Hi! We are 2 labrador retrievers Fia(yellow)soon 4 years, and Ona (black) soon 7 years. We have said hello to you before and if you want to read our other stories they are on: Fia and Ona's hjemmeside

We want to thank you for emails that we have recieved. Everything is good with my puppies, as I've heared, says Fia and smiles. Cha's Libra Hera, the darkest of the bitches lives only one kilometre from Gerd Hansen( labrador breeder in Halden where Ona and Fia is born and where they have had their puppies), and the one male dog Cha’s Bossmann lives home with Gerd. He was best in the rase (BIR)for puppies at "Midt Hedemark Retrieverutstilling." The reason that I got puppies was because my sister in USA died and they wanted a puppy in the same linecombination, but since my mum Ona have had two puppy litters and she is almost 7 years old, they found out that it was best that I became a mother. The puppy that travelled to USA is called Cha’s Tassen Toys. Everyone is very satisfied with their choosen puppies. I'm of course glad that my little ones have it good and are feeling happy, and that two of them lives so close to each other are nice for them. As you might understand I have beautiful puppies, and that's not very strange when you think about their beautiful parents.(says a slightly shy Fia)

When the vet came to give me my p-pille injection I sat on the sofa at the office, as nicely as a queen, says Ona.I starred at him with my gorgeous deep brown eyes and he said - You surely knows how to charm men. - Of course, I just have to say, I always know how to make people make notice of me, smiles Ona.

When the spring came we were that lucky to get an old worn out sofa out in our dog garden. The humans thought that we would lay there and have a good time, but we had other thoughts. We have seen some of the commercials at the tv and what the boxer did with the sofapillows when the owner where gone. Now we had a sofa all for our selves and we could do whatever we wanted. Fia and I competed about who that first could get the cover of the pillows, and next throw them around inside the garden.- That I have to say was something of the funniest things I've done in a long time, says Ona and smiles as the little hooligan she can be sometimes.

I like best when the dad at the farm is on visit and lays down in the sofa together with us. It's still possible to lay there, but the pillows is all gone. Fia is in her ace when someone comes to pet her. I'm still a princess, but after I got my puppies maybe I now can get the title queen? I have grown a bit and maybe is more like a adult. But, as I hear the humans say- You have to keep your inner child, and I'm good at doing that. I still run my rounds around the house when someone comes out because then I hope or often knows I that it's either time for food, petting or to take a walk.

When it begun to be warmer in the weather, we hoped both that it soon was time to take a bath, and suddenly one day we were allowed. We went as usual down to get the mail and when "the human to Fia " started to walk down to the brook we both knew what would happen. Ona ran as quickly as she could - Yes, you know how humans does so much strange, maybe she just wanted to trick us, so I had to be totally sure that I wasn't going to be tricked. When I felt the delicious water on my fur I ran back and forth, and Fia was quickly after me. Fia says - Yes, I have also become glad to bath, I don't hesitate anymore and I try to eat some grass or I look after exciting things in the water, one day I found a big stick I tried to get on land, I had to get a bit help from my owner to do that, it was rather heavy. – Can you guess what I did then ?, asks Ona, Fia looks at her and shake her head, is that something to ask about, everyone knows that you first shake of all the water you can at my human that is nearby, and that you thereafter find as many places you can to roll around in either it is grass, dirt or what ever... -Oh you are hopeless, says Ona it was me that should tell them that. – A little fun I must be allowed to have as well, says Fia and smiles.

Then I want to tell something else fun then, says Ona triumphant. You know that the humans has something called spring work, here at the farm they are alway very early out, because the father at the farm likes to be the one that begins first, and guess if the neighbours got one surprise this year. Fia jumps a little and also says, yes I have to agree with you in that. – What did happen was that early in the morning we heared a lot of different noises that roared, we hadn't gone out into the garden just yet, but we surely wondered what was going on. When we finally was going out we had more than enough to look at that day. It was about 8 tractors and they had different other kind of tools behind them that they used to spreed the manure around in the soil. It was so many exciting smells. I don't think I have ever seen so many things happen at the same time. I was rather impressed that someone wanted to come just to give us some entertainment. We ran a little back and forth because we wanted to see everything. - I had really wanted to run after them and to get a spirt with good dirtsmell, but I know that it's not very smart to do, says Ona. As you probably know we had much to investigate later when they finally were finished.

My mum ,Becky was on a visit one weekend, she was going to a birthdayparty . She had with her the new car that she's got. The first time I saw it I barked a little warning, says Ona.

