Long time since my last post.

The reason why I was worried about Eddie “having a long pee” outside was that he is such an epicure and finds out “food” in so many places.

The other day I noticed him having some digestion problems. It all started like the one with Ella; having the funny burps and heartburn. Although I knew in my head that it isn’t what Ella had, I still was so worried in my heart that it could develop to the same Ella had (and caused her death at the age of 2).

Eddie had eaten some sharp bones he found and who knows what else too so I thought that after vomiting some of the harp bones they might have hurt his gullet. I tried to find the medication to that (even though he might not have needed it but I just couldn’t stop worrying) but I couldn’t so I drove 40 km to the pharmacy in the capital area (and back) to have medication for him. When I was back home with the “new” medication I also found the “old” ones.

I gave him the medication that protected his gullet & tripe for two days and gave them a change to recover from the harp bones etc. I was worried about it getting worse (to the one that Ella had, and yes it was just a feeling but a terrible one).

Luckily I had the first aid in my fridge for the sharp objects in the stomach: asparagus. This is what I learned a year ago when Alfie had eaten some staples. Asparagus collects the sharp objects and wrap them so that they do not hurt digestion system. This helped Alfie and he did not have to go to the surgery to get rid of the stables.

Eddie is now fine and apparently I haven’t fully recovered from Ella’s death. Anyway it is not always healthy for the dogs to eat everything they find.

It was almost -20C (-4F) this morning when I waked up. Colder than -19 but not quite -20.

Eddie stayed out a bit too long this morning (”having a pee”) so I went to look for him. He was found easily & soon. Apparently having fun just like a flatcoat.

Afterwards we walked on the ice a bit. There is a pond in my piece of land and it is of course frozen now.

You can see my house in the background in one of the photos.

I will tell you later more about why I was a bit worried about Eddie staying out for too long.

On our first walk this year we bumped into blood. The end of elk / moose hunting season was 31.12 so there was one that was shot very close to our home before the season ended.

If you are very sensitive, then please do not click the link to the video. But if you are interested in hunting in general, the please have a look.

I think it was good for my boys to see that and smell all the blood.

Eddie found something very yummy from there and on our way back he took something with him. At 4 AM next morning I had to clean it up from the living room mat as he could not digest that (it was his second time of vomiting it and the best time to do that is when people are sleeping). Apparently it was too strong for him. Otto was here too and he had some of it from the kitchen floor and did not vomit it (he eats lots of stuff anyway so he has a very strong tummy).

But the smell in the house was not too lovely afterwards even I cleaned several times and even used vinegar which is good for smells. I had to take the two mats outside.

Here’s Eddie enjoying his organic gourmet.

We had a nice over 10 km walk in the forest (or I did, the boys mostly run).