Archive for the ‘Frøya’ Category

Posted on October 19, 2009 - by Guro

Leash Training

Here’s Frøya trying to learn how to walk on a leash. Leash training is pretty basic; still it is not that easy to learn! First of all it’s essential that the doxie pays attention to you - and not all the others that may be all around you! Treats or toys are usually good ways to get attention! Once you have the doxies attention you give the command for walking, e.g. “foot”, and then start walking - left leg first. You always start with the left leg when you want the dog to follow you, and remember to reward often! Changing the tempo between normal walk, fast walk and slow walk also help keeping the dogs attention on you. The same goes for right and left turns, or even a full turn. You should not give any commands when making turns, only when you change the tempo. When you stop, the dog shall sit down without any command - use treats when practicing this!

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!

Posted on August 27, 2009 - by Guro

Summer Vacation - Fishing & Camping

We actually went on a couple of fishing trips this summer, and of course the doxies came along. On the first fishing trip we decided to take the car and take a closer look on a few of the small lakes in the area around the cabin. First stop was only 10 minutes drive from Gålå, a really small lake, but we thought we would give it a try. On the first throw we got a small trout! Unfortunately the only one we got here, so we continued the drive to Fagerhøi. There are several small lakes here, and we stopped at 3 of them without catching any more trout

Looking for fish near Fagerhøi
On the way back to the cabin we checked out a couple more lakes, and found a nice place for a camping trip. So about a week later we brought the tent, fishing rods and lots of warm blankets, and did some fishing all afternoon and evening!

Trout for dinner!
In the evening we had a nice fire going and we kept nice and warm. Both Aurora and Frøya enjoyed the outdoor life and they behaved very well!

Aurora keeping warm
When it was time to go to bed both doxies wanted to go to the car (and go back to the cabin), but after a short discussion they agreed to go into the tent!
Frøya found the blankets and fell asleep immediately, while Aurora insisted to sleep in my sleeping bag! I think the doxies slept much better than me! Around midnight it started to rain and it rained all night long. Next morning it was still pouring down and we decided to go straigth back to the cabin for an indoor breakfast!!

After a night in the tent the couch is very very nice!

Posted on August 15, 2009 - by Guro

Summer Vacation - Hiking in Rondane

We’re just home from a long summer vacation - 3 weeks in the mountains, without any Internet access!!
One of the first trips we took was a biking/hiking trip to Rondvassbu in Rondane National Park. We’ve been there a few times before and this time we brought bikes, so the trip from the car parking to Rondvassbu took less than an hour. The doxies behaved quite well, with one or two exceptions (!), and biking was no problem for them at all. Once we got to Rondvassbu we went up the hills on the North side of the lake, to get a good view of Rondeslottet, Storronden, Vinjeronden and the other mountains in this beautiful area. The trip took about 6 hours, so both Aurora and Frøya were a bit tired when we got back to the car!

Rondane National Park

Frøya crossing a river

Aurora admiring the view

Frøya enjoying life in Rondane

Posted on July 8, 2009 - by Guro

Down and Stay - Over Again!

This time it’s Frøya who needs to practice the Down and Stay Command! She just started the obedience training at the end of April, and so far she had great progress. This video is from her 5th training session and it’s only the second time she practices the Down and Stay in line with other dogs. It’s not easy with all the distractions all around!
The challenge here is to be patient and just keep on trying - don’t lose your temper like the one episode in this video!!
After 2-3 more training sessions Frøya was doing much better, she stays for more than a minute, not quite at 2 minutes yet! Let’s hope she still remember how to do this after the summer break!