This afternoon, I suddenly had two three-legged dogs! We were out for a walk, it was snowing (and bitterly cold, with a mean wind blowing) and the roads had been salted. When I crossed a little bridge in the village, Ghandi suddenly refused to put down his left hind leg. And the funny thing was, as soon as I saw it and said something about it (I really talk too much to my dogs!), Wesha did exactly the same. So I am guessing that they both had problems with the salt on their paws. It only lasted a few paces, though. Wesha walked on four legs again after only 3 steps and when I told Ghandi that it was fine and "walk".. he walked normally again.
Wesha is enjoying the snow as usual and she doesn't mind the cold and the strong wind. Ghandi, however, didn't seem to like the cold wind at all. During our walk this afternoon he looked miserable a few times. As soon as we were out of the wind, he was looking better.
Thursday, 2 February 2012
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Lost collar
Wesha had this lovely custom made green collar with her name on it. She managed to lose it while running/playing in the forest! This happened last week and I never noticed anything. She didn't act differently, she didn't get caught in the bushes (or at least not that I saw). But when I wanted to put her on the leash again, it was gone! I was very surprised. And because I don't know where she lost it, it didn't even make sense to go and look for it. As an emergency solution, I put the leash on the wrong way around, her head through the "noose" where I usually hold the leash. That worked.
I will order her a new collar (probably exactly the same, because I like it so much) and while I'm at it, I will order one for Ghandi too, in blue. I will post pics when I get them. I love shopping for my dogs!
I will order her a new collar (probably exactly the same, because I like it so much) and while I'm at it, I will order one for Ghandi too, in blue. I will post pics when I get them. I love shopping for my dogs!
Friday, 2 September 2011
After the move
Long silence on the blog, because we have moved. And experienced some internet problems.
Wesha and Ghandi have adjusted fairly good to the new house and new environment. Ghandi does tend to bark more because of sounds in the house (a door opening or closing in the basement or upstairs does the trick). Some days are better than others.
We still have a lot of things done in and around the house by workers. And it takes a lot before he starts barking because of that. Sometimes they have to go into the crate because people walk in and out all the time and then they'd start barking every time someone comes into the house again. But in the crate they are calm and quiet.
Wesha has her own crate now. It is in the basement and she likes that she can go there when she wants some quiet time. And a cool spot! We leave her crate open so she can come and go as she wants.
We still don't have a garden and that is tough on Wesha. She only goes outside on walks now and she misses being able to lay in the garden. Sometimes she lays in front of the glass door and looks outside so sadly. I feel sorry for her. But we only have dirt.
There is a lot of forest where we live now, so the walks are nice. Ghandi doesn't enjoy walks in new environments much. He is very insecure and doesn't want to walk in front of me when we go to a new place. But now he is getting used to the walks around here and he is all macho again. The only disadvantage of the forest is, that he loves to hunt. So we have to keep a very close eye on him and sometimes we can't let him walk off leash. Wesha is so different, she loves new places to walk.
There are also some nice walks along a river.
Talking about hunting... there are so many cats around here! Wesha sometimes forgets to pee when we walk a short walk, because she is constantly checking if there are any cats around. Especially after it gets dark. So she often doesn't pee on the last walk before bed time. Good thing it doesn't seem to be a problem for her.
While we were still living in the other house, I was so much looking forward to having floor tiles. No more scrubbing the carpet when one of the dogs puked... or so I thought... Unfortunately... it seems puking goes better on the rug than on the tiles. So from the 3 times that Wesha has puked since we moved here, she managed to puke on the only rug we have twice! That does NOT make me happy!
Wesha and Ghandi have adjusted fairly good to the new house and new environment. Ghandi does tend to bark more because of sounds in the house (a door opening or closing in the basement or upstairs does the trick). Some days are better than others.
We still have a lot of things done in and around the house by workers. And it takes a lot before he starts barking because of that. Sometimes they have to go into the crate because people walk in and out all the time and then they'd start barking every time someone comes into the house again. But in the crate they are calm and quiet.
Wesha has her own crate now. It is in the basement and she likes that she can go there when she wants some quiet time. And a cool spot! We leave her crate open so she can come and go as she wants.
We still don't have a garden and that is tough on Wesha. She only goes outside on walks now and she misses being able to lay in the garden. Sometimes she lays in front of the glass door and looks outside so sadly. I feel sorry for her. But we only have dirt.
