04.30.10
Posted in News at 21:53 by nikki
Busy couple days as usual. I got a call from my friend Val with some ideas for tests I should get done, thank you for that Val. Today I went to the doctor and she has sent in a request for blood tests that I have to go to on Monday morning, she will be checking a bunch of things so hopefully we might get some answers finally. I also have to go to an eye doctor and she made an appointment for me in the middle of May. She thought the vision problems might need to be addressed by an eye doctor.
So that means Rúnar will have to take off some of Monday as well as on the 12th, he had to get off early today too and I’m hoping his boss won’t be too angry. He is supposed to work tomorrow (Saturday) which he never has had to do so let’s hope that makes up for some of it. I hate that it’s always a trip into Selfoss to the doctor which means I can’t get there on my own, this is also one of the main reasons I avoid going to the doctors.
Rúnar went to his first board meeting of DIF (Icelandic Sheepdog Club) last night and it was great to see him come home (very late mind you and he had to get up early this morning for work) in a good mood. He was put into the job of secretary so that’s going to be a bit of extra work…probably more than just a little bit!!! Hopefully he will not be too overworked. The meeting was in Reykjavík so it’s the 2 hour drive (one there and one back) that is the worst part of it, we are getting pretty tired of all this driving over the mountain. Now our next clicker course is starting on Sunday (all day) and after that on Wednesday evenings after he is done work, I can imagine he’ll be pretty pooped on Thursdays at work over the next 6 weeks. There is so much going on weekends in May and June so it was either not have a course or have it on a weeknight. Of course since our little Tinni is going to be one of the students we didn’t want to postpone it too long, he needs his socializing before he gets too old.
While Rúnar was at the meeting I had an awesome 3 hour Skype visit with my friend Alisha who has a litter of my greatgrandpuppies. She had them at a structure evaluation and took along the webcam and computer so I could actually take part and listen in. It was such a great experience because we don’t have any evaluators here, we have to evaluate our own puppies and it was interesting to see exactly how it’s done with the mirror and everything. I listened in on her comments and kept my mouth shut unless I was asked a question, hehe and that said I was very very happy with the outcome. When the evaluation was over it was clear that my “pick” puppy was her favourite and so was her pick built on structure, the rest were also in the order I placed them when they were 6 weeks and I was sent photos to evaluate. I was not allowed to influence the evaluator at all of course so it was totally down to the structure that she felt and could point out to us. Very interesting and I’m so honoured that Alisha wanted to have me “present” so to speak. What a great evening.
Today like I say I went to the doctors, Rúnar had to come home early to make it to the appointment at 3 and then we went grocery shopping. It was strange to come home a bit early than usual on a Friday from shopping.
Frigg’s bloodtest results came in yesterday and I have to say that it appears to be what we feared if we go by the symptoms that she is showing compared to the symptoms a friend’s dog showed when he was sick. I can’t remember exactly what she said about the blood tests except that they did not come out well enough, she has high cholesterol, her thyroid is not quite normal I believe she said but not bad enough that she would need drugs for that but it does mean she needs to be checked for Cushings. The tests did not show that just other things like thyroid and normal tests. It’s a very time consuming test that they need to do to get conclusive proof of Cushings so the first blood test just showed that we need to do more tests which would take an 8 hour period with Frigg coming in at least 3 times and having a catheter in a vein to get serums and blood tests done during the day. Needless to say we can’t afford a whole day off work for Rúnar to be able to drive her to town to do that. He is lucky he gets to take me to the doctors, they are not too happy about that. We also can’t afford the extra costs and the really expensive drugs (my friend told me they are very expensive and didn’t help her dog much) that she would need if it does turn out to be Cushings. We are between a rock and a hard place, we are pretty sure this is what is wrong and there is nothing we can do to help. My friend told me that she felt she should have let her dog go much sooner than she did after he was diagnosed and so we will have to make up our minds when we see her not enjoying life anymore. At the moment she still seems relatively happy, she just sleeps alot more and all kinds of other symptoms, she doesn’t get her coat back and is continually losing some, getting bald spots here and there. Klói of course has told us many times since he was a baby that she is not in perfect health and I’m sure he must be thinking that we are horrible owners to not do anything about it. It’s my understanding that Cushings is actually due to a growth on the adrenal or pituitary glands. Being that Frigg is the ripe old age of 13 already, I’m not sure much can be done for her since the drugs are as I heard from my friend not of much help and she would probably have to be given steroids as well and I know that is not a very nice thing to have to live with for longer periods, I have used steroid cream on my hands and even just that made me moody, angry and caused thinning of the skin.
