Autor: Myrddin

Yesterday we had guests here, with Sicilian dogs – Cirneco dell’ Etna
It is a hunting dog and they were very cute, reminded me a bit of Dobby from Harry Potter.
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They were 3 girls and our 3 boys were super happy to meet them. Especially Kaihu loved to play with them.
Roja was not so happy to share her boys though 😆
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I had just returned from the beautiful hike in the forest. I literally thought „How nice and fresh it is in the forest. I am so happy that I do not have to walk along the meadows in the bright sun.
But to ease the tension between Roja and the girls we decided to take another walk… along the meadows through the sun 🥵
Then about 5 seconds after making the last story video Ninja pulled at the leash as I was not expecting it and I fell to the floor. My trousers were all torn and my leg bloody… gah…
I was not mad at Ninja, it was me not paying attention… The path was leading downwards on a road filled with rubble, 2 dogs on one hand, trying to post the story… It took only a slight pull on the leash 😆
It was my most embarrasing moment for quite some time.
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When we returned the dogs, also Roja was, were great together. It is so nice to be able to have visitors here with dogs and not to have worries about the dogs.
It usually does work great to just go along together, without extended greetings and sniffing… The dogs can do that on the way little by little.
I always say nothing makes new friends as a hike together.
So we had a relaxed evening and an extended breakfast in the morning.
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What was your last embarrassing moment, if you are willing to share?
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Either way, Wish You a great weekend.

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Slowly I was starting to wear down with the current crisis, but then situation seems to improve a little.
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It has been the first day I drove Frank to drive to the train station again and a dear friend of mine can open his restaurant again.
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So at the end of the horizon there is definitely light, even if it is the sunset because now I have to get out of the house before 6:00 again 😆
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It will also mean that I can go a to a few different places again to hike before I pick him up at the evening.
So I am just looking for a few nice and secluded places to do that.
Think Hadez and Ninja will be very happy about it as they marked each tree on our little hill by now 😆
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Also the weather seems to change and my headache is fading a bit. Often when it turns rainy and wet I get a headache. It is warm and sunny outside.
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Is the situation changing where You are? Can’t wait for the borders to re-open. It seems so silly since all of the countries here seem to be in a similar good/bad situation and it does not seem as if it had helped at all.
Probably it even hurt the European thought of a United Europe… Interesting how quickly a submicroscopic agent can lead to ‚everyone for themselves‘. ‚Oh this neighbor country requires medical supplies to overcome this crisis… nevermind we need it more…‘,’There are 100 sick people more, let’s close these borders, but don’t forget to let the wares they produce and we need through’…
Also those people who like to point their fingers at the poor in Germany ( Hartz IV ) realize that they can end up themselves requiring help a lot quicker than they thought – without any of their own wrongdoing.
Just wish the poor would actually go vote as long as they do not, no politician will care… 13 million people live in poverty in Germany, imagine if they would all go vote.
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But let us look ahead at the positive things to come. Each step towards normality is one I look forward too. Even though I will miss social distancing and an elevator all for myself 😆
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I decided for a happy Ninja face, to cast a smile on you 😊
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So… Will go and hike with Ninja and Hadez now. Have a great day.
Thought and feedback welcome 😊

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More bad weather means we will snuggle up at home and do shorter walks around the house.
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Ninja likes to carry things around. Mostly socks. Socks do not make cute pictures though. But fortunately he also carries around various toys. His favorite one is a donkey, which he had with him at all time. In this picture Ninja took one of @kaihu_und_hadez toys.
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It is probably more a ‚hahaha I have your toy‘ than a ‚I really want that‘. From time to time it changes how much Ninja carries around these things, but by all means if he enjoys it… I mean look at him. Isn’t it cute? 😍
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Does your dog have a favorite toy or a similar quirk?
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Wish You a happy weekend 😊

