The Busy Life of Inez

Dog show in Dingtuna

2011-09-04T14:03:00.000+02:00

Dog show in Tallinn

2011-08-20T14:01:00.000+02:00

Dog show in Köping

2011-07-24T13:59:00.000+02:00

I'm so happy!

2011-06-20T12:33:00.000+02:00

We were sleeping this morning when I heard somebody was coming and it was my friend Gimli! We have played outside for several hours and took a walk to the kindergarden to leave my minimaster there. All the children came as usually and wanted to be with me and they liked Gimli too. Gimli is going to be at our house the whole day!

Dog show in Avesta

2011-06-18T20:44:00.000+02:00

Dog show in Österbybruk

2011-05-31T20:52:00.000+02:00

They liked me even this time!

Pics from dog show in Västerås

2011-04-19T17:18:00.000+02:00

Me and my other mistress Inger.

Dog show in Västerås

2011-04-17T17:09:00.002+02:00

I was the best Labrador bitch and got my first cert! Pics are coming later...

Life's good!

2011-04-03T07:12:00.000+02:00

My mistress has been working at daytime now and I got to follow her! I liked it so much better than working at nights; especially because of all these people were awake and had time for me. Most of them get really happy when I show and they always want to be with me. Moreover, they were eating and drinking coffee several times and thought I was hungry so I got to eat too!

Yesterday I had breakfast twice - my master gave me food when he got up and later even my mistress. I didn't say anything either because I just love food :-)

Dog show in Sandviken

2011-03-27T19:31:00.000+02:00

The judge was Joakim Ohlsson.

Busy again

2011-02-27T23:56:00.001+01:00

Yesterday I was working again, have done that every now and then. Today my family came to visit me and I had fun with my mum and granny. We took a long walk and played on the way so I'm really tired now and have been sleeping a lot. On Tuesday I'm going to school again and hope to get some new friends there. My mistress has even said that I can take one more course in spring to be a "real" hunter dog, I can barely wait to begin hunting with Rickard...

My friend Coin

2011-02-27T23:11:00.001+01:00

For some weeks ago I had a visitor and we had much fun together. We took a walk on the ice of Mälaren and just hanged out.

Photos taken by Coins master.

Some pics from Strömsholm

2011-01-30T23:18:00.000+01:00

Dog show in Strömsholm

2011-01-23T18:32:00.012+01:00

I was the best of 12 junior bitches! With CC-quality even this time.

What a wonderful day!

2011-01-16T00:16:00.000+01:00

My mum and granny came to visit me and were here the whole day.

Our family:

Sleeping together with my granny:

Sleeping together with my mum:

Sooo tired...

The judgement from Stockholm

2011-01-01T19:58:00.000+01:00

Dog show in Stockholm

2010-12-29T04:16:00.003+01:00

As I already mentioned it was the greatest dog show in Sweden and it was international. Me and my granny were there together with Inger and my mistress. My mum followed us to Stockholm too but she never came to the dog show.

I did really well this time too. There were 8 bitches among youngsters and I ended up as number 2 with CC-quality this time :-) I was youngest and it was my first dog show in Youngster class so not bad at all! Anyway, the referee liked yellow dogs much more so I'm really proud :-)

Next dog show will be in Strömsholm near Västerås 23/1.

Merry Christmas everybody!

2010-12-24T04:15:00.000+01:00

Some day I will write about the greatest dog show in Sweden that was in Stockholm last week. Just now I'm very tired because I've been working with my mistress again. Nowadays I don´t do it as often as I used to so I get really tired but I still love to work anyway!

So much to do

2010-11-11T04:39:00.000+01:00

I have been working a couple of nights again, unfortunately I haven't had a chance to rest either. My friend Hector has visited me many times lately and even slept over. On the other day my mum and Inger came. I have been at my master's sister's place too to trace the hoof in the wood and I found it!

Helping minimaster to pick up his toys

2010-10-18T23:21:00.000+02:00

Still alive!

2010-10-17T06:13:00.003+02:00

My mistress has got a new job at the hospital and I have had much to do. I'm not allowed to follow her there so I help my master with minimaster. My minimaster is getting older and it's easier to play with him now. He often throws his toys on the floor and I get to pick them up, when I go to my master or mistress with them I get dog treats :) Once I took a toy to play with it myself when my humans didn't see but accidentally I broke it and my mistress got mad. The other toy I borrowed is more durable and I played with it outside to avoid my humans, too bad that Rickard came along and found it so they took it back.

Yesterday I visited my mum and grandmum to play with them. My mum has been a bit bitchy lately but not this time so we had much fun together. We ran around and had tug-of-war, I really liked it! It was fun to meet Inger also, she has been abroad but now she's back and I'm going to meet her soon again because we have to practice for the great dogshow in Stockholm. It will be in December so I should have plenty of time to do that.

Today I'm working again, at the place my mistress hasn't been since march. Everything looks alike but there are so many new smells that I got tired and have slept almost the whole night.