It’s too bad how bald and hairless she has become because it makes us not want to take or post so many photos of her. It’s funny how critical people can be and it actually is quite sad that dogs are judged way too much on how they look. She has her faults, this we’ve always known but now they are more obvious of course for those who are looking for them. To think I avoid capturing and sharing precious moments of my dogs lives (which are way too short) because some say that you should never put up a bad photo of a dog. Obviously from my website and my photo albums I take my dogs for what they are and it was obviously someone who thinks in terms of shows and who fears they might get a bad name for their dogs if they don’t look perfect. My friend sent me photos of her poor dog before and after he got Cushings (one photo just before he died) and it got me to thinking how I want to keep memories of my dogs in every stage of their life. My dogs are part of me, my heart can see through the loss of coat, the days of sickness or standing a bit off center or even in a play stance, my dogs lives are to be shared and remembered for everything they are…not just what they were in their show prime! I know I’m a bit sappy now but really it’s times like these that remind you how quickly time flies. And I feel in the same note I’d love to share this video of Susan Garret’s that I watch now and again just to remind myself. It’s called The Journey it was originally made for a presentation she gave and she of course bases it on agility training and I think the content is fitting to all aspects of the dogs life. It is so beautiful and worth watching but have a kleenex close by, I always need one.
I just realized while trying to find a good photo of Frigg from the past when she was younger that I really don’t have all that many photos of her and that made me very sad to realize that the same holds true for her mother Hófi. I would take a ton of photos the first year or two and then for some reason the camera was just forgotten. I think we do that in our own lives as well, maybe we take photos of children but not of ourselves through middle age, it’s usually not until family members are very old that you realize that you really want some photos to remember them by. I guess maybe we should try to rectify that by Rúnar occasionally taking a photo of me instead of just the dogs or me taking all the photos with him in. Hehehehe Although truth be told I’m a bit like my Nana and I HATE getting my photo taken. 
Well that’s the news for now. I guess we will think about it over the next few days and weeks if we want to put Frigg through the tests or not. I was supposed to phone the vet when we were ready to do more tests. Sometimes I think it might just be something that will fix itself or old age, at least I can hope. As for me I think I need to get my own health under control as well and maybe I should get that seen to first. My blood pressure was a little bit high today but just a bit so she wants to keep an eye on that and I will also go in for a cardiograph on Monday right after my blood tests. She though the fluctuating of my heart lately that is causing me so much concern could be something to do with my thyroid so Frigg and I are a real pair and maybe we’re just feeding off each other’s aches and pains. hehe Maybe we are more “connected” to each other than I thought. 
Here are a few photos I downloaded from the camera tonight. Just this and that from the past few days. I love the photo of Birta getting her nails trimmed she can be so cute when she wants to be. Actually the photos are not in the right order because she was done first and then she was trying to play with Klói while he was getting his done. Rúnar was not amused and I don’t think Klói was either but of course you can’t help but laugh at them.
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04.28.10
Posted in News at 00:42 by nikki
Was going to update so many times over the past little while but I don’t remember what all has happened to talk about. hehe Not much I don’t think. We went to Reykjavík last weekend to do a P.A.T. test of a litter of chihuahuas. They were just awesome and scores in the 3 and 4 throughout which surprised me because I can’t really remember meeting anything but “problem” dogs of that breed at least here in Iceland. We had the other test with the poodle puppies that were also scoring well but I wasn’t as surprised at that.
