We're Here and Live!

Furniture moving day! We're here and we're live! Our solar energy system is working brilliantly and our satellite internet system is functioning exceptionally well, so far. Dogs come up on the next trip!

Over the Rainbow

One final rainbow for us here on Oake Lake. By this time next week, the dogs will be settled into their new temporary kennels, in the woods, on Irish Creek Road.

Hovland Arts Festival 2013

Come join us at our first event in our new town!

New Sun Power Logo

We LOVE this new Sun Power icon that our designer created for our candle packaging! You'll see it on our Scent from Nature packaging beginning this fall.

Zola Turns One!

Zola at a year old.

We've been so busy packing and moving that we let a post about Zola's big one year birthday slip by! This beautiful girl turned a year old last Wednesday, the 15th of May. She has really grown in the past year and has evolved into a dynamic and well rounded sled dog and furry companion. We just love her to pieces!

Ugh! Kennel Cough

Pill Station

  One of the puppies was exposed to kennel cough at puppy socialization class a couple weeks ago. No more puppy class for a while! We now have 14 dogs (half the kennel), so far, on medication for this doggie "cold". Here's a photo of our medication station. We've got bottles of whole pills, bottles of pills cut in half, bottles of pills cut in 1/4, a pill cutter (but of course), a log of who began showing symptoms and when and a daily planner to keep track of who went on medication when and for how long. The only thing not in this photo is the brick of Velveeta I will begin using to put the pills in tomorrow. My hand is a prune tonight after giving pills the old fashioned way.

 All this, of course, has to come when we're busily packing to make our move to our Irish Creek Homestead.  Just like a sibling with chicken pox, we tried to expose everyone to the systematic puppy right away so that this doesn't perpetuate for months. So far our plan seems to be working and everyone seems to have a very mild case. Lots of playing and running around as usual but with a slight cough and snotty nose. In 20 years of training dogs, we've never vaccinated for kennel cough and have never gotten it. Just like the lyme disease shot, dogs can still get it even after the vaccination.

Here's to hoping it passes through the kennel before everyone is loaded up for the move at the end of the month!