Having fun with minimaster

2010-09-15T23:31:00.000+02:00

Dog show in Dingtuna

2010-09-11T22:35:00.004+02:00

Today I’ve been on a dogshow in Dingtuna. My sister and my dad were also there and daddy become the best male labrador. My other mistress Inger is in India right now so I had to show off a woman called Camilla instead of her. It went well but I’m much happier when Inger is with me. Anyway, I was placed 1st in Junior class with CC-quality!

How do humans think?

2010-08-20T07:13:00.002+02:00

Last night after school we went to my mum to borrow her underwear! I have never said I wanted to use her panties... Actually I didn't even know she had anything like that. I've seen on TV that there are dogs who sit in a handbag and always wear clothes but I didn't think my mum was one of them.

My mistress got me dressed just before she went to bed but during the night I managed to get undressed. I should have hided those panties better... my mistress found them and I got dressed again. I really don't like it, it feels kinda strange to wear clothes; I'm a DOG for god's sake!

School has begun!

2010-08-19T11:39:00.000+02:00

Today my humans took me to school again. This time my brothers and sister weren't there, only some other dogs. I know my brothers and sister take a course about birds but I got to do something else. We went to a walk in the woods and my mistress showed me a place with blood. It also smelled blood round about and I followed my nose until I found a hoof. My humans were very proud of me and I got to carry the hoof I'd found half-way to the car. On the way home my master called his son Rickard to tell him that I'd been capable and he wants to take me to hunt some time. I hardly can wait but my humans say I need to learn more...

Finally on vacation

2010-07-31T05:48:00.000+02:00

Now I've been working much and really earned my holidays. Tomorrow we are going to Estonia and I'm excited.

On the other day I met a nursing dog at work. I know my mistress talked with his mistress and I might be going to this school too. Just now I'm still too young though.

Yesterday my mistress went to work and I got to stay at home. I was really disappointed because I know she wants me to be there and I even heard that the staff had been asking for me. I hope I can work next time she's working.

Well... enough about work, I'm on vacation!

Babysitting

2010-07-26T21:25:00.000+02:00

Yummy

2010-07-26T21:12:00.003+02:00

My mistress bought me a biiiiiiig bone!

Work

2010-07-08T21:52:00.002+02:00

I'm working again! I have been with my mistress at her job in three days again and am really tired now.

Last night we went to a "dog bath" after work. It's a place at the lake where dogs are allowed to take a bath and I swam for the first time! When we got home I went for a swim again, luckily for me the lake is near here. I hope there will be many walks down to the lake... :-p

On Sunday I was at Duffy's place and met Hugo and Ludde and my granny's sister Doris. We played a lot and everybody else went for a swim but I didn't dare... maybe next time.

Private school

2010-06-29T06:33:00.001+02:00

The school is over again and now I have summer holidays! The last day at school was really strange because nobody else was there, not even my teacher. My master called her to ask what was going on and she said that everybody had been so capable that the last time wasn't needed (we, who had missed some lesson, would have an extra and I missed one because of a dog show). Anyway, my teacher offered a private lesson if my humans wanted and they did; most because they like my teacher as much as I do.

Some days later she came and I became so happy that I even rolled about when she asked me to. Actually I don't like this exercise and never do it otherwise, I even know that my humans have given up hope that I ever would do it. Then we took a walk down to the lake and I still was so happy that it was really hard for me to focus but I tried. My teacher Kim let me seek some sausage pieces she had hidden on a tree, later she wanted me to jump up on a stone. My mistress is used to do such things with me too and I like it. Finally Kim showed my mistress some exercises I have done with my master at school.

Back at home the humans drack coffee and talked about everything and nothing. They talked about school too, mostly about lessons in hunting but even about a follow-up course in obedience. I hope Kim still wants to be our teacher and I'll meet her again in autumn.

Dog show in Avesta

2010-06-12T18:23:00.000+02:00

Dog show in Motala

2010-06-06T21:34:00.000+02:00

Now I've been in Motala with Inger and slept over in a hotel before the dog show because I had to be there early this morning. We did well:

Things I've done this week

2010-06-05T14:58:00.000+02:00

I've been at the veterinary station again. My throat is ok and the ears quite ok. Unfortunately I need to take those eardrops some more days and I really don't like them. I even gave some blood for rabies test and hope I'm allowed to travel outside Sweden soon. The veterinary surgeon Sara is really good - she managed to get the blood she needed without shaving my paw. It wouldn't be good to come to a dogshow without nice coat...

In the evening I took a long walk with my mistress. She had strange boots with wheels and could walk much faster than she's used to. I would have liked to run more but my mistress didn't think it would be good for me since I'm still quite young.

This week I went to school too! This time there was a bucket of water with some tennisballs in it because my teacher wondered if we would have a wet ball in the mouth. I love both water and balls so I did it. To be honest, I discovered the bucket a little too early and took a ball from it before my teacher had explained what to do.