The rest of the weekend was busy as well, we had Klói with us into Reykjavík to get him out of the house poor guy, his mom has started her season so he’ll need to rest his poor little nose over the next few weeks any chance we get to take him along. We went to Ikea to look around and Klói got to walk around in the parking lot there and then we took him to the garden store so he could do some training in there since we were driving past there anyway it would have been a shame to miss the opportunity for Klói. He loves getting extra attention and training, it happens so seldom. : (
We’ve gotten a bunch of great photos of some of the pups and we are able to keep up with the ones abroad through their photo albums online. Here are a couple links. Töfra Tryggur Aron in Austria Töfra Tásla Birta Björg in Denmark. I got a bunch of photos of Töfra Tígla Vina as well but she doesn’t have a website or photo album online so here are a few of those photos. Her “boyfriend” is a beautiful dog from my good friend Helga A. his name is Sindra Jökull.
I really have to admit that I’m not getting anything done these past few weeks, I’ve got a few projects on the go but unfortunately I’m letting people down because I’m not getting them done. I have bad dizzy spells most of the day from the time I wake up, headaches usually in the evenings and swollen shoulder muscles, always tired and feeling like my legs weigh a ton. It really is getting ridiculous since I’ve had some trouble with my back, my right hip AND my left foot it’s just bothering me off and on and I don’t know what is wrong. It’s the same foot that the vein popped a couple years ago. Klói has been doing his job as best he can and will lay across my back to help the pain and at times he’ll rid me of my headaches as well but this is just not good because my sight is also getting so bad, I’m feeling like it’s always too dark even though all the lights are on, I see spots before my eyes and I can’t look directly at light or it takes forever to get rid of the spots from the light. Any ideas? I do have a doctor’s appointment this Friday so let’s hope they figure it out.
Frigg’s tests are back but the girl working there today said I’d have to wait for the vet to phone me tomorrow to explain them. She seems a little bit better than she was, the swelling under her throat is not as bad as it was.
I guess that’s about all I remember for the moment. I put a new page for the planned litter, we have a few dogs in mind but they are all dogs we have had in mind from the first time we thought of breeding her. We had intended on waiting to breed her but she’s not getting any younger and I really don’t want another winter litter. Also I’m hoping we can have the litter and then take a nice long rest from litters since we have retired Skella and Birta. Our plan is to hopefully be able to use one of our co-own boys out of Klói and Skella on Hófi for her last litter depending on their tests in future and they need to mature so that gives us lots of time until her last litter. We really want to dedicate our time more to training and teaching and hopefully we can even make some plans to spend a couple years in Canada if we win the lottery. Cross your fingers for us please.
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04.19.10
Posted in News at 00:48 by nikki
I thought it was high time I changed the puppy page. I kept forgetting to take it away as we have no puppies available at the moment. I left it there for those to see the litter, we are very proud of them and are so happy with their wonderful homes.
I am thinking of taking down the photo albums soon because I don’t know how to connect them to the page so that their is only one page with all the photos. I know I’m a real computer genius. I’ll leave them up for a little while though for everyone to enjoy. We are still deciding on a male for Hófi because we’d like to wait to use Klói for her last litter so we can keep back if the time is right and need a good male to use at her next season (which should be soon). We have a few ideas but those dogs are either too young or don’t have their health results yet, typical. Of course because it didn’t work with Skolli and didn’t work with Kolgrímur and to use Gjósku Vaskur I’ve heard we’d need to do AI (due to age) then it makes it hard for us to find a rare line to tap. Although the ones we are thinking of have rarer lines in them. It’s a tough decision each time because you don’t want to keep trying in vane and not get puppies because she isn’t getting any younger either. Maybe we’ll have to wait until the end of the year to find a male that has all his tests in order. We’ll see.
