Tani Swims!

My very big wish came true: Tani likes to swim :) She is still a little insecure when she cannot touch the ground, but she goes to swim anyway, my brave little girl.

We were at the seaside for a week with many of her canine friends. At first, she only went in the water up to her tummy and watched the others have fun. But one day she decided to give it a try and she followed the gang deeper and deeper. She swam with them for about 15 minutes. The next day she ran into the water as soon as we arrived on the beach, but wouldn't swim much, so we just played on the shore for the rest of the time. Then it was time to go back home and we couldn't try any more swimming for a week, but yesterday we went for a trip to the seaside again and she ran into the sea as soon as we came to the beach. There were waves so she couldn't swim normally, but she kept trying so I decided to take her to another beach after lunch. With no waves there, she swam for about 15 minutes.

We are going to EO on Thursday and then on vacation again (I am working on my diploma and our house by the sea is the perfect place for writing). We will stay there for 3 weeks, so she will have many opportunities for swimming this summer :)

Happy 6 Months!

Congratulations to Tani and her siblings Razz, Rayas and one blue merle boy in Nantes! I cannot believe that my little girl is 6 months old already, time sure does fly. Seems like I went to pick her up yesterday. I knew right away that she was my perfect puppy, so tiny and full of energy, everything I hoped for and even more. It was love at first sight for both of us. She decided right away that we belong together and already while we were at the breeder's she followed me everywhere and came to rest at my feet when she got sleepy from playing with Razz. We are celebrating her 6 months at a trial today, as we have national holiday in Slovenia.

Here is a demonstration of how much she has changed in this period - she doesn't look like a little racoon any more, now she's a beautiful young lady.

Tani's First Hiking Trip

At almost 6 months, we took Tani hiking for the first time. Of course, we chose a path that isn't too dangerous or too long for such a young dog, and in addition has a river running along practically all the way. She behaved very well during the entire trip so we spent a beautiful day together.

Unfortunately though, Tani got a painful lesson from the electrical fence in the valley. While I was searching for something in my bag, she tried to go under it and touched it with her back. She cried a little, but then I threw her a stick and ran with her a little, and she very soon forgot all about it.

A couple of days ago, Tani learned how to gather wild strawberries in the forest. She likes the sweet taste of them, so she soon figured that we also have them in the garden. Ever since, whenever we play in the garden, she goes to check if there are any new ones that have become red, and if there are, she eats them.

Puppy Class Exam

Tani successfully completed the finals for her puppy class. Yes, we have actual finals: doggies must show they can come when called (even if they are playing with their friends), heel in all directions (ignoring all distractions), wait in sit and down position (again, with distractions), show some tricks ... Tani did very well, not as perfectly as she could have, but very well anyway. I was very proud of her. At the same time, I was sad that the class would end, as we were having so much fun with Silvia. But then she told us that she decided to have another tricks class for us, so we will be attending her lessons all Summer, yaaaay! Seems like Tani will be a real Circus dog by the time she's one year old :)

Biiiig thanks to Daša Zakotnik for this beautiful picture of Tani:

Photoshooting

On Wednesday we had a photoshooting in Hrušica. Biiiiig thanks to Iztok Noč for these wonderful pictures of Tani on agility equipment! Tani and I don't actually work much on real equipment yet, but we are running some little cik/cap courses with tunnels and bars on the ground and are slowly starting to run over a flat plank on the ground. However we did run over a baby dogwalk a couple of times (very low, though) just for this photoshooting.

Puppy Tricks - part 4

I did find some time to edit the part 4 of Tani's puppy tricks. Here is the video:

Puppy Class and a Trip to Bohinj

Water has always been my favorite element. I love swimming and I would love my dogs to swim with me. Xsara is not impressed by water at all, going inside up to her tummy is totally enough as far as she's concerned. For a while it looked like Tani was not much of an acquamaniac herself, but the other day she played in a pond with her sheltie puppy friend and they were having so much fun that I decided to give it a try again as soon as possible. Today we took the girls for a trip to Bohinj where we went for a long walk by a beautiful lake. I was playing with Tani on the shore and at a certain point threw a stick into the lake. At first she entered the water slowly and carefully, but very soon she realized that it was fun, so she got more and more comfortable running and jumping around like a little furry maniac and she even swam a little. Yay!


We also filmed the material for Tani's part 4 of puppy tricks. I haven't edited it yet, but in the meantime I'm posting this video of Silvia's puppy class, also featuring my clever little girl:


Pretty cool, isn't it? We're having so much fun in this class, I wish it would never end!