Sheltiewalk!

The weather has been awful these last couple of weeks, snow, wind, rain and what have you. Not easy to go out for a walk. Ad. mum thinks I´m getting fat....
We decided to attempt fait today and with Gudrun, called for a sheltie walk in Sólheimakot, the teaching premishes of the Icelandic Kennel club. 11 shelties showed up and two more came for a visit afterwards - more than half of the sheltie population in Iceland! It was grait fun, lots of luuuuvely ladies. We had a snowstorm, of course. (Lilja, my adopted mum to the right on picture, I am third from the right, then Disa and Bangsi. My kennel sister, Dimma, is second from the left).

When we came back home, tvo nice young girls dropped by, imports from Kennel Aha in Sverige. They were quite shy, one didn´t want to talk to me at all and tried to get back into her car and shut the door, but I was JUST getting her attention when ad. mum called me in. Shxx. Few more minutes, and she would have been mine! Well, some other time.

Bangsi is now my best friend. He is very nice to me, cleans and puffes into my ear, invites me to play,- I just have to keep a distance from his feeding bowl. Loftur, the kitten, is also a good playmate, I see him almost every day and we have some fun. He is now out of his cast and is using his leg well.


One last picture to share: Back, from left: Disa, Bangsi, Me. Front, from left: Hekla, Pila, Penni, Dimma.

Last day of Christmas

It finally cleared up yesterday and we had a long walk in the forest (Heiðmörk). I got to run free for an hour with Disa and Bangsi and that was great. It is raining again today, so only shorter walks for my adopted mum, thank you.

Ad. mom sais I´m settling well, I´m first up in the morning and usually start to tease Disa until she starts to bark at me. That gets everybody up and going and Disa gets the blame, he he he. I think ad. mum is thinking about letting me sleep in the master bedroom tonight, instead of with the other dogs. Well, that was what I wanted all along! Big cheer for me!

All the Christmas deco was packed today, the last day of Christmas was on the 6th, but as the weather was so bad, the celebrations were postphoned until yesterday. In Iceland they have big bonfires, fireworks, 13 santaclauses (jule lads), trolls, elves and all kind of creatures going around the last night of Christmas. I was dressed up in a red hat, to get into the spirit.

Well, must rush, its dinner time for me and I´ve got to watch my food or Disa will steal it!

Few pics and more

The view from the quaranteen station. It´s down by the south coast of Iceland, a few minutes drive from the international airport.

The cages where I was hanging out with my other prison-mates.


Me and Guðrún clinging to each other - I´m on the way out to freedom!!

My day was full of new things. Did some walking with adopted mum, Disa and Bangsi and I even got to run free for a short time. Lilja said I was such a pack animal that I did just like the other dogs, so she let me off the lead when no one was around. Of course I came with the other dogs when she called.
I also had my feet trimmed, nails clipped and some ear-trimming - not that I am fuzzy about those things, but I think Lilja could not wait to get her hands on me on the table. Just glad she did not tie a pink ribbon round my neck with all this done.

I´m eating well and having some fun with my new mates, Disa and Bangsi. They are a bit immature, have to say, trying to express themselves humping me and walking around with their tails like Icelandic sheepdogs. I had enough of this silly behavior and let Bangsi know. I´m respected now. Disa, however, can do what she likes with me. She´s this gorgeous blonde, you know.

I met Loftur the cat agin, he lives at Lilja´s mum´s. He broke his leg only 10 weeks old, and now at 12 weeks, he is using the plastered leg like he was born with it. We played a bit, I let him practise his hunting skills on me, he was jumping on me and hanging in my coat. I also got some squeeking toys to play with at home. Tired now, the action is quite a change from the quaranteen station!

Out at last!

I´m out! I´m out!!
After four weeks in the quaranteen station I´m finally out, what a relief. It was getting a bit boring in there, with nothing to do all day but wait for next meal. My adopted mum, Lilja, and Guðrún, came to pick me up. I was very curtious and careful as we were just making our aqquaintance, but quite happy to leave the station in Höfn with them. My adopted mum was driving, and the two of them were so occupied with me (well, I´m quite handsome even if I say so myself.......) that she drove right off the road and got the car stuck on its belly. The car had to be towed up, my mum said it was fortunate that nothing was damaged and looked at me, like I had something to do with this! I can´t help looking like that and she just has to get used to it, if she wants to drive the car with me in it. ....

I was relaxed and curious when we arrived home, I met Loftur, the kitten with a broken leg, in a plaster, (a funny looking dude), everybody oohed and aahed over me and I felt quite at home. I got a little sniff around my home before my new housemates, Bangsi and Disa came to say Hi. Whow, what a babe She is!!!! Smelling sooooo nice, I want to make some puppies. She did not agree, however.

Bangsi was ok. - I´m sure we will be friends. The rest of the family, little and big Jonas and Steinunn were nice too.

My mum says I´m relaxed and stable, behaving like the house has always been my home. Tomorrow we will explore the neighbourhood and I have to get a good nights sleep to prepare for all the new smells!!