Tag: Charlie

  • In Praise of Warm Feet

    For those of you who don’t already know, I live in a temperate climate. Continentally speaking, this means warmer summers and colder winters. We regularly hit 40C (104F) with the Humidex in the summer, and -40C (-40F) with the wind chill in winter. As you can imagine, most sane people are out walking in the…

  • Dog-walking as an extreme winter sport

    Most people don’t think of walking a dog as being a particularly strenuous workout. Generally, neither do I. Come winter, however, it’s a whole other story. To understand why, you first have to meet Charlie.   Charlie is a four-year-old mix of German shepherd, great Dane, and husky. This means that Charlie is big (all…