Happy 5th bday Koda

Yesterday our Koda turned 5!

Happy birthday big Guy!

HD & ED test

Vandaag met de volwassen bende naar de dierenarts geweest.
We moesten HD en ED rontgen maken, ivm de sledehondensport.

Voor Sky en Koda had ik helemaal geen stress, maar voor Skippa wel. Hij heeft zo'n raar huppeltje.
Tijdje terug al eens naar zijn knieen laten kijken toen ik dacht dat hij wat aan zn heupen zou hebben omdat hij mank liep, maar zn knie was toen wat pijn en de rust heeft m goed gedaan, want nu kon die weer alles hebben.
Maar toch vanwege zijn huppeltje stressen wat er uit zou komen.
We moesten even 5 minuten wachten, toen kwam, Koda is in orde.
En na weer 5 minuten kwam er uit dat ze alle 3 helemaal in orde zijn. Skippa's huppeltje hoort dus gewoon bij hem.

Maar die arme hondjes, Eerst moest Koda op de tafel, die heeft me toch gevochten! Hij is sterker dan 3 volwassen mensen samen!
Toen moest Skippa, die heeft liggen krijsen en piepen en jammeren, hij vond het dood eng! En ook hij was sterker dan 3 volwassenen. En heeft natuurlijk uit angst alles en zichzelf onder geplast en gepoept.

Sky daar in tegen, die stribbelde wat tegen, en toen vond ze t eng, en is ze helemaal gaan stijf houden, maar dat werkte juist in haar voordeel want zo bleef ze stil liggen en hoefden we haar niet zo super vast te houden. 

Ben al met al toch wel trots op mijne hondjes!

BOB baby & 7th BIS baby

Saturday I took Skaraa with me to the International dogshow in Rotterdam.

It is the biggest in our country, and it was our first time.

We had a long wait, we arrived at 8am and Skaraa was scheduled to show at 1.30pm. 

But when she did it, she was awesome. Though it was her first show and she didn't know what to expect and what to do, she rocked! Because she was the only baby with the breed she got 'Best baby of the Breed' (BOB baby).

She managed to be 7th best baby in the show and beat quite a lot of other babies! In the honor ring. I am so proud! 

A passing

Last week our Grandma past away. She was a one of a kind grandma. She was the nicest, loveliest and prettiest grandma ever. She spoiled us, but also taught us a lot. 

She never had a fit or an argument and by heart, she still was a young Teenager. She was stubborn, not just a little bit, but quite a lot. When she smiled or told stories she had little naughty eyes, and oh, she did have lots of stories! She read so many Annie M.G. Schmidt stories that she knew them all, she told poems and songs. But also she loved to talk about her past. How she grew up, how she and my grandpa met and how they survived the 2nd world war. I could listen to Grandma for hours and never be bored.

Grandma also was an animal lover. Just like she spoiled her grand kids, she spoiled animals. Birds got fed, and all the neighboring cats got treats and ended up 3x as big as it was good for them. All animals were welcome to her. So when I got my dogs, she was happy. She spoiled them, and never got angry with them. She pet them, hug them, and played with them. 

We will all miss her quite a bit since she was a big part in all of our lives. I'll miss sharing stories with her, and I'll miss listening to her stories even more. 

Grandpa take care of grandma up there in heaven. She was quite a handful with tricks! 

Grandma, rest in peace. 

Reintje Otto

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Midsummer Update

De zomer duurt maar voort en voort. Hoge temperaturen, en weinig koele nachten en regen buien. Betekend dat we niet zo veel op pad kunnen met de honden. Maar thuis beleven we genoeg plezier!
Zo zet ik na een hele warme dag een zwembadje neer, en s'avonds voor het slapen als ik de planten water geef mag Skaraa nog met de tuinslang spelen.
De rest vind dat maar niks, en zodra ik de tuinslang pak rennen ze naar binnen.

We zijn paar keer op visite geweest met de honden bij mijn moeder, met name als we gingen barbecuen en verjaardagen etc. Natuurlijk de aandacht van mijn neefje en nichtje vinden ze geweldig, en ze weten precies hoe ze er mee om moeten gaan.

Skaraa loopt inmiddels perfect los. Ze loopt super goed naast en ze luisterd perfect. Ze is dan inmiddels ook al 5,5 maand oud. Over 2 weken lopen we onze eerste show in Ahoy, dit is gelijk een internationale show. Vind het wel spannend.
Ook zijn we geslaagd voor de puppycursus. Ze was de beste van dr klasje. Ze liep ook al erg voor op de andere honden, maar we hebben er allebei gewoon lekker veel plezier in! En dat is belangrijk.

Welcome Skaraa

Welcome to Skaraa, our newest pack member.
She's named after a city in Sweden, Skara, And I added an extra 'a'. I didn't named her after the tv show Stargate SG1, where Captain Jack O'Neils son from another planet is called Ska'ara. But the reference is also pretty cool! Since we were into that tv show.

She is born on February 28th 2013, which makes her now 1 day short of 9 weeks. Her official Pedigree name is Kolyma's Siberians Magic-Touch. She's from the Kolyma's Siberians Kennel. There were 6 females pups born and 2 male pups.


With that news, some more news. Boris (Skippa's Brother) who stayed with us in search of his new home, has found one. He moved to Belgium last night. Together with 2 adults, 4 children, with only 1 of them at home. And cats, and 2 dogs (1 husky x malamute).
Good bye Boris, have fun in your new home. And enjoy! We wish you lots of love, happyness and luck.
Always in our hearts, and we will see you soon!

last training of the season

Today, we met up with a couple of people with samoyed dogs in the woods in Heerde. Some part of the group went for a walk, and only 5 of us went on a run with our dog scooters. Kevin took of hiking with Boris. And I've lent Skippa to someone with just 1 young samoyed, and he ran awesome. He didn't look at any dogs, or kids. Or tried to get to them. Which is unlike how we started the season.

I went with Sky en Koda. All dogs did great. Even Koda and Sky listened to the command 'door' wich i use so they keep going on, and don't go to other objects etc.

There is a video, which i will post later. Not filmed by me, but by the person who ran with Skippa and Milek