I have no advice, but just want to say that I appreciate this conversation and seeing so many different points of view. I haven’t seen my bio dad since I was 7, but every couple years (always on Christmas) he would phone my grandparent’s house looking for me, and in recent years has created Facebook profiles to send…

My Shiba Inu-Taiwan Dog mix LOVES her sweaters--she has no fur on her belly and when she first arrived in Canada 6 years ago her coat was really thin, so she has a very nice sweater collection. The fur around her scruff has thickened up considerably, but she still gets super excited when I bring out her favourite…

I have been giving my dog CBD oil for a year now for her anxiety, and it has been life-changing for her. She’s a rescue from Taiwan and for the first 6 years I had her, her anxiety was debilitating (a firework would set off HOURS of hiding, pacing and panting). On CBD she is relaxed, often curls up on the couch next…

It took me 4+ years of trying to convince my doctor (a younger female dr, I should add) that in my mid-30's, married and childfree by choice, I wanted to get my tubes tied. She suggested my husband get a vasectomy instead—our deal is that we were both getting ‘fixed,’ but that’s not any of her business, and I have no…

A behaviourist may be able to help, or even a positive reinforcement-style trainer. Both of my dogs are rescues from Taiwan and have different issues, and a good trainer has made all the difference with them both. I’m not sure if it’s an option where you are, but we started one of them on CBD oil for her anxiety and…

My Bella LOVES baths. I think she’s learned that if she gets smelly at the beach she can have a bath, so the other day she rolled in goose poop and then sprinted to the tub when we got home. I just love the tail blur from her wagging it so fast!

Late to the reply here, but I’ve done a fair amount of traveling on my own and always had great experiences. Thailand and Cambodia are pretty easy to do (and cheap!); Costa Rica was a little on the pricey side but I found it relatively easy to get around and the hostels were generally quite nice. After a couple dorm…

Thank you so much everyone for your kind words! It’s an amazing story and I’m happy it would bring some smiles (and tears ha ha); I’m lucky to do what I do and get to play a role in something like this. I think I’ve run the whole gamut of emotions this week!  

haha, we do have defibrillators all the way up here in the northern tundra! I’m not too sure what was happening to have them for almost an hour of CPR since typically if this were a medical cardiac arrest resuscitation efforts would have been stopped around the 30 minute mark, but the patient had an AICD implanted…

Evening, Jezzies!

That’s awesome!! Good for you :)

Yep. Went to college to study classical music, with my ultimate goal of being a music therapist. Became bored after a year; did a first aid class for something to do/open up some job opportunities. 2 years later became a paramedic, and 16 years on I’m currently an ambulance dispatcher. I wish I had spent a year…

I have a heart with a dog paw tattoo on my ankle, but I’ve been considering how to also make it into a tribute to my former dog and my two current dogs. I am thinking about having small cartoon versions of their faces done around it, with room to expand for future dogs, but I haven’t quite found the right idea yet!

Good on you for making some healthy changes! Personally I find that eating lower carb works best for my body, so to help with that I’ve been substituting veggies for carbs where I can. Often I will roast veggies and have a couple types in place of a potato or other carby side; or do veggie “noodles” which oddly enough…

Thank you for this! I looked into it and we do have an anonymous reporting line specifically for respect in the workplace type issues. I’m going to speak with my manager and see how that goes, and also send it to this reporting email. The anonymous reporting line is a great suggestion, thank you!

Thank you, the more I thought about it today I felt that my male supervisor will likely be receptive to the conversation, and I owed it to myself and other women in the organization to bring it forward.

Hello Jezzies! This will most likely get lost in the greys (I was busy doing some self-care such as taking my dogs for a long walk and having a hot bath and great glass of wine) but on the off-chance someone will read this and can offer a bit of advice, here goes. Sorry for the novel!

So, so sorry for your loss.

Nicely done!! I have such a hard time resisting potatoes.

A dog can’t necessarily “remedy” diabetes, but there are diabetic support dogs that can sense blood sugar changes in their person. A co-worker of mine has one, and she can sense when her blood sugar is low before my co-worker even starts to feel it. She’s more attuned to my co-workers blood sugar but she does detect…