Monday, May 31, 2021

Pasta

There was pasta with ham and peas for dinner. Paula did not want all of her serving, so I got some. It was quite tasty. Pasta is always nice. Ham is always great.


I wish we could get part of the dinner more often. We always get our food, and it is good and tasty, but it is nice with other things now and them. 

Sunday, May 30, 2021

Mother’s Day

Hello, Gerstuhl here!

This blog entry is my mother’s day gift to Mum, whose blog it is. (We ceelebrate mother’s day in Sweden on the last Sunday in May.)


Congratulations to the best dog mother there ever were, even though I was a little tough towards you from time to time. I love you!

Dandelions

Every time this season, Daniel goes out to extract dandelions from the soil in our garden. He says dandelions are weed, that they take nutrition from the plamts we want to grow. I guess he has a point. There are a lot of the growing things that look and smell better than dandelions. 


Daniel spent a large part of this Sunday in the garden, ridding it of dandelions. We have lived here for allof my life, and hos work has made an obvious difference. There are far less dandelions now than before. I just wish there would be none. so Daniel would not have to care.

Saturday, May 29, 2021

Whipped Cream

This evening, the Chihuahua pup Viola got some whipped cream before bedtime. I would also have wanted whipped cream. It is tasty and has a good amount of energy. Daniel said, however, that late evening snacks are primarily for pups. Too bad she is not my pup; when I had pups, I could usually get some of their late night snacks. 

Thursday, May 27, 2021

A Lot of Rain

We have a rain gauge in the garden. It is nice to keep some track of the amount of rain falling, especially since the amount of water in our well depends in part on this. Every morning, Daniel checks the rain gauge and empties it.

This morning, we had a record high amount of water in the rain gauge. The gauge measures up to 35 millimetres of rain (this is the imagined height of the rainfall on a flat surface of 1 metre squared). The rain gauge had more water in it than this. 

It rained all day yesterday and all night before today, so the resultin the rain gauge was not strange. It was still a record. We are happy we can stay indoors most of the time in rainy weather like this. 

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Kvarg

Paula had a very light dinner tonight, just something called ”kvarg”. I do not know what it is called in English, but itis a dairy product similar to yoghurt. I am not very fond of it. Paula often hands out small bits of her dinners for us dogs to taste. I wish she would give us something tastier than kvarg tomorrow.

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Mourning

We have had a quiet and peaceful day today, in honour of our late friend Momoko. We all miss her deeply. Momoko was such a dear friend to all of us. 

Monday, May 24, 2021

Good Bye, Momoko

Our dear Miniature Poodle friend Momoko has left us. She has now gone to Heaven. 


Momoko was such a nice, friendly little dog. She will be missed. 

Sunday, May 23, 2021

Evenly Divided By Seven

As a general rule, human age can be recounted into dog age by dividing it by seven. Humans often celebrate the most, when they reach an age evenly divided by ten. This is just because they have a number system with the base ten, since they have ten fingers. Humans who have dogs should also celebrate when they reach an age evenly divided by seven, because this corresponds to dog years.


Today, Daniel turns 49. If you divide 49 by 7, you get 7. Thus, it is an age evenly divided by seven. Daniel is now an age which corresponds to seven dog years. 


Congratulations, Daniel! 

Saturday, May 22, 2021

Another Chihuahua

We have one Chihuahua friend, Tiffy. Today, we have become friends with another, Viola. She is still a little pup, but I am sure she will make a great contribution to our pack. We can never be too many.

Friday, May 21, 2021

Meat Sauce

Daniel made his famous meat sauce tonight. He served Paula and himself. It smelled really good. Paula did not want anything, however, but gave her food to me and some of the other dogs. This was really nice of her. 

Daniel thought that Paula was ungrateful, especially since it was she who had asked him to make meat sauce. While I have some sympathy for this stance, I cannot be mad with Paula, when she gave me meat sauce. 

It was a good Friday night. Any night with meat sauce is a good night. 

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

City Council

Daniel is a member of Örebro City Council. We are proud of this.


During the pandemic, they have started to have meetings with the city council on line. At the meeting today, Daniel sat at home. We could hear a lot of the debates, some of which Daniel participated in. Daniel certainly was one of the best speakers. 


At this city council, there were no questions on dogs. Daniel submitted a suggestion on more dogs and cats in the community homes for the elderly, however. The text was originally written by Paula, but since sheis not a member of the city council, it has to be sibmitted in the name of Daniel. It is a really good suggestion. We hope it will be approved of. 

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Heroic Death

A man in Wales died, when he went down a narrow tunnel to rescue his dog. I feel so sorry for the dog and for the rest of the family. This was, however, a heroic death. Trying to rescue one’s dog is always heroic.

Monday, May 17, 2021

Coming Home Late

Both Paula and Daniel were supposed to participate in a video meeting this evening. Paula could not, however, since she was late home. She was serving on the court (she is a ”nämndeman”) in a case that was supposed to end half an hour before the evening meeting would start. She did not make it in time. She did arrive home before the meeting was over, but most of the meeting was already over by then, so she did not bother to ush just to participate in the last minutes. In the end, Daniel said, the decisions were good even without Paula’s vote. This was nice to hear. 

Sunday, May 16, 2021

Paula’s Drawer of Socks

Paula happened to leave her drawer of socks open today. A little later, our cat friend Malin made the drawer a place to rest. She said it was very comfortable.

Some of the drawers in the desk are high above the floor. The drawer is small, but nevertheless, it is so high above the floor that I could never reach it. Cats are better att jumping and climbing than dogs are, though. (It is a good thing for cats there are a few things cats do better than dogs.) 

When Malin left the drawer, Paula let it stay open. A little later, Malin was back in the drawer. She really likes it. I am happy for her. 

Saturday, May 15, 2021

In Lieu of Dog Shows

The kennel club of Örebro county (a regional club within the Swedish Kennel Club) had an event today when dogs were judged by their quality relative to the breed standards. This is as close to a dog show we can come, and stay within the limits of people due to covid-19. There were no competitions between dogs.

Daniel was there helping out. He is a member of the board of this kennel club, which we are proud of, and they all help out with these things. It went well, he told us afterwards. Everyone agrees, however, that regular dog shows are better. We hope there will be some by the end of the year. 

Friday, May 14, 2021

Fever

Paula has a fever today. This is probably a side effect of the vaccine she got yesterday. There are risks that humans can get side effects of this kind from the vaccines for covid-19. Not everyone gets side effects, but some do.


I am glad I have never had side effects from any vaccines. It has been a hard day for Paula. She will feel better tomorrow, though, I am sure. 

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Vaccination

As dogs, we are regularly vaccinated. This seem not to be the case withour humans, although they say they have had their shots in their childhood years. There is a pandemic going on for humans now, and vaccines have been developed. Paula got her first shot of this vaccine today. She will get a follow up shot in some weeks. Daniel has yet to have his shots, but they will come. I am glad our humans will be vaccinated, it is good for them. 

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Another Visit

Our Poodle friend Momoko visited the veterinarian a few weeks ago. Shehad a followup visit today. Everything was fine, but the veterinarian wants to see Momoko next week again. Momoko was not sure why. I guess it is because Momoko issuch a gentle and kind little dog, that they want to meet her as often as possible. 

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Toys

Paula came home with some new toys today. It was some small plush dolls. Peanut fell in love with one of them, taking care of it for a long time of the evening.


Toys are nice. You could think toys would just be for pups, but this is not true. Humans also like toys as adults, whether they admit it or not. Toys are pass times and make your fantasy soar. This is great. There should be more toys for more dogs and more humans.