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The past days I looked at each and every picture of Ninja I have ever taken… I kept around 80 000 of those. There were so many pictures that I have totally forgotten about, pictures I found too difficult to process and look amazing now, with what I picked up over the past 10 years.
And looked at new cuts of pictures I really liked am that totally focussed my attention.
Fortunately I found a few broken ones that I could easily fix, since I have backups of backups of backups 😆
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I am aiming at getting more organized and am looking at a professional storage solution now. Wanted to get a more suitable solution to easily access my photos and files even when I am on the road.
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Also my yeast dough project has come a long way. I made natural yeast from yeast that is already inside wheat itself and made some super delicious „Brötchen“//Rolle and Pizza dough. I think the one I made the past day with a seven day matured yeast dough was super amazing. Think it 2as the first pizza I would rate with 💯
I really love trying this stuff out. We got a lot of different flours to get my rolls from 87% and then I will work on bread 😆
Why I am doing this is because I saw a documentary on old craftsmanship. An old-school Baker made bread in his wooden stove and explained why it is important to have a slow maturing of the dough. The natural enzymes in the wheat make a bread that is well digestible and naturally destroy Alpha ATI. The industrial stuff that you get in many bakeries and supermarkets has artificial enzymes and no time to mature.
I saw a bakery that takes old kind grain and let’s the dough properly mature.
I really value this kind of approach that is actually meant to keep a high quality over a high profit and that is how it started.
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I wanted to see if it really does make a difference and I was at first a bit disgusted by the smells of my fresh wheat sour dough. After like 10 days I thought ‚You can only throw it away or taste it“
I tried it and was like ‚OMG‘ and instantly had to bake something.
It was indeed extremely delicious and I am amazed what a huge difference it makes.

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Wish you all a happy week ❤️
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We spent the morning in the forest with Ninja and Hadez. Found a tiny creeks with some fine spring water.
It is what I love most as it becomes warmer and warmer… It is always a bit cooler in the forest. Iread once that shadow cast by trees is a bit cooler than the shadow cast by a building… no clue if it is true, but I like the idea of it… Love the cooler forest and spring water over the blazing sun when walking along the pastures for example.
Usually I save them for the evening, which is where I took this pictures of Ninja in the dandelions 😊
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Hope you can make at least a short walk to your favorite spot in the next days as it does feel really good.

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We were walking our little evening walk towards the neighborhood and stopped at a little bench. You have a beautiful view towards Basel, the biggest city in the area, and the sun will set right above the skyline.
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While enjoying the scenery Ninja and the dogs usually sniff around in the meadows around the bench. This is the face I get when calling Ninja. He will instantly raise his head and look at.me like this. You can see how he evaluates why I was calling him. „What is up? Can I go on? Did I do something I should not? Should I come? Are we going on?“
He is clearly not certain about my call and tries to analyze his next steps.
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Unless he found a really cool sniffing spot he would stop the sniffing and happily hop towards me thowing his legs forward as he does when he is happy and love attention 😊

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We have the most beautiful sunsets here and I feel blessed to be able to experience this.
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Last evening I watched the sun set together with Ninja on a field nearby. It is so wonderful to be out here and to forget all about what is going on in the world.
With Ninja at my side everything is ok ❤️

