Velkommen til

DK:
I begyndelsen af marts var vi inviteret i sommerhus på Rømø af Helle og Kim (og
Troja og Cookie). Vi glædede os rigtig meget. Både til at komme lidt væk, til
at være sammen med de sødeste mennesker (og hunde) og til at gå lange ture på
stranden med hundene – uden snor.

Vejret var ikke det bedste; det var koldt og det
regnede en del af tiden. Men hvad betyder det, når man har noget varmt og
regntæt tøj?

Leif havde som sædvanligt sit kamera med og fik taget
lidt billeder af de tre røde.

Det var skønt at komme lidt hjemmefra og blive blæst
igennem. Og så gør det jo ikke noget, at det er sammen med gode venner, der
også sætter pris på god mad, vin og en enkel drink eller to 🙂

UK:
In the beginning of March,
Helle and Kim invited us to come and stay with them in a rented summer cottage
on Rømø (a small island in the waddensea at the west coast of Jutland). We were
looking forward to getting away from home, being with the nicest people (and
dogs) and taking walks at the Beach with the dogs – without lead.

The weather could be better;
it was cold and it rained some of the time. But so what? We had warm and
rainproof clothes.

As usual, Leif had brought his
camera and took some pictures of the three redheads.

It was so great to get away
from home and get some fresh air. And it makes it even better to spend the
weekend with friends who also value a nice meal, good wine and one or two
drinks 🙂

DK
Søndag syntes jeg, at Vixen virkede lidt træt og indadvendt. Jeg lagde ikke så meget i det. Vi havde jo været afsted til udstilling det meste af lørdagen, og måske var hun bare træt af de mange indtryk. Desuden passede vi Martins to pølsepantere hele søndagen, så hun trængte nok bare til lidt alenetid.

Mandag var det dog blevet værre. Hun hang virkelig med hovedet. Ind i mellem kvikkede hun op, men hun virkede lidt “depressiv”. Hun gik fra aftensmaden, og det er ikke normalt for hende. Vi tog derfor hendes temperatur, som var 39,3. Det er ikke alarmerende højt, men dog alligevel højt nok til, at man bør være lidt bekymret.

Tirsdag morgen ringede jeg til dyrlægen. Temperaturen var faldet til 39,1. Vi kunne få en tid efter frokost. Hun fik ingen morgenmad, da jeg jo ikke var klar over, om det ville ende med en tur i narkose. Jeg tænkte lidt over, hvad der kunne være galt med hende. Hun virkede primært øm i bagparten. Jeg tænkte, at det kunne være livmoderbetændelse, men det var ikke helt det rigtige tidspunkt. Jeg overvejede også watertail, men selv om hun hang med halen, så hang den ikke som ved watertail. Jeg tænkte også, om det kunne være analkirtlerne, der trængte til at blive tømt. Men….. hun var mere dårlig end fyldte analkirtler kunne retfærdiggøre, syntes jeg. Og hun har aldrig tidligere haft problemer med analkirtlerne.

Dyrlæge Stella fik en hurtig opdatering på mine observationer og tanker. Det tog hende ikke mange minutter at konkludere, at der var tale om fyldte analkirtler. Og de var ikke bare fyldte; der havde faktisk dannet sig en meget stor byld i den ene, og den var så øm, at hun overhovedet ikke kunne få lov til at røre den. Den anden var også fyldt, men her kunnen hun få lov til at tømme den. Det, der kom ud, var af samme konsistens som kit. Ikke så sært, at Vixen havde været utilpas.

Jeg efterlod Vixen hos dyrlægen, som lagde hende i narkose og fik tømt bylden, skyllet analkirtlerne og sprøjtet antibiotika ind. Jeg fik penicillin og smertestillende med hjem til en uges tid.

Resten af dagen var Vixen virkelig utilpas, og det var ikke blevet bedre om onsdagen. Hun kunne ikke finde ro, og var helt hysterisk med at slikke sig bagi. For det første så syntes jeg ikke, at det var OK, at hun var så utilpas. For det andet så var jeg ikke så glad for denne konstante slikken sig bagi, da en hundetunge jo ikke er det mest sterile. Og hun kunne hurtigt gøre tingene værre, hvis der kom bakterier ind i analkirtlen. Jeg talte med Stella Dyrlæge, og vi blev enige om, at jeg skulle give hende binyrebarkhormon i stedet for smertestillende. Binyrebarkhormon er både smertestillende og kløe-/sviestillende. Der gik vel omkring en halv time efter de første 3 x 4 mg Medrol, så faldt roen over Vixen. Det var så dejligt at se hende være mere tilpas.

