My friend has a Golden Retriever and what a magnificent creature he is. Obedient, friendly, extremely handsome and most recommendable to anyone contemplating getting a large dog. If I was In the market, the breed would, without doubt, be at top of my list.

The AKC lists Labs, Shepherds, Goldens as the top 3 in popularity, but I believe Goldens held the spot as most popular pet dogs in America for many years.

Don't train your Goldie to eat ducks.

Woobie drake actually lives next door to a Golden Retriever. He is our sometimes dog when they go away for a few days.

You train them to not eat the ducks. We rented some of our labs out to the local posh golf course to chase Canada Geese off the greens and made good money from it. The head greens-keeper would take them around in a cart. However, once I was delivering dog food and checking on them and saw my dog's dad jump out of the cart and start chasing goslings around in a water hazard and probably caused some of them to drown, and after that he didn't get to go to the golf course any more. As his owner and my boss said "Once you've had chocolate, it's pretty hard to go back to vanilla."

my daughter’s school had 2 labs, purely to frighten the geese away from the playing fields.

Canada has made it near impossible for aquarium keepers to treat their fish, especially new arrivals from the store who often need some treatment for disease. Late 2018 new regulations took effect and banned all medications and treatments used, and there are very few vets in Canada who will treat fish so most have no access to a vet and thus end up having their fish die as a result, even stores can't treat their fish, almost like Canada wants to destroy the aquarium hobby.

It is frustrating a lot of hobbyists and stores.

I am not at work today as I have a 'really' bad head cold and cough...I am never sick! Today my son should have had 4 lectures, but 3 were canceled due to sickness. I think we are a going down like flies here at present.

I'm hoping it's that horrible time of year, when we are all feeling like we can't stand anymore and then comes Spring!

It seems some medication are still available.. but they may not be what you are thinking of.
https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/jungle-.../6000187908414 and https://www.petsmart.ca/fish/food-an...seasetreatment and https://www.amazon.ca/fish-antibiotics/s?k=fish+antibiotics
I suspect the clampdown is because some people were buying 'pet / fish' antibiotics for human use (especially the ones who are preppers) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/fish-...phole-1.330650

Henry used to graze off of fruit bushes.

Henry was like Charlee, frozen peas were yum, cooked and covered in gravy were devil's work.

I've just tried ordering off Amazon some reptile supplements, 12 bucks US and of course they don't ship to Canada so that's $55 cad please! Looking at a different supllement now.

10 days until we pick our puppy up. So excited, our lives are going to be busy.

how exciting...woof, woof.

What product are you looking for? I don't keep reptiles anymore but I am still familiar with most products.

Prices in Canada have always been a sore point with me, premium prices but not premium wages.

Probably not best idea to mail a human brain in a mason jar, and certainly not a good idea to mail it to another country. A Canada Post truck being inspected, US officers spotted a package they found suspicious, and found a brain in a jar.

https://globalnews.ca/news/6569662/h...P456jTHM__N3sk

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