It's been a while.. 2 months almost. Finally got home to see my big girl a few days ago.
Today is her first birthday and every day has been just wonderful, I look forward to at the very least, 10 more long years with her; grandma is 13 and going on strong still which bodes well. Poor girl came into season almost a week ago and was violently ill on her first day, couldn't keep anything down and did nothing but sleep. Tons of fun. But the appetite is unbelievable, she's rocketed up to 7 pounds of raw food daily now and is a complete and utter trash compactor.. between her and the other Danes, 2 deep freezes full of food has dwindled down to basically nothing. Don't think she plans to stop growing any time in the near future but hopefully she becomes lighter on the pocket book here.
Anyway, we have the luxury of living very close to some of the most breathtaking, beautiful scenery on this planet and probably the nicest mountain range in the world. In my infinite wisdom, I decided to test Boots in seeing if she could handle herself on an 8 hour (25 Kilometre) hike up a mountain. Suffice to say, she completely blew me away. We left at 5 AM on empty stomachs, a couple hours sleep and not much in the way of gear. This wasn't a leisurely hike either, inclines of sharp 45 degree angles and so-forth.
Starting to ramble, here are some of the pictures.. it was cloudy and stormy, usual typical mountain affair. And no, NOT me in the pics, last time I checked I was male -
- Smelt like food to her
- More food
- It was cold, windy and a group of tourists from Australia had just slobbered over Boots for 15 minutes.. we were grumpy, in a good way.
Today is her first birthday and every day has been just wonderful, I look forward to at the very least, 10 more long years with her; grandma is 13 and going on strong still which bodes well. Poor girl came into season almost a week ago and was violently ill on her first day, couldn't keep anything down and did nothing but sleep. Tons of fun. But the appetite is unbelievable, she's rocketed up to 7 pounds of raw food daily now and is a complete and utter trash compactor.. between her and the other Danes, 2 deep freezes full of food has dwindled down to basically nothing. Don't think she plans to stop growing any time in the near future but hopefully she becomes lighter on the pocket book here.
Anyway, we have the luxury of living very close to some of the most breathtaking, beautiful scenery on this planet and probably the nicest mountain range in the world. In my infinite wisdom, I decided to test Boots in seeing if she could handle herself on an 8 hour (25 Kilometre) hike up a mountain. Suffice to say, she completely blew me away. We left at 5 AM on empty stomachs, a couple hours sleep and not much in the way of gear. This wasn't a leisurely hike either, inclines of sharp 45 degree angles and so-forth.
Starting to ramble, here are some of the pictures.. it was cloudy and stormy, usual typical mountain affair. And no, NOT me in the pics, last time I checked I was male -
- Smelt like food to her
- More food
- It was cold, windy and a group of tourists from Australia had just slobbered over Boots for 15 minutes.. we were grumpy, in a good way.