Cottage Dog Magazine - Summer 2011

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“Wow!” That’s how I acknowledged the awesome design work in this month’s issue done by our talented new Art Director, Kiele Stevens.

Kiele’s brought many fresh new ideas with her, and thanks to her and Editor Bryan Dearsley, you can expect to see some subtle improvements over the upcoming months (and some not so subtle… check out our incredible logo redesign!).

As we continue to grow in size and success, we’ve been able to bring onboard some of the top creative talent in Canada, starting with our stable of freelancers and contributors, our cartoonists and photographers, and of course the behind the scenes folks. So first things first… a massive thank you to all!

Then, of course, we owe a huge tip of the baseball cap (it is the season, after all), to you, our wonderful CottageDog readers! You’ve been sending us – via email and through our Facebook presence – some fantastic tales of your pooches, along with truly remarkable photos to go with them. In this issue of CottageDog alone, we’re thrilled to boast that no less than three of our wonderful features came from you, our readers! First up is Joanne George’s inspiring story of her young son, Shepherd, who has been heralded by Millan Cesar as “Canada’s youngest do whisperer”. Then there’s Arlene Cole’s sweet tale of her island-hopping Dachshunds, and our firstever dog-treat recipe, submitted by reader Jennifer Sawchuk. Well done all, and keep those wonderful stories coming in!

Other treats in store include a low-down on the best SUVs for travelling back and forth to cottage country by long-time cottager and rov(er) ing reporter Vince Grittani. Plus, be sure to check out my report on petfriendly Nova Scotia… sure, I’m biased, but it’s one of the most incredibly dog-and-people-friendly places on the planet! On a more serious note, dog behavior expert Kerry Vinson provides tips and tactics to wildlife-proof your pets, and for cat lovers (come on, we know some of you love these cute critters!), we’ve got Part 2 of Chibley’s Travels, our seafaring feline aboard the tall ship Picton Castle.

A personal favourite this issue – and one you can participate in – is our fun Chipmunk Challenge. Created by CottageDog in conjunction with young agility trainer Sara Carson, it’s a chance to try your hand at training a chipmunk to do a miniature obstacle course, record your entry and even win a prize!

We’ve also been busy putting together fantastic partnerships with groups like DockDogs, organizers of the exciting dock jumping sport. We’ll continue to follow DockDog contests over the coming months, including event details and results, top jump photography, and “how-to” tips.

Finally, we’re thrilled to announce that you can now buy your copy of CottageDog nationally from Chapters and other high-end bookstores.

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Contributing Writers: Paul Braunton Terri Chaston Arlene Cole Joanne George Vince Grittani Kerry Vinson

Dr. Jason McLeod, DVM Carl Milson Dale Peacock Erika Phillips Jude Stewart

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32 How To Agility Train A Chipmunk

36 Cottage Cooking 38 Winning The Bug Battle

41 The Salty Dog... er, Cat 44 Driving Force 48 Pet-Welcome Lunenburg

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8 My Friend Thor 58 Love Me, Love My Dog(s) 10 The (Tiny) Dog Whisperer 62 If You Go Down To 12 Dockdogging 101 The Woods Tonight...

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26 Long-Island Dogs 28 The Chipmunk Challenge

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By Dr. Jason McLeod

My Friend

Thor...

Thank You For Changing My Life

By Dr. Jason McLeod

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y life has changed. I am no longer the owner of an old dog. My goofy, stout-faced compadre Thor is no longer with me. I often still get that squeeze around my heart and the sudden watery tear in my eye when I think of him. A silent haze will overtake me and I will go quietly back to a not so distant memory. I miss his gentle nature, his unbending loyalty, his constant companionship. He was my shadow everywhere I went, and most people who know me still expect to see him somewhere in my proximity when we cross paths. Clients ask where he is and get that sudden look of despair in their faces when told of the news. Without fail, their sadness is quickly followed with a recollection of the last time they saw him and how he made them laugh.

“Thor was such a huge part of my life. He was like my North Star – that guiding light that everyone needs, or finds, in something.”

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begin. I was used to him knowing me, and me knowing him. It was effortless and without thought. I felt empty for many days after his last. I remind myself everyday that he lived a long and wonderful life with us. Although we only had him for slightly less than eight of his 15 plus years, we are filled with memories that generate laughter and joy from deep within.

I look at pictures from not so long ago and see my mighty boy in all his glory, his fuzzy tennis ball inevitably perched between his jaws, his tongue hanging out, coated with saliva like a soft pink water slide. He was always ready to play and, without encouragement, eager to please. His love of car rides to… wherever, it did not matter. Love of every person, especially those willing to take some time to toss a disgustingly slimy ball, preferably for hours on end. And love of treats! Oh boy, those treats… healthy, or not; vet-approved, or not; edible… sometimes not. I recall a time when I was so pre-occupied with getting an order correct at the local coffee shop drive through, I didn’t notice as I drove away that I had closed the rear passenger window on his head while he was still outstretched, anxiously awaiting another tiny donut morsel from the young lady that served us. He held no grudge, as he never did, probably because he received most of my donut as a peace offering in the moments afterward.

Photos evoke strong memories

I am still trying to put together a collective montage of pictures that represent his true character. Looking through these photos, that have sat silent in picture boxes, for the first time in so long is more joyous, yet more difficult than I would have imagined. I have not had more than a welling of tears for weeks now, but today they are gushing like a glacier-fed stream. I see him from our early years together, so happy to have two people doting on him as if he were British royalty. The photos recall his muscular, handsome physique reminiscent of a Greek god. He was the Boy Scout explorer when on hikes through the Algonquin wilderness; the trailblazer when out snowshoeing across the frozen Muskoka lakes; the stoic leader at the bow of the canoe when gently gliding through the marshlands on a dew-filled morning. Even from the backseat of the car, he was our unspoken GPS as still evidenced by the crusted remnants from his jowls on the back of my headrest.

“I knew his time in this world was approaching an end. I tried to make the most of every day with him. Life is busy, and as time goes on it only seems to get busier.”

As time passed, he became the focus of our family at home and at work. To call him a workplace mascot would not do him justice. Every client knew him and if he happened to be in a deep snooze in the staff room neglecting his duties to give a jovial welcome, we all heard about it. He got into a habit of giving relatively forceful “nose-butts” to our team members when talking with clients. A sudden smack in the derrière would inevitably get everyone laughing and lead to a treat. Although never known as the smartest of dogs, this kind of reward system quickly became engrained. It was not long before clients would be surprised with a little “goose” in the backside when standing a little too close to the treat jar.

When our son was born, Thor seemed to inherently change his role with class and dignity. He recognized and accepted that playtime was reduced and thus it became precious. To our surprise, he was a willing big brother with a gentle heart within his gigantic frame. The numerous times he sent our son flying with an inadvertent body check were immediately followed with a sudden flash of calm and of unspoken remorse. We so wish that our son could have grown up with him a little longer.

Our son will never know of how much he had in a dog.

The beginning of the end

Over the past year I knew his time in this world was approaching an end. I tried to make the most of

every day with him. Life is busy, and as time goes on it only seems to get busier. Thor aged suddenly and it was a wake up call for me to slow down. I consciously spent more time with him, even if it was just sitting by the water’s edge watching his alarmingly fragile body trying to navigate the unsteady rocks and pebbles beneath his feet.

His previously athletic body had been reduced to one of skinny legs and an arched back like that of an old man.

He was still so happy to be alive.

Thor was such a huge part of my life. He was like my North Star – that guiding light that everyone needs, or finds, in something. He made me laugh everyday, and with it I would feel my body’s stresses subside. On days when I did not feel the world was with me, he would suddenly be there with a gentle nudge. When I was sick or exhausted, he seemed to empathize and would curl up on the couch or bed beside me and be content that play would have to wait another day. At times when I questioned why I chose to be a veterinarian, I would simply need to look at him and remember it is my calling.

So when the time came, as it inevitably does for us all, I needed to conjure the strength from within that I so respect in the clients we service. It was a perfect evening with a warm fire and Thor lying on his bed only a few feet away. He had the opportunity for those to say goodbye that were truly impacted by him everyday. He passed away while in a deep snooze with the arms of his mom wrapped tightly around his body. He opened his eyes one last time and looked at me just before his last breath. I know he said “thank you”, as I did to him.

Dr. Jason McLeod is a companion animal veterinarian who resides in Muskoka. He is the owner of Algonquin Animal Hospital in Huntsville and Bracebridge Animal Hospital in Bracebridge. A graduate of the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College, Jason shares his love of life in Muskoka with his wife Megan, young son Marshall and a menagerie of pets he is servant to.

His house includes 4 cats that dictate when his family rises in the morning, which furniture they are allowed to relax on and when meal times will be. His house literally vibrates with over 250 lbs of jovial canine and feline royalty. Please see algonquinanimalhospital.org or bracebridgeanimalhospital.org for more information.

The (Tiny)

Dog Whisperer…

Cottage a place where youngsters bond with family and pets

By Joanne George

M

y summers, along with many a cold winter weekend, were spent at my parent’s cottage, Trout Fish Inn – my dad was a keen fisherman! – on Kennisis Lake in Haliburton where I explored the forest and shoreline with my best friend Winnie. My mom felt some security knowing that while I was missing for most of the day, our female Labrador mix breed would never leave my side. Now, the next generation of ‘child and dog’ bonding has begun at the cottage! My son Shepherd is fortunate to spend his summers up here, and is even more blessed to share his dog days of summer with three canine pals. Pearl and Pippi are Border Collies, and Smiley is a Golden Retriever born without eyes. Consequently, Smiley ‘sees’ the world differently, through smells, sounds and energy.

“The dogs came to recognize him as a pack leader…”

When Shepherd was born I knew I had plenty of work to do to make sure the family dynamics of pets and tiny people worked. The Border Collies are from true working lines and have competed very successfully in sheepherding.

They were wary around children and nipped at me if I walked too fast down the hall. Smiley came to me when he was one or two years of age from a puppy mill and was never properly socialized; with his disability, what would he think of a small baby who cried all the time and who grabbed his fur? I had to keep this baby safe and wanted to live happily with our three dogs.

And so the training started. A lot of dog training with a brand new baby in my arms. Two hour walks with all three dogs and Shepherd in a carriage. Shepherd took a great liking to the dogs from very early on. When only six months or so, it was evident he wouldn’t eat unless Smiley was right there beside him, and he could tell the difference between Pippi and Pearl (my mother still can’t tell them apart!). The dogs came to recognize him as a pack leader, too.

To keep him safe, I created a ‘bubble’ around him, and they learned not to enter his personal space. If he had food, they looked the other way, and if Smiley smelled food around Shepherd, he put his head down.

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Leader of the pack Shepherd’s name quite literally means ‘to care for’, ‘lead’ and ‘guide’. And that he does, big time. So much so, in fact, that people have called him the “Baby Dog Whisperer”. When he was a baby, Smiley sensed his helplessness and would always try to comfort him when he cried. He was always careful to detect whether Shepherd was on the floor when he entered a room so to not trudge over him. Now Shepherd helps Smiley, guiding him to the stairs on the deck to lead him to the grass below, bringing a treat right to his nose and consoling him when he bumps his head.

When he was just 1½, Shepherd appeared with Cesar Millan as “Canada’s Youngest Pack Leader” live on stage at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto with Smiley and myself. It was a dream come true! He’ll be two in June, and he now ushers the dogs into their room at night and corrects them with a “tssst” and a finger, instructing them to go back in if they step over the line... and they listen. As a dog trainer, I would always tell people “you can never trust a dog 100% around kids.” I never thought I would ever say this, but I do trust all three of my dogs with my son, 100%. So, do I have exceptional dogs? Or do I have an exceptional child?

Joanne George is a veterinary technician, certified dog trainer and a full-time mother.

She and her family have cottaged on Kennisis Lake in Haliburton since 1972.

Cesar Millan welcomes “Canada’s Youngest Pack Leader”, Shepherd George, along with mother Joanne and canine friend Smiley, on stage at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.

Dockdogging

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Ontario Dockdogs shows how it’s done

o many of you have read the articles in CottageDog, seen the sport on TV, or been to events like the All About Pets Show where it’s performed. Many of you no doubt wondered how you, too, can get your dog involved. Believe it or not, it’s easy to get started. All that’s needed is an inflatable toy, a dog that’s over six months old, and a desire to have the time of your life with your pup travelling this great country of ours!

There are many events throughout the spring, summer and fall all over Canada. These can be found at the DockDogs national website (www.dockdogs.com) or by visiting the club closest to you. Ontario Dockdogs (www.ontariodockdogs.com) covers most of the southern and southwestern section of the province, while 1000 Islands (www.1000islandsdockdogs.com) covers events anywhere from Kingston to Ottawa. We can also be found at festivals, shows and pet-related events.

When attending an event, there are a few things you should keep in mind. The first is that we’re all there to have FUN! Of course, there are a few things you can do to help improve your dog’s performance once you hit the dock, but let’s start with the basics. One of the most common questions is, “What should I expect from an event?” That’s easy: great fun, new friends, and an addiction to a sport that you’d have never thought possible – not to mention a greater admiration and appreciation for the relationship you have with your dog.

When attending an event, there are a few things you should keep in mind. The first is that we’re all there to have FUN! New dogs may not jump right away, and there are several reasons why. First off, don’t be disappointed if this happens to you.

What we’re asking our dogs to do may not come naturally. For a start, the dock and pool are both 40ft long. And the water at most events is crystal clear – just like we’d have in our swimming pools – and the reflection from the sun and liner can be very intimidating.

Never mind the fact that the dock is 2ft above the water: for some of the smallest dogs, it could be the equivalent of jumping off the top of Niagara Falls.

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By Terri Chaston

There are also the large crowds to contend with, and dogs – just like us – may have stage fright. If so, don’t be discouraged as it will all fall into place eventually. Events can also prove somewhat intimidating for us, too, especially that first time on the dock. You’re bound to feel nervous, but after awhile you realize the crowd isn’t there to watch you, but rather to watch your dog.

All the nerves then fade away. Just have fun, and remind yourself it’s a privilege to have a dog so willing to work with you and do what you’re asking them to do.

Setting up camp When arriving at the event, set up your home base with a tent, etc., and head to the registration table to sign in. If you registered online, make sure you have a copy of your booking and confirmation number with you – if a mistake arises, it can be easily corrected. Approximately 30 minutes before your ‘wave’, a handlers meeting will be held. You must attend this. Leave your dog with someone during this time, as there could be up to 40 dogs within a wave. All that barking and carrying on could distract you and the other handlers from roll call and other important information that will be given to you at that time. During roll call, be sure to pay attention to which group you’re in as there are several groups of dogs and handlers within each wave (if you have any - 13 - CottageDog - June 2011

questions, now’s the time to ask). Once done, head back to home base and wait for your group to be called. You may need to listen closely as most events can be quite noisy with all the dogs barking with anticipation and background noise from the festival.

Once the competition begins you’ll be placed into a lineup by the “Wrangler”. The Wrangler will be located at the bottom of the stairs during the wave to tell you when it’s safe to head up the dock to jump. During the competition, you’re only allowed 90 seconds once your dog sets foot on the dock. This is to get your dog lined up and then into the water. It may not seem like a very long time but it actually is sufficient. The most important thing is that you enjoy yourself doing it!

Anyone can do this sport – male, female, physically challenged, and young at heart.

The throw is critical in this sport. However, if the toy goes out of the pool, no worries – organizers will be sure to get the toy for your dog to retrieve while in the pool. Once the dog has retrieved the toy you must call them back over to the dock for them to get out. The ramp attached to the pool is there for both dog and handler. But be careful – we’ve certainly seen our fair share of unexpected swimmers. Once you’ve taken control of your dog and he’s back on his leash, exit down the stairs and line up for your second jump. All competitors will get two jumps where the average distance will count towards their position within the group.

If for some reason your dog doesn’t jump within the 90-second time limit, you’ll be asked to leave the dock and won’t be given a score for that jump.

While at the event, talk with people already a part of the club. They’ll be more than willing to help you with techniques, providing ideas on how to improve or get your dog in the water for the first time. Speaking of which, here are two methods commonly used during competition to get your dog into the water: • Place and send method – lead your dog to the water, throw the toy in and take them back to the dock; rev them up in readiness to jump, then let them go and see how far they fly; or • Chase method – position your dog on the dock in a sit stay, and have them chase the toy that you have in your hand as you throw it into the air for them to chase. This is one of the more difficult but most effective ways to have your dog jump as most dogs see the water and want to go for it.

After your dog has jumped and the wave has been completed (meaning all groups within that wave have jumped) you can go to the registration desk to see how your dog positioned within the group and receive your ribbon.

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What to bring To help you further, we’ve listed a few things to bring with you that are a must to make this an enjoyable experience for both you and your pup.

• Flat buckled collar (choke collars, prong collars or electronic collars – including electronic collar receivers & transmitters – gentle leaders, halti-collars, or any other collar other than a flat buckled collar are not allowed on the dock during competition or practice) • Four ft. non flexi-line leash • Dog crate • Water bowls • Bottled water for dogs and humans • Fold up chair • Poop bags (please be sure to clean up after your dog so that we’re invited back to our hosting venue!)

• Shade tent if you’re at an outside venue (both for rain and sun) • Floatable toys (bring a few different ones, you may want to switch things up) • Towels/Chamois (for you and your dog) • A sense of humour!

Finally, remember that anyone can do this sport – male, female, physically challenged, and young at heart. Ontario DockDogs has handlers ranging in age from seven to 70, and each one enjoys the sport. Everyone’s there to have fun and are more than happy to answer any questions you may have – and there’s nothing more exciting than watching new dogs take that first plunge and seeing the joy the experience brings to their owners!

The joy of Dockdogging

By Jude Stewart

After losing my 11-year old Golden Retriever (Doral), with whom I did agility for four years, I thought I should look for a new sport. With some healing, we welcomed Torrey into our lives, and she’s now 14 months old and she is a DockDog! From the time Torrey was three months old she was swimming in my sister’s pool, racing to get out just so she could jump back in. While seeking out information regarding this sport, I was reunited with an old friend from my agility days, Heather MacLeod. I was delighted to find her again, and to find out she was spearheading this wonderful, fun sport called Dock Diving. We attended our first training session (with Ruff Sport, www.ruffsport.ca) in February, and after a few minutes on the platform Heather said, “I think you’ve got a diver on your hands.”

While on our way to Florida for our spring vacation, we decided to stop in Lagrange, GA, for another crack at DockDogs 101 (a learning session for beginners). Well, what fun we had with the Dixie DockDogs!

Once in Florida, we found an event being held in Cape Coral, and for fun and exercise signed up for our first competition. Although not really knowing what we were doing, I was sure Torrey would jump. That wouldn’t be an issue! After an extremely fun filled weekend with the Suncoast DockDogs, Torrey managed to jump in seven waves, making it to the Big Air Finals on Sunday in the Novice Division, placing 2nd overall.

Quite simply, this is fun and exercise for us. Whatever Torrey does, she does.

She’ll always jump, we can count on that, and after some training we’ll understand technique and see how we get on. This sport could be the most fun you’ll ever have with your dog. Think about it... what’s not to like about jumping off a dock? But truly, my pleasure comes from my little girl, quivering and shaking like there’s no tomorrow, as if to say, “Let me at it, Momma!” Her excitement is my reward.

Events 1000 Island Dockdogs Events Dive for the Cause with… Urban Paws Fundraiser for the Kingston Humane Society When? **NEW EVENT FOR 2011** June 18 &19 Where? Kingston, Ontario This event will be in support of the Kingston Humane Society and will include fantastic shopping for anything your pet needs by Kingston’s premier pet store Urban Paws, food vendors, and more. For further details, visit www.urbanpaws.ca What?

What? Riverfest When? July 1-3 Where? Blockhouse Island, Brockville, Ontario 1000 Islands DockDogs will make their third appearance at Brockville’s Riverfest July 1-3. Don’t miss this exciting event. INXS will be rockin’ the main stage Sunday July 3rd! Full Nelson (formally XPose) will be playing dockside for us again July 1st, and a special Canada Day wave for ribbons and prizes will be featured, plus a member’s BBQ, raffles (including a floatplane ride donated by Marks Union Tire) and cash prizes for the finals on Sunday. For further details, visit www.brockvilleriverfest.ca.

