Rally obedience
Tonight Quanda and I start training rally obedience again and she did a great job!
The last time the two of us trained together with other dogs was during the rally course we took in the fall of 2009. During simulair situtations in the past I’ve had a hard time motivating Quanda as she basically shows no interest in me or in the dog treats I’m offering. So I didn’t have high expectations for today.
Even though Quanda started looking around and sniffing the ground as soon as we came in, I did succeed to motivate her. She was actually doing such a good job that we were able to train off leash for some time!
I’m so proud 
Shopping
As usual, Lukas woke up early today, which means we’ve plenty of time before his afternoon nap. Today I put Lukas and Quanda in the car and went to visit Lukas’ grandparents.
On the way home we did some shopping. It was the first time Lukas got to walk around in the toy store, but he behaved perfectly and on the way back to the car he insisted on caring the shopping bag…
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday Quanda !!!
Time is going way to fast… Today is Quanda’s fifth birthday. It doesn’t seem that long ago I run up and down the stairs in the apartment building with a eight week old puppy in my arms…
Afternoon walk
Most of the snow has melted the last week and now it’s freezing again, so we can finally move around! It’s still very slippery, so we have to watch ourselves, but it’s lots better then trying to walk in half a meter of snow…
Here are some pictures taken while the three of us had some fun outside.
It took some time, but in the end both Lukas and Quanda stayed in place and looked at the camera! To bad I didn’t have the good camera with me…
Enjoying the view
The hole family went to Gökalv for a walk this afternoon. Yesterday was a rainy day, but last night the temperature went down and today we had a perfect day for a walk. Clear weather and temperature around 4-5 degrees. Luckily I had my camera with me… I got several great pictures of Quanda.
Quanda enjoying the view.
A few more pictures can be found in the gallery.
Picture time
I took some pictures with my mobile while playing outside with Lukas and Quanda.
Lukas likes to walk with his wheelbarrow, but that’s not easy in the grass. So he gave up shortly after I took the picture.
After a little walk we went to the backyard and Lukas got to sit on the big rock in our backyard.
Lukas liked sitting on the rock and when Quanda jumped up as well it got even better.
The forest
Lukas grandmother is visiting us this week and unfortunately it’s been raining almost everyday. Today the weather was actually nice for the first time with a temperature around zero, no rain, no wind. So we were able to have a nice walk in the forest and at the beach and I managed to take some nice pictures of both Lukas and Quanda.
This picture was taken after Quanda washed her paws in the sea… Doesn’t she know that it’s cold??
Lukas walking around at the parking lot just before heading home.
Picture time
Daddy was going to take pictures of Quanda, but Lukas wanted to play with the camera.
Quanda has found a new favorite spot: in the new grass besides the big rock.
Tracking course 5
This weekend was the last time we went to the tracking course. This time we tested a night track without a gunshot and according to the tracking judge that followed us she did a great job. I’m just so proud of her!!!
So now we have to continue training ourselves. To start with I’ll need to find better routines since the last couple of times it didn’t go to well, but I got some great ideas from the others and they also gave me some ideas regarding Quanda’s gunshot problem.
I just feel a little bit sad that the course is already over, but some of us talked about meeting and training together. Let’s hope we can… Quanda just loves to go out in the woods and I think it’s great to do something completely different once and a while.
Tracking course 4
Photo: Gunilla Hägerstedt
Yesterday Quanda’s training continued and once again she got a night track. The track seemed to be more complicated and she circled several times at the dead-end part, but she did get back on track.
This time we also fired a gunshot to test her reaction and it did throw her of quite a bit. It took some time before she started tracking again, but she managed to finish the track. Hopefully she gets used to gunshots during tracking since this is a part of the tracking tests we are training for.
The pictures where taken during the tracking session two weeks ago and more photos are available in the gallery.