-Yes, you are so afraid of so many things , teased Fia. – Watch it, remember I'm your mother, Ona becomes a bit serious, but continues forward. Of course we were allowed to check out the car.- And then I was the first to jump inside, says Fia triumphant. – Yeah, yeah, that's all right, but I came just behind you . This time I knew that something should happen, I saw that they sat my cage and all of my things inside the car. "The human to Fia" petted me inside the car before I should leave, and then I was on my way to Fredrikstad where I shall live now. What I didn't like much was that she had to shower me with a soap that smelled hideous before we should go. Yak and yak, it is fun to bath, but such strange smells and all that, no that I don't need at all. - I think that the humans missed me a lot, because after only a few days they came on a visit to Fredrikstad. Then both mum Becky and I became very happy.

Here I have my cage inside a small room , I'm not so much there because the beds are in the big room. The first evening my human thought that I was obedient , because I went inside the cage, but then I moved silently and careful around the bed and ended up just beside her, and then I got to lay on my side, as I call it.Dogs should also be allowed to have it good. My mum has rather plenty of rules, I don't get anything from her no matter how much I look at her with my beautiful eyes.- You are not allowed to beg, you have to wait until I'm finished to eat and then you might get some, but that's not sure. Now she has started with something strange, every time I hear a strange clickingsound I get food and petting, mum calls it training, so I think training is rather nice!!

I'm not allowedto roll around in the grass either. What I do get is to walk long walks in the forrest, and then I can smell and smell all that I want . Sometimes we meet other dogs. If I'm occupaid with my smelling I don't care at all.I'm rather nice then, even if someone thinks that I'm grim.

When the other ones came here, then we later in the day walked a long walk out into the forrest. What was a little bit dumb was that I had drunk too little water. I realised that after marking almost every metre, and then it was just some drops that came at a time, but I tried anyway while we were walking, so that others could find out that I had been there. Yeah, yeah, I got to smell all that I wanted, and the forrest smells with all it's strange smells is just wonderful. So anyway, I think I'm rather lucky in many ways.

One day that they call for May 17th(Norway's nationalday), they had dressed up nicely all three of them.( The boss, Becky and Irene "the human to Fia"). I wagged all I could with my tail, but they didn't have time for any long cuddletime .at that time. So then I did stay up at the room, but I lay down in the bed so I didn't have such a bad time after all. The humans came and went many times during that day. Early in the morning had Grete (The boss) waked us up early because she heared the hornmusic, "the human to Fia", Grete( the mother to our humans) and I went out for a walk, but it was on the other side of the Island that they where,but later we heared the music again. The humans could tell about nice childrenparade, music and that they where so tired in their legs after walking so far. Think about me that have four legs then, I have to walk much more than you when we are out on our walks.

Later in the evening, we were inside the big tent that my mum had bought, at first I lay and cuddled with the humans, and then they sat up something called barbeque, and it was rather much smoke there. They ate something called barbequespear, and later they had some goodies. I got of course my eveningmeal at the same time. The neighbour had guests and there the music pumped loudly, I didn't bothered about it, they couldn't see me either inside the tent and the humans thought that I was very clever.

I have it very good down here in Fredrikstad. One day my mum took the vacuum cleaner out. I'm not very satisfied about it, because I know it from earlier on. My mum has lovely soft carpets on the floor in every room, and since I'm a black labrador, my hairstraws is noticable on the carpets. It's allright that it removes the hairstraws, but that it takes away the smell of me on all the carpets, that is something that I don't like at all, so guess if I had some problems later on when I should try to get my smells back. So therefor when mum came with the vacuum cleaner I started to roll round and round on the carpets and I was much satisfied when checked it later and the smells where there anyway, and I was much happy that I had "tricked" the vacuum cleaner, so then I smiled good says a satisfied Ona.

Humans I only say, but I'm really found of them. They cuddle with me almost the whole time, and "the human to Fia"I watched over her in the night, she likes to pet me and I always know how to get her attention. The others use to say " I have her in my hands, what ever that is, my self I have only 4 paws".

-I have to say that I miss my dogmum Ona, of course I do, says Fia, but I have it good here home at the farm. I get cuddletime, food and taking walks, so what else do I need, but I'm sure I'm going to be jumping glad the next time that I can play with my mum again, it's not anyone to playfight with anymore, but it's a little bit boring, but I should not complain. Everything to it's time, and now we'll say thanks for now and wish you all a really good summer. "With helping paws", Ona and Fia

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Written by Irene J.K.Bjørtomt in May 2002.