What? Belleville Waterfront & Ethnic Festival When? ** NEW EVENT FOR 2011** July 8-10 Where? Zwick’s Park Belleville, Ontario This free family festival is located in a gorgeous park surrounded by water and lots of room for onsite camping. The event consists of an ethnic men’s soccer tournament, midway, ethnic food village, vendor exhibition, an ethnic food challenge, meet and greet with children’s TV stars, live musical entertainment, reptile zoo, pony ride, children’s arts, crafts and building workshop, monster truck and stock car simulator rides. Compete for cash prizes in the finals on Sunday. For details, visit www.bellevillewaterfrontfestival.com.

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What? Take the Plunge When? July 22 – 24 Where? Rideau Carleton Raceway, Ottawa, Ontario Take The Plunge is a three-day outdoor festival to raise money for seven local animal rescue organizations in Ottawa. This exciting family oriented event will be held on the grounds of the Rideau Carleton Raceway. In addition to participating in, or watching, the dock diving events, visitors will be able to participate in agility trials, browse many local vendors, bid on great silent auction items, meet representatives from local animal rescue groups, test their skill at games and be treated to some exciting animal related demonstrations throughout the weekend.

For further info, visit www.taketheplungeottawa.ca.

What? Mutts About the 1000 Islands When? **NEW EVENT** August 12-14 Where? Gananoque, Ontario This event will take place in beautiful Gananoque, The Gateway To The 1000 Islands, and will include the Fast N’ Furry Performance Team, 1000 Islands DockDogs and a Disc Trial. Participants and spectators will be treated to dockdiving, a frisbee competition, demos, plus lots of vendors for a weekend dedicated to our furkids and those who love them! For details, visit www.taketheplungeottawa.ca.

Other Great DockDog Events What? Carrot Fest!

When? August 20 & 21 Where? Bradford, Ontario The Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury will be playing host to Ontario DockDogs again this summer. For further details, visit www.ontariodockdogs.com/carrotfest.cfm.

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Let us take care of you with our delicious home cooked meals – just like Grandma used to make! – along with daily maid service. We have one- and twobedroom cottages, deluxe suites with fireplaces along with standard motel units that include our delightful meal plan. All accommodations have a bar fridge to keep your drinks and snack food at the perfect temperature. One-, two- and three-bedroom cottages with kitchens where you can cook your own meals are also available, most with their own fireplaces.

The hardest thing you’ll have to do during your stay is decide whether to use our recreational facilities, go boating, borrow a good book from our lending library… or explore the beauty of Algonquin Park or the shops in Huntsville. You can also join in a fun family game of darts, tennis, snooker or a lively round of horseshoes. Pedal boats, canoes and kayaks are also available for a quiet jaunt around the lake. Alternatively, take a tour on our pontoon boat with Ashley as your guide as she shows you the beauty of Peninsula Lake and some of the lovely cottages and homes that grace this pristine stretch of water. Or enjoy the lake up close and personal while Andrew takes you waterskiing or tubing. You and your pet can enjoy a frolic on the beach, play a game of Frisbee, or rest under a shady tree. Cap off your day relaxing with your newfound friends while sharing your days’ adventures around our bonfire.

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For something a little more relaxing, just sit quietly for a chance to watch a deer stop for a drink at the lake, or a small fox cutting through the property en route to its den with its catch of the day. The Pileated Woodpecker and Blue Heron also live here and can provide guests with many a happy hour of quiet nature watching as they go through their antics.

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For further details, visit our website at www. tallyhoinn.com. We’re sure you’ll find an accommodation to suit your needs. You can also use our online reservation program to reserve your stay, or call us for your getaway at 1-800-461-4232. Alternatively, email us at info@tallyhoinn.com.

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A Day That

Takes Me Home Growing up wild in Cottage Country

By Lisa Brooks

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t is so strangely familiar to step back in time in order to step forward in life. For years, I have found my path ever leading back to my roots. Today, I listen to the lullaby This is my heriof the wind whistling around the small cabin alongside the tage. Muskoka and my childhood shore of the lake my great grandparents once paddled. Large roots in cottage country are rich with memories fish sluggishly move about, descendants of the same genetic of growing up wild in Cottage Country, swimming every afpool that fed my family for generations. ternoon and evening before bed, songs of the whippoorwills This small cabin’s boards, stones and mortar swadand nightingales that no longer fill the twilight hours but are dle me with a cozy serenity. A crackling fire and its dry comlodged within my memory. As are circling red tail hawks, fort pass through my cells as much as my family’s genealogy sparrows nesting in sand pit does as I listen to the never walls, pancake and strawberry quite silent lakeside. Natural Muskoka and my childhood roots in suppers and baseball games in music unfolds through the cottage country are rich with memories of open fields at Friendly Acres. wind much the same as it did swimming every afternoon and evening Getting up bright and early in the nearly forgotten hearts before bed, songs of the whippoorwills and to peddle my bike to Hillside that so loved the woodlands, Course to caddy for old nightingales that no longer fill the twilight Golf lakes and hills around me, as cottagers with names like Seahours, but are lodged within my memory. do I, too. gram and Spur who arrived This is my Muskoka, in their big old antique slat wood inboard motorboats. I would immediately spend my my generational family home and the summer home of so hard earned dollar on chocolate bars and cherry pop, unmany cottagers whose family timbers nestled in amongst beknownst to my mom. Surprisingly, I was known for my our splendid lakes, trees and hills. Cottage childhood days pearly white smile. built on the sun-brown back of the city man’s hand. Fathers I would go fishing almost daily. During the weeks who work hard through the week to join us all the weekends when my father worked away in the city, I would go down they can. Fortunate families who play the summer days on to the sweet smelling clay creek in the farmer’s field with the lakeside making memories in the sun, filled with fun and my dog and my rod and fish for brook trout. And when the water… not of sidewalks and play-parks built on landfill’s weekends came my father would take me to where I could heat wave heaps. fish off big rocks and water so deep and clear you could see

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the deadhead trees reaching down 20 feet and out 60 feet. It was my mystical land, a place to dream my visions of adult years to come.

Family weekends on Bella Lake My dad loved to spend his weekends at our family cottage “way back” on Bella Lake. This involved travelling back roads so rough that little girls who didn’t wear seatbelts would find themselves airborne at least a dozen times. It took sheer intestinal fortitude (or luck) not to upchuck. My father was always in a hurry and would of course floor the gas over the topside of every steep hill. I always brought my dog, and I recall him emptying his belly over my shoulder or lap more often than I care to remember. The abrupt bouncing stopped at the local dump, always welcomed as a means to steady equilibriums, where we’d count the multitudes of foraging black bears and raccoons before jumping back into the still vibrating car.

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When the weekends came my father would take me to where I could fish off big rocks and water so deep and clear you could see the deadhead trees reaching down 20 feet and out 60 feet.

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I think my father must have had ADHD because he rarely stayed put in any place very long. I had to run to keep up with his long legs, but thankfully that made me a very strong and fast runner when I grew into my full leg size. My mother didn’t like going to the cottage and that meant there was room for my twin cousins Eddie and John and older cousin Alan. And my dad, who always wanted a son, would delight in teaching them how to build outhouses or shoot a 2-10 over-and-under shotgun at potatoes on tin cans. And that meant I could chose to be involved or disappear to explore the reeds and fishing spots.

Unfortunately, the boys did a poor job of cutting out the outhouse seat. They used a chainsaw, which meant I had to hold onto the wood for dear life and got my fair share of slivers hanging my wee bottom (it really was back then!) over the pit. However, I didn’t mind the target practices as I found I had pretty good hand eye co-ordination, something that served me well in my love of sports as I grew older. There was a bit of a setback in my sleep patterns for a short while, however, after cousin Alan fired the shotgun inside the cabin during the dead of night. Fortunately, he got the mouse inside the tin can and just the outside of the cabin and nothing else. There was another particularly disturbing time when I had to eat duck for breakfast, lunch and supper because my father forgot some boxes of groceries and it was duck hunting season. Fortunately again I was able to put that behind me when I discovered Muscovy duck makes for a much better tasting meal than the memory of the very gamey, cardboard like mallard.

More often than not my dog and I would disappear and enjoy our time back at the cottage together. I remember one time when we had gone back during the winter and spent a lot of time ice fishing, and I was looking forward to getting home and warm when my dog and I ran ahead of my father and cousins to where the car was parked on the other side of the lake. I had a big woolly hat on and couldn’t hear my dad yelling at me to stop running as he was afraid I would be cold waiting for them at the car.

But I did hear the gun blast just as a gust of wind took off my woolly hat, and was convinced my excellent marksman of a father had shot at me. He tried for years to convince me it was my imagination, that it was the wind that took my hat off. I half expected him to tell me the truth on his dying bed, but that never came.

Lisa Brooks is Publisher of Cottage Dog Magazine. She now lives in Cottage Country full-time.

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Sandy Soft Coated Wheaton Terrier Lunenburg

Mitzie & Bandit - Shih Poos Risser Beach

PuParazzi!

Photos By Lisa Brooks

Nova Scotia’s Fantastic (Cottage) Dogs!

There’s something mystical or majestic in the miles and miles of oceanside beaches in Nova Scotia that neither man nor beast seem to be able to resist! This Puparazzi Reporter found an abundance of accessible and beautiful beaches for her two dogs to enjoy while photographing a vast array of equally blessed beach pooches. Some were social gathering places for small groups of retirees and their dogs... perfect for their walking talkies!

Others were clearly for solitude sojourning with your dog(s), a chance to inhale the salty sea air as the tide ebbs and flows. Colourful seaside villages were also popular spots to find people out and about with their ever-sohappy East Coast (cottage) dogs!

Irish - Collie X Lunenburg

Elly West Highland White Terrier Lunenburg

Honey - Beagle & Steward - Shih Tzu Lunenburg

Morgan Lab, Crescent Beach

Simba pitbull, Lunenburg

Friends meet at Crescent Beach

Niko German Shepherd & Jessie Mixed Breed, Crescent Beach

Stewart Shih Tzu Lunenburg

Hunter Malemute, Crescent Beach

Spenser Irish Setter Cherry Hill

Lily - Corgi Lunenburg

Lukey - Lab Crescent Beach

Atticus Shihpoo, Risser Beach

Massey Golden Retriever, Lunenburg

Mitzi Shih Poo, Risser Beach

Zeke & Budweizer Boxers - Risser Beach

Jasper Yorkshire Terier Risser Beach

Jake - Labrador Cross Risser Beach

Stella - Beagle Lunenburg

Runa - NS Shaggy Dog Crescent Beach

Teddy Bear - Pomeranian Mahone Bay

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Dachshunds feel at home in Cottage Country

By Arlene Cole

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t’s an early July morning as my husband and I finish the last sips of our morning coffee while listening to the weather report on the radio. We are hoping for a long range forecast without rain, so we can pack up our gear and leave the comfort of our summer home for the peace and tranquility of our special island.

“Casey, our standard red Dachshund, rides atop our canoe pack trying to get the best view of the lake.”

As soon as Ken begins to make his several trips between the shed and the car, our three Dachshunds immediately become restless. They can sense that their day is about to improve drastically. It isn’t until they spot the canoe being portaged from its resting place that they begin to pace and whine on the enclosed deck. Once their dog crate is carried to the car, they know it’s time to go.

It’s less than an hour’s drive to the lock where we launch our canoe. Amongst the many large boats and rented houseboats, we are somewhat of a rarity as we load our gear into our tiny vessel. Once the dogs are secured in their individual life jackets, we are ready to launch our adventure.

The sun is shining yet the temperature is still cool with the promise of a hot, humid day as we paddle across the lake amidst cottagers enjoying their morning coffee sitting on their docks. We pass a small island where a small poodle barks a greeting to the three dogs in the canoe passing his cottage. As we veer past a rock face and into another channel we are greeted by a pair of howling coonhounds, whose call echoes across the lake.

The coonhounds quickly leap and bound across their small island to follow us as we canoe by them.

joys staying within the campsite as well, taking turns with a cooling dip in the lake or sleeping on a blanket in the shade.

An island full of adventure The dogs really enjoy their time spent relaxEach paddle stroke takes us further away ing on the island. They get in plenty of walks and from the hustle and bustle of our busy lives. Casey, lots of swimming time as a relief from the hot sumour standard red Dachshund, rides atop our canoe mer sun. One of their favourite times occurs when pack trying to get the best view of the lake. Penny dinner is cooked over the fire or on the Coleman and Mocha, our two miniature Dachshunds, prefer stove. Nothing tastes as good as a piece of bbq’d to ride in safety on my lap in the bow of the cachicken after a full day of fun. noe. It isn’t until Penny spots her favourite campEvenings are spent typically relaxing on eiing island that she will leap from my lap out of the ther their owners’ laps or on the blanket and towcanoe and swim to shore impatiently. els at their feet on the rocky crevice watching the As soon as the dogs hit the ground of this sunset over the lake. The fire crackles and pops isolated and wooded island, I immediately remove and casts an earthy glow over the campsite as their life jackets. They happily run around in a pack darkness settles in. Soon it will be time to retire to sniffing and exploring the new sights and smells of the comfort of the tent with their many dog blantheir home for the next kets and the queen-sized few days. It only takes bag, perfect for “The combination of the fresh sleeping the high pitched chirp of snuggling. air, exercise and activity dura chipmunk to lose the It’s the combination of fresh air, exercise and dogs as they rush after ing the day compels the dogs activity during the day it in quick pursuit. The to have a deep, restful sleep that compels the dogs dogs are safe on the isduring their island nights.” to have a deep, restful land as they stretch their sleep during their island legs and explore in freenights. They are oblivious to our nightly visits by dom. Fortunately, as we are part of their pack, raccoons to our campsite in search of food. Penny, they readily run back and check on us as we unCasey, and Mocha lay in their bed inside the tent load the canoe and begin to set up camp. dreaming of the adventures awaiting them in the Penny, our silver-dappled miniature Dachsmorning. hund, is the most adventurous of the bunch. She will sneak away from camp to explore the rocky crevices for chipmunks or the swampy area lookArlene Cole is a teacher who enjoys summering and ing for bullfrogs. Mocha, her brown dappled exploring Ontario’s Kawartha Lakes Region. She is friend, prefers to rest in the security of our campan avid canoeist and backcountry camper with her site, preferably in front of the pack containing the husband, Ken, and their three Dachshunds: Penny, dog food and treats. She is ruled by her stomach Casey, and Mocha. for sure. Casey, our standard red Dachshund, en- 27 - CottageDog - June 2011

The

Chipmunk Challenge Introducing the next big cottage craze!

By Erika Phillips

Sarah Carson and Peanut

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ave you ever sat back and wondered what’s happening to our youth these days? With all the television and video games, with sports being removed from the school systems and extra curricular events being anything but education or fitness oriented, we’re constantly talking about the state of young people. Little respect, lacking in disciple and responsibility… kids just aren’t like they used to be!

But then there’s Sara Carson. Sara’s a teenager, a 16 year-old, in fact. A young adult. She resides in the small northern Ontario town of North Bay, where she has spent her entire life. What makes Sara different than most of today’s teens? She is eloquent and sophisticated, responsible, driven and inventive. Not to mention possessing great foresight and imagination.

“Agility has become a huge sport that now spans the globe.”

CottageDog ‘discovered’ Sara after coming across an ad on Kijiji for rat agility equipment. Sara was selling rat agility equipment… yes, you heard right! After making contact, we learned that Sara has in fact trained several rats to complete and run full agility courses.

“I picked up two furry little rodents from the local pet store and brought them to their forever home,” said Sara.

“Oreo and Sparky. I’ve been teaching them tricks like ‘spin’, ‘sit up’ and ‘open it’. They can open drawers and are starting to close them. I adopted two more rats from a couple on the Internet. Phantom and Chum Chum also know tricks.

These rats were all taught using positive reinforcement. Then, my grandpa made me rat agility equipment and I started training them how to use it. They enjoyed it so much that they started doing it all by themselves!”

Agility has become a huge canine sport that now spans the globe. Around since the early 1980’s, dog agility is a sport in which a handler directs a dog through an obstacle course in a race for both time and accuracy. Dogs run offleash with no food or toys as incentives, and the handler can touch neither dog nor obstacles. Consequently, the handler’s controls are limited to voice, movement, and various body signals, requiring exceptional training of the animal, and plenty of coordination on the part of the handler.

Perhaps not surprisingly, Sara has also trained her own agility dog… and yes, even a chipmunk. It all started when spending her summers hanging out in the woods around her grandma’s house in northern Ontario. On a warm summer’s day in 2009, a chipmunk – later named Peanut – started eating out of Sara’s hand. Peanut became very trust- 28 - CottageDog - June 2011

ing, and Sara decided to start training him. She built mini pieces of agility equipment from cardboard and lured him over the equipment. Whenever she had success, she’d offer the chipmunk a treat and say “good boy”. Every time Sara returned to her Grandmother’s house, she’d go to the back door and call for Peanut and he’d come running through the grass to come see her! Her favourite piece of equipment for Peanut was a set of weave poles made from Popsicle sticks that she taped toothpicks to and stuck them in the ground. Peanut was a natural and picked up the ‘game’ quickly. Together, they practiced agility together for over a year.

Why agility, we asked Sara? When just eight years old, and after much thought and consideration, her family decided to bring home a puppy. An English Cocker Spaniel was the breed of choice, named Maple. Sara was a natural at teaching tricks and so taught Maple to roll over,

to retrieve things and do all the basic obedience behaviors.

One day, while browsing the Internet, she came across a video of another girl running her dog through various obstacles. Sara then started doing the same thing with Maple, teaching him to jump the garden fence and chairs. She did more research on the sport and learned all the training methods. There were no professionals or training facilities at the time in her area so her grandpa built her a jump, teeter and an a-frame to start. Eventually, over time, she managed to save her money and added weave poles, six jumps, a tunnel and a chute.

“We had our first agility trial in July 2009,” says Sara.

“I thought we were ready since Maple could do everything at home with such confidence and speed, but I was wrong.

As we walked into the ring and made our way towards the first obstacle, Maple just went around it and left the ring! I was crushed! Years of practice and then that.”

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After a year’s break from competing, Sara decided to retry in July 2010. She’d spent the interim practicing in parks and different areas, building confidence in herself and Maple. That second agility trial led to Maple’s first qualifying score, making Sara “the happiest person on earth!” After further training and the introduction of more advanced tricks, Maple got his ‘Novice’ trick dog title. And the third trial was better still, with Maple claiming his ADC (Agility Dog Of Canada) Title.

Every time Sara returned to her Grandmother’s house, she’d go to the back door and call for Peanut and he’d come running through the grass to come see her!

This year is already shaping up to be a good year for Sara. Maple has now achieved his expert trick dog title, and as we go to press the pair are attending the AAC (Agility Association of Canada) 2011 Ontario Regionals. Sara’s still training her rats, who seem to be getting smarter and more trusting of her and people every day.

And Peanut? On a sad note, Peanut passed away after being attacked by a bird or prey. Here’s Sara’s description of what happened: “It was a horrible day, and I still tear up thinking about it. I was at my grandma’s when I could hear a neighbour knocking on the backdoor. She was in a panic and was talking to my grandma. They ran outside and told me to stay in the house. I didn’t listen (I wish I had) and I saw Peanut rolling around in the grass, in pain. The neighbour said a bird must have grabbed him and not finished what he started. Peanut was brought into the house and put in a cardboard box. We called a few vets but got nothing in response. Soon after, my unbelievable little chipmunk, Peanut, passed away. The very next day, we were in the local paper...”

Sadly, since Peanut’s demise, Sara hasn’t as yet plucked up the courage to train another chipmunk, although she doesn’t dismiss the idea entirely. But for now, she’s going to stick with dogs… oh, and rats.

Erika Phillips, an international animal behavior consultant currently living in the Georgian Bay area of Ontario, has been practicing undisputed scientific based behavior methods for nearly 20 years (www.thecontroversialcanine.ca).

Sarah Carson and her dog Maple, cocker spaniel

Peanut

HOW TO

AGILITY TRAIN ACottageDog’s CHIPMUNK step-by-step guide to making a winner!