We are working on our new website because Rúnar finally got Dreamweaver and now he just has to try to figure out how to use it. We can’t wait to get our old website back or at least one up and running and we will have the blog linked to it so that it’s easy for me to write news and everyone who couldn’t care less can just skip clicking on the link. LOL
It does bother me that I can’t change any of the info on the pages/links from the old site including the pedigrees, I’d love to change the photo of Klói for example. Also some of the links to my friends websites are not working anymore. We will of course make sure all the links work on the new page but for the time being there is one link I’d like to share. Töfra Rún Ljóslokka
I hear my friend Scotti Kelikátur’s wonderful owner has started holding clicker courses, that is awesome news. Now I wish I could come over and attend one, I’d love to train a chicken or a sheep or both! Her link is on my links page but she has made a new site that it links to. Beautifully done, great job Sarah! I see I’m going to be busy reading Scotti’s blog now that the pups are all gone and I can get back to having a little time for myself. Although it is strange that when I thought I was home free many extra jobs have been given to me by others and I have a hard time saying no, so I have to get busy.
The volcano seems to be slowing down they say…I’m hoping it’s not because Katla is going to erupt instead like what happened with the smaller volcano and then this one. I’m sure the people stranded all over Europe (including a friend of ours who is in England right now and supposed to come home tomorrow) will be happy if this whole thing lets up for good. As will we all I think, it’s put a damper on tourism as well and that is our biggest economic boost here.
I got an interesting letter from someone who read my blog, she sent some info about thyroid conditions in humans and I certainly think I have to go back for another test (I’ve had them done before because of my symptoms) and insist that they do more than just the normal test. The problem is when and how to get to the doctors when Rúnar has to work all the time. I’m pretty sure they can’t do a test like that at the emergency center. Wouldn’t it just be the greatest if all my symptoms including my anxiety could be cured with one pill? (Although I hate drugs as everyone knows…hehe) I am very happy when people give me feedback so thank you for that!
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04.17.10
Posted in News at 04:43 by nikki
Well probably not the 17th everywhere but it’s the wee hours of the morning. Funny how I usually don’t find time to update until I should actually be sleeping.
What a busy busy time it’s been lately and today especially for some reason. Not that we have been doing much but you know those days that everyone calls or sends emails at the same time as other things are going on. Isn’t it always the way? Well today there was a field trial going on and a few of my grandpuppies took part and did well and the most exciting news is that one of them Esjugrundar Spyrna got the last win she needed to become a Field Trial Champion! Congratulations Svafar and Spyrna, I’m so proud of you both. It is not an easy thing to do to get that title on a dog here so I’m sure it is very well deserved.
As many know we’ve had some trouble with the volcano’s here over the past couple weeks and I think it’s safe to say that it seems other countries are having more trouble because of it than we are actually. Our airport is still open and flights to and from here (to certain places) are still going, a few delays maybe but otherwise pretty normal if that’s what you can call it when many airports in England, Norway and other parts of Europe are closed due to volcanic ash from Iceland.
There are so many places to keep up with the news both by video, live coverage and articles in English or Icelandic so I thought maybe I should add a couple of the links here for those interested. Newspaper in English, TV and Radio in Icelandic, they sometimes have videos in English and there are photos of course, Government news channel in English.
Rúnar went out tonight after we got home from the store and he took a photo of the ash cloud as seen from our backyard, it looks so close. I decided to put it full size since you might not see it as well as a smaller image. It just looks like clouds. I wanted to include our fence so you can see the photo wasn’t zoomed in!
