Stella at the Toronto City Hall Farmers Market

Lost Dog - Lost Boston Terrier (not Stella)

Hello friends of Stella. Stella and I recieved a terrible email today. Please see below, and if you see Betty, call the number at the end of the message.

We lost our 2year old Boston Terrier Betty on October 5th. She is about 20 pounds with black and white tuxedo markings. She was last seen in the parking lot between Durie and Berseford north of Bloor St. W. (Bloor West Village). We believe she was picked up by a woman in her twenties. We really miss her and want her to come home. Please help spread the word. If everyone can please take a few moments to send this out to all your friends, this has a good chance of getting to the woman who picked her up and getting Betty home safely. You can also help by adding the page on Facebook so that your network has the chance to read the story. We will happily reward whoever gets her home.
Contact Jessie at 647-668-9161
Email: Jessicaainglis@ yahoo.ca
FB: http://www.facebook .com/group. php?gid=82505735 290

Stella at PawsWay: Super Stella!!!!!

PawsWay on Harbourfront just sent me the photo they took of Stella last time we were there, which was the official grand opening weekend.

This July 26th & 27th is Puppy & Kitten Weekend at PawsWay in Toronto. Their email mentioned that there is great info for prospective or new pet guardians this weekend.

For more information please call at 416-360-PAWS (7297).

Stella Celebrates Gay Pride Week in Toronto

Stella may not be gay but she has been known to hump a leg or two which, in her mind anyway, makes her a just a little bit butch. And when she heard it was pride week here in Toronto, she just HAD to join in the festivities. So she donned her rainbow cape (which she got free from HomeSense) and Super Butch personna and headed off to Toronto's world famous Gay Pride Parade.

OMD, Stella had so much fun.
She woofed and cheered at some outrageous floats and costumes:

She met awesome people:

And when the PFLAG (Parents for Lesbians and Gays) marchers came in to view waving their "Proud of Our Gay Children" signs, I swear I saw Stella tear up a little.

Stella was also really excited to see the Canadian Armed Forces, Police Department, Fire Department, NDP, Green Party and Toronto Councillors out showing their support for Toronto's Gay community. It is nice to know that Toronto does not just spout off about diversity and acceptance, we can actually go ahead and practice what we preach. Yay Pride week!

Stella's New Best Friend from Woofstock

Stella met so many cool people and animals at Woofstock 2009 in Toronto that it was difficult to choose a new best friend for the week.

After much consideration her new best friend this week was this guy:

He let Stella sit in his shady booth and he scratched her neck until I told her it was time to go, which was awesome. It was so hot and sticky out, she really needed that break!

WoofStock Coming To Toronto This Weekend

Guess Where Stella Bella will be this weekend?

Stella Loves These Blogs Best So You Should Too

So on behalf of Stella, I just added Mack's Mess to her favourite blogs list. She has some really cool blogs on her short but puppy approved blog roll, so why not check them out?


Mack's Mess - our newest fave. He has sister issues.

Maxwell the Pug - okay, we are a little mad at Maxwell because he hasn't posted in awhile. As soon as he does, though, we will be cool again.

Punk Rock Dogg, The Murphy Dogg Blogg -This badass dog has sister issues like Mack but times 100! He already had one sister but then he just got TWO new sisters whom obviously needed a kickass home real bad.

Insipientia by Smartguy McBigBrain - This guy is an obnoxious know-it-all whom Stella, for some odd reason loves to death but is mad at him for not visiting her in Canada. I mean he lives in Idaho for crying out loud. What possible excuse could he have for not wanting to leave Idaho?

The Dog Dish by Temple Treats - This is a blog on the site that sells Stella's FAVOURITE doggie treats. Except she doesn't have to buy them there because I own the business and therefore she gets free doggie treats.

Backpackers in Toronto Blog - Stella is the unnofficial mascot for Backpackers on Dundas because the owner is my friend and stuck there all the time and Stella is stuck with me all the time and I am always there watching free movies and drinking wine.

Nanette's Dog Blog - This is one of Stella's favourite blogs because most of the entries are about her or about Toronto or about her in Toronto. Those are three favourite topics.

Tarable - This is a really cool blog written by a really cool chick who has bunny ears for her Boston. Tarable is pregnant but still able to eat dessert tofu and hopefully sushi. Stella wants bunny ears too.

Stella's Word of the Week: Abulia

ABULIA \uh-BOO-lee-uh; uh-BYOO-\, noun:

Loss or impairment of the ability to act or to make decisions.

In the midst of her charge towards a flock of suspicious looking pigeons, from the corner of her eye, Stella saw a small furry black creature with a bushy tail darting across the park. After momentarily being struck with abulia, Stella switched directions and high-tailed it after the offensively chattering creature.