Step 1: The Athlete Find a willing chipmunk. This can be done in a variety of ways, such as fishing with peanuts…

Step 2: The Reinforcement The most important thing to remember when teaching any animal certain behaviours is that you must always hold the ‘power’ in your hands. This usually takes the form of a reinforcement or reward. It’s necessary to convince a wild animal to do what you want it to do without it knowing that you want it to! You can’t force or coerce an animal into doing what you want, they must want to do it themselves. You must use cunning, manipulation, a little reverse psychology, and a really big incentive. And chipmunks, as we all know, love nuts, fruit… and cheesies!

Step 3: The Enclosure Depending on how long you’ve known your chipmunk, you may need to set up an enclosure to ensure your new buddy doesn’t bail on you. Include in it your obstacle or ‘agility’ course. This can be easily constructed from toilet roll tubes for tunnels, wood or cardboard ‘A’ frames, pause tables, straws or Popsicle sticks for weave poles etc. Make sure the enclosure is small enough that your chipmunk has no choice but to go through, over, under or around each object in order to get his reward or reinforcement at the end of the ‘run’.

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Step 4: The Training There are two ways to train. The preferred choice is shaping the behaviour. Shaping is like building a puzzle – you introduce and reinforce for successive approximations, gradually molding or training your chosen beasty to perform a specific response by reinforcing any responses that come close to that which is desired.

In other words, reward for smaller parts of the larger picture. The other approach is to use luring, usually a food treat on a piece of string – simply show the bait and they follow until they succeed in catching it. The problem with lure-based training is that they’re simply following a desired object and not actually engaged or thinking. They learn to follow the food, but not to go over, under or around an object in order to get it.

Step 5: Putting It All Together

When you think the Chipmunk has learned the ‘game’ of going through each obstacle separately, start adding pieces together for a longer course. This is called behaviour chaining: the new behavior you want to build may be a series or chain of related behaviors.

Another useful tool is to use a marker or signal to tell the chipmunk that a reinforcement is on its way. You can do this by using either a clicker or some other sound. This method also uses positive reinforcement and is also reward based.

The clicker is used during the acquisition phase of training a new behavior, to allow the animal to rapidly identify that a behavior is sought, and also the precise behavior of interest.

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Step 6: The Training There are two ways to train. The preferred choice is shaping the behaviour. Shaping is like building a puzzle – you introduce and reinforce for successive approximations, gradually molding or training your chosen beasty to perform a specific response by reinforcing any responses that come close to that which is desired. In other words, reward for smaller parts of the larger picture. The other approach is to use luring, usually a food treat on a piece of string – simply show the bait and they follow until they succeed in catching it. The problem with lurebased training is that they’re simply following a desired object and not actually engaged or thinking. They learn to follow the food, but not to go over, under or around an object in order to get it.

Step 7: The Road to Fame and Fortune

Since you now have your chipmunk going through a variety of obstacles at regular intervals, it’s time to put everything together for a few practice runs. Try timing it, and set yourself goals. Once mastered, get out your video camera and capture everything on film. Then, send CottageDog your results and we’ll pick the besttrained chipmunk and make you both famous!

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Enter the

CottageDog

Agility Challenge!

Chipmunks have been found around cottages as long there have been lakes and trees. Year after year, they greet us throughout our days, seeking a little attention apart from the occasional peanut or two. During the winters, when we return to our city homes with our dogs, they await our return and the winter months curled up snuggly near our cottages.

They watch us throw sticks off the docks for our cottage dogs to retrieve, and as we head off on hikes through the bush with our canine friends, no doubt wishing in their little striped suits that they, too, could be a favourite cottage pet. Well, thanks to a young agility trainer from North Bay called Sara Carson, that’s all about to change. Young Sara, you see, has become famous for agility training her chipmunk friend, Peanut.

After writing a story about her, we wondered: could we do that? Or more specifically, could our CottageDog readers emulate Sara’s success and agility train a chipmunk of their own? “You betcha!” was our unanimous response, especially if we provided everything they needed to do it – Sara as inspiration; a stepby-step guide to doing the actual training; and, naturally, an incentive (a whole whack of prizes!).

And, as every chipmunk knows, they can outrun and outsmart a cottage dog ten-to-one!

So here’s your CottageDog “Cottage Chipmunk Challenge”: find a willing chipmunk at your cottage (or your friend’s, your parents, your girlfriend’s cottage… anyone’s!), one that’s raring to be revved up for the contest of contests! Then film them performing around the agility course, and send your entry to us (or post it to our website). To enroll, complete the simple registration with your name, address and chipmunk’s name and send it, along with your entrance fee of $39.99 (plus HST), to: The Cottage Chipmunk Challenge, 1393 Brunel Road, RR#2 Huntsville, ON P1H-2J3. Or visit www.cottagedog.com to register and pay by Paypal.

All entrants will receive a subscription to CottageDog, a numbered competitor’s bib for their cottage chipmunk, a book of rules and regulations for the contest, and an instructional book prepared by cartoonist Buck Jones. Makes an excellent gift for the cottage chipmunk lover in your family!

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Winning the bug battle. . .

Muskoka made Bush Splash is in the war zone.

By Dale Peacock

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uskoka Woodlands Bush Splash has been cot- rus oils and juices and a vanilla extract results in a pleastage country’s outdoor living skin recipe for both ant, almost nutty chocolate smell. It’s a vast improvepeople and pets since 1996. However, long before the ment over ancient remedies and is guaranteed to make 20th Century, First Nations people and early settlers users welcome at family gatherings and in any close enof Muskoka knew the secret to surviving outdoors counters of the personal kind. in the moist and humid environment of the area’s However, based on Health Canada PMRA (Pest many lakes, waterways and dense woodlands. Our Management Regulatory Agency) regulations, a prodforefathers lathered on skin salves rich in protein fats from bears and beavers mixed with fermented uct cannot label or market its product with repellency alcohol based liquids before venturing outdoors. The claims or use words such as insect, bug or bite, without skin recipe worked to keep them comfortable, but be- its PMRA registration number. And there lies the rub: ing in close quarters may not have been such a treat; such products cannot get a PMRA number in order to make those claims on its packagthat early concoction would have “The soya based, proteining or advertising unless it has been unpleasantly pungent.

While the beauty of our natu- rich complex mixed with a registered controllable active. ral environment helped transcitrus oils and juices and As an ‘all food’ ingredients recform Muskoka into Canada’s cotipe, Muskoka Woodlands Bush a vanilla extract results in tage country capitol, we have to Splash is unable to meet PMRA’s admit that things aren’t always a pleasant, almost nutty criteria as having a controllable rosy here, especially in the outactive. Its entire recipe would doors in spring and summer. Ev- chocolate smell.” need to be first registered as the ery spring optimists with a sense of humour do their controllable active, with its location and sources also regbest to make the most of a bad situation by launching istered. Since food grade products come from all manner “Black Fly Festivals” in faux celebration of something of sources, it cannot meet Health Canada’s controlled subthat many consider to be the bane of existence in stance specifications, and therefore the product remains cottage country. The festivals are reminders that we without a PMRA number. have more ominous beasties to combat in our daily lives than black bears and wolves. At least you can see DEET… or no DEET? those critters coming!

Woodlands Bush Splash is that although the product Muskoka Woodlands Bush Splash to the rescue! passed its repellency test at 95.7% against DEET based This product uses a more pleasant fatty base in its formula than our early forbearers were able to utilize. products, it had to be re-identified as a skin product and The soya based, protein-rich complex mixed with cit- use wording exempt under PMRA. - 38 - CottageDog - June 2011

Even then the product - which read No DEET, Non Pesticide - had to be pulled off shelves and re-labeled due to a competitor complaint. But owner Lisa Brooks hasn’t lost her sense of humour. She says wryly, “A PMRA agent once told me that if a man’s tie had a mosquito design it would fall under PMRA authority.” She adds, “I think he was joking, but I’m not so sure!”

It’s unfortunate that this all-natural product is so hamstrung given the concerns about DEET, which is in many insect repellents that do have a PMRA number. The Ontario Ministry of Health approves DEET but has these warnings on its website when using repellent containing the chemical: • Use federally registered insect repellents such as products containing DEET (N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide) • Apply repellent sparingly on exposed skin or on top of clothing • Do not use under clothing • The repellent doesn’t have to be applied heavily to be effective – a light coating will do • The concentration of DEET should be no greater than 30 per cent for adults and no greater than 10 per cent for children • DEET-containing repellents are not to be used on children under 6 months of age • Use mosquito netting for babies and toddlers in cribs and strollers • Use only when needed and follow label directions carefully including restrictions for use on young children and maximum number of applications per day For many parents and pet owners, it’s not exactly reassuring. They might prefer to use a less controversial product, but it’s often hard finding such products as they’re so restricted in the claims they can make.

“I use Bush Splash personally and on my pets and we sell it through our veterinarian clinic,” says Dr. Karen Barnes, DVM, and co-owner of North Bay Animal Hospital. “We find that most pet owners are very happy with it. It has a nice scent, and is both effective and well tolerated by people and pets. We used

to recommend Skin-So-Soft by Avon but we find Bush Splash to be much more effective.”

“Muskoka Woodlands Bush Splash became even more family friendly by converting its skin recipe to over 97% certified organic ingredients.”

In her limited spare time, Dr. Barnes enjoys activities such as gardening, horseback riding, reading, travelling and spending time with her husband, daughter and their pets. And when she’s enjoying the great outdoors, Bush Splash helps ensure the experience is more enjoyable.

It’s bug season…

Every spring, TV stations across the country roll out the experts – usually from a university entomology department – to tell us the bugs are now out (as if we needed a reminder) and that the only effective repellent to safely protect our families is a DEET based product. Maybe it’s not really conspiracy minded to wonder why respected institutions continue to support DEET based products, which are manufactured by huge pharmaceutical companies, but it’s a point to ponder.

Two years ago, Muskoka Woodlands Bush Splash became even more family friendly by converting its skin recipe to over 97% certified organic ingredients. Parents and pet lovers enjoy the fact that it’s 100% edible – albeit not very tasty. The bad taste means that kids and pets are unlikely to ingest enough to result in upset tummies or diarrhoea. Rich in natural Vitamin E, omega 3 essential fatty acids, and vitamins A, C and D, it not only feels good to the skin, it’s good for the skin of the entire family, whether old, young… or the family pet.

Muskoka Woodlands Bush Splash conditions the skin and regular application builds a natural resistance to the ongoing attack that exposed skin encounters in cottage country. An added benefit is soft and supple skin that smells wonderful. Best of all, every man, woman, child and family pet can relax outdoors because when venturing outside, Bush Splash has them covered.

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Muskoka Woodlands BushSplash

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Cottage Cooking

Photo submitted of Jake, Beagle

by Niki Korda, Dorset, ON

ABC cake

(apple banana carrot) (all natural recipe) Many thanks to Lori Cullen Long, from St. John’s, Newfoundland, for taking the time to share a couple of her dog’s cake recipe with CottageDog readers.

2 cups 100% whole wheat (chemical free) check the ingredients.

1/2 cup organic apple sauce, 1 mashed organic banana, 1/2 cup pureed organic carrots, 1 egg, 1/2 tsp baking powder and use enough water to bring the mix to a batter ( usually 1 1/2 cups) for the frosting mix some flour with the peanut butter until its no longer runny, add carob powder to color it. grease an 8 inch funnel pan and bake at 350 degrees until a tooth pic comes out clean. could take up to 1 1/2 hours this is a chewy texture cake.

Apple Peanut Butter (all natural recipe)

2 cups 100% whole wheat (chemical free) check the ingredients.

1/2 cup organic apple sauce,1/2 cup 100% peanut butter (check ingredients), 1 egg, 1/2 tsp baking powder and use enough water to bring the mix to a batter ( usually 1 1/2 cups) for the frosting mix some flour with the peanut butter until its no longer runny, add carob powder to color it. grease an 8 inch funnel pan and bake at 350 degrees until a tooth pic comes out clean. could take up to 1 1/2 hours this is a chewy texture cake.

Hint.. any of the cake recipes instead of making a cake pour the batter into mini muffin pans and poof you have a single treat for the happy pooch- mini muffins for the little furry monster!

Not Your Average

(Dog) Pound Cake Many thanks to Jennifer Sawchuk, from Powell River, BC, for sharing her dog’s birthday cake treat… It’s perfect for a porch pooch party!

Ingredients: ½ cup all-purpose flour 1½ teaspoons baking powder ½ cup soft butter ½ cup corn oil or vegetable oil 1 x 213ml jar of baby food (Sahara’s favourite flavours include vegetable, beef and or spaghetti casserole) 4 x eggs 2-3 strips of beef jerky or beggin’ strips plain yogurt Step-by-Step Method: 1.

Preheat oven to 325.

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Grease and flour an 8x5x3 inch loaf pan.

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Cream the butter until smooth. Add corn oil, baby food, and eggs. Mix until smooth.

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Mix dry ingredients into wet mixture until batter is smooth. Crumble beef jerky and fold into batter.

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Pour batter into loaf pan.

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Bake 1 hour and 10 minutes. Cool on wire rack 15 minutes, then remove from pan and let cool completely for about 2 hours, before cutting into dog bone shape.

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Frost with plain yogurt, and sprinkle with carrot shavings, then cut beefy jerky into strips and place in cake to resemble candles.

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Enjoy!

Chibley helps provision

The

Salty Dog… er, Cat

Chibley’s Picton Castle Adventure - Part 2

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elcome aboard, me hearties! As part of our continuing celebration of The Year of the Cat – a nationwide campaign spearheaded by Care for Cats in response to the over-population of felines – Cottagedog Magazine has asked the Captain and crew of the tall ship Picton Castle to keep tab(by)s on the exploits of the ship’s cat, Chibley (or, as the world’s best travelled feline would have it, Picton Castle is Chibley’s ship!).

Second only to Captain Daniel Moreland in the amount of time spent on the ship – and in rank – Chibley has sailed around the world four times, been to the Great Lakes twice, made numerous voyages on the Atlantic coast of the US and Canada and the Caribbean, and spent a year sailing around the Atlantic basin. But of all the wonderful places she’s visited, her favourite is Lunenburg. When a landlubber, Chibley loves patrolling the Lunenburg waterfront, lying in the sun on the lawn of the Fishermen’s Memorial or exploring the smells at the Dory Shop.

Captain’s Log - May 2011: Picton Castle has When the crew has time off, they make the finally reached the sweet, sweet islands of the Eastmost of it. From exploring the whaling museum and ern Caribbean! The ship is no stranger to this area, the turtle sanctuary at Bequia, to renting scooters having sailed these turquoise waters many times. Beand eating delicious gelato at Les Iles des Saintes, fore the final push north to Nova Scotia to complete we immerse ourselves fully in the local culture, makour 14-month voyage around the world, we’re taking ing friends along the way. Of course, we also like to six weeks to kickback and enjoy our final days in the have fun – relaxing on the beach during the day and tropics, while immersing ourselves As WT makes his rounds to jump-ups at night. in the colourful culture of the WindThe islands of the Eastern Cacheck up on the progress of ward and Leeward Islands. ribbean aren’t just about white At most of these islands, each job, Chibley follows, look- sand beaches, BBQ chicken, regPicton Castle is anchored out in the ing haughtily as if to say, “Hey, gae music and cold drinks. Alyou missed a spot!” harbour, which means that Chibready we’ve participated in two major regattas featuring traditional sailing vessels, ley, our four-legged crew member, is the only one who doesn’t get to climb over the side of the ship into the the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta and the West Insmall motorized boat that regularly ferries the crew bedies Regatta at St. Barthelemy. Our crew has gained tween ship and shore for a day off. Between one third experience sailing on other vessels, particularly those and one half of the crew are on board at all times, so built in the Caribbean using traditional methods. Our Chibley oversees the on-duty watch, lurking on the well own small sailing vessels, a dory built at the Dory deck as WT, the bosun (the crew member in charge of Shop in Lunenburg and repainted in bright tropical ship’s maintenance), assigns jobs and outfits each crew colours, and an antique longboat with a new suit of member with the tools they’ll need to complete the resails sewn by hand on board, have been getting lots quired task. As WT makes his rounds to check up on the of exercise as well as the crew become more confiprogress of each job, Chibley follows, looking haughtily dent in their boat handling skills. as if to say, “Hey, you missed a spot!”

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Chibley joins the dancers

Chibley goes fishing One of Chibley’s favourite pastimes is fishing.

Well, she doesn’t love the fishing part as much as she loves the catching. The crew has been particularly successful on this voyage, thanks to a lure called the “squid fiesta.” Chibley doesn’t care much for the methods, but she does care for the results. As soon as there’s a cry of “fish on!” from the aloha deck, Chibley is one of the first on the scene, waiting to see what the crew will reel in over the rail. Once the flapping and flopping and general shouts of delight subside, the fish is carried forward to be cleaned and filleted at the break in the deck just outside the galley. Chibley is always front and centre, putting on her most adorable face in hopes of scoring a piece of the freshest fish you can imagine.

As soon as there’s a cry of “fish on!” from the aloha deck, Chibley is one of the first on the scene, waiting to see what the crew will reel in over the rail.

Shawn Anderson of Ingersoll, ON, is one of Picton Castle’s keenest fishermen. A paramedic in his life at home, at sea he has become an accomplished fisher of wahoo, mahi-mahi and yellowfin tuna. Shawn first sailed aboard Picton Castle in the summer of 2007 and hasn’t been able to stay away since, leading him to join the ship for 14 months to sail around the world. Working hard to advance his skills on deck and elsewhere, Shawn has even spent time learning the inner workings of Picton Castle’s engine room, an aspect of the ship that not many of the crew have the opportunity to learn.

Shawn applied his skills by taking on a leadership role as lead seaman for his watch, leading fellow crewmembers in the daily duties that a ship under sail requires. He’s also a good shipmate, positive, outgoing and fun to be around.

It’s not long now until we head north, sailing from the British Virgin Islands through the North Atlantic to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, with a brief stop at Bermuda on the way. Lunenburg is our home base between voyages and becomes a home for the crew. While there’s always a hint of sadness that the voyage is coming to an end, the day the ship sails into the harbour is a festive one, with hundreds of family members and friends from near and far standing on the dock to greet the ship and cheer the accomplishments of her crew. There’s electric tension in the air until the ship is first spotted sailing around Battery Point, then joyful celebration as she makes her way to the dock and families and friends are reunited. Saturday June 18 is the big day. But until then, Chibley and the crew will be soaking up the sun, sea and gentle trade winds of the Caribbean, one last period of tropical bliss before coming home.

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PICTON CASTLE at anchor in Anguilla

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DRIVING FORCE

Crossovers the new choice for cottage cars

By Vince Grittani

Up North!

It’s the start of the season And it’s Friday night, I hurry home from work My schedule’s kinda tight!

I scoodle up the family And pack up the car, Now we’re heading down the highway Not very far.

One hour later And we’re still in the town, Not looking very pretty We’ve slowed right down “Daddy I am hungry!”

“Dad I have to pee!”

And the dog has that look As he pukes all over me!

Up north, We all love drivin’ up North Up north The dog loves drivin’ up North We’re heading to the cottage up north.

Four hours later Almost made to the joint, Across the bloomin’ highway And around the next point.

It’s been raining kinda heavy And we end up in the ditch, So we carry up the load Man, this cottaging’s a bitch!

“Up North” opening song from the musical comedy Scenes From My Dock!

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f your life was a play and going to the cottage the plot, then most definitely your car would be a primary character.

As life up at the lakeside retreat has improved over the years, so too has the journey back and forth. Long gone are the days when the Friday night drive up to the cottage involved crawling along a two-lane, pot-holed highway at a snail’s pace. No longer is spotting Volkswagen Beetles or laying across the rear window trying to get the driver of the car behind to wave back considered a form of entertainment for the kids.

“No longer is spotting Volkswagen Beetles or laying across the rear window trying to get the driver of the car behind to wave back considered a form of entertainment for the kids.”

Today, even though the width of our highways has increased, so too has the volume of traffic. The four lanes we travel are often under construction causing us to still move at the pace of a small mollusc. However, now we trip along the highways in vehicles so well equipped and comfortable that only teleporting could be an improvement.