What else, I was on TV tonight. It seems the natural disasters were not important enough for them to forget about airing it. Hehehe Oh well, it turned out okay although I look horrible, Rúnar says no but I guess he’s used to seeing me while I don’t know what I look like except in a mirror so found it quite strange to see myself on TV!! At the time I thought well it is fitting that I wear dog appropriate clothes and not get all dolled up because that would just look stupid but after seeing myself I think maybe I should have put a mask on or at least got my hair cut. I hate my hair long, it doesn’t suit me and it’s just plain too much work to keep it out of my eyes. I have heard a few compliment me on my longer hair but sorry guys I’m a short hair type of girl. Hehe
Frigg went in for some blood tests after Dr. Klói would not let us off the hook. He is sure that she is just getting sicker and even though the vets can’t find out what’s wrong we figured better listen to Klói and not take “old age” for an answer! We asked specifically for a thyroid test and also because of info I have from someone who had a dog with the condition we are afraid it just might be Cushings (which she explained to me is in actual fact a cancer of the adrenal gland or pituitary gland I think it’s called). It would seem all the symptoms Frigg has had for the longest time are identical to what this other dog had and that is not a good thought because the organs will eventually all shut down. We are praying it’s not Cushings because that will mean a hard decision we are not ready to make. However it will take a while to get the test results. The first bloodtest results were normal except for too much fat in the blood (which is of course not normal!). Now we are waiting for the answer from Denmark, and I don’t know when that will get here since with all the airports closed over there I don’t know if they get the mail through as regular as usual. They thought (under normal circumstances) it would take a week to get the results back so that will be next Thursday or Friday. Fingers crossed it’s something curable.
So on the way home from the store today we stopped with Skella at the beach and the dingbat as usual rolled around and ran into the water. I’ll tell you it was FREEZING (below freezing so I can imagine the water temp) she is just such a crazy gal. So back home she had to have a rinsing off due to all the seaweed and gunk she rolled in. I hate to post the photos of her these days because she looks like a short coat, just like Birta did when she had her puppies. It is unbelievable how much coat she can have when you see her today not to mention all her physical faults are screaming out, so please look past her structure and see her little silly spirit. Hehe
Can you spot the dog? Typical Skella!!! Geesh
We’ve had great news from all the puppy owners and they are all very happy. Lovely to be able to follow them with photos on Facebook. It feels like they left so long ago and some days it feels like yesterday. Strange how time always seems to fly and stand still at the same time. Is it just me who feels this?
Another one of our puppies has had her health tests done. The owner explained that she is a wonderful dog with such great temperament and quick to learn (just like her brother Raggi) and we are ecstatic to hear that Töfra Rún Ljóslokka in Finland has healthy heart, eyes, knees and elbows, she has A hips and went to a dog show and get a Very good. We could not be happier that Hófi’s little cream girl out of Reykjadals Hrafn Dreki’s only litter (so far) is healthy, happy and loved by her owners. Raggi is also dearly loved and we hear that often, he is a smart dog and has already taken part in an obedience trial and did us all proud! He also has healthy heart, eyes and knees and should get his hips done later. There are a few great videos of Raggi training with his owner on her YouTube channel He reminds me of Hófi with his enthusiasm I just wish I had the stamina and get up and go to teach Hófi more. I’ll have to try to get my butt in gear because I know she loves training just like I hear Raggi does.
Speaking of training we have talked to the trainer of the agility here in Iceland because she came to our last clicker course and was quite happy. We talked about the fact that we (four of us that work at our school) all want to try out agility on our dogs (I’ve of course done it many years ago the same way she teaches) but we only want to clicker train and so her courses don’t work for us and we came to the conclusion that maybe she (with our help) should hold a special “clicker agility class” for ourselves and any others interested. That just might become a reality this summer…fingers crossed. Hófi might FINALLY get to try out the real agility equipment.
I don’t know if I can remember much more at the moment. I am really not getting any writing done in my book which is bothering me because it was going so well for such a long time and now I just can’t get back to it. My mind is like Swiss Cheese these days! I also haven’t been able to get all the clicker course material ready, we have a couple new courses starting next month including a new puppy socialization class and a “puppy clicker class” as well as our normal clicker class so my time MUST go to that rather than writing emails or getting involved in chat lists. I do try to get to emails when I remember to but sometimes I forget so please forgive me if you have written and I haven’t written back! Seems to be alot of things happening lately that I want to take part in, meetings (some “political” others just dog related) I will say at times my palms itch because I want to comment on this or that I see on a chat list either here at home or abroad but I think for my own sanity I must keep the willpower to do the things that need to be done in our home. I belong to way too many lists and have had to turn a few off so I don’t get overly distracted, with our dogs and school I really shouldn’t waste time that I can’t spare.
