Tuesday, June 05, 2007

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.