Except for a few stragglers, the large gas guzzling SUVs of yesteryear have fallen out of favour with the average conscientious consumer, replaced by popular crossover automobiles. Although the name still suggests off-roading, these vehicles are more closely related to cars and vans than their more sporty utilitarian cousins.

It may be debatable, but AMC can probably be accredited with leading the way back in 1979 with their sport/truck/car hybrid the Eagle.

Since the new millennium, pretty well every car manufacturer has mimicked their move in one form or another.

Drives like a car One advantage of a crossover is that it drives more like a car than a truck but without having to sit low to the ground. Similar in size to a compact SUV such as the Ford Escape, crossovers still have the luxury of creating space by folding up and down a combination of seats to accom-

modate not only the kids, but also large dogs in crates or held securely behind barriers.

Although their size is pretty similar across the board, a crossover’s power varies and is left up to the individual’s driving preference. In some models, one still has the choice of automatic and standard transmission, the latter offering more control on rough cottage roads where automatic is easier on the foot when inner city driving.

“Except for a few stragglers, the large gas guzzling SUVs of yesteryear have fallen out of favour with the average conscientious consumer, replaced by popular crossover automobiles.”

Coincidentally, this also applies to all gas and hybrid types. If you live in a rural environment and rarely find yourself crawling through urban traffic, the extra expense of a hybrid vehicle at this point in time is wasted since you’re probably more likely to travel on highways with speed limits of 80 km or more.

With most crossovers, buyers still have a choice of front wheel or four-wheel transmissions. In many cases, it’s actually front wheel or all-wheel. For the novice, all-wheel simply means that the vehicle is powered mostly with the front wheels and in the event of skidding the vehicle automatically corrects itself by slipping into three or four wheel drive depending on the situation.

What type of drive to chose depends on how you define your cottage lifestyle. If you visit the cottage year round, the four by four, or all-wheel crossover, is the better choice. In most cases it saves on having to change from summer to winter tires. Good all season tires will be sufficient.

Most manufacturers will also offer a choice of power in the crossovers they sell with either four or six cylinder engines, and a few offer even bigger V-8 engines.

Making the right choice Here are a few things to consider before making a choice that reflects your cottage lifestyle.

1) Do you travel to the cottage every weekend with more than two other passengers and a small dog?

2) Do you tow a boat or full trailer on a regular basis?

3) Do you travel out of the city often during the winter months?

4) Is the driveway into your cottage either rough or steep and do you like to follow the road(s) less travelled?

5) Do you grocery shop in the city for the cottage?

6) Are you a handyman, a DIY cottager who is constantly carting lumber for weekend projects or taking loads of garbage to the dump?

7) Are you planning on building or renovating a cottage in the near future?

8) Will the rising price of gas influence the number of trips you make to and from the cottage?

If you answered “yes” to one or more of the above questions then it’s important that you consider power and practicality and not just style and brand when it comes to purchasing your new crossover vehicle.

Vince Grittani (aka The Weekend Guy) is a TV personality, playwright, cartoonist and illustrator, theatrical producer, writer and realtor. First a camper then a cottager, Vince is now a full-time resident of Muskoka with Iago, his fourth beloved Bearded Collie.

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Pet-Welcome

Lunenburg

The only thing friendlier than an East Coaster? Their pets!

By Lisa Brooks

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Rita at Blue Rocks Cove

kay, so you want to getaway to unwind, and all you know for sure is your dog(s) need to come along.

Well, I have the perfect road trip destination for you: Nova Scotia. Know this, though – you cannot travel there for a week or two without leaving a big chunk of you and (your dog’s) hearts behind. My two dogs and I have traveled back and forth to NS so many times that my German shepherd co-pilot, Rita, recognizes the landmarks long before I do.

This is dog lovers country. The expansive beaches and provincial parks are dog-friendly, and mile-upon-mile of old railway lines have been made into extensive walking trails. A large population of retirees come here from all over Canada (the world, in fact), most of them with their dogs permanently attached to their walking boots.

Full of culture and history, Halifax and all the other great UNESCO spots of NS are so polished and pristine with their lush flower gardens and their brightly coloured slate wood exteriors. Every colour combination imaginable brightens the streets of the provinces many delightful seaside towns. These ‘olde worlde’ gems will warm your heart with childhood memories of the cozy homes of our grandparents. B&Bs, old Inns and seaside cottages alike will lay out a welcome mat for you and your dogs. Oil cloth floors polished so clean you could eat off them. Old brass beds, antique wood furniture and curved wood banisters and steps smelling of lemon oil. Crisp, outdoor-fresh linens and handmade quilts on your beds make you feel at home. And, best of all, pets are almost always welcome.

Lovely, lovely Lunenburg

As I write this I sit in a window overlooking the harbor of Lunenburg. Lamppost lights on the far side of the harbour outline the green strip under huge trees that spill shade on hot days, lining a favourite walking trail that leads to a beach where dogs can race and splash. The grass is always manicured by the hillside golf course so popular amongst locals.

Everywhere you walk, low barrels with wooden lids wait discretely for your bags of dog waste so you don’t have to carry it very far.

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I am particularly fond of Lunenburg. So much so that I bought a house here five years ago when I turned 50 to enjoy as I move towards my own retirement. I love the fact that everything is in easy walking distance and all the stores have pet water dishes and unique pet paraphernalia alongside their other treasures. I love the fact that the store owners make it a point to know your dog’s name before they remember yours, and they bring out their treats as readily as their smiles. It truly is a special place to visit and come back to again and again.

Rita & Stella with Basil, owner of Trot in Time Horse Carriage Tours, Lunenburg

“The store owners make it a point to know your dog’s name before they remember yours, and they bring out their treats as readily as their smiles.”

Unpretentious businesses are plentiful, like The Dog Shoppe in Mahone Bay. Owned by an angel-beautiful woman called Sarah, you can slip in to wash your dog yourself or ask a young attendant to do it for you. Then there’s Ralph’s Place in Lunenburg where an old dog – Ralph, naturally – kisses your face with the sweetest, freshest dog breath as he welcomes you into his pet health food store (the store’s wares are attributed to saving his life many years back). After the initial meet and greet, Ralph spryly returns to his throne, a big sofa chair in the window to watch the sleepy world pass him by. Then there’s Oliver, the kind-eyed red dog who attends his owner’s Chiropractic clinic where Zella, the white long haired cat, resides in her windowsill bed, and the unnamed stray cat sleeps in the low box coffee table in the waiting room (whoever says no one cares about strays obviously forgot to tell the folks in Lunenburg).

CottageDog readers will know we’re celebrating the Year of the Cat by following the seafaring adventures of Chibley, now on her fifth journey around the world.

Chibley and her tall ship home, the Picton Castle, will be

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Rita and Stella enjoying 2nd Peninsula Beach, Lunenburg

Stella enjoying Blue Rocks Cove

returning to Lunenburg on June 18th, 2011. I was there when the ship returned to port a couple of years ago; it was like stepping back into the past. Such sights and sounds I have never experienced before, an exhilarating feast for the senses. Bagpipes and ship horns announced her arrival as young sea hands – Chibley’s shipmates – climbed up and down the masts like monkeys. They then laid out their worldly goods along the large dockside buildings, an incredible display of colourful silks, inlaid bone in ornate wood furniture, hand carved boxes and baskets of incredible design, and spices and scented oils from all over the world. It was so authentic a presentation of old-time trade that I half expected Johnny Deep to appear Captain Jack Sparrow!

“Music, people and dogs aplenty were everywhere a part of the city’s endless street festival atmosphere.”

Dogs like to be beside the seaside…

My dogs and I love Nova Scotia’s many miles of oceanfront parks and long, long beaches. We love the feel of salt air and wind blowing life into our sometimes weary bones as we watch the bold ocean waves splash across the sand. And when nature calls, each beach has those same small toilet barrels for dog waste, as well as potties for we humans to slip into after the constant sound of water has had an effect on us. The famous Lighthouse Route has so many delightful spots to stop and explore. We all know Peggy’s Cove, but what an incredible treasure that spot is to so many after the people of Nova Scotia rushed to support and provide aid to the many families affected by the crash of Swissair Flight 111 in 1998. There’s much more to Peggy’s Cove than its lovely lighthouse. It’s actually a busy spot for commercial fishing, and has numerous uniquely built docks and fish sheds. And just a few minutes away is the tiny community of Blue Rocks, its rugged beauty untouched since the original fishermen cast those first nets - 50 - CottageDog - June 2011

Oliver Chiropractors Dog, Lunenburg

Ralph Ralphs Health Food Store, Lunenburg

Rita enjoying walking path opposite the Lunenburg Harbour front

Stella enjoying the waves at Hirtle Beach

Irish, collie shepherd mix of Boat Locker, Lunenburg

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countless years earlier. The day we visited, sun and seabirds filled the air as fishermen went about their business as if we weren’t even there.

Halifax is another must-visit location, and is well known for its rich musical and theatrical heritage. It’s also a wonderful place to walk. The dogs and I walked along the harbor front and in and out of the many antique shops and eateries with their outdoor patios, enjoying the bustle as street vendors and buskers did their thing. Music, people and dogs aplenty were everywhere a part of the city’s endless street festival atmosphere. The wonderful Split Crow Pub, Halifax’s oldest, gave my pug and shepherd a little peek inside, and the acclaimed Shakespeare by the Sea Theatre Company also welcomes visitors and their dogs to their outdoor events all summer long.

Yes, Nova Scotia may be a bit of drive, but my route through Quebec and New Brunswick from Ontario was not without its own charm and great locations to stop for a night. I particularly love Mike’s Smoked Meats on the outskirts of Montreal with its unbeatable food, cold drafts and Jazz. I love the big truck stops, too, and wonder why they’re only found in eastern Canada? They have such great meals and open areas to exercise your dogs, and most have nearby pet-friendly accommodations.

Finally, I guess I should perhaps own up to the one downside that Nova Scotia has. It’s this: once you’ve been there, you simply can’t get it out of your system. It becomes a part of your spirit, and a part of you will always remain in NS. For years I used to sob uncontrollably as I prepared to leave. I know, a little extreme perhaps… but I’m hooked.

Lisa Brooks is Publisher of CottageDog Magazine, and an East Coast girl at heart.

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Stem Cell Therapy for (Cottage) Dogs

By Carl Milson

Breakthrough treatment increases outdoor fun

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recently had the pleasure of interviewing many experts and specialists in the field of companion animals at the first of its kind AAHA/OVMA (American Animal Hospital Association and Ontario Veterinarian Medical Association) conference held in Toronto. Many excellent examples of how our pet industry is evolving were showcased, but I want to share with CottageDog readers one of the event’s hottest topics: stem cell therapy. It’s been an interest of mine for many years for personal reasons, and I was thrilled to learn that Avivagen Animal Health, a pet wellness company, is now offering this therapy in Canada.

I met Avivagen representative Kira Andersen at the conference, along with her cottage dogs Thomas (a Dogue de Bordeaux) and Franklin (a Boxer). Thomas is afflicted with osteochondrosis (OCD) and dysplasia in both elbows – abnormalities in cartilage to bone formation in joints that can affect shoulders, elbows, stifles, knees and hips. Kira explained that Thomas was set to receive stem cell therapy, which immediately sparked my interest in researching the treatment further. Although he’d already received orthopedic surgery, Thomas’ dysplasia was discovered not long afterwards. Not wanting to put him through another operation, especially as Thomas required therapy now for both elbows and both shoulders, Kira soon realized the next best thing was stem cell therapy.

“Stem Cells have a great ability to reduce inflammation in an area and in reducing pain,” says Kira. “It’s less intrusive and it’s using cells he already has.”

With Kira’s help, I was put in touch with pioneers Vet-Stem in the US and Avivagen here in Canada to better understand stem cell therapy. It’s my hope that this story will put a face on the treatment by following the progress of canines benefiting from it. While I was too late to observe the harvesting of tissue from Thomas, I was invited

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How Does It Work Dr. Jamie Nickerson, PhD, is Biology Group Leader and Senior Research Scientist with Avivagen Animal Health in PEI. Here’s how he describes the incredible way stem cell therapy works.

to watch the remarkable breakthrough of stem cells being administered to him. In case you’re unaware of the procedure, it involves removing adipose (fat) from the shoulder or stomach area of the patient (see sidebar).

“When using stem cells from fat there, are no side effects,” says Avivagen’s Dr. Isabelle Verzberger-Epshtein.

Her colleague, Dr. Corey Orava from Vet-Stem, adds: “It has been found that adipose contains an abundance of stem cells.”

Dr. Jamie Nickerson from Avivagen explains further, “We like to have the vet give us as much fat as they can. It could be as many as two tubes of fat. Each tube is about 50ml or an average of 90 grams of fat.”

To date, Avivagen has processed 15 cases in Canada.

Thomas was number 15. I met him and Kira at Mississauga Oakville Veterinarian Emergency Hospital the day of his surgery. Thomas was bouncing around, tail wagging madly while mom held his teddy bear. The bond of love between them was awesome! After the intake and being weighed in at a whopping 114lbs of mostly muscle, Thomas was led away by the technician for pre-op. Catheterized and sedated, by the time we joined him, he was sleeping comfortably as his shoulders and elbows were shaved for the injections.

I watched with fascination as Dr. Alexandra Bos administered a needle into the joint and withdrew syno-

“We have tissues in the body, such as tendons, cartilage, muscle, and bone marrow. Within those tissues are resident stem cells. Most tissues in the body have resident stem cells that play a role in maintenance and regenerating tissues.

What happens if there is an injury, such as the joint injury in a dog like Thomas?

The cells in that area would sound the alarm and send out signals into the blood to indicate that there is an injury here, there’s a tear, or there is a degeneration of tissue and we need to rebuild this tissue.”

“Those signals are received by stem cells located in other tissues throughout the body. It’s kind of like a homing signal so stem cells will begin to mobilize, for example, from adipose (fat) and begin to migrate to the site of injury. They come into those sites of injury where they would differentiate and help replace or rebuild the injured tissue.”

vial fluid to ensure they were in the precise spot to inject the stem cells. I cringed a little when I saw the size of the needle, which was left in the site while the syringe was removed and replaced with one containing the stem cells, which were then administered. It was as easy as that! Thomas received an injection in each elbow and shoulder. Following this he received an IV injection of stem cells for a systemic support.

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Thomas’ story

By Kira Andersen

Milestone’s Feeling Lucky Call Name: Thomas Birthday: June 3, 2010 Breed: Dog de Bordeaux Born:

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To be a breed advocate and work with children.

Work: Six days a week: five days at Avivagen Animal Health, and one day with children at the Wellness Program with his boxer buddy, Franklin.

Disease: Thomas was diagnosed with OCD in both shoulders shortly before Christmas, 2010. He went for surgery January 4th and came home to recover two days later. He had a tough recovery, being so large with lots of extra skin. Shortly into rehab he was diagnosed with elbow dysplasia. Radiographs were sent to San Diego and New York – the response from both surgeons was that he required further surgery. I made the decision to elect stem cell therapy to treat both shoulders and elbows.

Today: Post surgery, and Thomas is well! It makes me a believer and a tad bit melancholy as he now plays and bounces and chases his ball. He has less pain and an improved range of motion, something he’s never before experienced. He now gets to be the clumsy, silly puppy he’s supposed to be (off hours, of course). He looks forward to days of hiking and kayaking at the cottage in Port Perry, especially jumping off the dock… and jump he can!

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I left the hospital feeling privileged and excited to be a part of this remarkable new breakthrough in pet treatments, and to follow how this therapy was going to affect Thomas, along with another stem cell therapy patient I had the privilege of meeting – a Rottweiler called Sasha, and her owner, Linda Kenny. The day following the stem cell injections I spoke with both Kira and Linda. Both claimed their pets were doing well.

There seemed to be no ill effects, and both were eagerly awaiting positive outcomes over the course of the next two to four weeks.

“One thing I would like people to think about is this provides an alternative for them,” says David Hankinson, CEO of Avivagen. “There are different treatment methodologies out there that may be better for some dogs, but it’s certainly something that they should be speaking to their veterinarian about, particularly if there are dogs on high dosages of medication.”

All of which is wonderful news for the many cottage pets that will once more, thanks to this breakthrough treatment, be able to fully enjoy the great outdoors again.

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ating was not new for either of them. Both had previously been married, each was a parent to teenage or adult children, plus they both had successful careers.

So when Don asked Chris out for dinner after being introduced through mutual friends, she felt comfortable enough that with all this in common, between the two of them there would be plenty to keep the conversation going. But early into the evening it didn’t take long for Don to “pop the question”.

“Do you… do you… like dogs?”

“Do you like dogs? I have five of them. Four Labs and a Jack Russell… and two cats. Oh yeah, plus four kids.

They’re all adults.”

“Actually, I have one myself.”

“A dog?”

“A teenage kid.“ “Oh.” “And two dogs.”

Don grinned.

“Two beautiful Blue Merle Collies names Skylar and Eden”, Chris added.

“Not much for hunting, (besides being a BFF),” thought Don. “Perhaps they can keep the Canada Geese from messing up the dock.”

Nine years later Don and Chris Peart are married and live happily on Lake Rosseau in Muskoka. Chris’s teenage son is now an adult. The Jack Russell and three of the labs have been replaced. Besides Baron, one of Don’s original labs and Chris’s two collies, the pack has welcomed

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Fowler, another lab, and Addie, a German Wire Haired Pointer Don rescued and brought home after convincing Chris another pup in the pack wouldn’t be that much more work. Apparently Blaze, as Addie was originally named, was a trained birding dog and had been sentenced to a life in a hunting kennel. Today she enjoys the freedom of cottage life along with being an excellent companion to Don on pheasant hunts. However, Don will admit Addie does have one flaw. Apparently she likes to jump up and grab the falling prey before it hits the ground, which isn’t a wise move when surrounded by a bunch of hunters with guns.

“The pack followed her everywhere. Down to the laundry room then into the kitchen.

Outside to the garden and even waited for her at the washroom door.”

Overall, this contemporary blended family of humans and canines works well. In fact, their existence isn’t unlike the one found in your typical Brady Bunch-style family. There is definitely a learning curve that one has to experience first hand to really appreciate. Like children, criticizing your partner’s pooches only leads to defensive comebacks and a desire to compare characteristics that include everything from a dog’s appetite to their “fragrance”. Chris and Don do admit to accusing each other of favouring their own original pups.

Of course, no two parents have identical disciplinary methods. When they met, Chris was more the free-range parent. She was used to lounging dogs. Easy going, relaxed four legged beings who could climb up and enjoy the comfort of the couch. Neither of these traits were part of Don’s doggie regimen. For Don, dogs are a man’s companion and should follow him wherever and always be at their master’s beckoning call. Dogs have a purpose like hunting and retrieving. This was awkward at first for Chris. The pack followed her everywhere. Down to the laundry room then into the kitchen.

Outside to the garden and even waited for her at the washroom door. Eventually, she got used to it. Today it’s not uncommon to find Don sitting alone watching TV in their lovely new addition nicknamed “the man cave” while Chris scans the Internet in the Muskoka Room while holding canine court.

Naturally, with two herding dogs, barking was not uncommon – a big “no, no” on Don’s list of dos and don’ts. Although Chris had grown up at her family cottage on Lake Erie, Don did have to fill her in on the physics of sound and how it travels so easily across inland lakes. In due course the happy couple came to a compromise. Bark collars are used to keep the noise down, and there’s one dedicated couch that any member of the pack can enjoy at will.

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ages, sex and breed all influenced the pecking order. Even more influential on your relationship with your partner are the dog’s grooming, behaviour and health, all three of which can be financially challenging. However, as Chris and Don have come to accept, when you love someone you love all the “baggage” that accompanies them… and their loved ones.

“Even more influential on your relationship with your partner are the dog’s grooming, behaviour and health, all three of which can be financially challenging.”

Where Chris’s two Collies are at the groomers often, Don’s hunting companions make up with a need for extra professional instruction. Most recently, the youngest, Fowler, returned from a month at “boot camp”, Chris explains. Apparently, this loveable wrinkled face lab (who as a pup was once mistaken for a Shar-pei) used to challenge the invisible fence and wasn’t too swift when it came to acknowledging the recall command. Now he’s as astute as his older brother Baron who’s rarely seen walking about the cottage home without a stuffed, slimy object in his mouth – a reminder of his true purpose.

