Dogs with a View Blog
Abby at the Lake
Click “more” to watch a video of Abby enjoying some lake time with her Mor-mor and Mor-far, along with her “cousins”. Abby is very gentle with the kids and loves it when they throw the frisbee for her.
View from the Top by Kiersten Lippmann
Abby enjoys the view from the mountaintop on our recent run. This summer started wet and cool but yesterday’s temperatures were perfect.
On the misty mountain
Slippery hike to the cloud line, Abby stops to enjoy the view. She is now 25 days pregnant. The developing pups have heartbeats of 100 to 125 beats a minute but are still just about a centimeter in size. Abby is eating well, has a beautiful coat, and is very energetic. All signs point to…
Spring sunshine with Abby
With the steady spring sunshine, the fields are melting out. I’ve started working Abby towards her BH in IPO, and she is loving getting back into training, now that we have a decent surface to work on. This winter has been a long one full of ice, and snow. Enjoyable skiing, but we are ready…
Skiing at 80 degrees! Kiersten Lippmann
Enjoying skiing in shorts with this crazy summer-like warmth. The mountain trails still have about 2 to 3 feet of cement-like corn snow, and the skiing was quite good. With all the melt, streams are very high, and on Tuesdays’ ski, one of the bridges had been washed out on the way back. The moose suffer…
Malinois power! Skijoring with Sirius the malinois. Kiersten Lippmann
Sirius, Abby’s son, is one of the most powerful, fastest dogs I, Kiersten Lippmann, have ever had the pleasure of skijoring behind. This big boy can really pull, and is eager to run fast and to please me. I started him out skijoring this year, and have been pleasantly surprised with his natural drives to…
Chasing Snowballs
Over a foot of fresh snow blanketed the hills Friday night and into Saturday. An April Fool’s Day gift. The dogs enjoyed chasing snowballs, and resting on the sun-dappled snow drifts in the back yard. I less than enjoyed the backbreaking work of shoveling the deck and driveway, but the quiet and peace of a…