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About Us

Welcome to our Gone 2 The Dogs web site, this is an unprepared pic of the whole motely crew! (the timer on the camera went off before we were in position!).

Our Story

We started our life together, back in New Brunswick, while living at French Lake, when Brad and his dog, Jesse, joined our small family of Laurie, me, and Rex, our dog.Brad and I got married in March 2000. Laurie was our flower girl and Jesse was our ring bearer. Laurie had her hair done up in curls and Jesse was sporting a black bow tie. While living at French Lake we spent many hours swimming in the lake and having campfires in the summer, while in the winter we would skate on the lake and go tobogganing. We would pretend that Jesse and Rex were sled dogs and have them pull Laurie on her wooden toboggan.

We bought our first house in Hoyt, NB in August 2000. Brad and I were each able to set up studio space for wood carving and weaving, respectively. We had a booth at the Boyce Farmer’s Market, in Fredericton from October 2004 to March 2005, where we sold our crafts – weaving, knitting and carving. At the beginning of December, 2004 we unfortunately had to have Rex put down as he was quite crippled with arthritis. As we’d had two dogs for so long, we decided to see what dogs were available at the Oromocto SPCA. We came home with Rupert – a year old, Rhodesian Ridgeback/Rottweiler mix. Even though he was on the thin side, he’d been a stray; he was still very affectionate and full of life. He suffered from separation anxiety for the first six months, where he destroyed several comforters and a small couch. He finally realized that we would come back home everyday and that he wouldn’t be abandoned.

We started thinking about moving to Northern Canada in the winter of 2005, as we were looking for a change of scenery. Brad was offered a position with Northwestel, in Yellowknife, NT in July 2005. So we moved the 6000 km to make a new life in Yellowknife. The dogs survived their first plane flight, even though Rupert had to make the flight on his own. We were worried that he might have eaten through his kennel, but he and the kennel arrived in one piece. Laurie finally got a taste of city life, as she’d only lived in the country before. She learned to walk to school and to her friends’ houses. She’s also been able to participate in more school sports – basketball, volleyball, and track and field.

We’ve experienced the midnight sun, where the street lights don’t come on, and the darkness of winter, where the street light rarely go off, and we hope to enjoy many more years up here.