Of course, grand-dogs often come into play when their kids visit with their families. And like every good grandparent, they love them like their own, safe in the knowledge that, like the children, they leave with their parents at the end of the day.

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Over the course of the three decades I have lived them, and they weigh too much to climb after you in Canada, I have resided mainly in heavily for(at least that’s what the park rangers told me). Of ested areas and with two-four dogs for company. course, a large dog like a German Shepherd can During this time, I have had many experiences inoutrun a grizzly, so my plan involved releasing the volving dogs and the native wildlife, and thought dogs so they could get out of harm’s way. ForI would share some of them with the readers of tunately, I never encountered any grizzlies during CottageDog so you might become aware of pomy time in the Park, but as two hikers were killed tential problems that are best avoided if you have by grizzlies that summer near the trail I used, I’d dogs in such a setting. have to say I had some good luck – or at least The first thing worth mentioning occurred good timing as I never took my run at dusk when in the spring and summer bebears were more likely to fore I moved to Canada for “Other, less dramatic encoun- be out. good. I was living in Glacier ters include skunks, porcupines, I’ve got to admit that National Park in Montana since moving to Ontario 25 (just south of Alberta) man- coyotes, and assorted other years ago, I haven’t missed aging a tourist lodge located small critters.” worrying about grizzlies. in the park. This was a seaAlthough there has been sonal job, as Glacier Park is mostly inaccessible the occasional black bear on my heavily forested in winter due to heavy snow. I had two German property, I’m never on edge when walking on Shepherds with me, and had to provide them with the trails here like I was in Montana. That doesn’t daily exercise – not the easiest thing to do as there mean you should take black bears lightly – they were strict rules that dogs in the Park must be are large, powerful animals that deserve our releashed. I solved this problem by going on a long spect. They also appear to be the natural enemies run with the dogs through a trail in the woods evof dogs. Because of this, I always keep my dogs eryday, rain or shine. They were quite good during on a leash when taking them outside the fenced these runs, not pulling on their leads even if they area into the woods. I should mention that you saw a deer or some other animal. However, there can’t escape black bears by climbing a tree – unwas always the possibility of coming across one of like grizzlies, they are excellent climbers. the grizzly gears that inhabit Glacier.

Other, less dramatic encounters include To deal with this potential, I devised a plan skunks, porcupines, coyotes, and assorted other whereby every few hundred feet I made a mental small critters. Fortunately, my dogs are all around note of trees I could climb if encountering a griz100 pounds or more and are quite capable of dealzly. This is the only way you can escape a major ing with the pack of coyotes that live on the propcatastrophe if pursued by one, as you can’t outrun erty. The coyotes must sense this, as they steer - 62 - CottageDog - June 2011

clear of me when the dogs are around. However, there have been documented cases of small dogs (even in cities like Toronto) falling prey to coyotes, so it’s a good idea not to let smaller dogs wander in the woods. Unfortunately, the size of a dog doesn’t seem to matter to creatures like skunks and porcupines, as I can attest to from personal experience.

If you’ve ever had to clean up a dog after it’s been sprayed by a skunk, then you know this is something to avoid at all costs.

Several times during my years in Canada my dogs have had run-ins with both skunks and porcupines, and they’ve always ended up on the short end of the stick as a result of these encounters. If you’ve ever had to clean up a dog after it’s been sprayed by a skunk, then you know this is something to avoid at all costs. You would think a dog would learn from experience to avoid this particular creature in the future, but it seems many of them don’t, and henceforth are repeat spraying victims.

The same can be said for dogs getting a bunch of porcupine quills in their nose and mouth. This can have more serious consequences, and usually involves a trip to the vet to have the quills removed under anesthesia, unless you’re quite experienced in removing them yourself and have the rare dog that will let you do so. The moral is that it’s never a good idea to let your dog run in the woods unsupervised, even if you think it’s capable of taking care of itself.

Of course, an argument could be made to dog owners in cottage country that they can eliminate problems associated with their dogs in the woods by working on the recall command. while this may be possible, it does take considerable time and effort to do so. For example, I once was able to teach two of my dogs to come back on voice command from 75 yards away. This was accomplished through daily reward based training sessions over a period of three months, increasing the distance by approximately one yard each day (guess I’m giving away my American roots here by using yards instead of meters). The bottom line is that there are many potential outcomes for dogs whose owners live in the woods, and several of them can involve negative consequences for the dogs involved if they are not under the proper guidance and leadership of their owners.

Kerry Vinson was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, and holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in the field of Psychology from an American college. Since getting into the animal behaviour business on a full time basis in 1998, he has authored over 70 articles on dog behaviour issues for veterinary publications and pet magazines. He has been designated an Expert Witness in the area of canine aggression in Ontario, and has testified in several high profile court cases as well as a Provincial Inquest. He has appeared nationally on Canada AM, CBC’s Doczone, The Outdoor Life Network, and Discovery Channel, and lectures at Colleges throughout Southern Ontario. Kerry currently resides in the Northumberland Hills east of Toronto with his four dogs (three German Shepherds and a Caucasian Ovcharka) and can be contacted through Animal Behaviour Consultants, which provides formal assessments of dog behaviour, at 905-352-3353 or via email at kvinson@consultant.com.

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167,629 Vancouver Island & Gulf Islands $1,500 - $2,450 /Week 2 Bedrooms, 1.5 Baths, 1,100 sq ft

Details: Nestled on a hillside overlooking the ocean, Comfort Cove Cottage is all about relaxation and re-connecting with nature. Spend your days being as active (or not) as you please. Enjoy a drink on the deck while gazing at the sparkling waters of the Sooke Basin. Bring a book down to the waterfront. Rent a kayak and launch from your very own private dock, or ask one of the local whale-watching charters to pick you up right from the dock! Pack a picnic lunch and explore the many superb parks and beaches. Watch the sunset over the ocean, before snuggling into bed and looking at the twinkling stars overhead.

167,212 Kootenays $1,050 /Week See below

Details: We offer a private secluded log cabin, nestled in the woods, overlooking trout stocked lake, sandy beach and pristine mountain scenery. Rest, Relax, Recharge. There is no T.V. here, no telephone to disturb you. You’ll get your news, from the sunrise, call of the loons, splashing of trout & the serenity of starlit nites. Fully equipped kitchen, propane refrigerator/freezer, stove/oven, lites, candlelite chandelier, hot/cold running water. Loft bedroom sleeps 3 - Futon & rollaway cot sleeps 3. Washroom & dry toilet. Outdoor hot shower & portable tub. Linens, blankets & towels supplied. Everything is here - just bring yourselves.

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BRITISH COLUMBIA

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Welcome To Tranquil Accommodations

SaltSpring Island Aloha House

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173,407 Vancouver Island & Gulf Islands $600 - $2,850 /Week 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, 2,100 sq ft

170,558 Vancouver Island & Gulf Islands $1,500 /Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 1,000 sq ft

Details: Located within 1 Km of South Chestermans Beach and Cox Bay, Tranquil Accommodations provides quick and easy access to Tofino’ best beaches. What you see is what you get! All guests breath a sigh of relief when first arriving seeing that what they saw in the internet is indeed what it is like. Tranquil Accommodations is a home away from home where relaxation, leisure and adventure is all in a days order. It’s ready for living life to the fullest, and like life, all you have to do is show up!

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Details: Salt Spring Island Aloha House is a two-bedroom seaside rental cottage imbued with the spirit of Aloha. This cottage is named in honour of the role of the Kanaka people who settled here on Salt Spring Island.

Aloha House sits on 3 acres of semi-waterfront and is bordered by a majestic forest. Located on a quiet country road, there is nothing but ocean across the street and a lovely walk-on beach. Recently renovated, the cottage features: original local art, two bedrooms (one queen bed and one double bed), a large eat-in kitchen, comfortable living room with a fabulous harbour view, glass fronted wood stove and much more.

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BRITISH COLUMBIA

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Bold Point Farmstay And Cottage

Cottage Al Sole

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171,837 Vancouver Island & Gulf Islands $1,330 /Week 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 900 sq ft

167,331 Sunshine Coast $1,225 /Week 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, 750 sq ft

Details: Cottage: sleeps 5: Loft (2 singles) - the Children’s zone !!!! All linens supplied. Kitchen: all dishes, pots etc.

Propane stove and on-demand water heater. Wood stove for heating. Guests are encouraged to explore the gardens - nibbling en route: berries, nuts, vegetables! Cottage is a Computer /Internet /Cell Phone /TV free zones! Cell access down at the road or up the cliff above the trees. Telephone and internet use (limited -your on vacation so limited use) at the main house. Laundry, household cleansers are LOW TOXIN - Septic Friendly: laundry soap, vinegar, borax, sunshine! Gardens are TOTALLY organic!!!

Details: Cottage Al Sole is an agriturismo style Bed & Breakfast situated on a private five acre property. Families with children are welcome, as are friendly well trained dogs. The property includes a children’s playground, outdoor family games, forested walking trails and an organic vegetable garden. Your hosts practice sustainable living by growing their own food, harvesting rainwater, composting and recycling. The fruit and vegetable gardens are accessible to guests. We encourage the enjoyment of freshly harvested fruit and vegetables, asking that you use only what can be eaten with your meal. A full breakfast is served with ingredients from the garden, farm fresh.

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BRITISH COLUMBIA

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Longhouse Bay Getaway Cottage B&B

Cozy Cottage On Idabel Lake Kelowna

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173,441 Sunshine Coast $1,452 - $1,627 /Week 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, 900 sq ft

Details: Our Luxury Pet friendly, one bedroom newly built waterfront Cottage B&B rental is located in the heart of Halfmoon Bay, Secret Cove, minutes north of Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast BC. Featuring beautiful gardens with sculptures, post and beam and glass longhouse with full dining and living room, BBQ and more, extensive waterfront decks, hot tub, massive outdoor fireplace, waterfront patio & seasonal dock. The property is a wonderful choice for a romantic getaway, elopement or large wedding from 6-50 people. RV dry camping is available, along with the main house for those choosing a larger wedding venue.

166,748 Thompson & Okanagan $800 /Week 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, 550 sq ft

Details: The waterfront cottage has an open plan, loft bedroom area with 2 double beds and 1 single, and a pull out bed below. There’s a fully equipped kitchen and BBQ. There’s a 3 pc. bath, a TV with VHS/DVD and a CD player.

Bedding is supplied, sleeps 6 max. Pets are negotiable, and cottage is non-smoking. Directions: Turn east off Hwy 97 at Hwy 33 and follow 38 kms to Idabel Lake Resort sign. Turn right, follow dirt road .5kms, make first left, follow 5 km to resort. Have fun!

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BRITISH COLUMBIA

BRITISH COLUMBIA

CELISTA CEDAR

EAGLE BAY EXECUTIVE & GUEST SUITE

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170,588 Thompson & Okanagan $1,200 - $1,695 /Week 4 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, 1,600 sq ft

Details: On the main level you will find a bright and open kitchen, living, and dining area, the dining room opens up to a large deck. Also on the main floor is a 3 piece bath, Laundry room, and 1 bedroom with a hide-a-bed.

On the upper level there is a 4 piece bathroom and 4 large bedrooms 2 with queen beds, and 2 with a set of bunk beds (child size - 6ft x 2ft)with foam mattress, really only good for smaller children.

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170,585 Thompson & Okanagan $2,495 - $2,995 /Week 5 Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths, 4,076 sq ft

Details: The main house has 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths and over 2800 sq.ft. of living space. The floor plan makes the most of this Shuswap setting with floor to ceiling windows overlooking the lake at the front. The kitchen and dining area is truly the heart of this home. Oak cabinets, an island with breakfast bar and walk-in pantry all in a large, open space with a vaulted ceiling. The rest of the main floor consists of a sunroom, family room, living room, bedroom/den, 2 piece bath and laundry/sewing room. The upper floor has a landing area that is open to the kitchen/dining room area below with a view of the lake through the front windows.

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BRITISH COLUMBIA

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Sand & Sea Cottage

Casa De Playa

Listing ID Region Rate Description

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173,722 Sunshine Coast $1,600 /Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 840 sq ft

173,238 Vancouver Island & Gulf Islands $1,200 - $7,500 /Week 6 Bedrooms, 3 Baths, 3,600 sq ft

Details: Sand & Sea Cottage is situated on wooded acreage with a meandering creek. Your home away from home is 840 sf, and newly renovated with a large south facing sundeck. Your kitchen comes fully equipped with pots and pans, dishes, utensils, microwave, toaster and dishwasher. Two queen beds, mirrored sliding closet doors, with clothes cubicles and hanging space. Spacious living room with TV for DVDs and internet access, and wood burning fireplace for winter comfort. Centrally situated 12 minutes from Sechelt and Gibsons, Sand & Sea Cottage is ideally located to take advantage of nearby summer and winter seasonal recreation opportunities.

Details: Casa de Playa is located 40 feet from a gorgeous Pacific Ocean sandy beach, making it one of the most desirable oceanfront locations on Vancouver Island. Casa de Playa has been specifically designed to accommodate private gatherings including reunions, workshops, and retreats.Relax and unwind with the scenic view of the Olympic Mountains and the Victoria Harbour from the ocean-side hot tub, as eagles and blue herons perch majestically in surrounding cedar trees. A large private oceanfront deck is perfect for soaking up sun and taking in the endless ocean views and marine life.

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MANITOBA

Waterfront Beach House

Pelican Lake Riviera Cabin For Sale

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169,405 Vancouver Island & Gulf Islands $1,500 /Week 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, 1,500 sq ft

167,510 Southern Manitoba $299,900 /Week See below

Details: Protection Island Beach House is located on the southern tip of Protection Island, a stones throw or a ten minute ferry ride from downtown Nanaimo, BC. Our home has been tastefully renovated with custom wood finishing throughout. Much of the wood was milled right here on the property. Our mandate was to use recycled and repurposed materials wherever possible. Three bedrooms offer ample space for 3 couples, or a family with children, we also have double mattresses for an additional 2 people, the master bedroom is very large allowing floor space for these additional mattresses. Please see our website for more details (protectionislandbeachhouse.com)

Details: The builders, Butch & Fay McEachern, have built this home for those who do not know where to start when it comes to purchasing a lot and building. 12 Captain’s Cove has more than what most people expect in a cottage or a home. Fay listened to what people were looking for during Open Houses at Lot 8 last year. It is close to boat mooring.

The home’s piled, ICF foundation will make the home easy to heat and cool. The open-concept design maximizes all 825 sq. ft. of main floor interior space. Lots of storage; closets in every room. One large bedroom is on the main floor with 2 and a bathroom on the walk-out level. It has an insulated, drywalled attached garage.

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NEW BRUNSWICK

NEW BRUNSWICK

Bay Of Fundy Birch Cove

Big Bay Cottage Rental NB

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169,019 Bay Of Fundy $1,400 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths

Details: This family owned cottage has been home to innumerable game nights, long chats on the deck and hot dog roasts on the beach. Birch Cove Cottage has had a major face lift; more than doubling its size while maintaining its homey feel. There is a new, state-of-the-art kitchen with an eat-in counter for guests who like to “visit” while the chef preforms his magic. The dining room opens into a spacious living area which in turn opens to the large ocean-front deck. Also on this level is a full bath with tub and shower. The over-size Master bedroom takes full advantage of the ocean views of Birch Cove and has a king-size bed for added comfort.

169,025 Bay Of Fundy $900 / Week 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath

Details: Just 15 minutes outside historic St. Andrews, this delightful cottage over looks Passamaquoddy Bay and the islands beyond. The large deck and screened gazebo draws visitors outside to enjoy the scent and sights of the sea beyond. The bedroom features a queen bed, a full bath en suite and large walk-in closet. The living room and dining area opens onto the deck and the wood stove adds a cozy ambiance on a Maritime morning. The kitchen is fully equipped with major appliances, dishwasher, microwave and coffee maker. The property also has a washer and dryer for added convenience. Stunning Panoramic Ocean View Cottage

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NEW BRUNSWICK

NEW BRUNSWICK

Clamshack Cottage Rental NB

Cottage Rental NB Bay View

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169,024 Bay Of Fundy $900 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

169,026 Bay Of Fundy $800 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths

Details: cottage built over the ocean ! This fully modern cottage has all the charm of a ancient fisherman’s shack, built on its own private beach and where the water laps under its expansive deck at high tide. The master bedroom features a queen bed and a sliding door which opens onto the deck. The second bedroom has a bunk bed with a double bed on bottom and a single on top. There is one full bath with shower. A wood stove in the living/dining room adds warmth to a cool summer evening. The kitchen is fully equipped also has a dishwasher, microwave and coffee maker. The cottage has a washer and dryer for added convenience.

Details: Just five minutes outside historic St. Andrews, this private cottage over looks Jones Cove and the St. Croix Estuary beyond. Situated on nine acres, with 300 feet of beachfront, the cottage is ideal for those guests traveling with pets or young children who need room to roam. Guests who want a very private location, but be within minutes of restaurants and shops, will appreciate the Bayview Cottage. There are two bedrooms; one with a queen-size bed and the other with twin beds. The second bedroom has a full, ensuite bath and there is a second bath with shower. The living room has a futon couch which folds out to become a double bed when needed.

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NEW BRUNSWICK

NEW BRUNSWICK

McCann Cove Cottage Rental

Oceanfront Private - Oceanbreezes

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169,023 Bay Of Fundy $900 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

169,022 Bay Of Fundy $900 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

Details: When the tide comes in, kayakers can easily launch from the beach to explore the protected cove, or paddle out to nearby islands. The galley is fully equipped with all major appliances including dishwasher, microwave and coffee maker. It opens into the spacious living and dining area, made cozy by the cedar walls and cathedral ceiling. Large widows and french doors open onto the deck and afford a stunning view of the cove. The master bedroom has a double bed, the second bedroom has twin beds and the third a pull-out, queen-size futon couch with a separate telephone jack convenient as a dial-up internet connection. Satellite television is included.

Details: This rustic cottage has all the charm of an old-fashion cottage, but doesn’t lack any of the modern conveniences. Situated on a larger property, the fields gently slope to beautiful McCann Cove and has stunning views of Minister’s Island, Passamaquoddy Bay and Deer Island. The wrap-around deck takes full advantage of the ocean vistas, while a screened in porch/dining room is the perfect spot for a late dinner or for playing cards once the sun goes down. The kitchen is fully equipped with electric range, microwave, full refrigerator, small appliances and kitchenware.

It does not have a dish washer.

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NEW BRUNSWICK

NEW BRUNSWICK

Private Ocean Front - Heartstone

Bayside, NB Cottage- The Lake House

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169,021 Bay Of Fundy $1,000 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths

169,013 Bay Of Fundy $2,000 / Week 4 Bedrooms, 2 Baths

Details: Its wrap-around deck overlooks the beauty of McCann Cove and can be accessed from the dining and living rooms and the cozy library. The library can second as an extra bedroom with its one futon couch. There is a main floor bedroom with queen-size bed, as well as a bath with a large, walk-in shower. The kitchen is fully equipped, and sports a glass-topped stove and microwave. The master bedroom features a queen size bed and a sliding door onto a private deck. The second upstairs bedroom has a double bed. The upstairs bath has a tub and shower. For those who need to do a little work while on vacation, there is an office area with a wireless connection..

Details: It is a great value for discerning guests who are looking for luxury accommodations that are both comfortable and well equipped. Ideally situated on the highest point over looking the gorgeous Chamcook Lake and within a 10-minute drive to historic St. Andrews by-the-sea. St. Andrews, a long-time resort town has a lot to offer visitors; from unique shops and some of the country’s best restaurants, from museums to the delightful Kingsbrae Gardens, and from whale watching adventures to music festivals. This year-round home has a large property, is private, well-treed and enjoys the wanderings, from time to time, of a variety of local wildlife.

