Reasons for having a dog

Reasons for having a dog?
1. Great company!
2. Best of all "guardiens" as they have a very reliable intuition on who should be "in" and who should be "out".
3. Wonderfully successful hunters!



Donja - my brother's dog - caught this not-so-little fellow in 2004. She meant to bring food to the table, but what she didn't know was that rat meat is not on our personal list of edible things... I do know people who fancy it, but not being that experimental when it comes to culinary novelties of which I unfortunately know the origin, I choose to pass. Which makes me such a conservative nasara for I eat neither locusts, nor rats. Nor frogs, dogs or monkeys. The funny thing though is that I can't actually say any of it tastes bad, because I haven't ever tried!

I do know however that elephant meat is nice (the park keepers of Yankari offered us a sample) and that the Kangaroo steak I ate in Copenhagen was delicious!

Ishtar

Dog toothbrushes

Today, Hassane finally brought the dogs bones, which is good for their teeth! Needless to say, the dogs were very pleased and Aslan and Kinza set about devouring theirs immediately...

Bagheera on the other hand was more preoccupied with guarding his new treasure...

Eventually, he settled on top of it while Aslan fell asleep next to his.

Today's lesson to be learned: chewing is a delightful pleasure but also very tiresome!

Ishtar

Animal life

Esther and Madougou the vet, who comes by on his weekly visit to check on the mystified foal in Arwen's stomach. I always wonder: will it be alive, dead or resurrected this time...? :-)

Arwen at peace in the deep white sand...

Sahara looks a little less elegant, but enjoys her rest just as much...

The horses' view from their "garden"...

Arwen licks my back as I and Baloo check on her udder. The color of her milk is supposed to be an indicator of when the foaling will take place, but many mares will often show some of the signs or none at all, so in the end, it's pretty hard to tell until the day comes when she starts to sweat and go into labour...

Arwen's favorite hobby after racing: rolling in the sand...

Baloo the guarddog has made some new friends and enjoys the shower that Sahara gives him...

"I look even cuter when I roll over! Want to see?"

Kinza - our Polish Alsacian from Nigeria - with her own unique charm.


Ishtar