After the school Inger came to take me to the dog show tomorrow. I'm excited...

My minimaster

2010-05-31T22:36:00.000+02:00

Bad luck

2010-05-29T16:44:00.002+02:00

No school today because of a flat tyre :-( We were on our way to the school when my humans said the car sounds strange and we have to return. Some people we passed on our way looked at the car and we understood something was very wrong. Back at home my humans discovered there was no air in one of the front deck which even had been deformed. Unfortunately we were running late already so humans decided not to take the other car instead. I'll have to wait one more week to see my siblings.

On next Sunday there will be a dog show in Motala and Inger wants to go there with me. Exciting... it will be the first time for me to participate officially. I'm not counted as a puppy anymore because I'm 9 months old!

Sick

2010-05-21T21:57:00.001+02:00

Today I've been with my mum and grandmum, we took a walk on the countryside and played. Then I started to cough and Inger decided to take me to the veterinary surgeon. I have sore throat and fungus disease in my ears so I got penicillin and some eardrops. I need to see the veterinary surgeon again after 2 weeks and she'll also take a blood-test then to find out if I've got plenty of antibodies towards rabies so I can travel to Estonia with my humans in summer.

Unfortunately I have to rest 10 days now and won't be allowed to play much with my sister whom I would visit on Sunday. I hope Inger decides that I can go anyway, I don't need to play with Duffy that much...

EDIT: I got to play with her!!!

Not much happening here...

2010-05-18T22:38:00.002+02:00

Ellen is gone again and nobody hunts me, now I have time to rest.

On Saturday I went to school with my master again. My mistress and her relatives also followed us there but they didn't even watch. They went to see the animals and then to the playground with Ellen. Only Hugo and Ludde were at school this time, so our teacher Kim had much time for everyone. My master said I was a good girl at school :-)

On Sunday we went to the country at my master's sister's place. She has many cows I don't like, they are too big and sound strange. I barked and tried to scare them but it didn't work, my mistress didn't like me doing it either. I would have loved to hunt all those cats, there are about 30-40 of them... but I know I must not; my mistress is afraid that they'll attack me all together. I also met the old horse, she was friendly and we smelled each other. I would like to play with her some time.

Visitors

2010-05-13T12:53:00.000+02:00

There are so many people in our house right now - my mistress' parents, her sister and the human puppy Ellen whom I met at Christmas. Ellen knows how to walk now and it's much funnier to be with her! She springs after me and pats me and hunts my tail. She likes to give me treats too. Moreover, I often get leftovers from her :-)

At home again

2010-05-10T23:46:00.001+02:00

I've been at Inger's place this weekend because my humans haven't had much time over now that they have minimaster. My brother Jazz was there too and we have played, and my mum of course... I even met my sister! I had a really good time but it was quite exhausting so I've been sleeping most of the day today.

On Saturday I was at school also, this time only Ludde and Hugo were there. My mistress is still very tired and in pain so I train with my master this time which I like. He's much better in helping me with homework than my mistress is.

Homework

2010-05-05T21:05:00.001+02:00

Today I trained with my master for several times. I showed my mistress what I can do and she was really impressed.

I overheard my mistress talking with Inger on the phone and I'll go visit her on Saturday after the school. My brother Jazz will be there too so I can play with him and my mum. Can't wait... My humans don't have much time for me now when they have this minimaster who cries quite often.

Changes

2010-05-04T18:23:00.002+02:00

So much has happened since the last time I blogged. My humans have become quite strange, they don't sleep at nights and a week ago they took me to Greta's place... in the middle of the night! I stayed with her for couple of days and have been working with her so I don't complain actually. When I came back home my humans had something that smells like a human but is tiny and sounds strange. They say it's my minimaster but I don't get it - he sleeps all the time and I can't play with him at all :-(

The school has begun again and I met my brothers and sister on Saturday. This time I trained with my master and my mistress was watching with this minimaster. My aunt Ebba was there and watched too.

Today Hector came to visit me and we played in the yard for a long time, so now I'm tired. I really like that somebody wants to play with me, my humans don't do it often anymore :-(

Strange

2010-04-22T09:06:00.000+02:00

My mistress has trouble sleeping nowadays and asked me if I wanted to go for a walk... in the middle of a night! I couldn't sleep much either because she goes up many times every night so I followed her.

When she opended the door I saw that something was wrong - it was white everywhere. It seems that it has been winter again and it has been snowing for hours. Actually I don't care much, I like snow and ran around for a while at first. My mistress likes sunshine more than snow, I like both. And I like to be outside, no matter how the weather is.

I've been working again!

