Snow!!!!

Our dogs love snow! Especially Mona likes to be covered in it. Normally she's never too excited to go outside, but if it has snowed, you simply can't stop her. Viggo and Grace on the other hand like to play in it for a little while, but they soon come knocking on our back door to get back in. Not Mona, she can't get enough!! Here is the proof:

Mona has been defeated... 

PLAYING!!! 

More plaaayyyyiiinnngggg!!! 

Although this picture isn't clear at all, I love it!
 It's Viggo shaking off snow! 

Beautiful Mona

Mona

Viggo

Grace covered in snow

Mona, waiting for someone to play with her... 

Mouse steps

Mouse steps

Grace

Grace

Mona

Grace

Grace

Grace

Rabbits protected against the cold. 

Our street

Beautiful tree

Beautiful tree

Snow is sooo amazing! 

Our business van covered in ice... 

The ducks on the pond

The ducks on the pond

Snow fallen from a tree onto the frozen pond. 

Duck steps

Deer steps

The three musketeers
From L-R: Viggo - Grace - Mona

The three musketeers:
L-R: Viggo - Grace - Mona

Beautiful Viggo

Gracie

Mona

Viggo

Viggo

Grace
Next to her right eye: a frozen drool

Mighty Mona

Almighty Viggo

Gracie

Viggo 

Some of Viggo's family members

Time to present some of Viggo's family members too, of course. :) 

This is Viggo's son, Palou (Appaloosa van Tiroca). 

Viggo's son, Palou

And this is his daughter, Emma (Ipanema van Tiroca). 

Viggo's daughter, Emma

Both son and daughter have Reina-Unique of the Weeping Willow as their mum, even though they aren't littermates.

The following three girls are, in a way, nieces of Viggo. Viggo and their mum, Neverine's Discovery (Melody), are half brother and sister.

Vvardenfell Graffiti, Titti, was born out of Neverine's Discovery and Geminorum Latino.

Titti

Julie (Neverine's July Snow) and Queen (Neverine's Just for Shadow's Newcastle) are twins. Their parents are Neverine's Discovery and Seafar Coast to Coast. 

Julie

Queen

 Those five amazing and incredibly beautiful dogs live in Belgium with Françoise and Marc Van Yseren and their other Newfy friend, Shadow. You can always visit their blog: http://appaloosa.skynetblogs.be/ 

Mona's sons

Hi!

Happy to present to you Mona's sons:
Justifier Cape Lewisporte (Billie)
He lives in Morocco with Sandrine.

Billie

Billie

And here we have Ch. Cape Lewisporte Joyride (Falcon). He lives in San Francisco with Tanya Hill and he recently became American Champion. 

Falcon

Falcon

I think you'll all see the resemblance with their sister, Grace. 

Grace

Mona's 5th Birthday

Happy birthday, Mona!!! 


Mona celebrates her 5th birthday today! We all wish her a very happy birthday with lots of presents, kisses, hugs and toys and whatever she wants more. 

Shaggy's sick...

Hi!

Just a little message to tell you Shaggy's sick. He's got a bladder infection. According to the vet we were just in time to turn it around.
Friday Shaggy didn't really want to go out to play. When I got his collar he ran through the whole house, otherwise he just goes and sit in front of the back door to go out. Now he really didn't want to go out. I put his collar on anyway and he went out to play, but I didn't see him again that day. Normally he comes and goes a bit. Friday evening at around 5, I started calling him but he didn't show. Around 6 mum and Aaron came home and we started looking for him, because this isn't something he normally does. Finally at 7.30 he came home looking really stressed out. He was angry with us, with everything,... in short this wasn't our Shaggy! Than we noticed he had problems relieving himself. He just sat in his kitty litter for ages, but he couldn't go... Saturday morning that hadn't changed. We were in doubt wether to go to the vet or not. We did, because we thought well tomorrow's Sunday and than there's a school holiday, so our vet would be out of town.
When we arrived at the vet's yesterday he told us we were just in time. Shaggy's bladder felt like a huge tennis ball. The vet managed to get him to pee, so he could check his urine. If we had waited longer, Shaggy could've died... Apparently most cats with bladder problems, get these problems from certain meals they sell at the supermarket. 70-80% of the cats with these problems, are on those feeds. I cannot understand how this can still be sold! 70-80% is a lot! Certainly when most cats even die from it!
Luckily we had him checked in time. He got some antibiotic shots and a pain killer. Yesterday he was really sleepy form the medication, but today he's a lot more lively! We still have to check his litter to see if he can pee normally, because it could still turn out bad, but we're keeping a eye on him and if we see any irregularity we can call our vet on his cellphone! The vet gave us his cellphone number so that we could reach him if something's wrong. Isn't that the best vet ever??

Rabbits and winter time

A little tip to help your rabbits through an ice cold winter: add some pineapple juice to their water. It helps them build up a good resistance and the water will not freeze as fast.

Keep them warm with enough hay and straw!

Safe and sound through the winter!

A lot to tell...

First of all: all rabbits survived the parasite!! Hemi will stay paralyzed from the waist down, but that's not really an issue as she perfectly live with it. The only thing we should stay attentive for is that she doesn't get diarrhoea, because that may indicate the parasite has come back and then we should immediately start treating her again. So far she does a very good job. It's weird though that although she's paralyzed, she can still manage to walk around a bit.
Bentley can walk again. She lost a lot of coat due to the medicines, but she's alright again. And because of the hot weather in Belgium she didn't care about losing a bit of hair... :)

Viggo strained his thigh during a much too rough game with the girls... He can walk, run, do everything you'd want him to do, but when he has to step inside, it hurts.

Mona got bitten by Grace today. Grace ain't no little sweetheart!!! Mona came too close to her when Grace was licking a plate. Grace growled and then bit her. Mona's nose is hurt, but fortunately we managed to stop the bleeding pretty fast. Grace has detention for the rest of the day and will not be taken for a walk tonight, that's for sure!

Shaggy is just good little Shaggy-boy! He's doing fine, nothing to tell there.

Well now, did I miss somebody? Guess not...

Talk to you later! :)

Grace

Viggo

Mona

Shaggy