Quotes & Pics

Tame birds have longings. Wild birds fly!

If it just was always that easy..
Sitting alone in an aeroplane, on the way to a new destination with new people, work and experiences is way up on my "best moments in life" list. And one I have treaetd and will treat myself to as often as possible.

Life is a flower and love is its nectar.

Corn field:

This corn field close to my home was flooded when the river Ems burst its banks for a couple of days. Gulls, ducks, swans and passing geese discovered their new playground instantly.

Race horses!
These two guys are rather friendly and often race Heiko along the fence. I love to go for walks here - all pictures where taken only 10 minutes by foot from home.

Heiko

Mad dog :)

One of my Landlords two dogs, a German Longhaired Pointer + Large Munsterlander-Mix (Deutsch-Langhaar + Großer Münsterländer-Mischling). .
Their owner is a hunter and Heiko is going to be trained as a gundog.
He´s another example for the rule that dogs, which are used for work and not for showing-off, don´t have to be "pure-bred".
You can see the same with Livestock guarding dogs in Eastern Europe, Stockdogs in Australia and even Sled dogs in the North - as long as they "function" breed doesn´t matter. Individual differences do, though.
Of cause it ususally doesn´t make much sense to try to train a Collie-kelpie-mix as a gundog and Heiko highly probably wouldn´t make good Herder - but if the breeds in the mix have the same "job" mixes appear to work as good as pure-breds. If you think about Hybrids, the Heterosis-effect and the health problems some dog breeds develop they might even often be the better option.

In any case - Heiko is still a puppy and great fun to be with! I take him for walks as often as I can.

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cheerio, Anne

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