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Posted on March 7, 2010 - by Doxie

Pølsejakt - Sausage dogs hunting hot dogs ;)

Here are some images of Frøya and Aurora on their hot dog hunt in the snow. (more…)

Posted on March 2, 2010 - by Guro

On the search for a Hot Dog!

It is due time to update the blog! The winter is really not the favorite season for obedience training; the doxies simply think it’s too cold to lie down in the snow when it’s -10 C, the paws get really cold too!
Instead we try to do some alternative training like skiing, following tracks from deer or rabbit and snuggling in front of the fireplace! Searching for pieces of Hot Dogs in the snow is also a popular activity!
Here a couple of studies of Aurora and Frøya on the quest for Hot Dogs in the backyard!

Aurora on the search

An excellent nose for Hot Dogs!

Posted on November 1, 2009 - by Guro

Bevegelig blodsporprøve

1. november 2009.
I dag gikk Aurora og jeg vår første bevegelige blodsporprøve, og jammen klarte den lille tulla vår å gå inn til en 1. premie!!!
Vi har riktignok prøvd oss pÃ¥ en ordinær prøve tidligere i høst, men da sporet vi helt av før vi var halvveis i løypa…
Denne gangen var konsentrasjonen pÃ¥ topp hos oss begge, og vi lot oss ikke lure av opphold i vinkel, selv om vi mÃ¥tte jobbe litt ekstra der! Det var smÃ¥kaldt og vÃ¥tt i sporet, men er man ivrig sÃ¥ er man ivrig…
Den viktigste grunnen til fremgangen vår er nok at jeg har sluttet å vise henne retningen med armen når hun mister sporet, nå peker jeg i stedet ned i bakken for å få henne til å søke videre. Det fungerer mye bedre (siden jeg ikke vet retningen når vi går prøve)!

Veldig fornøyd med innsatsen i dag!

Viser stolt frem premien!

Posted on September 30, 2009 - by Guro

Competition - LP1 Skeidbanen

Skeidbanen, 20.09.2009.
Summer vacation is long gone and it’s time for obedience training, and even an obedience competition to get going again! We haven’t really been training that much this summer and fall, so I wasn’t sure if this was a good idea. However, Aurora has been doing very well on training the last couple of weeks, so we gave it a shot!

Here’s a summary of the exercises:

1. Greeting and Teeth Inspection (”visning av tenner”): 9 points - it was difficult to sit still today!
2. Down and Stay for 2 minutes (”fellesdekk,2 min”): 10 points - I was very nervous, but Aurora did a great job!
3. Walk on a Leash (”lineføring”): 5,5 points - we’re still struggling with this, it’s too easy to get distracted!
4. The Heel (”fri ved foten”): 6 points - same problem as above, however the last part of the exercise was not too bad!
5. Down after stop (”dekk fra holdt”): 5 points - don’t know why we struggle with this one at competitions, first she was slow to sit down and then she wouldn’t sit up at the end of the exercise!
6. Recall from Sit (”innkalling fra sitt”): 8 points - not sure what we got points off for, I think she did this very well - maybe a little slow at the start!
7. The Stand (”stÃ¥ under marsj”): 7 points - a good stand, but lagging behind on the heel part of the exercise!
8. The Jump (”fritt hopp over hinder”): 0 points - I still can’t believe she didn’t jump; she’s been doing this without any problems lately!
9. Overall Impression (”helhetsintrykk”): 6 points - we need to work on better contact/control between the exercises!

In total we got 127 points - a new personal best for us!

Posted on September 13, 2009 - by Guro

Summer Vacation - Bike Trip

This year we decided to take the bikes with us to the cabin. There are a few nice roads for biking in the area around the cabin, and we wanted to see how the doxies would behave on bike trips. Of course, we had practiced biking with the doxies at home, just short trips but enough to be sure that they didn’t have any problems walking/running aside the bike.
For the most part we used the bikes for short trips, half an hour to an hour, partly on small roads partly on trails, enough for us to get some fresh air and for the doxies to get some exercise! They just love to run and were ecstatic when they understood it was time for a bike trip!
Here are some pictures from a trip to Fagerli, this was one of a few days without any rain this summer, and the area around Fagerli is perfect for a bike trip. Very few cars on the road, not many hills and very nice scenery! This round trip was about 13 km long, and we encountered sheep, cows and horses on the road. We have lots of video clips from this trip, but it’s a lot of work to edit the video so it will take a while before the Doxie Bike Trip Movie finds its way to the Internet!

Bike trip to Fagerli

Are you coming or filming?

Let’s go!

A little thirsty!