The Mouse Hunter

    Apr 16, 2007 | Homesteading Life, Pets, The puppy years (1-2)

    Although we’ve been trying to deny it, we have a small mouse problem here on the farm. Although we live in a small city (it’s more of a town really with a population of around 1000 people) and there are houses all around us, most of the farms are...

    Home at last

    Apr 9, 2007 | Dog Training, Europe, Switzerland, The puppy years (1-2), Travel

    We’re back from our short vacation in Switzerland. All in all, Ayla did great and we were really happy that she was so relaxed during the trip. She slept during a major portion of the ride home and has slept a lot the few hours we have been home which we...

    Lots of driving and walking

    Apr 7, 2007 | Europe, Switzerland, Travel

    We’re not really sure at the moment that Ayla is having all that much fun on this vacation so far. Yesterday we drove from Frankfurt to Locarno, Switzerland, which meant about 7 hours in the truck traveling. She’s always great during car rides but we could...

    Going on vacation

    Apr 5, 2007 | Travel

    Ayla is going on vacation over Easter. We’re going to Locarno, Switzerland, to do some climbing, enjoy a bit of Italian atmosphere and hopefully some beautiful weather, too. We’re staying in a two-room apartment in the middle of the city which we stayed at...

    It’s Glühwein time…

    Dec 10, 2006 | Christmas

    Well, they’re back. It’s getting close to Christmas and the Christmas markets are everywhere. We went to our own tiny 6 hour market on December 2nd. We tried to take Ayla along but she was just too wound up and there were too many people for it to be fun....