Snow fun

The first snow of the season arrived here in the night from Thursday to Friday. It was so much fun to walk the dogs Friday morning! Wesha was like a little pup, running, jumping and playing in the snow. She LOVES it! She was running into fields and then stopping to stare at me, her eyes begging me: "Snow ball?! Snow ball?!" and if she thought it took me too long to throw her one, she even started to bark at me.
Ghandi also enjoyed the snow, but not as much as Wesha.

Today we went for a long walk with the whole family and Lorenzo was throwing a lot of snow balls for Wesha. We tried to restrict him, because we were afraid that Wesha might eat too much snow. But it was hard. Both Lorenzo and Wesha were having so much fun.

The only obvious result of Wesha eating all that snow was, that she had to pee a lot when we got home.

Weighed

Wesha and Ghandi got weighed again yesterday. It had been a long time.

Wesha: 17.2kg
Ghandi: 10.6kg

I think Wesha is pretty perfect and Ghandi really shouldn't add anymore weight. He still looks good, but he could probably also do with a littlebit less.

Hairdresser

Wesha has been to the "hairdresser" again. Her ears and her legs were really extremely fluffy and now she looks so pretty again. Here are the "before" and "after" pictures.
With fluffy ears:

At the "hairdresser's"

No more fluffy ears


And some pictures that I took during our walk this morning:

Walk near Altikon

This morning, I took Wesha and Ghandi for a walk near Altikon again. Time and time again, I am surprised at how much Wesha loves going for walks in that area. She plays and runs so much more than during other walks.

Here is a video clip of this morning.


Here are some pics too:


Ghandi was getting ready to chase after Wesha:

Then I tried giving them some commands from a distance. I was standing about 7m away from this rock. I took the dogs in "sit" next to me. Then I sent them "up" on the rock, "sit", "down" and "wait" (so that I could take this pic). I am so proud of them, they did it so perfectly.

Wesha decided it was still warm enough to swim. (It really was not cold today)

We're back!

Not that we were really gone, but I have been neglecting this blog for too long! Wesha and Ghandi are both doing fine. They are good most of the time and stubborn some of the time and trying out limits every now and then too!

Today, Reto went for a long walk with them (to Rheinau and back!) and when they came home, Ghandi still wanted more action (see this Video!)

I can't go for such long walks at the moment, because I am recovering from an emergency surgery. Doing really well, though. Today is my first day without pain medication. :) I will be back to normal soon.

Here are some pictures of our two beauties.

Toller Walk 3

For the third time, Wesha & I participated in the monthly Toller Walk. It was lovely weather and there were 10 other Tollers! Wesha had lots of fun in the river Töss and playing with various Tollers, chasing each other. She is getting better at walking on leash in groups like this (I also had some extra yummy snacks with me, that helped too). I really enjoy these walks and I will try to take Wesha every month.

Here are some pictures:

Coping with the heat

Yes, summer is here! It has been around 30C here for a couple of days now. I have started to walk Wesha and Ghandi earlier in the morning, before it gets really hot (between 06.45 and 08.00hrs). I have heard of other dog owners whose dogs refuse to walk when it is too hot. Wesha and Ghandi never refuse! They are always happy to go for a walk, even when it is 30C+. But for my own sake too, I try to avoid the hottest time of the day. I do go out with them around 14.00hrs for a short walk to the Rhine, where I let Wesha swim. Ghandi doesn't enjoy going into the Rhine, he likes it when he can still touch ground. I throw sticks into the water for Wesha and she fetches them. It is hard work, because of the current. So pretty good exercise for her.
Later in the afternoon, I give them a frozen Kong with either yoghurt, or cheese (La Vache Qui Rit) or a paste. That keeps them busy for a while and I hope it cools them down a bit. The evening walk is around 21.00/21.30hrs, when it is pleasant to walk again.

Today, Wesha was very brave and she jumped from a little dock into the Rhine to fetch a stick. It was only about 40cm above the water, but it was still a big step for her!

I plan to take pictures at the Rhine, but I am usually too busy keeping an eye on both Wesha and Ghandi.