2010-04-17T19:15:00.001+02:00

Actually I only would hand over a car to Greta who was working and follow my humans to the supermarket but Greta asked me if I wanted to work with her. Of course i did! It was a while ago I had an opportunity like that because my mistress doesn't work much nowerdays. I really like to go around and see all those happy elderly people when I come near them and they are so nice to me :-)

At home I took a walk to the sea with my mistress and checked if the water was warm yet (my humans say that it will be so warm that even humans want to swim in the sea). It wasn't so warm and I only walked a bit to fetch a stick that was in water. After that I played with my mistress who had taken my favourite toy with her. She hided it and throwed it and we had a tug-of-war... What a wonderful day!

New impressions

2010-04-15T22:38:00.003+02:00

On Tuesday I took a course to learn how to show off Inger better. I honestly don't understand why they call it a dog show... maybe because it's always the dog who has to show how fine one's human can run in a circle together with other humans. Anyway... Inger didn't want to run as fast as I wanted so I need to take her to the course one more time, I hope it goes better then. My brother Ludde was there too with his humans to teach his mistress, and next week my sister will be there!

I didn't have a chance to play with Ludde this time because I have been limping and my humans don't think I should run much and fast. Luckily for me I visited my mum and grate-grandmum after the course and could play with them instead.

Yesterday I visited my mistress' friend Annika and we took a walk in the woods. It was a long time ago I saw so many trees and everything that smelled... I had so much to discover there and become really tired so I fell asleep on Annika's balcony. It was warm and nice there.

Today both my humans have been working and I visited Greta. We took a walk and I had much to discover around her place too. My mistress was tired when she came home and we rested together. In the evening we took a long walk together when my master came home. So now I'm tired again. Sometimes there's so much to do...

Spring

2010-04-11T14:14:00.001+02:00

It's so warm today, the sun is shining and birds are singing everywhere. My humans say it's spring.

My mistress has become really fat and is sleeping most of the time, she doesn't play much with me anymore. Luckily for me Rickard and Amanda came to visit us with Frodo, Tindra and Hector so I have played with Hector. Rickard and my master cut the apple trees and there are branches everywhere. I can play with them and chew them and it's fun to just run around with them. Sometimes I even get my mistress to throw a branch so I can fetch it or have a tug-of-war with her.

I've been outside for a couple of hours now and I'm very tired. Time for a nap...

Learning

2010-04-09T22:14:00.002+02:00

Inger was here today and we took a walk to the sea. My mistress wanted to train my hunting skills and Inger came to show her how to use a bird. In the beginning I had to use a lead and was only allowed to carry the bird in my mouth. Later my mistress wanted to test if I would fetch it without using a lead and I did. They throw the bird for several times and I ran after it. I showed Inger how good I'm at seeking too, at first with my favourite toy and then they hided the bird! I just loved it... I found it quickly and brought the bird back to them of course. Inger said I was so good at "bird-training" that I should take a course with my people.

I also heard that my teacher Kim had mailed my mistress. There will be school in may again! I hope all my brothers and my sister are coming, I miss them.

My other family

2010-04-05T22:04:00.002+02:00

I visited my mum and great-grandmum, Inger and the other humans who live with them were at home too. Inger said my leg is better now and I'm allowed to run again! Bye-bye lead... :-D

My mistress and Inger discussed a huntingtraining with some bird, I can hardly wait. I just love to carry things and Inger says I'm good at it. Well... this much I already knew - I always get dogtreats from my master when I bring him the morning paper. I also will begin on a showcourse soon to learn how to show off Inger better on the next dogshow we are going to.

I've been busy

2010-03-28T00:54:00.010+01:00

I have been at my master's parents' house when my humans took a trip and I also was with Inger over the weekend. It was fun to see my mum, grandma and grate-grandma again and play with them. Inger took me to a dogshow too and it went really well, they said I was the very best puppy!

My life is pretty boring at the moment because I'm still limping and my humans use a lead all the time. I have a muscle that hurts and my people try to massage it to get it better.

I have followed my mistress to her volleyball training a couple of times and that's fun. Unfortunately I'm not allowed to use those balls but it's quite interesting to watch anyway. And there are so many little girls who like to be with me! I love children...

Today is my last night at work because my mistress needs to rest. I have heard something about a human puppy they want to buy for me.

Still winter

2010-02-22T20:42:00.001+01:00

It has been snowing a lot recently and there is snow EVERYWHERE:

There used to be stairs (see the pic above)... How can I go out now (see the pic below)?

Winter

2010-02-20T15:15:00.002+01:00

No school today either because it's too cold, it's snowing and it's really windy. To be honest, I don't care - I like to be outside anyway. It's fun to run and jump in the snow and I often help my people to shovel. Sixten, on the other hand, only wants to lay on a chair in the kitchen, he's so boring...

On Wednesday I visited my friends poodles. An English mastiff who is younger than me but bigger (how can it be like that?) visited them also, we played all together a long time.

On Thursday both my people were working and I got to follow Greta to work with her! She also works in a house where many old people live. After work we took a bus to my master's job and drove a car home together with him. Actually I don't like buses much but I got many sweets from Greta on the way :-)

Believe it or not but I'm still alive!