That goes for Facebook too! I have cut down the game playing and am thinking of going cold turkey on the games and cutting down on the “keeping an eye on friend’s statuses” too! I hate to do that completely because it does keep us more in touch off and on but it seems when you have too many friends then you really can’t keep up to date everyday on everybody without spending the whole day on the computer and then nothing else gets done including course material and my book. I just don’t know how people do it! So for a little while at least I must take a break. Speaking of that there is also the problem of my swollen neck/shoulders and my hands and my foot has been bothering me for quite awhile now. It comes and goes and feels like I’m walking on clean bone of my heel, does anyone reading this know what that might be? Klói doesn’t seem to think it’s anything serious, he only licks and swats my foot sometimes when the mood comes over him and it’s not like his usual “obsession” of things he feels are important.
I tell ya the past few days though I’ve felt so sick to my stomach and been stuffed up with a bit of heavy chestedness. Now Rúnar says we have no volcano ash falling on us but I’m wondering if there might not just be some very fine dust like particles floating around the area (I always have the bedroom window open) because this is not normal well okay I do have my moments and it could be the vertigo acting up from the swollen shoulders…but still I will not believe given how close the volcano appears that we aren’t getting something if it can travel all the way to Europe!!!! The wind can certainly shift for short periods without us realizing it.
Well, it’s really late now almost morning…I think my dizziness right now is just because I’m tired. I’m a stickler for punishment as Nana always said. Hehe I’m off to bed before everyone else wakes up. Got carried away as usual but it has been awhile since the last update so I’m entitled, right? Oh of course before I forget here is a link to the TV interview . I swear that puppy was trying to calm me down…it was so unrehearsed and I had no idea what to say. I was mostly nervous because my Icelandic grammar suffers when I’m nervous but Rúnar said it wasn’t bad. Too many kisses to give, so little time I imagine the puppy was thinking. Don’t laugh too much I don’t want to be responsible for anyone splitting their sides! ;D
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04.08.10
Posted in News at 01:59 by nikki
Well it’s just before midnight when I’m starting to write this but I’m going to say it’s the 8th because knowing me it’ll take me half the night to finish.
So much has happened that I can’t really remember it all. Long story short I guess is the way to go. We sent the puppies to their new homes and they all arrived safe and sound. Tásla Björg can be “visited” online at Smollerupgaard in Denmark. Tígla went to Germany and Tryggur lives in Austria. I’ve been getting steady photos of Björg and Tryggur who are both doing great with their new families which include kids, another dog and cats as well as you can see from Björg’s photos on the website there are a bunch more critters there for her to investigate. I’ve heard Tígla Vina has already stolen the bed of the dog that lives with her (with luck her boyfriend in future) and she has met the horses on the farm so far all is well. As most already know Tinni went to Reykjavík area (Mosfellsbær) and Tumi has moved up to Akureyri.
Yesterday we left right after Rúnar was finished work and drove with little Tumi into Reykjavík. His owners were coming back from vacation and they were going to drive home from the airport through Reykjavík. We decided to take Klói with us so Tumi didn’t have to be alone because we knew he had a long trip home in the cage by himself and to be honest we wanted Klói to be able to say goodbye. We got to town and went to pick up his food way on the other side of town then it was off to Rúnar’s grandparents place until Tumi’s owners arrived from the airport, their plane had been delayed, lucky for us but not so much for them. We were so glad that his grandparents at least got to see Tumi because Afi hasn’t been well enough to come to see the puppies this time. They always love to see the dogs but don’t get to see them too often due to their health. Here are a few photos of Tumi visiting Afi (grandpa) and Amma (grandma).
Tumi’s family arrived home in the middle of the night because we were unfortunate enough to have snow storms yesterday and since they live in the north of the country in Akureyri there is so much more snow up there and very dangerous mountain roads along the way that were icy. They needed to drive quite slow in parts. Tumi seems right at home in the photos we received of him tonight and it’s funny to think that only yesterday he was here in our living room.
