This and that...

Hi, here are some news from us! First, remember I told about Paloma and all the fuss she manage to get, and can you guess..., all fuss for NOTHING! She went to see a boy and was supposed to expect puppies, but she didn't get any! Mum and dad finally took her to the vet and did an x-ray to be sure, and there was nothing; only air! Hah! Blondies, can't even do the simplest things in the world! As we saw mum and dad were sad because there was no puppies we other dogs did our best. We went into the whelping box and really tried hard to get at least one little pup. I tried, Hobby tried and even Knodden tried, even if we told him boy couldn't get babies, but he didn't believe us! So, no babies here now. This is of course ok also, as things will be much more quiet and calm.

Otherwise we are doing the usual things, going for walks on the fields and in the hills. Zara runs and bite the others in their ears, Malou carries her tennis ball and Knodden runs to check some large holes that he found. We don't know for sure who lives in there, maybe a badger or a fox? There are 3 different entries and flies buzzing around so someone probably sleeps in there when we stands outside looking....

Good night!

Hills...

We have as I told before "our fields" where we go for walks and can have a good run etc. We also take our walks in some hills that we like to call "ours" too, but of course everybody can go there. The last few months we have not been there because of some dangerous larvaes that comes from the pine trees. First there is a cotton wool like "nest" in the trees, it is full of eggs that becomes small larvaes, when they grow they drop to the ground and then they start to walk on a long line, hooked into eachother. If one touches them they are VERY poisonous, thei have "hair" that are like small "needles" full of some irritating stuff. Dogs and cats that try to lick or bite them or even just sniff them can die from it. If so you must get immediate veterinarian care! So because of those little yacky things we have not been in the hills for a long time. Now the time for those are over, so the last few days we have had some walks in the hills again, but still only on lead, as mum doesn't take the chance if there should be a few of them left.

In the hills are lots of rabbits and it is very fun going there, so we hope that we soon can run and play there as usual! Bye for now!

Lazy sunny days...

We have had some lovely days lately. Clear blue sky and sunshine all day long. Mum says is has been 20-25 C during the days and not below 12 C at nights. We have been for nice walks, but if I am going to be honest (as I usually am!) it starts to get a bit too hot at the middle of the day. Tonight we went out after 20.30 and that was much better. During the day it is ok to rest in the sun. Here you can see Knodden, Zara and me in the sun. Zara wants me to play with her and the tennis ball, but I tell her I don't want to! Hobby, Paloma and London (sheltie) prefer the shade. It is lots of fuss about Paloma again. Remember I told she had a boyfriend in January. Now everybody walks around waiting for the result, they say she are going to have puppies! Later this week actually! So it is best to enjoy the peace now, it will not last long I guess...

Zara and Malou...

When we go for our walks on the fields Zara loves to tease Malou and try to bite her ears. She tries and tries but Malou is not very fond of being bitten in the ears so she chases Zara away. Zara keeps coming back and so they go on. All this running to chase Zara sure keeps Malou fit and in an excellent condition! Zara is so much faster so Malou must really do her best when she tries to chase her.

Neighbours...

Hi again!

Today I want to tell you about two dogs that lives in the same area as us. We didn't know it for a long time that there were both a saluki and an afghan here! Suddenly we met both of them the same evening last summer!

First we met Kiro, he is a cream coloured afghan, he is 9 years old. Nobody knows his pedigree, he is from Spain but his breeder never registred the litter. He is very cute and we girls love to flirt with him!

then we saw Tazi, he is a black/tan saluki and comes from England. His owners got him from a rescue senter, so nobody knows his pedigree either. He is quite old too, but I am not sure exactly how many years he is. He is castrated so he has lots of coat, almost like an afghan. He don't like when it is very hot as it was the day when we took this picture! We think he is very cute too!

Spring...

It is spring here now, or in fact, almost summer. Mom went out with us yesterday (Sunday) and took some pictures of all flowers. It is really beautiful everywhere. The birds are singing and building nests and the frogs are croaking. This evening when we had our last walk before the night we even saw a frog!

Not a dead frog, you know those who has been run over by 500 cars and is dry and smashed pancake flat onto the street, but a jumping very alive frog! Guess if we all went MAD!!! We wanted to sniff it and try to catch it so I think Mom had a little bit of trouble to keep us "on line" :-) We are not sure if frogs can be eaten, so we let it escape into the grass beside the road. It was dark so we couldn't take a picture of it so I show you some flowers from yesterday instead!

And now it is time for my "beauty sleep", good night!