I found myself on call the other weekend suturing up a nifty facial laceration that was down to the bone, good times! Actually suturing is one of my favourite things.

A couple of action shots of Jasper and Bayou. Where Jasper is...Bayou follows and copies.

A new member was recently added to the Birkham family....a second dog! We made the 10hr return trip to Rifle in northwestern Colorado. Joanna has wanted a Louisiana Catahoula Leopard dog for some time and so we researched several breeders in Colorado and Texas. We ended up choosing Bayou, an 8wk old, male, blue leopard with tan tips. Quite the character!

Tosco and Joanna, pic for the clinic web page.

Jasper after an afternoon on the trails.





Travelled north west of Peyton, CO to Leadville for a weekend of cross-country skiing. There is a 12 mile loop through the small old mining town of Leadville. Lots of historic mine shafts and cabins throughout the trail. Plus the necessary component to skiing of any sort...more snow than where we live in Peyton.

Chad (the bridgegroom...Jenn's husband to be) and Tyler tried their legs at snowboarding at Cypress during our visit to the coast. Lots of laughs and collisions.

Jenn and Chad



Johnny and Chad




Another day at Cypress another activity to enjoy! Jonathan, Jenn, Chad, Tyler, Gabriel and I went snow shoeing for several hours.

Jonathan gave Tyler and I a great tour of the ship he is currently the combat officer on, The HMCS Winnipeg.