På tirsdag skal vi forbi dyrlægen til et tjek. Vixen får stadig både penicillin og binyrebarkhormon. Sidstnævnte trappes ned, så hun er nede på 1 x 4 mg, når vi kommer til tirsdag.

Man kan måske synes, at det er en overreaktion at være så bekymret over fyldte analkirtler. Men inden jeg vidste, hvad der var galt med hende, frygtede jeg det værste. Vi har lige oplevet Cookie være meget syg. I november sidste år mistede vi Daisy, og i marts sidste år måtte vi aflive Chili pga. livmoderbetændelse. Så ja, jeg var rigtig bange for, at dette kunne være rigtig slemt. Det viste sig dog heldigvis, at det ikke var slemt – og det er jeg taknemmelig for.

UK
On Sunday, I noticed that Vixen seemed tired and introverted. I didn’t think much about it. We had been at the show most of Saturday, so I thought she was marked by the many expressions. Also, we were “babysitting” Martin’s two Labs all Sunday so I was guessing she just needed some time alone.

However, on Monday she was worse. She was really not feeling well. Sometimes she cheered up, but mostly she seemed a bit “depressed”. She didn’t want her dinner and this is not normal for her. Her temperature was 39.3 which is somewhat elevated but not enough for us to be very worried.

On Tuesday morning I called the vet. Vixen’s temperature had fallen to 39.1. We got an appointment after lunch. I didn’t feed her breakfast as I thought she might have to have general anaesthesia. I was wondering what could be wrong with her. It seemed to be a problem in her hind part so I thought of pyometra but it really wasn’t the right time in her cycle. I also considered water tail, but even if her tail was just hanging it didn’t look as water tail. Then I considered that it could be her anal glands that were the problem. But then again – she seemed worse than what could be justified by filled anal glands.

I gave Stella the Vet a quick update on my observations and thoughts. She quickly concluded that the problem was the anal glands. They were not just filled; a huge abscess had formed in one of them and it was so sore that she wasn’t allowed to touch it. The other one also needed to be emptied. What came out of it had the same consistency as putty. Not all all strange that Vixen didn’t feel well.

I left Vixen at the vet’s who put her in general anaesthesia to empty the abscess, rinse the glands and put antibiotic into them. I got some pain killers and penicillin for further treatment during the next week.

The rest of the day, Vixen was really uncomfortable and she hadn’t improved by Wednesday. She wasn’t able to settle down and was hystrically licking her behind. I wasn’t comfortable with the fact that she felt this bad and I didn’t like the constant licking her behind. A dog’s tongue is not the most hygienic. And things could easily turn to the worse if bacteria found their way to her anal glands. So I talked to Stella the Vet and we agreed that I should try adrenocortical hormone instead of the pain killers. Half an hour later after the first 3 x 4 mg adrenocortical hormone she calmed down. It was so nice to see.

On Tuesday next week she will be checked by the vet. I still give her both penicillin and Cortison. I am phasing out the adrenocortical hormone so that she will only have 1 x 4 mg when I see the vet on Tuesday.

You might think that it is an overreaction to be this worried about problems with the anal glands. But before I knew what the problem was, I feared the worse. We have just seen Cookie become very ill. I November last year we lost Daisy, and i March last year we lost Chili. So yes, I was really scared that it could be something really bad. Fortunately, it turned out to be pretty harmless – and I am grateful for that.

DK:

Da vi nu alligevel var i Vonge for at blive hædret som Årets Jagttoller
2017, kunne Vixen jo ligeså godt blive tilmeldt udstillingen. Jeg havde også
lokket to af Poké-ungerne med. Cookie skulle også have deltaget men måtte melde
fra pga. hendes sygdom og binyrebarkhormonkur.

De første fra familien, der skulle i ringen var Tessa (Wildmountain Tollers
Eevee) og Alba (Wildmountain Tollers Mew). De blev begge stillet i
juniorklassen.

Begge tøser klarede sig så fint. Der er kommet så meget mere styr over
deres løb, og begge hunde stod rigtig fint. De fik begge Very Good og blev
placeret som hhv. nr. 3 og 4 i en klasse med fire tæver.

Tessa’s kritik lød:

14 mdr. gammel, god størrelse, velproportioneret, udmærket
hoved, næseparti smaller passende til, tilstrækkelig bredde på skalle, kønne
mørke øjne, prima højtansatte ører, god halslængde, overlinie ønskes lidt
strammere, falder lidt bag skulder, stiger til lænden, godt frontparti,
velvinklet skulder, korrekt svømmehud mellem tæerne, kunne ønske en tanke
kraftigere benstammer for hendes størrelse, halen er for lavt ansat, krydset
lidt for faldende, ønsker mere vinkling i bagpart, udmærket vejrbeskyttende pels,
dejligt temperament, lidt trange bagbensbevægelse, kommer godt imod, god
skridtlængde i fronten, tilstrækkelig drive bag.

Alba’s kritik lød:

14 mdr. gammel, god størrelse, velproportioneret, feminint
hoved, kunne godt ønske lidt mere bredde på skallen, en tanke mere udviklet
næseparti, korrekt højt ansatte ører men kunne godt lægge tættere til hovedet,
kønne mørke øjne, korrektbid, korrekt halslængde, overlinie ønskes bedre,
falder lidt bag skulder, stiger til lænden, krydset er for faldende, halen er
for lavt ansat, korrekt med svømmehud mellem tæerne, benstammer er lidt for
fine til hendes størrelse, udmærket pels, bevæger sig sundt og godt. god
skridtlængde, kommer og går parallelt, godt temperament,

Alba var så tilpas uimponeret, at hun sked i ringen. Det skal lige
siges, at hun var blevet luftet og havde skidt, lige inden de gik i ringen.

Vixen blev stillet i brugshundekklassen, hvor der var to hunde. Til min
store overraskelse vandt hun klassen med Excellent og et CK (champion
kvalitet). Det betød så, at hun skulle konkurrere om titlen som bedste tæve.
Her kom hun dog til kort. Der var fem tæver i klassen. Championtæven blev ikke
placeret, og Vixen blev fjerde bedste tæve.

Vixens kritik lød:

6 årig tæve i flot kondition, god størrelse, veludviklet og
feminin, rigtig godt skåret hoved, prima udtryk, korrekt bid, passende udviklet
næseparti, god bredde på skallen, velansatte ører, tilstrækkelig lang hals,
prima ryglinie, velvinklet fremme, tilstrækkelig vinklet bag, prima
pelskvalitet, godt temperament, godt med svømmehud mellem tæerne, lidt trange
bagbensbevægelser, fint set fra siden, kommer godt imod.

Dommeren var Kresten Scheel. Han har meget behagelig og meget hensynfuld overfor
hundene. Han gav en åben kritik af alle
hundene, hvilket jeg elsker, da jeg altid lærer lidt nyt.

Jeg må indrømme, at jeg var temmelig overrasket.
Udstillinger er jo ikke vores force, så det var desto meget mere fantastisk at
vi kom derfra med så godt et resultat. Alt i alt en rigtig god dag i Vonge.

UK:

Now that we were in
Vonge to be awarded with the trophy for Hunting Toller of the Year 2017, I
might as well enter Vixen to the show. So I did. I also managed to persuade two
of the Poké-kids to participate. Cookie was supposed to have participated also,
but due to her illness and the cortisone treatment she had to stay home.

The first family member
to enter the ring was Tessa (Wildmountain Tollers Eevee) and Alba (Wildmountain
Tollers Mew). They were both entered in the Junior Class.

Both girls did so
well. Their running had improved a lot and they were both doing well standing. Both
were awarded a Very Good and were placed as no. 3 and 4 in a class of four
bitches.

Tessa’s critique:

14 months old, good size,
well-proportioned, excellent head, nose narrows as required, enough
width of skull, nice dark eyes, excellent set ears, good length of
neck, upper line could be stronger, descends a little behind shoulders and rises
towards croup, nice front, well-angled shoulders, correct web between toes, a
bit stronger legs would be desirable for her size, tail is set too low, loin
too sloping, more angulation in rear part is desirable, excellent weather-proof
coat, lovely temperament, hind leg movement a bit tight, moves well when
running towards you, nice length of pace in the front, enough drive back.

Alba’s critique:

14 months old, good size,
well-proportioned, feminine head, would prefer more width of skull, a bit more
developed nose, correct set ears but would prefer them set closer to
the head, beautiful dark eyes, correct bite, correct length of neck, upper line
could be better, descends behind shoulder and rises towards croup, croup is too
sloping, tail is set too low, correct web between toes, bones a bit too thin for
her size, excellent coat, moves sound and good, nice length of pace, come and
goes in a parallel , good temperament.

Alba was not at all impressed
and decided to poo in the show ring. I have to stress, that she had been walked
and had pooed just before they went into the ring.

Vixen was competing in
the working class and there were only two dogs in this class. To my surprise she
received an Excellent and a CK (champion quality). This meant that she had to
compete for best bitch. She competed against five bitches and became 4th
best bitch as the champion bitch wasn’t placed.

