Have you changed the clock at night, it’s summertime now 😊☀️🏕 Ok, here in Lapland it’s not summer but spring is coming with big steps. It is so warm since days that even the good driven trails are very soft and you have to be careful not to make too big holes when you are walking on them 👣 we would love to keep the winter a bit longer but on the other side it will still take some weeks to melt all the snow and that’s necessary before we can start building new cages.
Meanwhile we use the time for more photo shootings in the snow 📷❄️😃
Yesterday we got a visit of a snow bunting couple. They were really shy and stayed a bit away from our “food tree” for the birds that are here regularly.
But the bullfinches were not interested in them even not in the camera man because mating season has started and the male only had eyes for his females and to hold away other males 😉
The great tit is a common guest here.
Our puppies are getting bigger and bigger and it’s so much fun to play around with them.
The adult dogs enjoy the sun after the training.
And last but not least some very good news from the authorities. Bolagsverket (company register) has approved our name. We are still waiting for the confirmation of the company registration at Skatteverket (tax office) but with the approval of our name we can start to print some marketing material.
A big, big thanks to Barbara Schallert who created our company logo. Barbara made several different drafts from which we had to choose, all with respect to our wish to show the combination of (sled) dogs and nature (hills and trees). It was fantastic drafts, all being a bit different from what is already used by other husky companies even if it’s impossible to find something completely new when you have the same topic. In the end we decided not to take an abstract dog silhouette but a real picture from one of our dogs. That led to the fact that we had to take out the hills to prevent the logo from being overloaded but it is absolutely authentic and our own. We guess you know who was the model for it 😉
I can’t believe, our little „Lion Kings“ are already two months old, almost, and they are getting cuter and cuter every day 😃
Would you like to get some updates on how they have developed? Ok, here it comes…
Simba is, of course, still the smallest puppy. But that doesn’t mean anything. His broken leg couldn’t stop him from exploring the world around him, running, jumping, climbing, etc. Indeed, it seems that he is the bravest of them all. At the same time he listens very well. That probably comes because of much extra care like saving an extra portion food for him, taking him on the arm when it seems the little boy is freezing, protecting him from his siblings when they play too hard with him, and so on, and so on.
Nala is our small little girl, the only one in the litter. She is always keeping her head up, looking where you are to get some cuddles. She is very social with all humans but also with her brothers.
Mufasa is one of the big boys. He likes to be outside in the snow. In the beginning he was one of those kind of puppies you can easily overlook because he doesn’t cause trouble and is just there. But now he wants to have more and more attention, especially if he gets too less cuddles – in his opinion 😂🙈
Rafiki is our little malamute. From being the smallest boy after Simba he has become the biggest of all puppies and with his fluffy fur and special color it is really not difficult for him to attract new visitors. Beside this he is a little monster when it comes to feeding. If you don’t stop him, he comes like a bulldozer and within seconds all food is gone 😋
Zazu developed a bit in the other direction. As long as the puppies lived in our house he was always the first out of the bed to see what is happening and was often barking excited on persons that came closer. Now he is a bit more calm, sometimes even shy in some situations and always wants to be close to humans or his siblings to be safe. By the way, did you recognize the change of his fur color? From being more or less black (with a bit white) in the beginning he is now grey, a very special color and also his eye color is quite special. It still can change but at the moment it is neither brown nor blue but a light green instead.
Timon is still very special in his „painting“. Also his color changed. His dots are no longer black but grey and I really appreciate the mixed color on his ears. He is a really nice little puppy, not too crazy but very social.
Pumba is our third big guy next to Rafiki and Mufasa. He likes to be cuddled – ok, who doesn’t? ☺️ He listens very well and always pays attention to what you say and what is happening around him.
You love them all? We truly understand that 😉 So we have an idea: if you are in the area or plan to visit Lappland the next weeks, come and visit us. Our puppies are two months old now, best time for cuddling and playing around with them. So, contact us to book a kennel visit. Coronasafe outside, with a lot of information about dogs and mushing, enjoy cuddles with the adult dogs in our free run area while we are cooking coffee over open fire and of course take wonderful photos of the young ones. Time flies, so take your chance now 😊🐶🐾
And last but not least one more topic for today: In the last weeks we got a lot of questions about what a husky or husky puppy costs and if it is possible to adopt or sponsor them. To answer these questions: if you buy an Alaskan husky puppy it often costs between 6000 and 12000 SEK, depending on the bloodlines behind, the breeder, if they already have passport and vaccinations, etc. So, one could think that breeding your own puppies is much better. Yes, it is for many reasons, especially because you know the parents very good and have the chance to socialize the puppies from the first day on. But of course, there are also reasons to buy puppies, e.g. you want a new bloodline in your kennel or you want to have only one or two young dogs. Anyway, the decision to breed your own puppies is not to safe money. You need a lot for food, supplements like milk powder if necessary (like in our case for little Simba), veterinarian costs, deworming, vaccinations, chips, passports, etc. But having dogs is never cheap, you forego on monetary values to live a life with the dogs that gives so much more than money can. Nevertheless it is our goal to give our dogs the best possible care with good food, good equipment and also vet visits and medicine whenever needed. And if you want to support us with that by sponsoring one of our dogs we would be very happy about that. Please write us an email which dog is your favorite and we can give you more information on how a dog sponsoring can look like.
A bit late but I need to post it, even if it was already some days ago…
Since the snow was still not here Raffi decided to start building the next cozy element of our free run. A tower for the dogs to look around and of course a place to sit and cuddle.
So, he took some trees to start with the basic poles and added the roof base. While working up there Barolo wanted to play and Raffi was throwing a piece of wood for him. After a few seconds Barolo was back and – of course – wanted to continue playing. When realizing that Raffi is up there and will not throw something the next minutes he invented a new game: trick your human 😅🐕🙈 not difficult for him to let the ladder fall down and watch Raffi sitting up there 🤣🤣🤣
Now we need some more construction wood to go on with the tower but eventually we postpone it to after the winter because today the snow was coming back and we hope for more to go out with the sled soon ❄️🐕🛷
