Snakebite!

Poor Senna had such rotten luck in the weekend. She was bitten by a viper and gave us all a fright.

We were in Mykyrä with Tuomo's dad and brother to do some work on the house when we heard the dog barking outside. The guys went to check what was going on and there it was, a snake. Senna was jumping around and apparently the snake was quite angry looking (I didn't see it since I was inside). Luckily I had brought the anti-venom to Mykyrä the very same day, we didn't know if she had been bitten or not yet but all the same, we gave her the tablets.

Only 5 minutes later when I went out to check on her she was lying down on her side, drool coming out of her mouth, her snout swelling up by the minute. She had been bitten alright. There was also a tiny amount of blood on her nose. Poor girl was so weak. We called the vet on call who told us to bring the dog in. She had to be lifted into the car and was looking really groggy. Her snout was now enormous. At the vet's she got three different shots and antibiotics. The vet told us these things happen and that the dogs don't really learn from it. Great:( So we stocked up on some more anti-venom, just in case.

I felt so bad for my poor girl. Obviously it hurt lying down so she was kind of sitting up and sleeping. Luckily she came round pretty quickly. Soon she was chewing her ball again and in the evening she even came swimming with us. Now she's fine, her nose is only a little bit swollen and I expect that will be gone by tomorrow. But still, nasty stuff.

Scubadog Senna!

Last night we were looking after Barney for the night so we decided to take a walk with the dogs in our new surroundsing in Pirkkala.

The weather was great, sunny and warm, so the dogs were more than happy when we reached the little ducks' pond close to where our (future) house is. Both dogs jumped into the water happily (well Senna very very very happily as always:) and Senna started swimming around. Then she did something I've never seen a dog do before, she put her head completely under water! It was as if she thought she was still on land, since she was walking around, nose to the bottom looking for stuff under water! She looked hilarious, almost like a duck, only her bum and wagging tail sticking out of the water. She would surface once in a while, shaking and spluttering a lot of water all over the place and Barney would close his eyes every time she shook and then he would shake as well:) He's no too keen on the wet stuff, but is quite brave and goes in to his elbows at least. Senna finally found a nice stick under water, but when she surfaced she shook so violenty the stick went to pieces and all she was left with was the small piece in her mouth. We were laughing like crazy!

Makes you wonder if our dog is distantly related to a duck...:)

Summer's here!

And here it is again, summer! Finally! It arrived without even knocking on the door. This week it's been an amazing +26 and sunny.

Lots of things have happened but most exciting of all, we've bought a house! A "paritalo" in Pirkkala, just on the outskirts of Tampere. Moving in date is set to 29th December this year so it's still in the process of being built but it's very exciting and we can't wait to move in! Senna will have a (although very small) garden to be outside in. It's just big enough for us to sit outside and have dinner, but it will be nice to just be able to go outside through the back-door.

Senna is doing fine and is back to her normal high energy self after having a few very slow months of wanting to do absolutely nothing after her heat. We almost got a bit worried since all she wanted to do was to lie around in her basket and I felt mean dragging her out on walks and morning runs. Now she's full of energy and it's nice to see her happy about the outdoors again. We went rollerblading with her a few times and although she doesn't really get the whole idea of pulling she runs nicely next to you. I actually perfer it this way since I'm not 100 percent when it come to breaking...Tuomo's a lot more stable so he can go a lot faster with her.

Her results from the hip x-ray came back all flawless so now there are no restrictions on exercise. She had a minor change in one of her elbows but shouldn't be anything to worry about.

We had a really nice trip to Sweden with her for Easter. She was such a good girl on the ferry and just tucked her nose in her tail first thing she did when we got into the cabin at night. Then she slept through the night. She was too desperate in the morning not to use the "dog toilet" on deck (a small sand box, which she refused to use in the evening) and felt quite relieved afterwards I think:) My family loved her and were really impressed with how great she is in all situations. My nephew and niece even got up early in the weekend to take her out for a long walk! She must have gotten a lot of treats though, since I couldn't quite ger her harness on when we got back, and she was hanging around suspiciously much in the kitchen when my mum was cooking...

This week Senna's daycare is closed so she's spending some time with the grandparents in the summer house, not doubt swimming all day long, collecting those water lilly leaves.