Hurrah it's getting lighter. We haven't been up to very much today except mum bathed us! I can't say it's my favourite activity but she said "that's what you get when you roll in yuk stuff". Sophie loves the bath, in fact she was trying to get in at the same time as me! So we're both nice and shiny and smell lovely.... just what we needed for our trip away in the caravan next week, I hope I don't find some more stuff to roll in.

Ruby x

Weather woes

Can't wait for spring! Most of Scotland has been battered again by heavy snow and rain. We've luckily only had a few snow showers which were quite heavy but melted very quickly but we have had constant rain for 3 days now. Our walks have been limited due to my 2 looking at me like i'm stupid when I pull them out to go for their walks. Not surprised though they get drenched.

This morning, no surprise one of our walks was waterlogged. It's been miserable here, and I took a picture of the sky, grey and heavy with the Forth Road Bridge in the background.
We walked as far as we could but our usual run round the field was not going to happen as it was flooded.

What's a vizsla to do?

... play & fight of course!

They amused themselves that way and getting very muddy :-) whilst I took cover to avoid them running into my knees.

I can do recall

Two vizslas with very different personalities. It was really frosty this morning when we were out. Coats required!

Ruby is content to have a run around, sniff about then generally walks at my heel and doesn't stray far unless she's stalking pheasants. Sophie, being younger is constantly on the go, darting from one thing to another and doesn't mind being away from my side. She's really maturing into a lovely dog. I see parts of her training really starting to pay off for us now. In one of the fields today she was quite far away from me, just about out of site and I whistled, she turned, looked and bolted back and sat right in front of me. It was her lucky day as she was rewarded with a nice treat (I don't always take treats with me so they don't assume they'll always get one).

Being firm with her training is paying off. When we first got Sophie she was 14mths and lived partially outside and wasn't house trained, when I think back to what she was like then to how she is now, she's come such a long way.

Lazy Sunday

We went out for a nice long walk today, plenty of mud to splash through and the odd pheasant to chase today! Sophie tried to jump through a barbed wire fence again ... will she ever learn.

Luckily she backed out and saved herself from getting another cut and bare patch of skin on the hind leg.

If there's mischief to be found....... she's your vizsla :-)

* Ruby *
waiting on the treats coming out my pocket

* Sophie *

Coats are everything

I know we seem to have been obsessed talking about coats recently but at last my new one arrived, no more sharing!!! It's been really cold again, but our kennel cough has gone and we're back to normal. Mum took us out today and the ground was still quite hard. We both wore our coats (here I go again!!), we thought you'd like to see :-)


Someone had dumped an old hoover in the woods, Sophie was quite spooked by it until mum went up to it then she sniffed it, then was bored with it! (that was Sophie sniffed it, not mum :-) )

Sorry sister x

Sophie here - well i'm back to my old self, still got a bit of a cough but not like I had. I'm back to bounding around. My big sis, sadly now has kennel cough and has got it a bit worse than me. Dad took her to the vet as she wasn't eating and was lethargic! Anyway she's had some medicine and has started to eat her dinner again today 'yay' and 'boo' as i used to get a bit extra when she didn't eat it. Anyway, Ruby is now wearing the coat but she's not been out for a few days. Mum ordered another coat but it's not arrived yet so we'll be sharing.

Once we're both back to full strength we'll post some more.

Sophie x x x x

Coughing and Spluttering

Sophie woke me up at around 4:30am last Sunday to cough in my ear, I thought she was choking! Mum & Dad came down and I heard mum say "I think she's got kennel cough". I thought she'd been somewhere exotic without me! Anyway she's been quite poorly this week and hasn't been getting much exercise, but mum took me out on my own (just like the old days).

She came out for a walk with me today but not for long, I kindly let her wear my coat seeing as she has a sore throat. Mum says i'll probably get it too, so far so good!

It's rubbish, the paths are still like an ice rink and I nearly came a cropper a couple of times. (Mum took this photo using her phone, that's why it's out of focus). Sophie got off lead today for 5 mins but she must be poorly as she never really went anywhere, I tried to fight her (ahem play) but she wasn't having it. I'll be glad when she's back to normal but it could be weeks!!!!! Think i'd rather be indoors near the fire.

Ruby x