No more pictures

Yes, that is right. No more pictures... We can thank Ghandi for that.

Since we returned from Davos, we let Ghandi sleep "free" again (no longer in the bench) in the living room. He had been behaving so well in Davos. But that might have been because we sleep in the same room there. Anyway... yesterday morning, when Reto got downstairs, Ghandi was acting guilty. And after greeting Reto, he went back to the dog stretcher and while looking at Reto and wagging his tail, he chewed on my compact camera! He had obviously stolen it from the dinner table during the night. BAD Ghandi!!

He had broken the display and at first I thought that the camera was still working, but unfortunately it wasn't. I could turn it on, but then there was nothing I could do apart from turning it off again. I was really mad because I loved that little camera and I almost always had it with me. It was a really good camera that took great pics. (I have a DSLR too, but that is too big to always carry around.)

I still don't want to put Ghandi back into the bench at night. Because then we have 2 unhappy dogs: Ghandi because he has to sleep IN the bench, and Wesha because she has to sleep elsewhere. LOL! So every evening, I take more care to put things higher up so that Ghandi cannot reach them.

And for my birthday (in February), I know what Reto & the kids could give me! (And until then, I might post the occasional picture taken with the DSLR.)

A week in Davos

We were in Davos from the 25th of December 2009 until the 2nd of January 2010. Wesha and Ghandi love it in Davos. Both for their own reasons. Wesha loves that she can retreat into the bedroom when she wants her peace. Ghandi loves that he can be with us 24/7. Wesha loves that there are so many other dogs to play with. Ghandi loves that he is allowed onto the sofa. They both love the snow and running after snow balls. I was a bit afraid, that it would be too cold for Ghandi, but I have only seen him shiver once.


Ghandi enjoyed the cushions on the sofa a lot

Wesha's fav spot in the bedroom: she has her peace there and when someone goes away or comes home, she can see them through the window.


Wesha did have some problems with the snow sticking to her paws. I cut the hair underneath her paws (oh, it sounds so easy when I write this... LOL!) and sometimes put a layer of vaseline on them. That did help. Luckily, Ghandi didn't have that problem.

There was a lot more fireworks on New Year's Eve than in previous years. Wesha and Ghandi were totally relaxed about it and slept through almost all of it. I had an extra bone ready for them, but since they were sleeping so sweetly, they didn't get it. If only they knew...

We went out for lunch with the dogs once. It was very crowded in the restaurant, but we got a table against the wall, so that Wesha and Ghandi had a calm spot under our table. They both behaved impeccably. Wesha hardly ever moved and Ghandi, although he was sitting most of the time, was quiet too.

Snow fun

A couple of days ago, we had the first snow. When I let Ghandi in the garden, he didn't seem to like it very much at first. But soon he was playing with Wesha (I have a video that for some unknown reason I can't get on YouTube).

Last night, we got "real" snow... a lot more too! So this morning, I took lots of pics during our walk. Both Wesha and Ghandi were sniffing a lot, burrying their faces in the snow. They hardly had time to play.

Play dates

A while back, Wesha had a play date with Nituna, the other Toller in our village. And then we met Hortense too, a 7 months old Deerhound. There was lots of running and fun!






And last Tuesday, we went for a walk with Simone and her Husky x "can't remember"-mix, Cosmo. There was a bit of playing when we just let the dogs of the leash, but soon they were all smelling something interesting.

Update on Ghandi & more sleeping positions

We have carefully left Ghandi in the garden without a leash again. Accompanied by us and so far, he hasn't escaped anymore. I guess whatever was lying in front of our garden, is there no longer.

More sleeping positions.
Not really sleeping...

This is how Ghandi sleeps sometimes. I think his landing gear failed, LOL!

Wesha still loves the small bed

Naughty Ghandi

Over the last couple of days, Ghandi has developed a naughty habit: he escapes from the garden whenever he can. It started a few days ago, in the evening. It was dark and Wesha and Ghandi were in the garden for a quick pee. Wesha came running in, looking alarmed and when I went out to get Ghandi to come in... he wasn't in the garden anymore. He had managed to hop over the fence, and crawl underneath the hedge. He was right outside our garden, on the pavement. There must have been something edible there, he was just finishing up. He did come back into the garden once he was finished.

The next day, he got out of the garden as soon as he could. So now, he only goes in the garden on the leash. Or he doesn't go in the garden at all. Silly dog.

Here are some portrait pics from last Saturday in Altikon:

Running!!

On Saturday, I usually go for a walk near Altikon with Wesha and Ghandi. Last week, they were in a running mood. They just kept running like this: