Must…not…fall…down… must…get…the…ball….zzzzzzzz

Ker imam to prednost in nesrečo da jo videvam le ob vikendih, včasih tudi manj pogosto, morebitne razlike hitro opazim. Po petih tednih pa je že vsakomur povsem očitno, da je lepo rejena in da naokrog prenaša velike porabnike energije. Sprehodi se tako zadnje čase res vlečejo kljub majhnim razdaljam. Bomo videli koliko jih prileze ven tam okrog 20. junija…

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…also lovingly known as the transporter, supertanker, aircraft carrier… or simply – the Big momma ;) Anyway, I think you get the idea, she’s grown a beer belly in the past few weeks ;)

I have the advantage and misfurtune of only seeing her over the weekends, sometimes less, so I notice the changes immediately. But by now anyone can see she’s definitely got a bun in the oven. What remains to be seen is how many little baguettes eventually come out by the second half of the month.

Yesterday was one of those days when I really wished I had a faster camera (like 1D mk3).

The reason… one of those near misses that are entirely down to the camera:

Note how only the toes on her hind legs start to come into focus (though the real focusing point is actually still further back). I know the Sigma 70-200/2.8 can handle the speed but the 20D usually lets me down in such situations. Other than faster focusing I also wish 20D had focusing points organised in groups rather than single/all selection given. It would really help with composition in high speed movement shots since as it is, you can only rely on the center point. Others are rarely helpful.

The fact that her left hind leg and a part of the frisbee got cropped irritates me much less than this…

I did get some good ones but nothing I’m be terribly proud of. Take a peek in the gallery.

For the record… that’s an Aerobie Superdisc she’s catching. By far the best frisbee for dogs. It floats extremely well (though it might be slightly too fast for smaller dogs) and it has a soft rubber edge so they don’t injure themselves when they bite down. They start bleeding really fast with other frisbees, believe me. It’s also highly resistant to chewing. We’ve had one for about a year now and it’s still in great shape. Most others get destroyed in a day or two.
We have one Dogobie on standby but it’s too soft, doesn’t have a straight & stable flight and it’s also not that resistant to chewing as they’d like you to believe. Sure, they can’t tear it up completely but it does get punctured relatively fast. But having said that… ours is still flight worthy after a year of rather heavy use. We just preffer the Superdisc. It might be better suited for occasional play.

No za tiste, ki bi raje brali v slovenščini naj povem samo na kratko… Izlet v Nemčijo je bil uspešen (no, končni rezultat upam da bo tudi) čeprav se je Dina uspešno branila ves prvi dan. Dopoldne naslednjega dne je Klemens končno dočakal svoje kar samo potrjuje kako vzdržljiv in potrpežljiv zna biti s tečnimi ženskami. Marsikdo drug bi verjetno obupal ;)

Nekaj malega fotografij je v galeriji (avtorica Janja Lebar)

Naslednji update o situaciji verjetno pride čez približno 4 tedne po ultrazvočnih preiskavah. Upam da bo kaj…

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Random visitors to this blog might be surprised to see photos of dogs doing it in the sidebar but just bear with me for a moment…

Dina, Janez & Janja returned home from rather long drive to Petershof a few days ago where Dina met Klemens for the second time (their brief introduction was in Tulln at Eurodog show 2005).

I wasn’t there, unfortunately I had to be in Maribor, but for some reason I keep imagining the scene of their reunion with Urge Overkill – Girl, You’ll be a woman soon playing as the soundtrack ;)
After a long and hard battle where Klemens proved himself to be a worthy adversary of great patience and stamina (she definitely ain’t easy), she actually became a proper woman. (And no, I will not post the video) ;)

Now let’s just hope that we see some new furry monsters in two months or so…

Some more photos are in the gallery (taken by Janja Lebar).

From this quick dog porn excursion we now return to our regular scheduled programming… ;)