It’s been unbelievably empty around the house today and I felt the day went very slowly. For some reason the clock stood still, I think it’s because I was actually able to sit and relax as well as sleep in this morning. It still is so hard to believe that only 10 weeks ago these little angels entered our lives and we didn’t know if they would survive. I barely remember the stress of weighing them many times a day, the 2 hour bottle feeding and how just as I finished a feeding it was time for the next one. I barely remember how I didn’t leave the house for weeks due to needing to care for them 24/7. Today as I sit here alone with the grown up dogs who all are quite “lost” too that the work and sleepless nights are already forgotten as we miss them and realize how quickly time flies and how thankful we are to have been a part of their lives.
Tinni had a great Easter weekend from what we hear he was in Akureyri with his owners on a skiing trip, lots of socialization and experiences for him. I hope they took photos of the trip.
Poor Klói and Skella seem to be lost without their puppies. Klói grew so fond of Tumi especially (his mini me) because he was alone here for a few days. We took some nice family photos of them with Birta on a walk in beautitful weather Easter day. I was bound and bent I was going to get a three generation photo of these three clones. I so wish I had of spent the time (if I’d have found the time of course) to take similar photos of all the puppies but we couldn’t let this chance pass us by since Tumi was alone and it wasn’t so difficult to photograph ONE puppy. Well, I can’t tell a lie, we tried our best, let’s put it that way. hehe I just have to share a couple of those photos!
Did I mention that Rúnar was trying to take some photos? My photos are mostly of Rúnar trying to take photos, I thought it was pretty funny but as you can see above he did get some good ones!
We got some photos of each of the pups with their parents. Not such good photos I will admit although we tried it was difficult to get one good one of each. The hardest was of course Tinni because he was the youngest when the photos were taken. We tried to take the photos the day or evening before they went to their new homes. We really need a new camera that allows for multiple photos or something because the camera we have takes too long to “think”, mind you it’s very old and has fallen on the floor and been damaged a couple times so we’re lucky it works at all. hehe I’ll share the best photo of each puppy here. Not sure when or if I will put together a new photos page. We’re quite busy now trying to work on the website for the school and also we will be finishing up a course and starting a new one soon and I will be taking part in that for sure.
Here is a photo of Björg with her new owners (the children in the family).
Tumi with his new owner and a photo of him with us when he was leaving. The only photo ever taken of both of us with any of the puppies. Go figure. Thank you Hrefna for thinking of taking a photo of us.
We have seen a bunch of photos of Tryggur in his new home on Facebook so I’ll see if I can get a photo to share. We are so happy with this litter and couldn’t be happier with the homes that destiny provided for them. Poor Skella looks so unlike herself these days and we are not taking many photos of her, she is totally out of undercoat and looks so skinny without her coat. I guess that despite her not having to feed the litter that the stress and hormones still play havoc with her body.
I can feel for Skella actually. At the moment I feel just how exhausted I am after these past couple months and I really need a few days rest. My hands will hopefully be back to normal soon now that I don’t have to be constantly washing them. I’ve been using cream and trying to let Rúnar do most the washing up when possible, it seems to be helping because my hands are peeling now which usually happens when they are healing. Dizziness has been bad the past couple days as it always is when I’m tired or stressed (sending puppies across the country or world is quite stressful for anyone I think) and I did have good days and not so good days but I wouldn’t have missed the gift of those little puppies for the world!
When we did the puppy test the other day for a poodle litter the TV came to take an interview and to tape the testing of one puppy. I don’t remember if I mentioned that or not. The interview is supposed to be aired tonight so I’m really stressing over that. I felt unbelievably calm while they were filming which surprised me but it seems I’m getting more stressed at the thought of it airing. :-Þ I had a bad hair day and really can’t remember if I actually said anything that I wanted to convey or just made a fool of myself. Hehe I’ve been told that I did well so I’m hoping that they at least cut out any bad bits. That is also one of the reasons we have been working hard on the new website, they had said they would plug it in the interview. Jikes! Oh well, this could be fun if we get some interest in the courses or the puppy tests. It’ll at least keep Rúnar busy if I am not able to keep up with everything.
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