2010-02-13T08:41:00.002+01:00

It was a while ago I blogged but everything is fine with me. I have been working with my mistress and today I went to school with my master. Last week I was there with my mistress and all the other times both my people have followed me. Next week it will be the last schoolday but I've discussed it with my siblings and they also want to keep in touch so I hope we are going to meet one another every now and then.

On the other day I lost my last milk tooth as my mistress says. Now she looks in my mouth all the time for some reason, I guess she's as afraid as I am. I have more teeth than I ever had and they just keep coming! What if there will be so many of those that they won't fit in my mouth?

School at first and then work

2010-01-23T23:31:00.003+01:00

I'm well again and have been at school... finally. We have had a loooooong Christmas holiday. Today I met both of my parents, and my siblings of course :) My dad's mistress had some dead birds with her and we learned how to carry them in the mouth. When we get older we are going to help some hunter to collect real birds, I hope my master's son Rickard wants to take me with him one day.

Now I'm at work again with my mistress and there aren't many changes. The same old people live in the house and the same people work... I have to admit that I like my mistress' collegues, they play with me and always give me something good when they eat themselves.

I'm sick

2010-01-20T18:30:00.000+01:00

I've got diarrhoea and need to go out often at night :( Luckily for me my people have understood that they need to hurry when I tell them it's time to go out. My mistress cooked rice for me and mixes it with my usual food, it's much tastier this way (but still not as tasty as Sixtens food)!

I just hope I get better soon so I can work again. On Saturday it's school again and my mistress said my dad would be there.

Dog show

2010-01-16T22:43:00.001+01:00

Now I've been on my first dog show and it was fun. Even my sister and my brother Ludde were there. I drove in Ludde's car and we played and wrestled all the way to Katrineholm and all the way back home.

I showed Inger to all those people and dogs who had come to the show and did it well, I am the best labrador bitch. My brother Ludde won over me and he is the very best labrador.

For them who can Swedish:

Comfort

2010-01-08T13:30:00.001+01:00

I have my own dog cage in the bedroom to sleep in but it's not as big as I would like. I usually take some steps and stretch my body when I wake up and then lay down again, but I have grown a lot and can't do it in the cage anymore. Instead I have to tell my people I need to go out in the middle of the night and stretch myself then.

My mistress thought it was better for me to sleep in my own dog bed and go around as I want in the bedroom. She knows I don't need to go out in the middle of the night anymore because I'm a big girl now... She just forgot I had realized that almost every morning after we had been outside and collected the newspaper I was allowed to sleep in my humans bed for a while.

I like their bed, it's so big and soft, and I hoped they didn't realize it was only in the middle of the night but they did :( I had to sleep in my own bed until the morning anyway... until last night, now I can jump up on their bed, you see! I did it several times this night but my mistress put me back on the floor. At last I waited until she fell asleep and could sleep in the bed until the morning :)

At the pet clinic

2010-01-05T22:30:00.005+01:00

My weight is 18,5 kg now and I've got neck massage and dog sweets from a nice veterinary surgeon again. My people say I've got two rabies vaccinations now but what do they know? They also say I need to give some blood for a test after 120 days before they allow me to travel abroad.

Sleeping beauty

2010-01-04T15:22:00.001+01:00

Now I've been working for 3 nights in a row and I'm quite tired. My mistress says I only sleep - at home and at work - but it's not true. I have played tug-of-war and catching a ball with her colleagues. I have also been teasing two old ladies who like me. However, my mistress won't work in 9 days (actually nights) so I have plenty of time to have a good rest :)

At work

2010-01-02T00:46:00.001+01:00

Now I'm working again! Have been at home doing nothing for too long. Everything is as it used to be at work and I ran around as much as I could to be really sure. Then I got tired and took a nap. My mistress had to drive away for some time and collect a paper which had ended up somewhere else but I was so tired that I stayed at work and slept until she got back.

Happy New Year everybody!

2010-01-01T10:50:00.004+01:00

Now it's 2010, whatever it means.

I was at New Year Eve dinner at my neighbors with my people. My mistress got tired and needed a nap so I got to follow her home and sleep in her bed too. There were many young people outside with things that sounded very loud. Later I learned from my people these things are called fireworks and many animals are afraid of them. Why?

My other home

2009-12-29T23:26:00.001+01:00

I had a chance to be at my old home again. My mistress and master got married and I was with Inger when they weren't at home. It was fun to play with my mum and meet my grandma and great grandma again. I got to sit on the sofa, I'm never allowed to do it at home.

Unfortunately I broke one of my teeth but I'm going to loose it soon anyway. I also have some trouble with my itching ears, my mistress has to clean them every now and then. I heard I would get some eardrops soon too.

Christmas

2009-12-24T22:34:00.001+01:00

My people say it's Christmas now and they act very strange. On the other day I followed my master to the forest and he collected a tree to have in our living room!!! They put some lights on it and hang out balls there too. Today they put many presents under the tree and there was one for me too! I had to use my nose to find it which wasn't difficult at all. I opened my present all by myself and found a big bone with marrow in it - really delicious!

