Quo vadis?

The last weekend before we moved away from the apartment a couple of friends became parents - in the hectic rush to the hospital they had to leave the dog behind, so we took pity on the "little black sausage", Hugo and let him spend the weekend with us :-) It was really nice to have a visitor - Phoebe clearly appreciated the company of another dog! But Nexus....? Well - he decided that Hugo was an object suitable for his "hunting game"....heheheh. He would jump out from behind or from the top of the cardboard boxes that were everywhere and "kill" the poor little Hugo! Of course, Hugo was only mildly curious about Nexus, and showed no fear or anxiousness as a result. What was even more interesting was Phoebe's reaction - if Nexus and Hugo got too "hot" in their encounters, Phoebe would run up to them and "push them aside", just like I imagine a mum will do with her kids or a bitch with her puppies....! :-)

Now that we are installed in the house we will hopefully have a chance to finish the building of our kennel space - perhaps we can then adopt or borrow a couple of dogs....hopefully to make a better sled team than with the little black sausage!? :-)

Home.....at last....!

After a long silence on the blogging front....we are back! Rather, "we have moved on"! Since Thursday Thursday last week, we have been living in our new house in the forest southeast of Oslo. The location is perfect for those of us who enjoy the "great outdoors". There are paths and tracks in the nearby forest, including an active group of dog sledders maintaining a small network of trails... Down the road from us, there are several kennels, and we are ourselves preparing a corner of our land for a small run-around kennel area. Nearby is a lake called "The Long One" (Langen) - this is a shallow, narrow lake that stretches for more than 10 kms North-South direction. During summer, we have our own small place to tie up a boat or our canoe (no engines allowed), and during autumn and winter, the lake can be used for ice skating and even pre-snowseason dog sledding! We hope to park our canoe there - Phoebe likes to come along - after an impatient 10 minutes she will in and swim for a bit before we drag her inside again...

We already feel quite at home in our new house, even if we are surround by cardboard boxes and outdated facilities (we will replace the kitchen). In the morning of Friday and Saturday we had visitors in the front garden - a group of two roe deer and a lone roebuck....! Nice to see them, but they tend to eat the flowers.... L8R :-)