Vixen’s critique:

6 year old bitch in excellent
condition, good size, well-developed and feminine, really nice shaped head,
excellent expression, correct bite, appropriate developed nose, good width of
skull, well-set ears, adequate long neck, excellent upper line, well-angulated
in front, appropriate angulated behind, excellent quality of coat, nice
temperament, correct web between toes, moves a little narrow behind, nice from
the side and moves well towards.

Judge was Kresten Scheel. He
was very pleasant and very considerate towards the dogs. He gave an open critique
which I like as I always lean something.

I must admit that I was pretty
surprised by the show results. Show is not our force so it was even more
amazing that we did it with a good result. All in all, it was a very nice day
in Vonge.

DK:
I lørdags var Vixen og jeg i Vonge til årets første klubudstilling for
at få overrakt pokalen for Årets Jagttoller 2017.

Titlen som Årets Jagttoller får man ved at deltage på klubbens
tollerjagtprøver. De enkelte præmieringer i de enkelte klasser giver et antal
point – og de to bedste resultater tæller. For Vixens vedkommende var det en 1.
præmie i begynderklassen (20 point) og en 2. præmie i åben klasse (21 point). Sammenlagt
gav det 41 point, hvilket var et eneste point mere end de tre, der fik en
samlet 2. plads. En af dem, der fik en 2. plads var Helle og Cookie. De fik deres
point fra 2 x 1. præmie i begynderklassen.

Jeg er utrolig glad og stolt af at vinde titlen for andet år i træk.
Vixen og jeg har haft vores udfordringer (mest mig, da Vixen er stort set
perfekt), og vi kom egentlig lidt sent i gang med seriøst at gå til prøver. Jeg
havde lidt stressproblemer med hende og dermed lidt lydproblemer. Der er stadig
stress, og der kan også være lyd, og nu er vi der, hvor jeg har lært at
acceptere det. Det betyder ikke, at jeg ikke stadig arbejder på at mindske
begge dele, men det er nok urealistisk, at nogen af delene forsvinder
fuldstændig.

Jeg er lige så glad og stolt over Helle og Cookies resultat. De to kan
bare arbejde sammen, og Helle har fået styr på så mange ting ved Cookie, som
jeg ikke har formået at få styr på med Vixen. Nu håber jeg bare, at Cookie
kommer godt ud af sin sygdom og binyrebarkhormon, så de to igen kan få gang i
jagttræningen og jagtprøverne.

UK:
This Saturday, Vixen
and I went to the Toller club’s first show this year to be presented with the trophy
for Hunting Toller of the Year 2017.

You are eligible for
this titel by participating in the Toller club’s toller hunting tests. Every
prize at every level (beginner, open, and winner) gives a number of points –
and the two best results counts. As to Vixen, these results were a 1. prize in beginners’
class (20 points) and a 2. prize in open class (21 points). This amounted to 41 points – only 1 single
point ahead of the three that were places second. One of those was Helle and
Cookie (Wildmountain Tollers Clever Cookie). Their highest points were 2 x 1. prizes in
beginners’ class.

I am so happy and
proud to win this title for the second year. Vixen and I have had our
challenges (mostly me as Vixen is an almost perfect dog) and we started a bit
late doing hunting training and hunting tests in a serious way. Vixen had some
stress issues and thus some noise issues. There still is some stress and sometimes
a bit of noise. But now I have learned to accept it. This doesn’t mean that I
don’t still try to reduce both but I realize that it is unrealistic to expect
that both stress and noise will disappear completely.

I am just as happy and
proud of Helle and Cookie. They are just such a great team and Helle has
managed to get some of the things that I struggle with under control. Now I
just hope that Cookie recovers well from the IMRD and the cortisone treatment
so that they can continue their hunting training and hunting tests.

DK:
På lørdag skal Vixen udstilles på årets første klubudstilling. Hun skal også have overrakt prisen for “Årets Jagttoller 2017”.

Der skete det, som altid sker når jeg melder hende til en udstilling: Hun går i gang med at fælde! Så lige nu er hun ca. halvt så pelsrig, som hun er, når hun har mest pels.

Det er lang tid siden, at jeg har soigneret hende. Og da hun ikke skal se alt for nyklippet ud til udstillingen, besluttede jeg, at hun skulle have den helt store tur søndag. Så poter, ører, faner på forben og “røvskæg” blev trimmet.

Det skal lige rettes lidt til. Det gør vi sidst på ugen.