Today we've had a lot of people in our house and they have eaten a lot of good smelling food. I even got to taste some meatballs, christmas ham and smoked roe deer. Unfortunally I got so tired of all people I had to go to bed (my mistress is working tonight and I slept a couple of hours with her). I don't work at holidays so I wait for my master to come home from work; now that I have more energy I want to play with him.

:)

2009-12-22T22:32:00.003+01:00

I have lost four teeth and got two new ones, it seems like I won't need a denture after all :)

In the weekend I took a ride on a bus for the first time but I have to admit that I like sitting in a car much more. Buses are big and have high steps, it's unconfortable to go on a bus and I don't like to sit there either. In the beginning I just stood on the seat next to my mistress but I got tired and fell asleep at last.

Today I got a human puppy called Ellen, I like her. Her toys are much more interesting than mine and sometimes she throws food (and many other things) on the floor. She's much older than me but can't walk yet, I think it's very strange - we went for a walk today and she just sat in her buggy. And she may be older, but I am definitely heavier and bigger!

Getting old

2009-12-17T23:12:00.001+01:00

I lost a tooth today. My mistress says I'll loose more and I just wonder how I can manage without having any teeth... Is there dog dentures one can buy?

I met my other mistress Inger this afternoon. She had been in Stockholm and bought a travelcage for me. I'll be using it on dog shows, the first one will be in January.

I visited my master's sister at her work too. She is a hairdresser and has always lots of hair in the corner, she says all the dogs who visit her like it. My mistress doesn't know why and neither do I, it's just fun to have some hair in my mouth and chew it.

It's snowing!

2009-12-15T18:40:00.002+01:00

What a wonderful day! When I went out for the first time this morning, there was so much snow there. I ran and jumped and crawled in it, my mistress thought I'm nuts. I helped my master to shovel and he throw some snow over me. He thought I would leave him alone but he was so wrong.

Just a bit later, when I went to the mailbox with mistress, I helped a neighbour to shovel too. She just laughed and said I was gorgeous :)

Now I'm at work with my mistress again, just for the evening this time. Unfortunately there are no other dogs working today and I'm a bit bored. Tryed to escape but my mistress placed some obstacles in my way - I wonder if I can jump over those boxes... On the other day I jumped high enough to get on the couch at my work and landed on my mistress' lap, guess if she was surprised!

Life's good! My mistress ate Christmas smorgasbord with her colleagues and came back with a plate for me. There were meatballs, ham and small sausages on it. Yum-yum :) She said it was a reward for being alone at her office.

About my family

2009-12-15T16:45:00.001+01:00

My brother Moltas and my sister Duffy are blogging, too. Check out what they are doing (see my blog list)!

I have lost my energy and can't find it

2009-12-12T15:04:00.002+01:00

I enjoy working with my mistress and begged her to take me with her last night, at last she did. My friends poodles are in Stockholm on a dog exhibition today so another girl, called Doris, worked last night. Last time I met her, she was in my size but now she's become smaller and fitted under me when I was standing up. Strange... Anyway, it was as much fun as the last time when we played with each other. We played all night long and rested every now and then.

I've been sleeping for 8 hours, haven't been outside or eaten. I was so tired when I came home I didn't even have energy to say hey to my master, I just fell asleep the second I laid down. My mistress said it looked like I was unconscious but I wasn't! I heard her and my master talk, I just couldn't open my eyes.

Now I wonder if I want to work again tonight or it's better to stay at home with my master. Luckily for me I don't need to decide it right now, the work begins at 21:15.

EDIT after the whole night at work: I was pretty sleepy until 2 o'clock, played a little with humans who were working and fell asleep again. It seems like I've been sleeping almost round the clock...

I've been working... again

2009-12-09T20:58:00.003+01:00

Now I've worked the whole night for the first time. I helped my mistress to clean - she swept the floor and I carried some rubbish away, then she swept the floor again and I helped her with the rubbish again... Well... actually I only worked half of the night, the other half I was so tired I couldn't help sleeping. Today I was quite tired and didn't feel like working at all but my mistress didn't want to leave me home alone so I had to follow her anyway.

Last night I visited the nice veterinary surgeon again who gave me dogsweets and massaged my neck, just like the last time. My weight was 13,3 kg this time. I got my passport too and they put a sticker in it about some rabies vaccination. Strange... I still don't know what it is the humans call vaccination.

Last Saturday I was at school again and this time all my siblings were there. We got to play with each other after school and this time my mum came too :) It was quite muddy there and we became dirty so I had to take a shower at home.

Another weekend is gone

2009-11-29T23:59:00.000+01:00

Yesterday I was at school again and even my mum was there with Inger! They weren't there to learn anything but to meet me and my brothers (my sister wasn't there and neither was one of my brothers). After the lessons we played all together. It was fun, I can barely wait until I see them again next week.