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NEW BRUNSWICK

NEW BRUNSWICK

Chamcook Lake Cottage

#49 Cocagne Bay Cottage Rental

Listing ID Region Rate Description

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169,015 Bay Of Fundy $1,700 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths

168,919 Northumberland Strait $700 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

Details: Conveniently located just 10 minutes from historic St. Andrews By-the-Sea, this modern cottage is immaculately kept, inside and out. The large master bedroom, with its king-size bed, is on the second floor and over looks the beauty of Chamcook Lake. The second and third bedrooms, both have queen beds and the cottage has two full baths, one with a spa tub, both on the first level. The large living/dining area has a wood stove, a perfect compliment to a chilly evening at the lake. The kitchen is fully equipped with major appliances (no dishwasher), microwave and coffee maker. The property also has a washer and dryer for added convenience.

Details: 3 bedroom winterized cottage with view of Cocagne Island and Bay; One bedroom a Queen size bed, one bedroom a double bed, one bedroom with bunk beds; All linen and towels, cooking utencils, with full 4 pc. bathroom; Living room has pull out bed, tv, dvd player Hardwood floors, kitchen island with all appliances, wheel chair accessible; Patio with gas BBQ. outside furniture; Walk to its beach, 400 ft. from cottage. “child-friendly beach” safe beach for children to swim and play. Located in a quiet and private area 15 km. to Shediac, 20 Km. to Parlee beach area; If your looking for a spot not crowded and close to all attractions, well this could be the one.

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NEW BRUNSWICK

NEW BRUNSWICK

#88 Parlee Beach NB Cottage Rental

Chalets Vivelo Cottages

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168,923 Northumberland Strait $850 / Week 4 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

Details: Four bedroom summer cottage with a double bed in each bedroom. Three pc. bath, shower basin and toilet.

Dinning area, kitchen with fridge, stove, cooking utensils, micro-wave, toaster. Breakfast nook, dishwasher. Linen and towels supplied but bring own beach towels. cable and a tv, Fire place. All wood interior and vinyl flooring. Sun porch with a single bed, nice place to read at night, wicker furniture. Large deck with outside furniture on a double lot. Gas bbq. Parlee beach is right there, a 5 minute walk to water with all it has to offer our tourist. Volley Ball courts, restaurants, boutiques, washrooms, canteen area, life guards and more.

167,622 Northumberland Strait $735 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 600 sq ft

Details: If you are looking for the perfect spot for your vacation, this is it... our comfortable and private cottages are constantly being updated with all necessary amenities.

We now have wireless internet, Satellite t.v., Electric fireplaces, Air-Condition, Ceiling Fans in bedrooms, Row Boat.

Five minutes from Bouctouche, New-Brunswick, Canada

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NEW BRUNSWICK

NEW BRUNSWICK

LAKEWAY HOUSEBOAT VACATIONS

#19 Shediac 3 Bedroom (nice)

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171,155 Fredericton & York County $1,070 - $1,725 / Week 1-5 Cottage Units on Property

168,866 Northumberland Strait $800 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

Details: WWW.LAKEWAY HOUSEBOATS.COM. Lakeway Houseboat Vacations invites you to embrace a unique vacation experience. Our fully appointed houseboats offer our guests a chance to enjoy the natural wonder of the beautiful St. John River without disturbing the natural environment. Come and join us for a relaxing stay aboard a “cottage on the water”. You can bask in the warm sun of the top deck as you listen to the kids’ splash into the cool waters of the river from the waterslide. You can dock the boat for the day and play a round of golf on a nationally acclaimed course, or explore the farmer’s market and unique shops on the waterfront.

Details: Fully finished basement with a double bed and single bed. Basement has full washroom with tub shower, sink, toilet. Also sitting room with sofa and television, table with 4 chairs. Fully equipped kitchen with dish washer, micro wave, all utensils for cooking etc. Dinning area just off kitchen for meals. 45 inch tv., surround sound, sofa and chair.

Full bathroom as well on main floor. Washer dryer. All hardwood and ceramic flooring. All linen and towels supplied.

Deck with outside furniture, New gas BBQ. 3 to 5 minutes by car to the beach and down town area where all the boutiques and restaurants are. Cottage #19 506-532-5420 ~ 506-756-9099

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NEW BRUNSWICK

NOVA SCOTIA

McCann Cove Cottage Rental

Katherine’s Seaside Cottage

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169,023 Bay Of Fundy $900 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

172,027 Halifax & Dartmouth $900 - $1,200 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 1,200 sq ft

Details: When the tide comes in, kayakers can easily launch from the beach to explore the protected cove, or paddle out to nearby islands. The galley is fully equipped with all major appliances including dishwasher, microwave and coffee maker. It opens into the spacious living and dining area, made cozy by the cedar walls and cathedral ceiling. Large widows and french doors open onto the deck and afford a stunning view of the cove. The master bedroom has a double bed, the second bedroom has twin beds and the third a pull-out, queen-size futon couch with a separate telephone jack convenient as a dial-up internet connection. Satellite television is included.

Details: This peaceful little oceanfront gem on 2/3 acre is situated a slow 20 minute drive outside Metropolitan Halifax right along the scenic Lighthouse Route leading to world famous Peggy’s Cove (15 minutes away) and yet is about as peaceful and quiet as you can imagine. We have wi-fi internet access. ALL PRICES ARE TAX INCLUDED. We are open year round,the hot tub tub goes year round as well. Sit outside on the over sized back deck in your very own private 6 seater hot tub while overlooking the breath taking views of the Atlantic Ocean. This property is a 2 Bedroom oceanfront home renovated in 2006.

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NOVA SCOTIA

NOVA SCOTIA

Blandford Inn Private Rental

Private Escape On The Bay On Fundy

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168,529 Lighthouse Route & South Shore $1,500 / Week 5 Bedrooms, 3 Baths

Details: A beautiful property with a great price. Have the whole Inn to yourself! An historic home overlooking the quaint fishing village of Blandford, Nova Scotia. Its history goes back to the colourful days of the Privateers in Nova Scotia. Exquisite sunsets over fishing harbour, opposite Chester Bay. Beaches and outdoor activities within 2 km.

The Zinck house and/or Blandford Inn can be rented separately. No campers, or RUV’s allowed on property without prior permission from rental agency. There is a $40.00 per day for trailers or plug ins of any kind, and must be pre approved. HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE.

173,445 Glooscap Trail $1,050 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, 1,700 sq ft

Details: Tucked away on a gentle rise just above the dramatic Bay of Fundy, guests will discover the kind of escape always imagined.

A beautifully maintained executive home on three levels boasting multiple decks on which to enjoy panoramic views of the ocean, sunrise and sunset, two bedrooms with baths and private decks (both with full ocean views) open concept living and dining areas, lovely kitchen, and all the amenities necessary to enjoy the perfect escape.

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NOVA SCOTIA

NOVA SCOTIA

Lovely Cottage In Centre Of Baddeck

Boulder Cove Cottages

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173,412 Cape Breton Island $850 - $1,000 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

Details: Cottage, 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, Sleeps 6 This delightful bright, newly decorated, fully furnished cottage in the centre of Baddeck offers 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, large front and back gardens, complete with an outdoor BBQ and new patio set with umbrella . It has a fully equipped kitchen and all bedding and towels are included. The cottage is within a short walking distance of grocery and liquor stores, library and churches. Walk down to the waterfront and enjoy a sail on the Amoeba Sailing Tours around Baddeck Bay.

172,036 Lighthouse Route & South Shore $650 - $1,000 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 750 sq ft

Details: Nestled along the rocky shoreline of Shelburne Harbour, between the towering century old pines, are 5 cottage hideaways waiting for your visit. Boulder Cove Cottages offers the casual luxuries any guest would demand with picturesque Bay views, relaxing airjet or whirlpool tubs and access to the freshest Atlantic seafood in Nova Scotia.

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NOVA SCOTIA

NOVA SCOTIA

Whispering Waves Cottages

Mussel Cove Cottage

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173,402 Lighthouse Route & South Shore $750 - $1,050 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 800 sq ft

171,800 Marine Drive & East Shore $1,400 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

Details: Welcome to Whispering Waves Cottages. Pick from six cozy cottages for your next Nova Scotia vacation by the sea. Our oceanfront accommodation, cottage rental and vacation rental facility is located in the tiny village of Ingomar, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The sound of the whispering waves rhythmically splashing on the shore, the smell of the crisp fresh salt air as it caresses your face will soothe both the body and the soul! The peacefulness will ground you in the moment.

Details: The Cottage on Mussel Cove was recently renovated with deliberate intent to retain its rustic woodsy ambience.

The kitchen is equipped with new appliances and a counter where you can lean, mix drinks and cheer on the cook. It’s open onto the living/dining area with fireplace and surrounded by a summery screened in porch. Both bedrooms have comfortable new queen size beds and there’s a great sleeping loft that kids love.

There’s no fussiness here- just lots of comfort and a great attitude.

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NOVA SCOTIA

NOVA SCOTIA

Northumberland Strait Cottage

The Ultimate Seaside Getaway

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172,042 Lighthouse Route & South Shore $650 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

Details: Cottage along the Shores of Malagash Located near the Northumberland Strait, this cottage is a solid 3 bedroom, fully furnished home on a private 2 acre lot with a classic red sand beachfront on Tatamagouche Bay. The water is very shallow and warm in the summer and very good for swimming. Facilities for golfing, boating, hiking and cycling are located nearby. The cottage is a 3 bedroom bungalow built on a concrete slab,with a screened in deck accross the front facing the bay. It is fully insulated, with electric heat and a wood stove for year-round enjoyment.

172,276 Sunrise Trail $1,200 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths

Details: This newly constructed exterior stone cottage is only 4 years old. It’s located in Seafoam on a quiet 2 acre lot on the Northumberland Straight. Fully equipment with modern amenities, this property is truly the ultimate getaway.

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NOVA SCOTIA

NOVA SCOTIA

Beautiful Cottage In Cape Breton

McIntyre’s Housekeeping Cottages

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171,836 Cape Breton Island $700 - $980 / Week 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath

171,838 Cape Breton Island Please Call 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 500 sq ft

Details: The cottage is a pine / cedar loft style bungalow, with one full downstairs double bedroom and a double size hide-a-bed in the loft recreation room & living room. 6 can sleep in comfort.

The cottage has full kitchen facilities with fridge / freezer, 4 burner stove, microwave, toaster, coffee maker, kettle, etc. The bathroom is a 4 piece with bath / shower, toilet & wash basin. The living room / dining / kitchen is open plan, and can seat 6 adults. The cottage has a new washer/dryer facility.

Details: A ‘home away from home’ in Baddeck, the heart of Cape Breton Island, where any spot on the island is not more than 90 minutes away. McIntyre’s Cottages and Cameron House is a relaxing spot to come home to after daytripping around the island. Drive the Cabot Trail, visit the Fortress of Louisbourg, spend the day at the beach, hike the highlands, fish the lakes, take a boat tour and then come home, put your feet up on the railing and enjoy a cold drink while the steaks sizzle on the your barbecue. All this while you gaze at the panoramic view of the Bras d’or Lakes. A piece of heaven. Some units have A/C and one one bedroom cottage has a whirlpool tub.

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NOVA SCOTIA

NOVA SCOTIA

Morning Mist Cottage Retreat

Charming Nova Scotia Cottage

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173,466 Lighthouse Route & South Shore $1,895 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths

168,812 Lighthouse Route & South Shore $750 / Week 4 Bedrooms, 2 Baths

Details: Morning Mist Cottage Retreat is indeed a holiday retreat that will keep you coming back for fourth and fifth visits. Located in Shelburne County on Lake Deception on the south shore of Nova Scotia, Morning Mist Cottage has evolved over 33 years since the first section of the cottage was built. If you are looking for a cottage that is private look no further. Morning Mist Cottage is situated on 62 acres of woodland and is a secluded sanctuary for you and your friends or family.

Details: Situated on a 5-acre private lot just five minutes drive to Louis Head Beach – a spectacular, virtually deserted, white sandy beach – Meadow Pines is a relaxing family friendly cottage. At the heart of the house is a large, brightly lit, fully equipped, eat-in kitchen with a picture window overlooking the Sable River and the ocean beyond. The living room is comfortably furnished and tastefully decorated. Jigsaws, games, books, videos, DVDs and a satellite TV all add to create that sense of “being at home”. There are 4 bedrooms – 2 downstairs and 2 upstairs. The Master bedroom, downstairs has a queen size bed, its own TV and a view of the water.

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NOVA SCOTIA

NOVA SCOTIA

Family Friendly Oceanview Cottage

Cottage On White Sandy Beach

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168,817 Lighthouse Route & South Shore $1 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths

168,820 Lighthouse Route & South Shore $1,000 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths

Details: Recently renovated, Shipwright’s Cottage features a fully equipped large kitchen with breakfast bar; separate dining room, living room and den with pull out sofa. Picture windows in the living room and sliding patio doors in the dining room take full advantage of the view. A large porch extends the living space outside and focuses on the ocean, garden and view. Upstairs are three bedrooms. The master bedroom and spans the width of the house and has a queen size bed and a spectacular view of the blue waters of Shelburne Harbour. A second bedroom has a double bed while the third bedroom has two twin beds.

Details: The Frances Louis House was designed and built in the early 1970s by a Nova Scotia architect, Keith Graham.

The modernist design style of clean lines and light infused spaces is softened by the use of natural materials. The main living area is comprised of a large fully equipped kitchen, dining room and a sunken living room that looks out on to the deck. A large stone fireplace anchors the living room while floor to ceiling windows flood the space with light. A corridor leads from the main living area to the bedrooms.

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NOVA SCOTIA

NOVA SCOTIA

Spectacular Ocean Views

Tranquility By The Bay

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168,800 Lighthouse Route & South Shore $850 / Week 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath

168,813 Lighthouse Route & South Shore $1,000 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 1.5 Baths

Details: Sand Dollar Cottage is a cozy one bedroom cottage with a delightful sun room and a private deck overlooking Port Mouton bay. This sweet cottage is fully equipped with a large eat in kitchen, comfortable living room, queen size bedroom, 3 piece bathroom and a bright sun room with a glorious view and two decks. . The front deck is accessed via the sun room and is extremely private. The large side deck is nicely appointed with Adirondack chairs. Perfect for a couple looking for a beach side retreat, a place to put up your feet and truly relax. This cottage shares a drive way with Star Fish Cottage.

Details: This bright, sunny cottage is about 200 meters from the water line. It is set on a slight rise in elevation and enjoys a lovely view of Shelburne’s pristine harbour. Full of charm, the cottage features a well-equipped kitchen, living room, a separate dining room, three bedrooms and three washrooms. The large comfortable living room has bamboo floors, a propane fireplace and leather furnishings. There are three bedrooms – the master bedroom, downstairs, has a lovely view of the harbour, king size bed, TV, and an ensuite 4-piece washroom. There is a second 4-piece bathroom upstairs as well as a powder room on the ground floor. There are two additional bedrooms upstairs both with twin size

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NOVA SCOTIA

NOVA SCOTIA

Stunning Secluded Beach House

Vidito Family Campground & Cottages

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168,796 Lighthouse Route & South Shore $1,500 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths

172,109 Evangeline Trail & Bay Of Fundy $540 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

Details: The Red Head Beach house is a unique vacation home located next to a large beautiful sandy beach. What makes it special is that while it is just a stroll to the beach it also sits on a beautiful lake all by itself. The home features a large great room with a wood fireplace, floor to ceiling windows and sliding doors leading to an enormous full-length deck. The view of the lake and ocean from the living room is almost overwhelming. Adjacent to the living room is a fully equipped kitchen with everything you need to create beautiful meals. At either end of the house are queen size bedrooms with plenty of closet space, and sliding doors to the ocean view deck.

Details: Enjoy the best kept secret in the heart of the Annapolis Valley along the Evangeline Trail. We have something to offer every type of camper, young and old. You can relax along the banks of the Annapolis River or lounge in our fully equipped cottages and motel rooms. Our family campground was established by George White in the early 1960,s as Whites Motel and Cottages. Although it changed hands in July 2008, we still offer the same small town hospitality with several new up-grades, including the addition of a Pool. We look forward to greeting many new faces, along with familiar ones.

For more info visit http://www.cottagecountry.com/listings/168796/

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NOVA SCOTIA

NOVA SCOTIA

Bay Of Fundy Lodge

Chester Peninsula Summer Home

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172,086 Evangeline Trail & Bay Of Fundy $1,200 / Week 4 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

172,084 Lighthouse Route & South Shore $2,500 / Week 7 Bedrooms, 4+ Baths

Details: Saunter down to the rugged basalt outcroppings that form this ancient shoreline and watch for seals, seabirds, porpoises and whales. Watch our local Lobster fishermen pulling their traps !! You can watch them from the Lodge, but you’ll want to walk by the shore and feel the fresh sea breeze on your face.

We will even show you how to cook and eat your lobster ! It’s our specialty! A short distance from beautiful golf courses and shopping ! For the children, Upper Clements Park is only 40 mins. away!

Details: Character and charm best describe this classic Chester summer home built in 1916. Family owned for four generations, you are invited to share in its history of happy memories. Located on the Chester Peninsula, this private setting, situated on direct ocean frontage, has amongst the best views of Mahone Bay and many of its islands. The best days begin with crystal clear mornings and conclude with spectacular sunsets that give way to star filled skies that only seeing can describe.

For more info visit http://www.cottagecountry.com/listings/172086/

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NOVA SCOTIA

NOVA SCOTIA

Oceanfront Cottage

Owls Head Retreat

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172,012 Glooscap Trail $500 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

171,188 St. Margarets Bay $1,750 - $1,975 / Week 4 Bedrooms, 3 Baths

Details: Located in Fox River, about 15 min. from Parrsboro and 25 min. from Advocate Harbour. Clean, comfortable cottage available for rent with a beautiful seaside view of the Bay of Fundy’s Minas Basin in Nova Scotia. Deck and barbecue, shower, TV/DVD. Each bedroom has a double bed and the living room has a pull-out. If peace and quiet on the beach is what you’re looking for, then this is for you. Available for $500 per week or $150 per night. Near attractions in Parrsboro, Port Greville and Advocate Harbour.

Details: Owls Head Retreat sits on a small island (assessible by bridge) overlooking the pristine shores of St. Margarets Bay. It offers plenty of privacy, breath-taking views, cathedral ceilings, sky lights, a beach-stone fireplace, a gourmet kitchen, jacuzzi in the master en-suite, and much more....

You’ll find everything you need for the perfect get-away... a propane BBQ, satellite TV, washer, dryer, dishwasher and a hammock on the wrap-around deck that’s guaranteed to lull you to sleep while you listen to the seabirds overhead....

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NOVA SCOTIA

NOVA SCOTIA

Bay Watch Cottage Of Lunenburg

Regions» Lighthouse Route & South Shore» Cot-

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168,654 Lighthouse Route & South Shore $1,975 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths

168,945 Lighthouse Route & South Shore $1,000 - $1,175 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 1,000 sq ft

Details: This custom built quality 2 bedroom 2.5 bath home with private sand beach is located on a “island you can drive to,” which is only 10-minutes from Lunenburg (UNESCO Heritage Site). Baywatch features an open floor plan with floor to ceiling windows, hardwood floors, and a large wrap-around porch, which are just a few of the finishing touches on this 3+ acre property with a private sand beach. The main floor is a open-concept living area with a queen bedroom and bath. Downstairs comprises a large bedroom with two(2) double beds, full bath and French doors that open onto the garden. A paradise for bird watching, walking, canoeing, kayaking, sailing.

Details: Watch the fishing boats, the seabirds and glorious sunsets from the comfort of your own seaside deck. Sit by the fire or walk the shores of Rissers or Crescent Beach to see what trinkets or treasures the tide has brought in. This 3 bedroom 1 bath newly remodeled bungalow features a comfortable yet simple decor that is light and airy with wood floors, great light, comfortable furnishings, fireplace and a well equipped kitchen. The location is extraordinary. The property is located on the water at the end of a private driveway and is delightfully surrounded by mature trees and shrubs for privacy. Prepare to be impressed.

