It’s spring in Alaska. And you wouldn’t know it to look at the snow still on the ground. This winter gave us more snow than I’ve seen in well over a decade… and I have loved its visit. But the sun is returning and our days are getting longer. The snow is starting to melt, too slowly. I know though, like a guest who sometimes overstays her welcome, so too, the snow will eventually leave.It was to these mounds and mounds of snow that my thoughts went when I woke up in the early hours of the day. Bryce and Jupiter were at the end of their patience with the COVID-19 home isolation imposed upon their daily routines. I smiled to myself as I declared this day a day of play.

Ben left for university and Jupiter is a little heartbroken. Our little junkyard dog has been by his side since the moment I brought her home to foster as a five-week-old homeless pup.

Take a look at a day-in-the-life of hiking poodles and their catahoula sister. Life is good for this dog pack in the mountains of Alaska!

Do Poodles and winter mix? Absolutely!
Take a look at how the Galavanting dogs enjoy the snow and cold that comes with living and adventuring in Alaska!

The start of the holidays is timed perfectly with the darkest time of the year here in Alaska. Sometimes it’s so hard to remember how to be thankful! Take a second to check out how I look to my dogs to remind me about the gift of gratefulness!

Jupiter, Catahoula, Bryce and Wallace, Standard Poodles, spend the day learning how to jump off a dock and into the lake! Read about their adventure and find out who made it into the lake, and who decided to just watch from a safe distance!