On the way home we stopped in a pet shop and I got a new toy. It's like a ball but it has holes in it and my mistress hides dog sweets there. When I roll it, the sweets fall out :)

Today I visited my masters sister who has many cats, some cows and a horse. Cows were huge, I didn't like them and I never saw the horse. Cats were boring too, they just left and didn't wave their paws as Sixten does. I took a walk in the woods and played hide and seek with my master and mistress.

I love water

2009-11-29T23:48:00.001+01:00

My mistress took a shower and I followed her. At first I tried to drink up all water on the floor but it was too much. Then I discovered fresh water coming from above and started to drink that. I got all wet but it was fun. It was even funnier when I ran further to the room because there was plenty of space for me to shake myself. My humans didn't appreciate it though for some unknown reason.

Freedom

2009-11-24T23:30:00.005+01:00

It feels strange to stay at home and not to work at all. I have nine free days now and don't really know what to do. I've come up with a project for these days, I try to train my people to do what I want for a change. Sometimes when it's boring and I want to play I pretend I need to go out. I know my mistress wants me to pee but she can't see the difference when I only bend down and pretend that I'm peeing! Most often my humans play with me before we go in again :)

Today I visited a pet clinic with Sixten. He was afraid and didn't want to be there at all but I don't understand why. I got some dogsweets from a veterinary surgeon and she touched my neck. My humans talked about some vaccination, I wonder what that is. They had big scales there too which showed 10,5 kg when I stepped on it. My mistress also ordered a passport for me so I can go on holiday with my humans next summer, they want to travel to Estonia. It has to be written in my passport that I'm healthy before I can travel to other countries if I've understood it right.

School

2009-11-21T21:56:00.003+01:00

Today was my first day at school with all my brothers and sister. I hadn't met them since they moved out to their new families and it was fun to see them again - especially my brother Ludde who I played and wrestled with for a long time.

The school was quite okey too but it was a bit difficult to concentrate because of all those impressions. I was praised by my teacher when I ran as fast as I could to my humans after they called my name. I know how to sit but my humans haven't taught me the commando "sit" yet, so this will be the homework. They wanted me to lay down too but I didn't feel like it - I prefer to practise it at home instead.

I got a parcel

2009-11-20T21:58:00.006+01:00

...actually my mistress did but it was for me. My carcage finally arrived! It took a couple of hours for my mistress to construct it but she succeeded. So no more catcage :) I have already tested my new cage on the way to work and I like it - it's big and I can see what's going on outside.

My weight was 9,4 kg this morning and I've learned how to climbe the stairs so I can now go in the house all by myself. Now it's time to work.

EDIT 22:30: Well... my friends poodles are here so we played instead of working. I think it's okay that only humans work sometimes ;) I even got a new friend who's same size as me. She's called Doris and she is working tonight too. Too bad my master comes soon to take me home, I really like those dogs.

Finally!

2009-11-19T23:39:00.005+01:00

One free day... I've been working every single day for the whole week now and last night I worked 7,5 hours! I don't complain though, I had fun. I was on call and saw three ambulances, one doctor and many people. During the rest of the evening I didn't have so much to do. My mistress had to go away every now and then, but I knew she would come back so I stayed at the nurses' office and just rested.

Today I have taken it easy. My humans bought meatballs and said something about me going to school on Saturday. I guess I'll get all those meatballs at school if I'm a good girl - I just have to pull myself together and do as they want for a while. I already tried it couple of times and came running when my mistress called my name. I was right - every time I came to her I got a bit of a meatball which tasted heavenly.

I understand three commandos ("come", "release" and "step down") already and for treats I'm glad to do what humans want. My mistress has a stuffed bag and sometimes she wants me to fetch it. I can do that, I only wonder when she comes up with the idea there is a commando for it called "fetch". Anyway... she throws this bag and when I come back with it she wants to exchange and I get dog sweets. Fine by me... as long as she has something I want to have, of course. Otherwise I take the bag and run away. Too bad she never chases me, so finally I go to her with the bag anyway.

Work, work, work...

2009-11-17T23:10:00.010+01:00

Last night I worked late. My master was supposed to come and take me home after his work but he had to stay for two extra hours. When he came at last, I wanted to sleep and ran back to my mistress - that didn't help much, he caught me and carried me to the car. Well... I fell asleep again on the way home and refused to leave the cage so he had to carry me one more time.

Today on the other hand he came too early. I didn't want to follow him but my mistress used a lead so I couldn't escape :( You see, my poodle friends were working tonight and I couldn't even meet them because I had to follow my mistress and hand out some stupid medicines. Boring!

My mistress has become boring too. She only sleeps and works. Luckily for me she hears when I need to go out, even when she's sleeping, but she doesn't understand I want to check my territory every time. She calls my name many times and sometimes thinks I'm disobedient, but I don't care - I'm a big girl now and need to mind my own business too. Anyway, when I'm finally ready to go back I don't even need to run - she's so happy I can come strolling :)

I've been working

2009-11-15T22:28:00.002+01:00

...so I haven't had time to write my blog. When I'm at home I usually play with my humans, eat and sleep.