UK:
On Saturday, Vixen will be attending this years’ first Club show. She will also be presented with the Award “Hunting Toller of the Year 2017”.

As always when I enter her to a show she starts to shed! So right now she has only half the coat as when she is in full coat.

I haven’t trimmed her for a very long time. As I don’t want her to look to newly trimmed at the show, I spent an hour yesterday trimming her. So now her paws, ears, the long hairs on her front legs and her “ass beard” were trimmed.

However, I need to do a Little adjusting later in the week.

DK:
Denne weekend blev tilbragt sammen med Helle, Majbrit og Jeanette i Mosevrå ved Blåvand i Jeanette og Oves lækre, nye sommerhus.

Vi mødtes lørdag formiddag til en gang morgenmad. Vi havde alle hunde med, så efter morgenmaden brugte vi et par timer eller tre på at træne hund i de fantastiske arealer, der omgiver sommerhuset. Resten af dagen blev brugt på at spille Partners, spise lækker indisk mad og drikke rosévin og Aperol Spritzer. Det bør lige nævnes, at Helle og jeg vandt fire ud af fire spil Partners

Søndag valgte vi en tur til Vejers strand efter morgenmaden. Der blæste en stiv kuling fra vest, så det kunne ikke være bedre.

Efter en sen frokost gik turen hjem igen. Det er skønt sådan at kunne tage et par dage ud af kalenderen for at være sammen med gode venner og snakke, træne hund, spise og drikke. What’s not to like?

UK:
This weekend was spent with Helle, Majbrit and Jeanette in Mosevrå (at the westcoast of Jutland) in Jeanette’s and Ove’s wonderful, new weekend cottage.

We met Saturday for breakfast. We had brought our dogs so after breakfast we spent 2-3 hours training the dogs in the fantastic terrain that surrounds the house. The res of the day was spent playing Partners, eating a delicous Indian dinner, drinking rosé and Aperol Spritzer. I should mention that Helle and I won 4 out of 4 times in Partners

On Sunday, we went for a walk at the Beach in Vejers. There was a strong breeze from west so I couldn’t be bette.

After a late lunch we went our separate ways. It is great to be able to spend two days with good friends to talk, train dogs, eat and dring. What’s not to like?

DK:
Jeg er lige kommet hjem efter en 5 dages tur til Tyskland og Belgien.

Anledningen
var, at June og Odd (www.duckcharmers.com)
havde et par tæver, der skulle parres i det store udland. Da jeg jo ikke har så
meget andet at lave for tiden, var jeg hurtig til at sige ja, da June spurgte,
om jeg havde lyst til at tage med.

June og jeg
tog afsted fredag eftermiddag, og første stop var i Coburg i Tyskland, hvor det
blev til en enkelt – men helt sikkert succesfuld – parring mellem Kylie og
George. Derefter gik turen til Booischot i Belgien, hvor det var Valborgs tur
til at blive parret med Watson. Også det gik godt; de fik to gode parringer.

Tirsdag
morgen gik turen retur til Danmark, og nu kan man så bare vente på, om turen
har været tiden og pengene værd.

UK:
I have just returned from a 5 day trip to Germany and Belgium.

The reason for the trip was that June and Odd (www.duckcharmers.com) wanted to mate two bitches. And as I am not that
busy at the moment, I didn’t hesitate to say yes, when June asked me, if I
wanted to join her on the trip.

June and I left on Friday afternoon. First stop was in
Coburg, Germany, where Kylie and George had one – but undoubtly sucessfull –
mating. Then we continued on to Booischot in Belgium where Watson was waiting
impatiently on Valborg. This also went well; they had to nice matings.

On Tuesday morning, we started the trip back to
Denmark. Now, we jusst have to wait and see if the trip was worth the time and
money.

DK:
Vi startede det nye år med at oprette en blog, og her vil vi fremover holde jer opdateret med, hvad der sker hos os på hundefronten.

Hjemmesiden vil stadig eksistere men vil være lidt mere statisk. Nyhederne fra 2017 og 2016 kan stadig læses derinde, ligesom bloggene for Ben & Jerry-kuldet og Pokémon-kuldet også er bibeholdt.

Vi håber, I har lyst til at følge med – og smid meget gerne en kommentar

Tollerhilsen
Leif og Lis

UK:
We started the new year by creating a blog. From now on, this is where we will keep you posten on our lives with the dogs.

The website will still exist but will be more static. The news from 2017 and 2016 are still accessible as well as the blogs for the Ben & Jerry litter and the Pokémon litter.

We hope you check in now and again – and we would be happy if you leave a comment

Toller greetings
Leif and Lis