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I get questions about dog training every day. On one side it is kind of nice that people value our progress, but at the same time I am not a dog trainer. I do neither know You nor Your dog, so it would be reckless to give advice about your dog.
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What I can do is show how our training works and maybe you see and try some of the tricks on your dog and see if they work for You or not.
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I handfed Ninja about half of his daily food ration in exchange for tricks, using positive reinforcement and marker training. Basically I reward good behavior.
On our hikes I carried many really high value treats with us. For us it was „dried chicken hearts“ that I dipped in salmon oil. Dogs came from everywhere for these treats 😆
I rewarded Ninja when he looked at me, I rewarded when he came to me,… When Ninja did not pay attention to me I hid some goodies in the grass, in a hole, in treebark, and stood still pointing//looking at the spot. Ninja would become curious why we do not move on and would search the area I was pointing at and find the treat.
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The idea was to teach him, that it is rewarding to pay attention to me. Yes it was a lot of treats at the beginning and later we reduced them and eventually they were no longer necessary.
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But when You start training it is extremely important that You go high value rewards.
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We use dried chicken hearts from @lico.nature
The chicken hearts are 100% dried chicken heart, no additives.
The dogs love them and totally focus on us. The chicken hearts can be easily chewed and fly reasonably well. Due to their shape they can easily be clamped to tree bark, rock and they do not roll away.
Also they are not sticky or fatty so our hands stay clean.
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I used to dry chicken hearts myself because I did not know the source of the ones you get in the average pet shop.
I visited Lico Nature’s BARF and treat manufacture and was positively surprised. Their products are of food grade quality without additives and very fresh as their source for meat is next door.
We have been using their treats ever since. The products are fresh and smell good you can see that Ninja focusses almost more on the tasty treat than on me.

 

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As You have seen yesterday in our story, Ninja had a tick on his eye and I got many questions if I removed it and how.
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For one, I started the first day as Ninja came into my life to train to touch him everywhere. I touch him in his ears, look at his teeth, his eyes, etc…
Ninja also had a large amount of ticks over the years and he has become used to me removing them, even if it pinches and hurts (when they are small and hard to grab).
This did not work flawless from the start, we had to sit this out, doing countless tries of ( no you do not move while I examine you ). Don’t forget these are vulnerable positions and it’s uncomfortable for the dog and he needs to learn to trust and to withstand the impulse to get out if this situation.
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You can see it well here, he is uncomfortable and does not like it, but he does not move. His eyes flicker as it is a reflex which is near impossible for him to control. So I made several approaches, moved Ninja into the right position and then pulled and twisted it out.
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We use tick chemical tick repellant and this was the first tick he had this year and was already dead. I do not want discussions about home remedies, we tried them all over the past 20+ years we had dogs… But if you live in a risk area each single tick can be problematic, so we decided for the chemical solution… as little as necessary…
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Ticks are annoying, but it is no drama to remove them with proper training. I think it is important to stay calm yourself and act as if it is the most normal thing to do.
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This video is cut, as I had to 15 seconds to keep it under a minute.

 

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Thank You for Your Easter Blessings. Hope you enjoyed Easter, with the people that are closest to You.
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I took a few days off Instagram to make dough. Yeah… I found a cooking that explained a lot about making yeast and sour dough. This totally took my attention and I have been baking every day. Pizza, bread, rolls, BBQ Foccacia, BBQ rolls, BBQ garlic bread…
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There is an awful lot of BBQ stuff, that is because our stove broke and we had to adapt… I made all kinds of dough and wanted to see if there is really a big difference between 24h matured dough and 5 day matured dough… tomorrow I will find out…
I just love to prepare yeast dough. A dough that has been kneaded really good has such a nice soft touch and smooth surface and smells delicious 😆 Just love to work with my hands.
Anyway, the broken stove did not make it any easier to learn this, but in a week or so we will have anew one.
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Ninja and the dogs are happy with the weather, they are constantly running in and out and in and out and in and out and in and… „nevermind I’ll stay inside… or not? Hmh, let me out“ 😆
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I stay inside a lot atm, this year I suffer from hay fever as there are tons of pollen outside. I do not know how to describe it, but imagine that the corners of your mouth itch badly. Also the palate, throat, eyes, the inside of your ears and that your nose is running faster than Ursain Bolt.
The good news is that in a few days everything will be good again. Then I will probably starting to get bored of dough as well and can totally focus on IG again. Right now I just want to run out to put those rolls on the BBQ 😆
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I mean its really amazing that I can focus on any topic and make huge progress, but other stuff suffers a little. Sorry.
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Just a few more days 😊 Have a great day…
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BTW, I took this picture in bright daylight in the forest. I used a very aperture and put Ninja in the sunray. The surrounding shadows made everything appear black. That is what I like on this picture…

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