There is a lot of forest where we live now, so the walks are nice. Ghandi doesn't enjoy walks in new environments much. He is very insecure and doesn't want to walk in front of me when we go to a new place. But now he is getting used to the walks around here and he is all macho again. The only disadvantage of the forest is, that he loves to hunt. So we have to keep a very close eye on him and sometimes we can't let him walk off leash. Wesha is so different, she loves new places to walk.
There are also some nice walks along a river.
Talking about hunting... there are so many cats around here! Wesha sometimes forgets to pee when we walk a short walk, because she is constantly checking if there are any cats around. Especially after it gets dark. So she often doesn't pee on the last walk before bed time. Good thing it doesn't seem to be a problem for her.
While we were still living in the other house, I was so much looking forward to having floor tiles. No more scrubbing the carpet when one of the dogs puked... or so I thought... Unfortunately... it seems puking goes better on the rug than on the tiles. So from the 3 times that Wesha has puked since we moved here, she managed to puke on the only rug we have twice! That does NOT make me happy!
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
Photo shoot
It has been a long time since I did a real photo shoot with Wesha and Ghandi. But last weekend, my sister came to visit us and she had a new camera.... so here are some of the great photos that she took.
(The uploader messed up the order of the pics and I don't have time to correct that. You'll just have to use your imagination, LOL!)
(The uploader messed up the order of the pics and I don't have time to correct that. You'll just have to use your imagination, LOL!)
Friday, 24 June 2011
Raw meat yes, dead animals no
I know that some people think that dogs that are being BARFED (fed raw meat, vegetables, fruit, meaty bones, etc), will hunt more or will eat whatever dead animal they find on their paths during walks. I can only speak for my own dogs of course. But I am happy to say that for them, this is not true.
Yes, Ghandi loves hunting and he is always looking for "food". This can be anything from a twig, a piece of bread or even other dogs, cat or even human sh*t (I always have yoghurt at home to neutralize his bad breath afterwards). But luckily, when it comes to dead animals they leave them alone. In the last few days we have encountered a dead bird, a mouse and a hedgehog. They both sniff at them and in one instance, Wesha marked it with a little pee. But they don't show any interest in eating the dead animals. Luckily!
Yes, Ghandi loves hunting and he is always looking for "food". This can be anything from a twig, a piece of bread or even other dogs, cat or even human sh*t (I always have yoghurt at home to neutralize his bad breath afterwards). But luckily, when it comes to dead animals they leave them alone. In the last few days we have encountered a dead bird, a mouse and a hedgehog. They both sniff at them and in one instance, Wesha marked it with a little pee. But they don't show any interest in eating the dead animals. Luckily!
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
Another birthday has passed..
Wesha turned 3 last Saturday. I was away for the weekend, so I didn't even take a picture of her that day. But my mother sent me this one. It is an older pic of Wesha edited with a cute app on the iPad. It is now totally formed with the words: "jarig" (birthday), "Hiep hiep Hoera" (hip hip hurray) and "Yes". Pretty cool! (Click on it to see the bigger version)
And this is a picture that I took 1 year ago with my cell phone. (Finally got it off my cell phone today!). Wesha in a ski-lift for the first time at the "Atzmännig" in May 2010. You can see she enjoyed it!
This is a recent pic that I really like a lot. It is Lorenzo's hand (like they were making a pact).
And this is a picture that I took 1 year ago with my cell phone. (Finally got it off my cell phone today!). Wesha in a ski-lift for the first time at the "Atzmännig" in May 2010. You can see she enjoyed it!
This is a recent pic that I really like a lot. It is Lorenzo's hand (like they were making a pact).
Sunday, 15 May 2011
New Home
Ghandi and Wesha will be moving to a new home in July. Now, don't worry, we are moving with them! We are building a house in Würenlos, because it is much closer to Reto's office (he now has to leave very early and he comes home very late because of the traffic jams between Dachsen and Dietikon).
We have taken Wesha and Ghandi to the new house twice. The first time, they were extremely nervous, running around and Ghandi was whimpering. Yesterday, it went a lot better. They were not nervous any more. Wesha did explore a bit on her own, but with joy instead of nervousness. And Ghandi was calm, staying near us.
These are the first photos of them in our new home:
We have taken Wesha and Ghandi to the new house twice. The first time, they were extremely nervous, running around and Ghandi was whimpering. Yesterday, it went a lot better. They were not nervous any more. Wesha did explore a bit on her own, but with joy instead of nervousness. And Ghandi was calm, staying near us.
These are the first photos of them in our new home:
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