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Puppy stung by wasp

My little Vizsla just got stung by a wasp at the park. I think it was karma for stealing someone’s last slice of salami just minutes ago. Missing the drama, I was working when she was out for a walk in the park and just got home to this: She…
August 20, 2014

mywhiskeygirl

I love wide vistas with a tiny pup but for some re

I love wide vistas with a tiny pup but for some reason they never do well here. We're on the Island right now doing some bird dog stuff that rewards Bourbon for running big and exploring far away. In keeping with the theme, here she is on mountains doing her thing chasing sunrise and ptarmigan just happy as could be.

Here is a Bourbon being her most authentic self. W

Here is a Bourbon being her most authentic self. We take her to this quiet beach where she loves to run and find water bugs and tweety birds. She doesn't ever stop so we always need to round her up when we decide we want to head home. I just love her unapologetic joy to run around, hunt, and bark her brains out.

She's been such a joy to add to our family. We were wary of adding a second dog to our family and changing the dynamics but Bourbon has made us laugh and fall in love from day one. She's a clever little self entertaining creature with a tornado up her butt. Oddly submissive and sensitive to scary things, she becomes fearless once she feels safe and just loves to run and hunt. In a week we are taking her to her first bird exposure, tests and trials and derby with absolutely no training.

I'm crossing my fingers that she does well, as all her brothers and sisters down south have been winning ribbons and titles. It's where big running and hunting is actually rewarded and hopefully Bourbon will do what she's born to. I'm still a bit confused about what my role is and what happens if she runs off course chasing the wrong birds or decides to hunt water bugs in a puddle instead but I'll post our adventures like always!

I'm so thankfully have this platform to share her antics and her growing up with you!

I absolutely fell in love with these sweaters seve

I absolutely fell in love with these sweaters several years ago from Bravehound and had thought about importing them to North America as it's not so easy to order and ship from Russia.

This year I'm finally doing it! There will be 3 Vizsla sizes offered (that will fit a variety of similar sized breeds). I'll be opening a pop-up e-store in early October with these sweaters, calendars, hats, badges, and other small things as a new side venture. It's a bit scary to invest my own money and time into something like this but I thought it's better to try and fail than not try at all. I had really hoped to open in September but there have been production delays and hiking season is still kicking around!

Meanwhile have you noticed that Bourbon's eyes have finally gotten to their amber coloring and that Whiskey looks like a human?

And just like that it seems that summer is over. I

And just like that it seems that summer is over. It's started to snow in the mountains and today we're getting up to 90mm of rain so bye bye sun. Last week we got caught out in the dark during a jog and my sunscreen and bug spray have been put in a drawer for next summer. I hope I can still squeeze out a couple big adventures, but for now it's time to dig out the sweaters and eat a couple pounds of "insulation" to keep me warm 😉.

Speaking of which, I'm aiming for beginning of October to have my e-store open. It's later than I had hoped but that seems like a theme 😣. I'll have calendars, hats, dog sweaters, notepads, prints, stickers and magnets. I really hope you love them!❤️

📷 @creeks.and.peaks

It's not every pup that can hike for 12 hours. Thi

It's not every pup that can hike for 12 hours. This trio had no idea what they were getting into this morning but they were so excited to be on the trail. I chose Vizslas because they were bred for their endurance and loyalty I've never been let down.

Cooper (7) was introduced to me as a pup who didn't really like other dogs, especially girls, especially puppies. Let me tell you he absolutely loves getting into my car and following Bourbon on her misadventures and giving his owner @kristina.kotlebova mini heart attacks. I've never seen a dog so miserable in the city become so happy in the alpine. I'm so blessed with friends that love dogs, that have dogs to love, and that structure their lives around making dog happy. Their lives are so much shorter than ours but boy, they spend so much more of their time free and happy that we really have much to learn!

Ah this little mountain. It beat @kmexplores and I

Ah this little mountain. It beat @kmexplores and I last year when we tried it and ended up summiting a sub-peak instead and then got lost on a sketchy down scramble where I broke my phone and could have done worse.

For some reason we decided we needed to come back and finish it with the addition of Cooper and his sidekick @kristina.kotlebova .It's the most continuous incline I've ever done (2300m) in a day and half of it on rocks. And guess what? It was worth it!

We started early and in better shape than last year and sped through the easier trail section I remember hating last year. After climbing through the clouds and fog we reached the sunny alpine and were rewarded with a very thick inversion that seemed almost solid. As the day progressed the clouds came in and out like a beautiful ballet so the views never got boring and the final peak definitely had the best seats in the house.

It's such a trip when you spend most of the day looking down on flying helicopters, glaciers, and clouds. Of course the down climb was the hardest part but we made it back to the car with only half an hour of headlamps and big smiles of a wonderful day. The dogs were so impressive and were running and zooming up until hour 11 of 12 but once the sun set, they decided they were done, so we had to encourage them to the finish line. Bourbon wore boots for the entire downclimb when I saw her paws were sore, and Whiskey as always rocked the entire hike heeling with me even while scrambling.

📷 @kristina.kotlebova

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