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NOVA SCOTIA

NOVA SCOTIA

Heisler House Haven Nova Scotia

Harbor Views In Chester Luxury

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168,673 Lighthouse Route & South Shore $1,050 - $1,300 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

168,659 Chester $2,500 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 4+ Baths, 5,300 sq ft

Details: The views from this second-level townhouse, located in the heart of Mahone Bay, are one of the most photographed scenes in Nova Scotia. From your waterside balcony, you look out onto the Mahone Bay Harbor and the architecturally intriguing three waterfront churches. Enter from the walkway to the main door, and up one flight of stairs to a light and airy open living room with water views. The two bedrooms are tastefully decorated with comfortable extra-long, European beds with high-quality linens. Bring your favorite CDs. as the VCR, TV and CD player are there for your entertainment. The kitchen is fully equipped and offers a comfortable seating area. Washer and Dryer.

Details: If you are looking for the best, you’ve found it! A million-dollar home with million-dollar views.This private and luxurious newly built 3 bedroom 4 bath custom home is situated in the village of Chester, overlooking the waterfront. This great location is central to beaches, golf courses, and shopping. Stunning ocean views are enjoyed from each of the three levels which are beautifully decorated. A few of the highlights of Harbor Watch include a movie theater/recreation room with bar, library, a gourmet kitchen that has been thoughtfully designed and well equipped with stainless appliances & a lovely dining room with custom built mahogany dining table.

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NOVA SCOTIA

NOVA SCOTIA

Hilltop Cottage In Hubbards

Ovens View & Guest Cottage

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171,116 St. Margarets Bay $1,200 - $1,750 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, 2,000 sq ft

168,665 Lighthouse Route & South Shore $1,100 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths

Details: Take in as much beauty as the undeveloped Nova Scotia waterfront has to offer, from this cozy, very private 3-story ocean view home overlooking St. Margaret’s Bay on 8 acres with easy access to walking trails.This comfortable property is situated in Northwest Cove offering a prime location, magnificent views and plenty of space and privacy to relax. Watch the fishing boats, the seabirds or a glorious sunset from the comfort of your private deck.Once inside, expansive windows, wood floors, and light filled rooms create a warm atmosphere. The feeling of living outdoors is enhanced by vast panoramic ocean window views.

Details: The fishing village of Blue Rocks is one of the prettiest, most photographed, and painted areas on the south shore. Named for the slate rocks that form the 185 feet of bold rocky shoreline, it is a great place to watch the surf, walk the common land and enjoy the simple pleasures of life. Only a five-minute drive to historic downtown Lunenburg. The headland of Rose Head and the Ovens Natural Park is easily viewed from the deck(s) of this charming home. The main house is comprised of 2 bedrooms and 1 bath. A separate guesthouse and bath have been added. The location is extraordinary.

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NOVA SCOTIA

NEWFOUNDLAND

Old Fish Store On The Beach

Whaleback Cottage

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168,668 St. Margarets Bay $850 - $1,850 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, 1,750 sq ft

Details: The Old Fish Store offers rustic elegance, privacy, and your own dock with kayak, plus 400 ft of ocean frontage on St. Margaret’s Bay with a sand beach. Once a fish store, this 3 bedroom 2 bath 1600 sq. ft. home has been lovingly refurbished to recapture and preserve the property’s character. Original ceiling beams and plank flooring, along with an antique brick fireplace and banister add to the charm and character of this delightful waterfront home. An exquisite garden off the back veranda, near the beach, and an upper deck overlooking the water, enhance the outdoor beauty of this peaceful setting by the sea coast.

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168,730 Avalon Peninsula $950 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 1,250 sq ft

Details: Whaleback Cottage is a beautiful oceanfront cottage situated at the bottom of Trinity Bay (near Old Shop).

Amenities include: 2 bedrooms (1 with queen, 1 with queen + twin), 4 piece bath. All linens/towels provided. Well equipped kitchen, plus BBQ on deck. TV/DVD/VCR. The 1 acre treed lot allows for peace and privacy while watching the sunsets from the deck. 100m trail through the property leads to the ocean.Great for kayakers, bird watchers, hikers. The cottage is pet friendly (with discretion) and the yard is fenced to allow your pal a bit of freedom, too. No smoking, please.

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NEWFOUNDLAND

NEWFOUNDLAND

Burnt Cape Cabins

Crocker Cabins

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168,752 Western Newfoundland $840 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

167,640 Western Newfoundland $632 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 480 sq ft

Details: Your starting point for exploring the natural beauty of the Great Northern Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador Canada. Right next to Lane Meadows. Burnt Cape Cabins and Suites is lactated in the picturesque Town of Raleigh, adjacent to Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve, a botanist’s paradise which boast over 300 species of plant life, including 30 species of rare plants. Burnt Cape is the first site in the world where the extremely rare Burnt Cape cinquefoil was discovered. These 4-star, two bedroom cabins offer a great view overlooking Raleigh Harbour and Burt Cape Ecological Reserve.

Details: Crocker Cabins are 1- & 2-bedroom efficiency units with fully-equipped kitchen, full bathroom, living area with satellite TV. We are located in a quiet area on the boundary between Gros Morne National Park and the community of Trout River. We are open year-round, Pet friendly, have laundromat on site, in the heart of the Parks hiking district & easy access to community attractions. Near one of the best restaurants on the island. Visa, Mastercard & American Express accepted.

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Gorgeous New Linwood Lakehouse

Flat Rock Four Season Cottage

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170,549 Kawarthas $3,250 / Week 5 Bedrooms, 4+ Baths, 2,500 sq ft

Details: Thank you for viewing our listing. We lost our original cottage in an arson & rebuilt a gorgeous custom 2009 Linwood home on our waterfront. It is 2500 sq. ft. (not including lower level) & everything is new. The main level has a huge Great Room that is open to the dining room, spacious deck and large fully equipped kitchen. There is a gas fireplace extends 21 ft. up, a 32” flat screen TV, DVD player, 4 couches and lots of space to relax & view the lake. The main level master bedroom has a king bed & ensuite bath (clawfoot tub, glass shower & huge vanity).

170,763 Almaguin Highlands $2,100 - $3,000 / Week 4 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, 2,400 sq ft

Details: Our original summer cottage was completely renovated in 2009 to become a larger, modern, four season retirement home. The open concept floor plan, very high white pine, cathedral ceilings and panoramic views from abundant windows combine to create bright, spacious living areas.

A focal point of the living room is the original brick, wood-burning fireplace now airtight with heating fans. There is ample seating in this room for enjoying fires or watching the 52-inch flat screen high def. TV with PVR and Blue Ray player.

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150 Kahshe Lake

Eganridge Inn And Spa

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169,760 Muskoka $2,000 - $2,500 / Week 4 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, 1,500 sq ft

Details: Leave your car at Rockhaven Inn and escape to this private cove in a beautiful and quiet part of Kahshe Lake, where you are surrounded by the beauty of nature. Enjoy waking up to the cry of the loon and falling asleep to the spectacular beauty of a star-filled sky.

There is plenty of rooms for sleeping with a master room with en-suite, two more rooms with double beds in each and a fourth room with bunk beds. The Muskoka room has additional sleeping for one or two people on a futon and also provides a great place for eating.

170,754 Kawarthas $1,000 / Week -

Details: Set atop an expansive ridge, our heritage estate overlooks scenic Sturgeon Lake in the heart of the TrentSevern Waterway. Towering pines shade an historic, square-timbered manor house. Loon calls echo in the morning air. Lakefront sunsets bring a warm glow to the dining room. Dunsford House is at the heart of the Eganridge estate.

Carved from virgin pine forests on the shores of Sturgeon Lake, this gracious log manor home blends Canadian heritage with contemporary luxury.

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Piney Ledge On Lake Joseph

Luxury 6 Bedroom Lake Retreat

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171,781 Muskoka $1,500 - $2,000 / Week 4 Bedrooms, 1.5 Baths, 1,000 sq ft

Details: A family cottage custom built in 1931, Piney Ledge features a lovely Muskoka granite stone fireplace and the warm panelling of a bygone era. Situated on the shore of beautiful Lake Joseph, the property wraps around a pine-clad point and offers a fabulous sunset view. With three bedrooms in the cottage and a fourth bedroom in the “bunkie”, the cottage sleeps a maximum of eight people. The one-slip boathouse has a dock for sunning and swimming. Swimming is also excellent off the “Point” and little children enjoy the sandy beach area for water play. This part of Lake Joseph is ideal for those who enjoy waterskiing, tubing and wakeboarding. peaceful.

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170,393 Wasaga Beach $2,800 - $4,200 / Week 6 Bedrooms, 3 Baths, 5,000 sq ft

Details: An extraordinary 6 bedroom property in Woodland Beach, perfect for multiple family vacations, executive retreats, family reunions, weddings or private family vacations. Enjoy 5000 square feet of indoor space including a large multi-purpose room with full sized bar, 64” flat screen with cable and DVD for movies and sporting events, gas fireplace, and tons of open space for kids to be kids.

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Hardwood Lake Private Cottage

Lake Joseph Cottage Rental

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169,775 Haliburton $1,375 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, 1,700 sq ft

172,074 Muskoka $1,795 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 800 sq ft

Details: ***** Spring Special - $200 off for the months of April, May and June ***** Luxury cottage with all the amenities. Cathedral ceilings, walkout to wrap-around cedar deck. Expansive lawn for croquet, volleyball, badminton and horseshoes. Southern exposure, private, spring fed, trout lake adjacent to crown land.

This area is a naturalist’s paradise with forest, a natural extension of the Algonquin Park wilderness. Here you can see beaver, otter, mink, blue heron, loons, deer, flocks of ducks, and bullfrogs sing their songs at night. It’s restorative, a chance to get back to the natural environment. A very quiet lake, great for families.

Details: Original Muskoka Style Cottage right at waters edge! #3 Bedrooms, 5 appliances, Muskoka Room over looking lake!

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Sugar Lake Cottage Rental

Fernleigh Lodge

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169,538 Parry Sound $2,295 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 1,400 sq ft

Details: Enjoy the best the Sugar Lake has to offer! Swim, fish - RELAX - Enjoy! This A Frame Cottage has 1,400 square feet of living space. Upper level consists of 2 bedrooms complete with sleeping accommodations for up to 8 people. The Main floor is open concept living room / kitchen / solarium. Bedroom on the main floor sleeps 2 and the couch in the living room pulls out to a bed. This cottage is situated close to the water with a south east exposure, There is a woodfired sauna and a hot tub adjacent to the cottage. It’s perfect for a weekend, or a week, a month or a season.

171,163 Land O’ Lakes $1,000 / Week -

Details: WINTERIZED COTTAGES AS WELL At Fernleigh, our chief concern is that your experience be relaxing for you. We’re proud of our unspoiled, rustic setting.

Over the last 60 years, we have added facilities and updated conveniences, but we’ve also worked at keeping things in as natural a state as possible.

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Cliffhanger Cottage

Horseshoe Lake Cottage Rental

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171,568 Georgian Bay $999 - $1,999 / Week 4 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

Details: Most Important Reasons to Vacation at Cliffhanger ( CAPE CHIN SOUTH ) 5 STAR PRIVACY RATING ***** The View & Spectacular Sunrises - Overlook the Bay Without Leaving Your Bed (Master Bedroom) - Large deck, with Muskoka Chairs overlooking spectacular Georgian Bay - Scenic Walkway to Water’s Edge (on Bruce Trail scenic route) - NOTE: Caution, stairs and cliff rock can be dangerous, use at own risk

172,059 Parry Sound $5,995 / Week 5 Bedrooms, 3 Baths, 3,500 sq ft

Details: 5 Bedroom Scandanavian Log Home. 750 feet of water frontage on beautiful Horseshoe Lake. On the point in a secluded bay. Steam Bath in Master Ensuite, full masonry fireplace, games, room, polished concrete floors and so much more!

For more info visit http://www.cottagecountry.com/listings/171568/

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Doran Bay Resort/Model Ship Museum

Hedgehog Island Cottage Rental

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168,790 1000 Islands, Canada $660 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths

173,044 1000 Islands, Canada $800 - $1,000 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

Details: Doran Bay Resort is a family owned and operated resort located on the shores of the majestic St. Lawrence River. We offer 9 self-sufficiency, housekeeping cottages situated on 1500’ of unspoiled waterfront which faces directly westward into the International Control Dam and Seaway Lock at Iroquois Ontario. Each cottage has a breathtaking view of the ocean-going cargo ships and upper lakers as they maneuver slowly through the Seaway lock.

Details: Come enjoy the peace and quiet of this secluded cottage. Get away from the rush of everyday life at and don’t worry, no one will bother you here! Water accessible only. Take advantage of the wonder that is Hedgehog Island.

For more info visit http://www.cottagecountry.com/listings/168790/

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Icicle Valley Cottage

Chateau Rosseau Executive Rental

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169,663 Muskoka $3,500 / Week 4 Bedrooms, 1.5 Baths

Details: Lake Front Luxury Cottage, 4 Bedrooms + Loft, 2.5 Baths (Sleeps 8-10).. Located in the heart of Muskoka.

This cottage has everything that a legendary Muskoka cottage demands and more. Designed with the old Muskoka style and incorporating in every modern amenity possible; this cottage has it all. Being only steps from beautiful Lake Muskoka, this cottage is a pleasure to be in whether it is Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall. The cottage is 3250 sq .ft., 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, 120 feet of beautiful shallow sandy beach frontage with approximately 200 feet of undeveloped government property neighboring to the south.

169,693 Muskoka $7,500 / Week 5 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, 6,400 sq ft

Details: Lake Rosseau, huge executive rental, just 2 minutes by boat and your on Lake Rosseau!!This wonderful south west riverside waterfront location is close to the charming Village of Rosseau, which hosts full amenities at your doorstep. The Great Room features 2400 sq. ft. which encompasses an expansive living/media area with a window wall of glass, floor to ceiling fireplace, dining for 16, billiard area with a fully equipped custom gourmet kitchen. The Great Room walls are lined with custom solid pine logs with 10” pine plank flooring (10 and 18’ ceilings).

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“GOLDEN GETAWAY”

Stunning Cottage In Dwight/Huntsvil

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167,168 Muskoka $1,685 - $2,185 / Week 4 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, 1,250 sq ft

Details: A 4 bedroom, all seasons, lakefront rental cottage on Ril Lake, just 2 hours north of Toronto, south of Lake of Bays, between the towns of Baysville & Dorset. Get together to relax & play, or focus on team building activities.

Enjoy the waters Ril Lake and explore the back roads & trails, that lead to numerous back lakes. Some inhabited, but mostly natural & unihabited. Snowmobile, ATV, Bike, kayak, canoe, fish & hike. It’s all right out your back door to enjoy.

169,671 Muskoka $2,250 / Week 4 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

Details: This beautiful 4 bedroom 1 bathroom cottage sleeps 8. Locating a beautiful area directly on the water, Oxtongue Lake. 10 minutes from Algonquin Park, only 10 minutes from the Town of Dwight with grocery store and restautant and only 2 minutes from the boat lounge. The interior is tastefully decorated creating that wonderful cottage ambiance. beautiful sandy beach. Boatlaunch close by. Ragged Falls P.Park 3 min. 20 min from Huntsville. awesome sunsets. cosy cottage. yearround road. lots of parking

For more info visit http://www.cottagecountry.com/listings/167168/

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Nature Lovers Waterfront Paradise

Bruce Peninsula Cobblestone Cottage

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172,060 Muskoka $1,200 - $3,350 / Week 5 Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths, 3,000 sq ft

Details: Spanning over 3000 square feet on two levels, this spacious cottage comfortably sleeps 10 with its 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms just waiting for your family to come and spread across them.

Ideal for families and friends sharing.

Two separate living areas/lounges each with its’ own wood-burning fireplaces, optimise nature. The main lounge has large windows, cathedral ceiling and skylights capturing light throughout the day and the southwest-facing lounge has views over the lake to capture the afternoon light and sunset.

171,528 Bruce County & Lake Huron $800 - $1,100 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

Details: Hidden amidst your own forest, situated just above Little Lake and Barrow’s Bay stands Cobblestone Cottage.

Minutes from Lion’s Head. This fully modernized, animal friendly, two bedroom, 80 year old stone cottage with an additional stone Bunkie truly provides unparalleled privacy. Private gardens and extensive stone patio with views of little Lake make this cottage a haven of nature, comfort and history just waiting for memories to be made.

For more info visit http://www.cottagecountry.com/listings/172060/

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Gardiner Cottage On Lake Rosseau

Kennebec Oakes Waterfront Cottage

Listing ID Region Rate Description

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170,559 Muskoka $2,500 - $4,000 / Week 4 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 1,500 sq ft

169,766 Land O’ Lakes $1,999 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 2,000 sq ft

Details: Located on the prestigious Royal Muskoka Island, this Lake Rosseau Rental cottage is an ideal spot for your summer vacation. It is accessible by car and is only five minutes away from the nearest general store. Take a trip into Port Carling to take in the local sites and summer theatre. Or, you can go there by boat in about half the time. Whether you hang out and just relax on the dock, take out the canoe, or hike one of the island’s trails – Muskoka has lots for you to enjoy. Be sure to check out our Amenities page on our website at: www. rosseaucottage.ca. For more great pictures check out our gallery page at: www.rosseaucottage.ca.

Details: Kennebec Oakes - Executive Waterfront Cottage rental on Kennebec Lake, Arden, Ontario Kennebec Oakes Cottage Brand new cottage on beautiful Kennebec Lake! Over 400 feet of frontage, South exposure - deep, clean, weed free water. Lots of privacy. Three bedroom cottage with loft and one four piece bathroom. Includes built in hot tub on deck, dishwasher, B.B.Q and dock. Availability for 2010 Season - Fall Rentals including Thanksgiving - Very private Cottage

For more info visit http://www.cottagecountry.com/listings/170559/

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Unique One Of Kind Log Cottage

Malagash Cottage By The Sea

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170,738 Parry Sound $3,200 - $4,200 / Week 5 Bedrooms, 3 Baths, 6,000 sq ft

Details: This 5 bedroom 6,000 square foot log chalet home is truly one of a kind; nestled in the Canadian Shield on Lake Manitouwabing in Parry Sound is located just 2 hours north of Toronto Airport. It is perfect for a romantic getaway, corporate function or a family reunion. Fully winterized with attention to every creature comfort, it is available year round, and offers excellent privacy.

170,406 Sunrise Trail $1,000 - $1,300 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths

Details: Secluded Cottage on the Ocean in Malagash, Nova Scotia. This fully furnished 2 bedroom cottage that can sleep up to 8 people is surrounded by trees on a private lot with a breathtaking view of the Northumberland Strait. It has its own access to a gorgeous beach where visitors can enjoy some of the warmest waters north of the Carolinas. The cottage sits on 2.5 acres of land and has recently been extensively renovated to provide visitors both the comforts of home and the ‘beside the ocean’ cottage experience. Pets are more than welcome.

For more info visit http://www.cottagecountry.com/listings/170738/

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Little Whitefish Cottage Rental

Waterfront Cottage With Sandy Beach

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169,540 Parry Sound $1,895 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 900 sq ft

172,187 Lake Simcoe - Simcoe County $700 - $1,000 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 1,100 sq ft

Details: Enjoy the best the Little Whitefish has to offer! Swim, fish - RELAX - Enjoy! This full Log cottage has 900 square feet of living space with a summer cabin that adds an additional 170 square feet. Two bedrooms in the main cottage sleeps up to 6 people with a futon couch in the living room which will accommodate an additional 2. The cabin sleeps 4. The interior of the cottage has cathedral ceilings and hardwood flooring throughout. There is a large Muskoka Stone fireplace in the living area.

Details: 3 bedroom cottage on Lake St George, less than 90 minutes from Toronto and 5 minutes from the Lake St George 18 hole Golf Club. Wonderful beachfront with a shallow entry point and a soft, sandy bottom. Fish off the dock for perch, bass and catfish. Tastefully decorated with everything supplied including bed linens and towels. New beds and mattresses and a butter soft leather couch, that opens to a queen sized bed make sure that you rest in optimal comfort.

For more info visit http://www.cottagecountry.com/listings/169540/

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All Season Cottage Sturgeon Lake

Tequila Sunrise

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171,138 Kawarthas $875 - $2,190 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, 2,250 sq ft

Details: Experience Holidaying at an 8 Acre Estate with a Private 500 ft. Shoreline on Sturgeon Lake !

