of you who don't know too much about Cesar Millan or are skeptical, I urge you to watch his show on TV. I do!

I have a 14 month old male boxer named Siko. Sisko has been to obedience school and I feel he is well trained, but beyond obedience training, I have gained a tremendous understanding who and what a dog is and what they need to be happy and fulfilled in their life.

Now to the question I had for Cesar Millan

"You mentioned on an episode of The Dog Whisperer that dogs don't have a personality. In humans, personality is something we gain in the first few years of our life through experiences and shapes our individuality.
If dogs don't have a personality, what determines their individuality?

Sadly my question was not picked. The questions that were picked were all about behavioral issues.

So, I would like to hear from anyone out there who would like to comment about this question.

So ends my lengthy post. See ya at the park.

Stew and Sisko

Baus the Boxer is the First Dog of the Month

We've got a clown to feature this month and his name is Baus (pronounced Boss). Baus obviously is a boxer and a very attractive one at that. He is a March baby and is 17 months old and still very much a puppy and of course a clown as all Boxers are.

Baus loves the park and as you can see, a good tug o' war with another dog is just the best thing to do. Not only does he love a good tug o' war, he knows just how to fetch a ball or anything else you throw for him.

Outside of the park, Baus loves to tag along on a good outing of horseback riding, trekking along the Bruce Trail and diving into the water for a good cool swim.Baus's best friend goes by the name Lemew and you guessed it it a cat he lives with.

Just like my dog Sisko who features in some of the pics, Baus is lazy in the morning and nothing is better than a good sleep in.

Enjoy the pics of Baus and give him a shout when you see him at the park where he goes at different times 2-3 times a week and with a tongue like that, you may just get a big kiss in return.

Leash Free Milton Blog

Welcome to the Milton Leash Free blog. This is a place where just like the park, dogs and what they like to do at the park are the stories.

Some of you may have seen me with a friend of mine taking pictures of dogs in action and collecting email addresses of their owners to send the pics to. This has been met with great interest has been a lot of fun. The next step I thought would be to take this to the web in the form of this blog. Among other things, we will be featuring a 'dog of the month' for the blog and posting great photos of the dog along with a little bit about him/her. I'm sure there will be some great stories about wonderful dogs and everyone is free to post their own comments about the pics and stories.

Most of the 'dog of the month' will come from us walking the park looking for the next poster boy/girl dog to feature, but it's not all about us. If you have some great stories about your dog or someone elses dog with photos of the dog at the park, I would love to have them and post them for everyone to see.

The Leash Free Milton blog has just been put together is is brand spankin new as you can tell with only this post to see. In the coming days and weeks and months it will fill up and hopefully be a great place to stop and read.

Our park is like a little community for dogs and for their owners so why not stop by the blog, have a read, and maybe add a comment. Comments are what makes our blog.

By the way, I'm Stew, the owner of Sisko the boxer. See ya at the park!

Thanx