Hemi, our youngest rabbit

We have some sad news. One of our youngest rabbits, Hemi, is probably paralyzed from the hips down. We noticed she was having difficulties walking while she was playing in the garden. We took her to the vet but since she was very scarred and the floor over there was to slippery he couldn't make a fair diagnose. He told us to let her be by herself for some time and than wait and see if it'll just pass. This morning we tried to put her back with the others in the garden, but we noticed it just got worse. When we picked her up we saw her paws where just hanging there, not trying to scratch us - she always does that, so we immediately knew something was awfully wrong. We tried to move her legs, but felt there was not much life in her right leg. Her left leg still has some muscle but not enough for a healthy rabbit. We've had rabbits ever since we can remember, so we get the hang of it... Now we're in doubt of what to do... She lives perfectly with it, but doesn't it endanger her overall health? Our vet's on vacation right now, so we have to wait at least a few more days... He assured us last week that apart from her legs she looks very healthy, has a good, strong back muscle and clean teeth and eyes. Doubt! :(

Hemi (left) in better times

Happy birthday, Gracie!!!

One year ago our Mona gave birth to 8 little Newfies! We want to wish them all a very happy birthday! 

This obviously also means our little Grace turns one! After her problems with her kidney and knee, we're very happy to celebrate her first birthday! On to her second birthday! The vets told us we should be happy with every day she's with us and although she's a real pig, we love her with whole our heart! It's still special to have a mother and daughter Newfy! :) 

She got a new horse stuffy for her birthday! Unfortunately the horse lost an ear about 3 minutes after we gave it to her... :s

Grace, one day old

Grace, 1y old with her new stuffy 

"What should I do with it?"

Here the horse lost it's ear... 

"Whatcha doin' Viggo?"

Demolition derby: whose stuffy will die first?
Viggo stole Mona's duck and demolished it...
He won the demolition derby. 

Mona, sad about her duck... 

Auguri, Viggo!!!!

Today's Viggo's 6th birthday!!!!
We'll treat him with a very long walk, lots of cookies and lots of hugs & kisses! This evening he'll have some 'doggy lasagna'! Once an Italian boy, always an Italian boy, so Italian food it is! :)
We want to say Happy Birthday to Viggo's brother and sisters: Happy birthday, Noè, Noelle & Iris!!!

Viggo at 12 weeks old when he joined our family! 

Viggo 12 weeks old

Viggo, 12w old, in search for COOKIES!!!

Beautiful Viggo, 12w

Viggo & Aaron
Viggo, 1y old
"Can we get something to drink, please?"

Viggo yesterday at 6y old minus 1 day ;) 

Grooming and Crazy Gracie

It's been a while since I've updated this blog. I apologize! From now on I'll post more often, I promise!

This weekend the weather was wonderful in Belgium, so we decided to groom our three doggies.
These are the results:

Mona after grooming

Mona

Grace after bath, blow dried but not yet groomed

Grace

Viggo
He didn't want me to take some
other pictures so this is the only good one... :s

Sunday, Grace got into the Rabbits' residence...

Grace saying 'Hi' to Viper

Grace in the Rabbithouse 

And today our beloved Grace decided she wanted to look more like Viggo and turn into a black & white Newfoundland... She bumped her head into the freshly painted mailbox and now she looks like this: 

Of course I couldn't end this message without a picture of our Shaggy...

Can you guys find him anywhere? 

Ooohhh, there you are!!! :) 

Grace at school & Mona at the vet's

Grace at school


Thursday, Grace went to doggy school for the first time! We waited so long to send her to school because of her kidney and knee, but now we couldn't wait any longer because little Miss Gracie thinks she's the boss of everyone here at home! Time for change! :)
To my and my mum's surprise she did amazingly well! She obeyed like she's never done before! Other great thing: as I practiced yesterday what we had learned the day before, she did everything right from the first time! :) She's an A student, which means she can already start a more difficult class next week! We are so proud of our little Gracie!

Mona at the vet's

Friday morning we noticed that Mona was limping, so in the evening we went to the vet to check her right paw. Apparently she bruised two of her toes. So now she has to rest and take some medication!

Grace takes Viggo for a walk!

This movie shows you how our Gracie takes her 'dad' for a walk! :)
We wanted to take Viggo for a walk ourselves, but Grace thought she should do that...!
Viggo is being very easy as you can see! :) His little jumps are sooooo adorable! :) And Mona doesn't really know what to do! :)

Happy Birthday, Mona!!!

Today's Mona's birthday!!!! 4 years old already!

To celebrate her birthday properly, we decided to take her for a walk to the weekly market in the center of our village. She always loves to do that, so that was her 'present'. She behaved amazingly well, she had a lot of attention for the children playing at the playground and she passed every dog without any problem. We are very happy and proud of her that she behaved this way, because after her pregnancy she was always anxious. Clearly this fear 'for nothing' is gone now! We're so relieved!

After her walk she ate some birthday cookies and as diner we made her and her friends birthday pancakes!

The recipe is very easy. 

For three dogs you need:

- 3 eggs

- a cup of cream cheese

- +/- 200g of meat that is easy to mix (ground beef, for example)

- some flour 

You just mix it all together and you've got the dough, to make the dough smooth you can ad as many flower as you wish. Than put the dough into a frying pan or the oven and you've got your dog(s) some pancakes! 

Mona, Viggo, Grace and Shaggy enjoyed it!