Abby Sunshine

Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers

Abby may be looking at the swans. They were beautiful and had their young swanlings swimming with them. Is ’swanling’ a word? I don’t think so. What do you call a baby swan? I’ve found that they are called a ‘cygnet’ or a ’signet.’ Did you know that? I’ve never [...]

Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers

Even a working dog like little Abby Sunshine needs a cozy time now and then. Even if we are busy camping. . .

Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers

Abby stood guard as we camped. Look at her posture and intent expression. She took on this job with a very serious pride. Not much escaped her “eagle” eye. (Actually we saw some swans, not eagles on the lake. Beautiful creatures, for sure.)
Anyway, in the picture above, Abby is gazing down [...]

Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers

Abby Sunshine made her way on a tenting adventure last weekend. Getting back to nature agreed with Abby, though she didn’t have a tremendous amount of freedom on this trip.

Lake Maria State Park is a beautiful oasis (near the city!) with hike-in campsites and rustic accommodations. It’s great!

One of the park [...]

Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers

Now how’s that for a confident dog. Do you have this air of pride when you have just gotten done swimming?

Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers
Look at Luna. What is she thinking about? Does she want to go off in the kayak? As exciting as that sounds, I don’t think that’s what she has in mind. She ponders a different game. Can you guess?

If you look in Abby’s mouth, I think you get the gist of [...]

Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers

Many dogs seem to have this skill in common. The moment someone is eating something that looks good to the canine, a sudden urge for angelic behavior takes over their bodies!
Look at Abby. She sits ever so nicely, as if to say “Here I am, please pass the chicken.” Luna, being [...]

Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers
Ever known anyone to make an attention-grabbing entrance, only to be remembered as “a big splash?” Well, Abby literally enters the water with a big splash. Isn’t that a beauty? Look at the water droplets!

Her head pops out of the water, but no time is to be taken for wiping water [...]

Today Abby Sunshine is 3 years old. I think a nice game of fetch will be the activity of choice on Abby’s special day! What do you think would be a fun plan for Abby’s birthday? What do you like to do on your birthday?

Happy Birthday to Abby’s four littermates. There were 5 adorable little [...]

Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers
Ever hear about  people getting “water dogs?” I mean really, who could be more of a water dog than Abby Sunshine? I suppose you could say Bo, the president’s dog, right? He is a Portugese Water Dog. I guess there are different skills to have in the water. The Portugese Water Dogs were [...]