Thanks Dictionary.com. Stella loves U.

Stella Loves Chris Jericho

Stella made about a fofillian new best friends this week because she walked 5kms to help raise money for the Kids Help Phone. Her new bestest friend though is definitely Chris Jericho from WWE.





Chris Jericho helped kick off the Bell Walk for Kids Help Phone by revving up the crowd and standing in front of the blue start ribbon. Well Stella is not shy and thought she should help pump up the walkers too. Plus she thinks Chris Jercicho is totally hot and she now wants to watch WWE all the time. She practically threw herself in his arms for a photo opp, the cheeky girl. His manager lady did not look too impressed although Jericho did not seem to mind.

Stella's Word of the Week: Lambaste

LAMBASTE \lam-BAYST\, transitive verb:

1. To give a thrashing to; to beat severely.

2. To scold sharply; to attack verbally; to berate.

Stella stealthily hides behind the giant tire, patiently awaiting the opportunity to lambaste her arch nemesis, this yucky old swan.

"I am going to tear this bird a new swan hole."

Stella Loves the Toronto FC, too!

And that is why her new best friend this weekend was This Guy:







This Guy has his own Boston at home named Tux so he was totally cool when Stella stuck her tongue right in his mouth. Apparently it's a Boston thing...isn't it?

Stella’s Word of the Week: Pugnacious

Stella’s word of the week is:

PUGNACIOUS: puhg-NAY-shuhs\, adjective

Inclined to fight; combative; quarrelsome

The pair of swans who originally displayed a haughty indifference toward Stella have now revealed a truly pugnacious character. As soon as the swans see Stella out for her daily walk along the boardwalk, they immediately swim toward her, hissing and spitting in attempt to engage her in mortal combat.

"Take off eh, you hoser!"

See last week’s word of the week.

Thanks Dictionary.com. Stella loves u.

Stella Bella the Canadian Idol Wannabee

So Stella heard that Canadian Idol audition had made its way to Toronto and she immediately decided she wanted to go try out.

I tried to talk her out of it.

"First of all Stella, even if you do manage overwhelm the judges with your adorable-ness to the point that they all overlook the fact that you are, well, not actually human, they won't like your song choice .... Yes, I do think that you do a great rendition of Ludacris' You's a Ho but I don't think they will like that much profanity. It's a family show, you see ... "

Despite my objections, Stella sprayed on her best doggie cologne, which is actually just a nice smelling conditioner for her skin and coat because I refuse to buy actual doggie cologne, and headed off first thing Saturday morning to auditions. Unfortunately, as you can see from the photo below, Stella was a little confused. The poor girl went to the wrong stage.

Stella sat very pretty waiting for her audience to show up but no one came. I did sit down and offer to listen but I think Stella thought I was patronizing her.

So we left the stage and headed over to the boardwalk. Luckily Stella is an "out of site, out of mind" kinda pup and was immediately distracted from her troubles by a big stick that needed to be chewed into two pieces.

Stella Makes Friends with a Captain

Stella's new best friend this weekend was Captain John.

Now Stella Bella is not a dummy, she has heard the rumours about Captain John's fish not being quite so fresh. Along with a heart of gold, though, Stella also has a stomache of iron. During park walks in her earlier days, Stella has eaten twigs, dirt, rocks, goose poop and cigarette butts with barely any damage (what is $1200 in vet bills anyway?). She is sure she will be able to eat Captain John's without any long term damage at all. Yay Stella!

Stella also met this little cutie pie on the weekend:

Stella wanted to play with him pretty bad but he was a scaredy-pup. Finally! Stella has found a dog afraid of her....of course the pretty puppy is only four months old but let's not take this moment away from Stella.

Stella Meets Toronto Water Taxi Driver. Yay Stella!

Stella's new best friend this week is Nicholas. Stella is sitting very pretty for the sake of this picture but it was only for a second. As soon as the photo was snapped, she was back to mauling Nicholas.

Nicholas is originally from Nova Scotia and he now owns the water taxi that goes back and forth between the Toronto Habour and Toronto Centre Island. I am very jealous of Stella right now because Nicholas told Stella that she can ride his water taxi for free anytime. This is great news for Stella because she LOVES to spend time on Centre Island in the summer. The rest of us suckers have to pay but it is worth it. Centre Island is awesome and, according to Stella, so is Nicholas!

Stella at the St Patrick's Day Parade

Stella had a great time at the St. Patrick's Day Parade this weekend, her first parade ever. She met a lot of fun people so to choose a favourite was difficult. After much deliberation, though, here is Stella's new best friend:

Stella loved the bagpipes but, as you can see, her true interest was in finding out what was being worn under that kilt.