I love my job - wherever I go, everybody is happy to see me. The other day I met two poodles who sometimes work with my mistress at night and got to play with them :) I hadn't played with any dogs since I left my mum - Frodo who lives with Rickard is very eager and doesn't understand I'm smaller and only a kid, so Sixten is the only one to play with. Most often he runs away so I can chase him, but sometimes he sounds funny and waves with his paws.

On Friday I had a visitor who came only to see me :) Inger from Frösåker was here and I was sooooo happy to see her. We played and I showed off a bit - I'm good at fetching my toy bone and sometimes I even gave it to humans so they could throw it again and again. She even told me that soon I get to meet my mum again and play with her :)

Wednesday

2009-11-11T20:30:00.006+01:00

I just love grapes! We have a grape bush and some grapes hang so low I can reach them :) I have also discovered eating takes less time without chewing the food...

My mistress ordered a dogcage for the car but delivery takes 7-10 days, so I guess I'll have to sit in the catcage until then. I really hope it arrives earlier. Today my mistress had some things to do and I followed her around. Now that I know my own cage is on its way I didn't protest at all in the car.

Tonight I'm going to work with my mistress, for an hour anyway. The thing is my master works late and humans don't want to leave me home alone, so I'll be with the mistress until he comes to pick me up.

Exhausting weekend

2009-11-08T21:13:00.001+01:00

This weekend I had my own puppysitter :) My mistress and master both had to work at the same time so I was at Greta's place. She had a make-up-party for Mary Kay products and I was supposed to be there too, but Rickard came and drove me home. He thought it was more quiet there and even gave me food when we arrived. My mistress came home right after that but didn't know I had already eaten so I got an extra portion :)

Today we visited my master's parents and there were many people there because it's the father's day. Everybody came to pet and itch me, they even played with me. And best of all - I found a big hairy toy animal to wrestle with and I won every single time!

I'm beginning to get used to the catcage in the car. It's almost too little for me so soon I'll get away from it anyway. My humans have promised to buy a special (dog!)cage for me when I need to sit in the car.

At home again we took a walk on the street and even Sixten followed us. He wasn't nasty towards me this time - who knows, we might become friends some day.

Wow!

2009-11-06T17:59:00.009+01:00

I have become famous over the night! There are soooo many people I don't know who are interested in me and my blog. Really exciting!

Today I drove in a car and had to sit in a catcage because I don't have my own yet. I protested loud for a long time but nobody cared I'd rather sat on somebody's lap. We went to my mistress' workplace and looked around for a minute because she wanted to collect some papers. She thought I was a good girl so on next weekend I might get a chance to go to work myself too :)

Apart from that I haven't done much today, just sleeping and eating. I don't even have much energy for playing or driving my family crazy, but it's a new day tomorrow!

EDIT 21:30: Not tired anymore and I really don't understand why my mistress doesn't want to play with me. I have tried to run around and even jump but nothing helps... she wants me to lay down and be quiet.

I'm a big girl now

2009-11-05T15:45:00.010+01:00

... because I slept the whole night without going out for a walk. And my weight is 6,8 kg.

Actually today I don't want to go out at daytime either because there's something wrong with the world. Everything was just normal yesterday but this morning there was something white and cold everywhere in the garden... And I got all wet when I was outside.

Luckily for me my mistress plays with me anyway. Today we played hide and seek and then I got a chance to use my excellent nose to track down some dogsweets. So now I'm quite tired and need a nap.

EDIT in the evening: world is back to normal again, but now it's raining.

Hello there!

2009-11-04T17:12:00.029+01:00

My name is Groovie's I Go Crazy but they just call me Inez. I’m a Labrador retriever who was born on 1/9 2009 at kennel Groovie’s in Frösåker where my mum, grandma and great-grandma live. I have five brothers and one sister.

A few days ago I moved to a big city called Västerås and got a new family which includes a mistress, a master and a cat. The cat is called Sixten and he’s old and boring, never wants to play with me. Anyway, it’s fun to bark at him and chase him until he climbs up a tree :)

I spent my first night with the new family in mistress’ and master’s bed but yesterday I got my own bed which I really like:

I have a big nice ivory couch too, but it's still too high for me and human beings don't want to help me either :( Anyway, I know I'm gonna get up there soon, just have to practice some more...

I like to eat and sleep. In my spare time I try to drive my family crazy and gnaw at everything in my way. Then the mistress comes with a white bone I should munch instead (by the way, this one isn't so bad either).

I like to be outside too. Yesterday I found some funny heaps of leaves in the garden, it sounds amazing when I jump in those. I also found some toys out there and even won my first battle. I’m a sporting dog you know… it’s in my blood to hunt. One thing is sure: this ball never comes back!