Our young Dutch 'girl' just turned 3 years on one of the warmest and sunniest days so far. We celebrated it with a visit by Maria and dog friend Lowe in the garden. It's been kind of a dramatic year for Jörfi as we found
This past weekend offered by far the highest temperatures of the year so far. After a quite miserable foggy and wet winter in Gothenburg, it was great to see the sun again and feel some warmth. We went to visit our friends Lena and Calle
Our oldest dog, Deli (Honey Melon Fay Fidelia) has now reached the excellent Scotch whisky age of 12 years :-). We are so grateful for her company at this golden age. She is a very good companion and a role model for our younger dog,
Hope you have all had a good start on a new year! We have been to Dalarna in Central Sweden and enjoyed the frost and snow - and sled dogs! Our friends Bo and Susan from kennel Ulvedalen still have four Siberian Huskies and although
To our great surprise and concern, the standard HD and ED photographs of Jörfi's hips and elbows showed a dysplasia grade 3 on her left elbow. This is not something we would have suspected as she is always running around and not limping. Right elbow
Time flies and we have already reached the 2 years birthday of our youngster Jörfi, our Dutch-bred Smooth Collie from the Mabinogion kennel. She has had her hurdles with too much stomach acid and been hospitalised twice in the past year, but it feels like
Our Smooth Collie oldie, Deli has reached the age of 11 and was therefore properly celebrated today with dog friends, both humans and dogs. It had been snowing again the past night and our neighbourhood looked lovely covered in snow. We went around photographing this
Despite obstacles like sickness, bad weather, and our car going to the garage for repair on Dec. 27, we managed to make our way up to Särna in Dalarna over New Year. I'm happy we made the effort. As always, it was great to be
While Erik attended a wedding in Stockholm, I took our two Smooth Collies in a southern direction to Kungsbacka Brukshundsklubb in Halland. As an owner of two herding dogs / working dogs, it's beneficial for the breed to get a mental description on as many
I hope every dog owner who reads this text have had the pleasure of reading the dog-loving book 'Marley & Me' by John Grogan. The Hollywood movie by the same title was quite funny, too. Having lived with Siberian Husky sled dogs for more than