Birthday cake
Some before and after pictures of Lukas eating his birthday cake.
Presents
Some of the nice presents Lukas got tonight.
Lukas got this very nice rocking horse from his grandparents. His grandfather has made it himself.
Lukas’ first birthday!
Happy birthday Lukas !!!
Today is Lukas first birthday! Our little boy is already one year old… Anyway, here are some pictures I took this morning of our big boy.
Quanda’s page
New picture on Quanda’s page.
Tracking course 3
This morning it was time for Quanda’s second night track and once again she did an amazing job. This time the track was a little more complicated with a dead-end part, but she managed to follow the track without problems. Next time we’ll even try with a gun shot and hopefully we can soon enter another test!
One of the others took pictures during our tracking session today so I should be able to post some of them soon.
Sandbox
Lukas has spend the night at his grandparents since both of us had to take of early this morning. The weather was nice enough for them to spend some time outside this morning, so Lukas got to play in the new sandbox. It was actually his first time playing in a sandbox.
Picture time
Photo: Gunilla Hägerstedt
One of the pictures taken last Saturday during the tracking course.
Tracking course 2
Quanda tried her first night-track today and she did very well!
The track was laid yesterday evening around 6 o’clock and today Quanda managed to follow the track, which had been resting for about 17 or 18 hours. She got sidetracked twice by a very fresh moose trail that crossed the track a couple of times, but she managed to get back on track without problems.
It’s nice spending some time outdoors with Quanda in the woods. Once again the weather wasn’t that great, but with better outdoor clothes I kept myself warm. As usual during these training days we had a fire going, so I had barbecued sausage for lunch. I also got one of the others to take some pictures of Quanda, so hopefully I will soon be able to update the outdated picture on Quanda’s page.
New mobile
Wednesday I finally received my new mobile: a HTC desire. It’s an android phone, so I can install apps on it and make it do all kinds of stuff. I already installed a WordPress app and I’m writing this post on the phone.
The picture was taken as one of many to test the phones camera.
Tracking course 1
Yesterday was the start of Quanda’s tracking course. Quanda got excited as soon as she saw me packing her tracking gear the evening before and when we got up in the morning she understood directly something fun was about to happen. Dogs are just so smart…
When we arrived at the training site she directly realized what was going to happen and got anxious to get started, but the tracks need to rest a couple of hours. I hardly managed to walk here during this time as she started to search for the track directly.
When Quanda got to start 2-3 hours later, she did a great job! It’s just amazing what she can accomplish if she wants to. Next week things get serious as we’ll try a track that has been resting over night for the first time…
I had a great time yesterday as I got to get of the house and spend some alone time with Quanda. It was kinda chilly yesterday and I got really cold… I guess I have to invest in some better outdoor clothes. I’m already looking forward to next weekend to try Quanda on a night old track, but hopefully we get some time during the week to try a more complicated track by ourselves.