Food, food - oh, glorious food!

Mjau Woooof!
Cats and dogs are....animals! Oh yeah!? Instincts rule - water, food, sex - in that order...
BUT - there is so much else! Playfulness - moodiness - boredom - joy - affection and tenderness.... All of these aspects come to light when you spend enough time with your furry friends - they are so GREAT to be with :-) They have their little moments - like today - Priscila and I are watering out a piece of "Klippfisk" (Bacalhau - salt-dried cod) to have for dinner.... Overnight it was sitting in a bucket inside our shower cabinet, away from the animals....
This morning, we changed the water and Priscila left it on the kitchen bench.....ai ai! A little later, whilst I was outside with Phoebe, Nexus had managed to overturn the bucket, getting a drenching of "fishy water".....!!! RIGHT! Thats IT :-) Into the shower with him....(more on that later)... Priscila and I sit down to watch a TV show on her computer when I suddenly say, "Mmmm, what is that noise?" "What noise?!" AI AI AI AI - Nexus has "fished out" the pieces of fish from the bucket (God knows how, they are almost as big as himself)... He is sitting happily on the kitchen bench, nibbling on one of the pieces of fish...!!!! I had seen Phoebe trotting along happily between the kitchen and veranda, and I therefore went after her to see what had happened to the other piece! We found her licking her lips and we thought that the game was up....or rather, the fish was lost...! I opened up the roof of her house to find the piece of fish hidden away for later....!!!??? I guess she was not hungry enough....heheheh...
Oh well......kids are kids.... They now seem to have formed a perfect team - Nexus climbing onto the "higher ground" and Phoebe picking up the "manna from heaven" :-) Priscila and I WILL have our bacalhau dinner tonight...... (rinsed in buckets of water and coocked in the oven should be safe....hihihi) - Later!

On tour with the Siberian Husky Club

Every Tuesday, the local Oslo area part of the Siberian Husky Club goes for a walk in the forest.
This was the first time since summer that Priscila and I went together for this walk. I borrowed a young dog from Ingvild Jørgensen (of Rodeløkka Kennel), Priscila "strapped" Phoebe to her through an old climbing harness....The walk in total was 7 km with a break at approximately half way. On the walk was also Line Løw (Kennel Huskyville) with 2 puppies - 11 weeks Dolly and 6 months Snøgg. At the break, Phoebe and Dolly played like crazy! Dolly seems very dominant and tried to "put Phoebe in her place", something she did manage quiet well! They are very closely matched in size despite the age difference (Phoebe 15 weeks). When Dolly became more tired, Phoebe gained the advantage slightly because of her longer back and ability to turn Dolly over....! See this video of them playing - http://andersf.multiply.com/video/item/58/Phoebe_and_Dolly
Because of the muddy weather, you can bet they got DIRTY!!! VOOOOF! :-)

Playfight!

Nexus and Phoebe are getting good at playfighting together! This picture is taken of them in the evening during their "evening playfight session" - you will notice in the video (http://andersf.multiply.com/video/item/57/Playfight) that they are quite slow and half-hearted about it.... It had already been a long day!! Miiiiiiiiijau, voooooof! :-)

A day in the forest...

Yesterday we went for a long walk in the forest - the sun was shining, blue skies and quiet hot!

We drove the car to Sørkedalen School where we planned to start our walk. As we pulled off the main road, we spotted my mum walking along in the same direction! It turns out she had planned to walk the same route as us, packing 4 kgs in her backpack and wearing mountain boots in preparation for her hiking trip at the end of this week...!

We walked 5kms uphill stopping at the 3km mark at Finnerud where we drank water and had a quick snack - onwards up the paths to Kobberhaughytta (Copper Mound Cabin). Here we stopped for another snack and drink of water before we walked on the road downhill again to the car.... On the road back out of the Sørkedalen (Sørke Valley) we saw my dad on his bike! It turns out he had ALSO been in the same parts - in fact he had tried to call me whilst resting at the Sørkedalen Shop and Cafe... Priscila and Phoebe are getting indoctrinated with the Norwegian "Out on a trip, never a sour face" (ut på tur, aldri sur!) mentality...

When we came home, Phoebe had a nice dinner and promptly fell asleep like a sack of potatoes! 10kms is quite a trip for a little girl! Looking forward to many more nice trips with the family in the future! MjauVoff :-)

Priscila and mum posing for the camera - Phoebe hides in the bushes....!

Phoebe sniffing out the blueberry bushes

Phoebe and me outside Kobberhaughytta cabin (Copper Mound Cabin)

Sniffing around...

Phoebe looking for something to eat....!? (on top of her dog house)

Phoebe posing for anatomy study...

Hi again! After more than a week with a bad stomach, Phoebe is now "back in business"!
Yesterday was her first day at the Puppy Kindergarden - she was reeeeeeeally excited about learning "sit", following the nice tasty, smelly fishball and generally hanging out with the other "kids" !!! :-) She was the only example of a sled dog there, but there were several different "birdhunting dogs" (fuglehund), as well as a "elk hunting dog" - this reflects the Norwegian interest for hunting...! Since Phoebe will grow up to be a working sled dog anatomy is important - I took a photo of her on top of the doghouse for an anatomical study. I am pretty "green" in this area but perhaps Hans Christian (the King) would have a comment or two!?
We shall see - I guess she needs to grow a fair bit more before we can tell - MjauVoff! :-)

Sleepy head!?

Miiiiiiiiiijau....... Cats are known to sleep a great number of hours every day.... Priscila enjoys a good afternoon nap before we have dinner, and this time I caught Nexus and her napping together....! Wake up, wake up! Mjau Voff :-)