This private fully winterized executive cottage (2100sqft) has a 1000sq ft., 2- level deck with a fabulous lake view, a gas BBQ for outdoor cooking, a huge glass gazebo for parties by the water and a covered boat dock located off the main waterway. The water quality is really clear and wonderful for swimming. There is a safe shallow wading and swimming area for children. There is a large boat port and dockage where you can keep a 26 foot boat.

171,569 Georgian Bay $999 - $1,999 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

Details: Most Important Reasons to Vacation at Tequila Sunrise - 5 STAR PRIVACY RATING ***** Federation Log Cottage - Large screen TV including satellite - Spectacular sunrises - Georgian Bay a walk from your front porch - Chairs and stone patio by the waters edge - The ultimate getaway. Hiking just a walk away

For more info visit http://www.cottagecountry.com/listings/171138/

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Camp Dav Ed Listing ID Region Rate Description

Secluded Spectacular Viceroy Home 171,990 Northern Ontario $650 - $750 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 800 sq ft

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167,728 Almaguin Highlands $900 - $1,700 / Week 4 Bedrooms, 1.5 Baths, 1,600 sq ft

Details: Camp Dav Ed is located on pristine Lake Dubourne (also known locally as Lake of the Mountains) 15 minutes (7 miles) north of Blind River, Ontario. Blind River is a welcoming northern community of 3,600 situated roughly halve way between Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Fully furnished with television, DVD and stereo. Cellular service is available in the area. Kitchen is fully equipped with stove , refrigerator, microwave, toaster, coffee maker, pots and pans, dishes and cutlery.

Details: Hale’s Eagle Lake Cottage is a cedar sided viceroy style year round home. It is well equipped with all necessary comforts of home, including dishwasher, fridge, stove, microwave, kettle, coffee maker, toaster, dishes, utensils, baking needs; satellite TV, VCR, DVD, cassette player/radio, linen, washer and dryer, propane fireplace, gas barbecue and wood barbecue/campfire, 15 feet from the waterfront.

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Book Your Summer Early At 910/wk!

Muskoka:Lake Of Bays Cottage Rental

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168,726 Muskoka $791 - $910 / Week 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, 980 sq ft

Details: Whether you are “stay-cationing” with a young family or exploring the wide array of activities Muskoka has to offer, you are sure to return with memories to treasure a lifetime! This private 1 bedroom vacation apartment suite is open concept in design. The dining/living room/bedroom all face the west to what guests refer to as the “million dollar sunset”. The living room features a traditional homestead stone fireplace c/w 12’ post and beam logs that revive the era of an early pioneer homestead.

167,210 Muskoka $1,600 / Week 4 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, 1,600 sq ft

Details: Located on 200 feet of waterfront property on Lake of Bays this lovely 4 plus bedroom cottage can sleep 8 and has 2 bathrooms. This cottage is fully equipped with refrigerator, stove, microwave, dishwasher, washer, dryer, barbeque, 3 televisions, VCR/DVD, (satellite available), stereo, telephone. New propane fireplace, furnace, and woodstove. Linens included. This charming four-bedroom cottage is located on beautiful Lake of Bays’ on a beautiful point of land called Green Point close to Algonquin Park and Hidden Valley/Huntsville.

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“Birch Point” Executive Cottage

Beautiful Private Greens Lake

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169,769 Land O’ Lakes $1,999 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 1,500 sq ft

172,309 Kawarthas $600 - $1,500 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths

Details: Birch Point Cottage This lake has a sandy beach. It is a beautiful, peaceful setting on pristine water. The swimming is exceptional and weed free. The fishing is good with pickerel, bass and pike. The cottage is the last cottage on the road which creates a very private and peaceful setting. The cottage has been recently renovated. One of the features is an eight man hot tub that overlooks the lake providing a beautiful view of the lake. The cottage has a ping pong table and a pool table. There are tennis courts at the park five minutes away.

Details: Post n beam, cathedral ceilings, hot tub, tiered decking, great swimming and fishing, a ton to do, explore in the area, pine plank flooring, open concept, newly renovated. 2 kayks, peddle boat, pet friendly.... Kawartha Provincial park across the Hwy. 1/2 hr to Bobcaygeon and Haliburton 3 minutes north of Catchacoma and 10 minutes south of Gooderham

For more info visit http://www.cottagecountry.com/listings/169769/

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Willow’s Lodge

Honeywell Hill Country House Rental

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172,317 Muskoka $975 - $1,450 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

173,009 Northumberland $1,200 / Week 4 Bedrooms, 3 Baths, 3,000 sq ft

Details: Willow’s Lodge is just a short two-hour drive North of Toronto, situated on popular 3 Mile Lake in the heart of Muskoka. This cozy three bedroom cottage is nestled on 1 acre of land, surrounded by mature birch, hemlock & maple trees -- a nature lover’s dream. You’ll enjoy stunning vistas of the lake from your elevated deck and large L-shaped floating dock. Pull up a Muskoka chair take pleasure in the peace and tranquility of your natural surroundings while you watch the beautiful sunsets right off the dock. Our shoreline features deep water off the dock for diving, and a small shallow section where children can wade.

Details: Honeywell Hill is a glorious four-bedroom country property with fifty acres of fields, woods, and spectacular views in Northumberland County just north of Cobourg, Ontario. Only a short hour and twenty minutes drive (or train ride with VIA Rail) from Toronto and you will be enjoying fresh country air, open fields, hilltop views, and lovely trails through the woods. The house is 3000 sq. ft., with two fireplaces and large front deck with a south view where you can dine alfresco and look over the valley, with Lake Ontario on the horizon.

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Summer Cottage

Twigg’s Cottage

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172,280 Kawarthas $700 - $800 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

Details: Cozy cottage, on beautiful Sturgeon Lake. Enjoy the best of Fenelon Falls. Two bedroom cottage with open concept kitchen livingroom. Kitchen has a little breakfast bar, plates, cups, bowls and other kitchen utensils. Bathroom has stand up shower. There is dinng also in the sunroom. Walk out decks on the front and back. Back deck has a bbq with patio furniture. All there for your use. Boat launch around the corner, with boat docking in front of the cottage.Fenelon Falls is about a five minute drive and has lots to offer. Restaurants,shops,the lift locks, and much more. Available starting May 20th going through to September 30th. May be longer depending on the weather.

For more info visit http://www.cottagecountry.com/listings/172280/

172,303 Northern Ontario $650 - $900 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

Details: Come and enjoy this beautiful waterfront getaway on the French River with this 3 bedroom cottage. Relax on the dock or under the shade of the large patio overlooking the water.

Waterfront Description: The swimming is ideal (especially after a nice hot sauna) and the fishing is excellent. Explore the beauty of the area by kayak or boat which are both available (kayaks free/boat for small fee)

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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Howe Bay Summer Home

172,238 Bruce County & Lake Huron $700 - $1,050 / Week 4 Bedrooms, 0.5 Bath

Details: This location can’t be beat!

You won’t have to go too far for coffee or lunch as this cottage is located beside Two Chicks Cafe at the corner of Second Ave and Main Street. Only steps from the beach and shopping. This home rents from Friday to Friday. We also have weekend rates available.

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168,096 Kings County $3,400 / Week 5 Bedrooms, 4+ Baths, 2,800 sq ft

Details: A beautiful summertime retreat, our ‘Summer Home’ offers all the comforts of home in an incredible oceanfront setting! We fell in love with Howe Bay the moment we saw it! That was almost 20 years ago.. All these many years later, we still marvel at the magnificent scenery of Howe Bay, forever changing and reappearing.. We are pleased to share this amazing place with you! Plan to walk and explore the deserted beaches, clam flats and vast sandbars.

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“Capt.” Clark’s Summer House

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172,298 Prince County $700 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 1,000 sq ft

Details: 3-star rated, beautiful and bright ground floor apartment, 1000 square feet with private entrance. Hardwood floors through out and queen size bed in master bedroom. Fresh fish market half a mile down the road. Sit on deck and view beautiful sunsets of the Northumberland Strait. The sandbars are great for walking and clam digging. Located 20 miles west of Summerside in Maximeville.

172,152 Prince County $1,750 - $2,500 / Week 4 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

Details: This picturesque, 100 year old, century farmhouse has been restored and all the modern conveniences have been added. The new gourmet kitchen is perfect for entertaining. The dining table will seat 10 with room for 4 more at the island.

For more info visit http://www.cottagecountry.com/listings/172298/

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Chef Larkin’s Summer Home

Between Two Waters Summer Home

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172,145 Queens County $1,500 - $2,500 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

168,094 Kings County $600 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, 1,200 sq ft

Details: “Chef Larkin’s Summer Home” is conveniently situated on a large acerage across the river from the Glasgow Hills Resort and Golf Club. Located in the picturesque town of New Glasgow with a spectacular view of the Clyde River, this house is also within 10 minutes of 3 other championship golf courses as well as 10 minutes from famous Cavendish beach and the home of Anne of Green Gables. This open concept, modern luxury vacation home will luxurously accommodate golfers and families alike. Enjoy the gourmet kitchen, double sided fireplace, and see the incredible vistas from all of the windows.

Details: A fully equipped 3 bedroom house located on Points East Coastal Drive in eastern PEI. There is a queen size bed in the downstairs bedroom, powder room with a washer/dryer. Upstairs there is a double bed, 2 twin beds and a full bathroom. Satellite TV, DVD. Outside there is an attached deck with garden furniture and barbeque. A swing set for the children. “Pitch and Putt” golf green on site. Minutes away from the beautiful Singing Sands Beach at Basin Head and Bothwell Beach. Red Point Provincial Park is 10 minutes away.

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Carnoustie Cottage

Little House In The Birch Grove

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169,000 Queens County $3,900 / Week 4 Bedrooms, 1.5 Baths

168,839 Kings County $750 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, 1,200 sq ft

Details: Carnoustie Cottage is on a quiet oceanfront point on Rustico Bay, looking out over the sand dunes of Prince Edward Island National Park, Rustico Bay, and the ocean. The view is spectacular in all directions. Easy access to the lovely red clay low bank to the natural beach which is shallow and ideal for small kids to play and splash, or for walks.

As the bay is shallow, the only boats you will see are the mussel fishermen, kayakers, windsurfers and kite-surfers. A short walk down the beach is an estuary filled with herons, eagles and other abundant wildlife.

Details: Situated behind a grove of birch trees, this custom-built, ten-year old, two-story, cedar-shake cottage overlooks a three mile wide bay -- perfect for sailing or canoeing. The countryside is green and rolling with meadows and forests interspersed between livestock pasture and potato fields. From the 72’ x 12’ deck which surrounds the house you will experience fabulous sunsets descending over the Montague River which is visible from Clements Cove to Georgetown.

The Lower Montague Wharf is part of the view as are the lobster boats moored next to the occasional yacht.

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This Is It Cottage

Mc Innis’ Northside Cottages

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168,765 Kings County $1,000 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, 1,350 sq ft

Details: - This Is It - the perfect vacation spot, very private and peaceful. We are located on the shore of Cardigan Bay with a breathtaking view of Panmure Island and Nova Scotia. From here you can stroll the shores of Cardigan Bay, take a hike to Boughton Island, chat with the local fishermen at Launching Harbour or purchase fresh lobster when in season. We are Pet friendly - take a hike through our own woodlot to see nesting eagles high up in the Pine Trees.

- Lots to do in the area - Golfing, Seal Watching Boat Tours, Confederation Biking Trail, take a Stained Glass Class on site, Sketch, Paint or Photograph the picturesque Harbour scenes or just sit and breath it all in!

168,615 Kings County $850 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

Details: Two oceanfront cottages located on the Gulf of St Lawrence in eastern P.E.I. Sloped walkway to miles of white sandy beaches where treasures of beach glass,shells and driftwood can be found.

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Lake Grenier Cottages - Galinette

Les Chalets Du Lac Grenier - Island

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169,659 Lanaudiere Please Call 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths

166,837 Lanaudiere Please Call 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 1,400 sq ft

Details: Built in 2009, this waterfront cottage is accessible for people with restricted physical ability; one of the two bathrooms is completely adapted. Located in a breathtaking setting, Lake Grenier Cottages offer 6 completely furnished luxury cottages for rent all year round. All cottages are waterfront, on large wooded lots each averaging 51,000 square feet. Lake Grenier Cottages are situated on a 35 acre waterfront estate, one hour drive from Montreal in the Lanaudiere region. An outdoor jacuzzi (spa), opened year round, allows for relaxation while benefiting from an exceptional view of the lake.

Details: Rent a cottage on your very own private island. This century old 3 bedroom cottage is built on a private island.

The cottage was completely renovated in 2006 in such a way as to maintain the historical cachet of the house. After a short boat ride (120 feet) you will find yourself a historical building surrounded by century old enormous pine and cedar trees. Located in a breathtaking setting, Lake Grenier Cottages offer 6 completely furnished luxury cottages for rent all year round. All cottages are waterfront, on large wooded lots each averaging 51,000 square feet.

For more info visit http://www.cottagecountry.com/listings/169659/

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Chalet Sur Lac Vert

The Golden Pheasant

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172,058 Outaouais $700 / Week 4 Bedrooms, 1 Bath

Details: A beautiful 4 bedroom waterfront home. Enjoy a waterfront property, in Val-des-Bois on Lac Vert. Only 45 minutes from Gatineau and 50-55 minutes from Ottawa it offers a great escape for anyone.

172,316 Lanaudiere $850 / Week 4 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, 2,500 sq ft

Details: Hard to imagine such a combination, but it’s true: an exquisite home, totally equipped, surrounded by an enchanting forest, with the gentle sound of waterfalls always in the background; visited by deer in the winter, secluded, no neighbours...but located no more than 5 minutes from an attractive village which offers all the services and conveniences of a city, and not more than one hour from Montréal.

For more info visit http://www.cottagecountry.com/listings/172058/

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Les Chalets De La Baie

Au Coin Du Paradis

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171,580 Iles-de-la-Madeleine $450 - $700 / Week 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, 400 sq ft

Details: Our chalets constructed in 1994 are perfect for a couple, but can accommodate 4 people easily. You will find 6 in rows at the end of a secondary road at the edge of the basin Bay where there is peace in an enchanting and individual cabins. Each accommodation includes a room closed (with 54 louse bed), a lounge with sofa-bed or futon bed and TV/cable), and a bathroom with shower or bath and shower. Our cottages are all functional for your summer meal preparation: stove, refrigerator, coffeemaker, Toaster, kitchen etc.

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168,997 The Laurentians Please Call 4 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 190 sq ft

Details: Coin paisible en bord de lac, au coeur de la nature des Laurentides et a quelques minutes de Saint Agathe.

Devant le chalet, un quai permet la baignade ( plage de lac pour les enfants a 200m ). En arriere du terrain, vous avez la vue sur les montagnes, de toute beaute ! Materiel de jardin et barbecue pour les moments entre amis. A decouvrir ! Classification 3 etoiles aupres de tourisme Quebec.

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Hea Petit Chalet Champetre 4 Stars ding

The Green House/La Maison Verte

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172,323 Lanaudiere $750 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, 2,000 sq ft

Details: Come enjoy unforgetable moments of tranquility at this lovely small rural cottage. A perfect place to get away from the stresses of everyday life. All less than an hour from Montreal! Classification C.I.T.Q. : 4 stars ****

172,046 Monteregie $600 - $900 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 1,000 sq ft

Details: Come for a dream holiday on the shores of Lake St. Francis. This 4 season home offers a panoramic view of the lake and beautiful sunset with all the comfort you need. Tastefully decorated its comfortable and very clean.

Located in a sandy bay with calm, warm and shallow. It is a quiet place ideal for swimming, fishing and water sports.

Vacances de rêve directement au bord du lac St-Francois.

For more info visit http://www.cottagecountry.com/listings/172323/

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L’Orignal

L’Atikinak

Listing ID Region Rate Description

171,666 Quebec $1,875 - $2,240 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths

Details: Our log home village is near golf Grand Portneuf and the Golf des Pins as well as being close to Valcartier vacation village. You will enjoy yourself in the waterparks in the summer and snow sliding on tubes in the winter.

There is also a ice village for ice fishing poissons des chenaux in Ste-Anne de la Pérade. Just 50 minutes from Quebec City, the Quebec Carnival and numerous other festivals will keep you entertained. Fishing for walleye on the majestic St-Lawrence River is also offered just 15 minutes from the cottage.

Listing ID Region Rate Description

171,665 Quebec $1,395 - $1,640 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths

Details: Our log home village is near golf Grand Portneuf and the Golf des Pins as well as being close to Valcartier vacation village. You will enjoy yourself in the waterparks in the summer and snow sliding on tubes in the winter.

There is also a ice village for ice fishing poissons des chenaux in Ste-Anne de la Pérade. Just 50 minutes from Quebec City, the Quebec Carnival and numerous other festivals will keep you entertained. Fishing for walleye on the majestic St-Lawrence River is also offered just 15 minutes from the cottage.

For more info visit http://www.cottagecountry.com/listings/171666/

For more info visit http://www.cottagecountry.com/listings/171665/

QUEBEC

QUEBEC

La Petite Ourse

Le Grand Duc

Listing ID Region Rate Description

Listing ID Region Rate Description

171,657 Quebec $1,153 - $1,386 / Week 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths

Details: Our log home village is near golf Grand Portneuf and the Golf des Pins as well as being close to Valcartier vacation village. You will enjoy yourself in the waterparks in the summer and snow sliding on tubes in the winter.

There is also a ice village for ice fishing poissons des chenaux in Ste-Anne de la Pérade. Just 50 minutes from Quebec City, the Quebec Carnival and numerous other festivals will keep you entertained. Fishing for walleye on the majestic St-Lawrence River is also offered just 15 minutes from the cottage.

171,650 Quebec $1,215 - $1,460 / Week 4 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, 2,352 sq ft

Details: Let yourself be taken in the rustic charms of the Grand Duc and treat yourself to an unforgettable getaway, whatever the season in this beautiful log cottage, in the heart of our log home village at Au Chalet en bois rond.

(Small dogs are admitted for a fee, but not cats)

For more info visit http://www.cottagecountry.com/listings/171657/

For more info visit http://www.cottagecountry.com/listings/171650/

QUEBEC

QUEBEC

Raton-Laveur Listing ID Region Rate Description

Guest House In A Garden 171,661 Quebec $1,153 - $1,386 / Week 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath

Details: Our log home village is near golf Grand Portneuf and the Golf des Pins as well as being close to Valcartier vacation village. You will enjoy yourself in the waterparks in the summer and snow sliding on tubes in the winter. There is also a ice village for ice fishing poissons des chenaux in Ste-Anne de la Pérade. Just 50 minutes from Quebec City, the Quebec Carnival and numerous other festivals will keep you entertained. Fishing for walleye on the majestic StLawrence River is also offered just 15 minutes from the cottage. All kinds of activities await you throughout the year!

For more info visit http://www.cottagecountry.com/listings/171661/

Listing ID Region Rate Description

171,297 Eastern Townships $800 / Week 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, 570 sq ft

Details: You have acces by a gate reflecting the property. It is a luxurious archtectural residence build with stone and detail cedar shingle style. The gardener will also use for guest of the house.

This 500sf artist loft is locate above the garage. It include 2 stories, living with electric fireplace, the dinning place for 3 or 4, the working table, the kitchen offering refrigerator, oven and washing machine. Also the water facilité including shower.

For more info visit http://www.cottagecountry.com/listings/171297/

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Stay tuned for the next issue for all the answers

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coast

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audible weather

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wet dog’s sores

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If E.B. White’s character lived under a pier

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nasty bugs

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effervescent summer wine drink

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reeds

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a chipmunk’s food supply in your cottage attic

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rarely delivered at the cottage

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a froth mouthed animal

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don’t slam!

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an electric fish

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fish bait

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dog command

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hypoallergenic hybrid canine

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propelling engine

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dog’s relief station

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Tracy’s lifelong love

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“Where the watermelons grow”

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boarding business

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Ward and June’s son

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Surname of couple in “Love Me Love My Do” (See current Cottagedog)

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Cottagers woeful precipitation

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Obama’s pup’s nationality

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hauling attachment

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Legs over end of dock

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the dog not your short tempered female boss

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cost more than the damn printer

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ideal beach

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talk

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stacked fuel

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canine competition

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one man boat

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