Fia’s story

You probably remember that the last time we had been on a very long walk together, and I had taken my first bath. After that we had some days together where we both was together and picked up the mail and bathed. Mum Ona ran out into the brook and took her ”boundjump” away, it is someone that she looks like a little frog there she jumps back and forth. You have to be there to see how she behave. I on the other hand take it more calmly, walk careful out into the water, smell a little, eat some grass. Sometimes it happens that I duck under the water to get something that’s on the bottom, that’s quite amusing.

Mum travelled back together with her mum on my birthady, of all days. Then I was 2 years! Early in the morning some of the people came and sung the birthdaysong for me ”Happy birthday”. I just looked a bit strangly on them, but it was good to get some extra afterwards and a little cuddle. Sometime on the afternoon I had to og inside my cage in the house, that I didn’t like much at the time, but the humans told me that they should clean up in our doggarden.

I said goodbye to mum and her owner, and then I was by myself. It doesn’t matter at all. The thing that is a little bit good when you are on your own is that you can do exactly what you want. When there are some food left overs then I get it alone, and other things that is nice for a big dog like me!

When I later in the afternoon came out into the doggarden, it had become much bigger. My owner went around it, and I followed after her. They had made a path that I could use. Later they found out that I should be allowed to be there when they took the rest of the garden. Of course I was nice like a little lamb and I tried to help them to take up some sticks and grass. I found out later that it was several hidden treasures in the garden, bones and sticks that I had hidden away. It is like you say it, the things that are not lost or eaten up you will always find it again.

This summer I've spend much time with the man at the farm. He liked that I went free. I keept myself nearby him all the time. I went a little around and jumped up to get some apples in the trees. When I got an apple, or ”chart” that it’s called…tasted rather sour…I trowed it as long away as I could , and jumped and danced. The people laughed ot me once in awhile and that’s ok, I laugh at them at times. They do so many strange things.

When there is coming someone to visit at the farm I like to run away to say hello to them. I have done much exciting things this summer. There have been some men here and they were doing something with some cables. They walked back and forth all the time, much out and inside the house. There was something wrong with the telephone cable when the lightning strucked down. I didn’t like the sound of that noice, but then I was down in my house. When I hear thunder and lightning I think it hears like they are mad at eachother and then suddenly they were almost nearby me, that was a bit frightening, but I felt safe under the ground.

I have also once in awhile been allowed to get inside the other house now. The humans thinks that I’m a little bit calmer now, and when they see that I’m not as hooligan anymore I’m allowed to do new things. I like best to be outside in my garden, especially when the sun is shining because then I can lay there and have a good time.

Ona’s story

I have been in Fredrikstad this summer. We went away on Fia’s birthday. I jumped glad inside the cage. Now we were going on a car trip again. I like good to be travelling with the car. When we finally arrived, then we were in my other house, my owner calls it for home. I like to be both places, but there is a little bit different. Here it’s a lot of houses, many new smells, there are many dogs everywere and sometimes even cats that I don’t like very much.

Now I’m going to tell you about what I don’t like and what I like the most. I don’t like when my owner is talking in the phone, then I walk straight inside my cage. It’s too boring to listen. She just sit there and holding a telephone and talking inside it, then I sigh heavely and understand that she’s going to sit there for awhile.

The other is the box they calls a tv. I have understood that the people have to watch it to get the news and find out what is going on, but I think our news are more exciting.Everyone knows that when we are going our walks and smell and smell it’s because we have to find out what has happend since last time. We get to know a lot out of these smells, someone we know and others we don’t , but the most important thing is nearly that we have to say that we have been at these places. Sometimes I’m so lucky that I can manage to get some drips here and there.

The dogs down here I don’t like that much, they are so little, and I’m not interested in them at all. Then I just snarl at them, and then they might get afraid of me. Once in awhile I have to smile to myself, I’m not at least any dangerous at all. I have heared that someone thinks that black dogs looks mor scary out than the white ones, maybe that’s it maybe.

It is one dog that I like. He’s white with brown spots. The first time I saw him, he was running after a stick. He was very fast!! Then my owner thought I behaved strangly when I started with my frogjump, as she calls it. I ran back and forth as a little puppy. Of course I had to walk and say hello to him, I wonder if this is what people call love? Anyway, I’m going crazy when this dog is nearby me.

It happens that my owner get visit from the rest of the family. One time I went with them on a mailtrip. That will say that they had some letters inside some boxes around, maybe that’s their way to say that they had been there? We saw a big dog that was free, he followed us around a bit. Then I was rather proud. I had two people to take care of, and you haven’t got anyone. I’m luckier than you!!

Another time we meet another dog that I didn’t like at all. They had to hold me back with power, and if that wasn’t enough we meet a cat on that walk. Luckily for the cat it was inside the garden, I said that here I am , so you have to get away.

I like to walk on these rounds where we og places I’ve never been before. Of course it’s ok to walk my regular round as well, but as you say it changes is delight.

Here a day I meet a little bitch, and she could I like to say hello to. She looked nice, and then it’s no idea to snarl at her. Someone I like, and others I don’t . I think it’s that way for the most of us both people and animals, isn’t that right?

My owner has get herself a portable pc, and on that she has a screen where there is flying different animals over, monkeys, elephants and lions. The first time I heared it I was a little afraid, I couldn’t understand where the noice was coming from, so now when I see her walk towards this maching I’m very attentive. I have to watch so that there isn’t anyone coming to get her, as the watchdog I am.

The best thing I like is peaches. Then I get water in my mouth. I can’t nearly wait until I get in in my mouth. Yum, it’s so good! My owner have several times tried to sneak away to eat peaces of nectarine alone, but when I understand that this is what she has, then she can’t do anything but give me some or it will be rather wet on the carpet.

I’ve had it very nice this summer. Bathed a lot, got much cuddels. The best thing I like beeing down here has to be that then I can be cuddled all day long. That’s the dreamlife for a dog.

Now I’ve back at the farm again. Fia and I play and have fun as usual, and even though it’s fall now so we are bathing anyway.

Thanks again for everyone that send us email. As long as you like the stories we tell you, as long are you going to get more stories from the two of us on four legs.

Love Cha’s Fia Fiffi og Cha’s Ona Ofelia.

Fia and Ona's mail

Written August 2000.