12/3/2022

Two nights and two parades! What a weekend! Last night we participated in the biggest Christmas parade in the valley, the Caldwell Night Parade. 83 floats, over two miles, and a nice warm 30 degrees. Thank you Caldwell Chamber of Commerce for letting us participate in this parade again!

For this parade our carting crew included two Bernese Mountain (Pippin, Yukon) dogs, a Newfoundland (Prescott), a Saint Bernard (Thor), and a Dane mix named Finn. This was Finn's very first time pulling a real cart and he acted like an old pro at it. So proud of you Finn!

Walking with us we had another Bernese Mountain dog, a Great Dane, and of course Neil, a Golden Retriever.

This parade was also the first time Thor did not walk with me but he walked with Megan Quijano the entire route. Megan, Thor, and our little Grinch did such an amazing job making people happy.

Thanks everyone for participating in this super fun event!

12/2/2022

Thanks to everyone who came out and joined us at the Meridian Night Parade! We had four dogs pulling some very creative carts and another seven dogs walking with us. 

I heard so many comments from the crowd; "here come the dogs!", "we love the dogs!", "you made my day!", and so many more words of appreciation. Parades are such a fun event to be part of. Thank you Meridian Chamber of Commerce for allowing us to be part of this wonderful event!

A special thanks goes out to our "working dog" Corgi who can work a crowd like a rock start!

Saturday we still have the Caldwell Night Parade and we have had several people pull out due to  sickness. We can use more dogs so please enjoy the photos and come join us!

11/20/2022

We had an amazing carting practice today at Camelsback park. Thank you to everyone who came out! 

We had to maneuver around rocks, over wooden bridges, switchbacks, trails narrower than the carts, and one steep drop off. All of the dogs were absolutely superb in this new environment. 

Come out and see us December 2nd at the Meridian Night Parade and December 3rd at the Caldwell Night Parade. If you have a big working dog and would like to walk with us in the parade please let me know.

11/7/2022

This year we are signing up for three parades.

Friday, Dec 3rd - Meridian Winterlights Parade
Saturday, Dec 4th - Caldwell Night Light Parade
Saturday, Jan 29th - McCall Winter Carnival Parade

Please come out and join us! I am hoping to have at least half a dozen dogs with carts and another twenty to twenty five well behaved working dogs to walk along with us. We will need to be decorated (with lots of lights) for all of these parades and we can hand out candy for all of them as well.

Please let me know if you are able to participate as soon as possible and spread the word to all of your big dog friends!

11/5/2022

This weekend Thor and I participated in the Idaho Veterans Parade in Boise Idaho. We took part along with our team mates at GoTeam Therapy and Crisis Dogs.

It was a wonderful event and our veterans deserve so much more than we have given them.

10/14/2022

Thanks to everyone who attended the Draft Test on October 13th, this includes participants, judges, stewards, and spectators. 

Thank you so much for our sponsors; Idaho Veterinary Hospital, Northwest Pets, and Bark n Purr. With your support we made this an event that everyone enjoyed.

Congratulation to all participants who passed!

Open Draft Dog Class (DD):
                                Athena and Terry (Already DD

Novice Draft Dog Class (NDD):
                                Solo and Monique
                                Koko and Suzie
                                Poppy and Diane
                                Rome and Diane

1/15/2023

Thanks again to the Caldwell Chamber of Commerce for putting on such an amazing parade and for picking our group as the Best Non-Motorized Entry!

Thank you to the Crookham Company for sponsoring the award and the very unexpected cash prize.

Thanks again to everyone that participated in our group, it was an amazing experience. I hope everyone that participated in our group is okay with me donating the prize money to the Idaho Saint Bernard Rescue. Jayme Jones.

12/05/2022

Thank you everyone who joined us for the Caldwell night light parade! We had Saints, Bernese, Newfies, Danes, labs, Entlebuchers, and even a really tough and excited "English" Cocker Spaniel!

It was such an amazing experience! I loved hearing the crowd call out for the dogs and cheering for them. We handed out candy and as many petting opportunities that we could. I may be biased but I think we were the people's favorite!

Thank you Caldwell Chamber of Commerce for letting us participate in your parade!