Eddie had a nice 18km (12 miles) cycling tour yesterday. Alfie stayed in since I was with couple of people and did not want to cause too much hassle with two dogs.

Tony has been very busy with the forest work and my plot looks so much different now. I wish I had taken some photos before and after Tony’s visit since it has made so much diffefence.

Saturday we went to the Lahti international dog show and Tony saw some ski jumps.

Tony is about to leave soon back to UK.

B – “Where did you go last night?”

F – “Silver KCGC training.”

B – “The problem I have with this training & exams is that it doesn’t cover any of my specialist skills.”

F – “Oh, what are these specialist skills?”

B – “Retrieving, swimming & dancing, of course.”

F – “Ah, yes I remember.  So you are trying to tell me you may need a few attempts!”

B – “Well, maybe”

The weather in Finland has been just beautuful since I came back. Powder snow & sunshine.

The boys love it too, of course.

Tomorrow we will go to the X-ray (hip & elbows) + check patella’s. The result will be official and recorded to the boys. Keep your fingers crossed that they are as heathy as possible!

I had an additional riding lesson on Thursday and I had my boys with me since I knew they needed to work in the stable.

On Wednesday during my weekly riding lesson some very young girls tried to transport hay pales from the barn to the stable using sledge. It was too heavy for them.

So on Thursday the boys were wore harnesses. They both transported 3 hay pales eg 6 in total. It was a new experience for them and we were having so much fun!

This photo is taken in a dark barn using mobile phone. The boys were also wearing reflector vests (they got them from Santa).

Sari

Today I though of getting to know the forest a bit better and walked a bit more than 5km and turned back. I haven’t done that tour many times yet. The forest is so huge that I have been lost several times. Now that I use the Sports Tracker I can see where I have walked earlier and navigate back to the track. Today I went as much as I could without having the feeling of getting lost and making the tour too long (Otto was with us).

I was surprised how Otto was ok during and after the walk. He had a heart attach last month. At first I did not let him come for a walks with us but then I was sent a link to a doctor’s website where he tells about how the mind interacts your health. The happier you are the better you feel. So I though that if Otto wants to come for a walk with us he can, I’m not stopping him. And I think he seems a bit healthier now after our forest walks etc.

At one point on the way back Otto fell down and I had to help him up. I guess it was quite slippery there and when pulling him up I might have accidentially put the tracker on pause. Lucily you can correct that later on.

My boys were just running all the time. They are healthy and fit

You can see our tours in the Sports Tracker if you register (for free). Then please join the group “ Flatcoats circuit training - flattien kuntopiiri”

ps. I’m on vacation and going back to work on Monday December 29. Yippee!

We were a bit surprised to have a dog treadmill ad in our mailbox today. After our 1h 17min adventure in the snowy forest we wen to pick up the mail. And there it was. The ad.

I can understand treadmills in the vet practices but getting one for home? Even though I have cross trainer myself, but one for dogs just to build up the muscles? I have heard that “water treadmills” are good after surgery and getting a dog back to action.

Here is example of good exercise for healthy dogs (to build up muscles too):

Boy did we have fun today or what.