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The past days have been crazy and I made it just in time back to Switzerland before the borders closed.
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I figured it would be the best place to be to sit out the next weeks. We are far away from everyone and we can support each other in case it is needed.
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I know that many of you come to Instagram for escapism, to get a bit distracted, some entertainment and a couple of nice pictures and videos to watch. So I will let the huge topic u der the table in these posts at least, can’t promise to do it I live streams 😊
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I would like to make more live streams, but in the end I can also just make videos from here as I do not have Swiss Mobile card and do not want to travel around too much right now anyhow. But if you like to keep us company let me know, which topics I could cover.
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If you remember the live stream from the weekend where I tried to put Ninja into some apple/cherry blossoms to make some pictures. The pictures did not turn out well, but as it is (unofficially) spring here I am going to share some spring pictures.
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Wish You all a happy day.

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Here is a picture that my friend Eljyenka aka @whitepawth did when we met Nyo and Nox 2 months ago in France.
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A picture is as if You were looking through someone else’s eyes, so it is interesting to see how others perceive Ninja.
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Thank You Eljyenka 😊

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Just a quick picture from Ninja at the Blauen in the Black Forest from a couple of days ago.
We are enjoying the beautiful weather 😊
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Talked so much during the 2 live videos that I do not know what to write today 😆
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You can leave questions, suggestions below though 😊
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Wish You a happy Sunday

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Father Ninja and Son Hadez (@kaihu_und_hadez ).
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As You may have seen Nox from @furry.road got puppies from Ninja.
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Since the my mailbox is somewhat filled with requests 😆 I just want to let You know that You can check for more info there.
I am not the breeder and cannot provide You with a puppy, I do not know if they are all reserved (which I assume they already are).
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If I can make so.e suggestions a message like „You got pups? Are You shipping?“ is not a request I would take serious as a breeder. I would want my pups to get into good homes, where they can stay forever.
When Your first concern is looks, shipping, price then I am not certain You’d be my first choice to get a puppy…
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Also all the requests for matings, sadly for Ninja not for me 😜, that originate from different continents puzzle me at times.
If I would plan a mating I would check if it was distance wise possible, then I would ask some health related questions, check papers, exams ask about character of the animal (well Ninja’s is well documented here) and then ask about all the other stuff.
Some are like „I have a female you a male“… then You check up and it’s literally on the other side of the earth in Australia 🤔⁉️
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Some breeders announce litters with Ninja that I know nothing of and plaster their own litters on the first pictures Ninja litters and I am like 🤔⁉️
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I guess what I am trying to say is that it helps to make some basic checks first. Not that I do not like to help.people… I think I caught up almost on all messages and want to keep it that way, but it helps advanced questions if I do not need to spend so much time asking the most basic ones. Use some effort to let people know why you want something and the possible outcome is much more positive if you put some effort into your request.
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Sorry, I do not want to sound negative 😊 Recall those pictures of Ninja in Cherry Blossoms? It seems they are blossoming here in Mainz right now so we will be in Finthen trying to get some new ones 😊
As You can see in today’s story it is pretty much spring here already.

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Slowly the dogs are ready for new adventures. After last week’s hikes they needed some slow paced days to recover 😊
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I never get tired of Ninjas expressions as he is plowing through the snow. It is difficult to name my favorite picture, but among those I love the most, snow pictures are the majority.
No matter how cold, how stormy… Ninja is always excited, happy and in his natural habitat. Maybe we try to make the most out of every bit of snow, because we have so little of it. It always requires a trip to get into the mountains.
If you look at the happy faces it is worth it though 😊
We will be heading out soon. Not as far as the mountains, but we will try to find a nice spot either way 😊
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Where is Your dogs favorite spot? Do You have a beach-dog, or do you prefer forests?

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As crocuses, cherry blossoms and warm temperatures clearly state that spring is coming, just 30km away a new layer of snow covered the mountains.
Of course we chose to spent the weekend hiking through untouched kneed deep snow. The excitement of being able to plow through the snow is shown all over the happy faces of our dogs. Hadez loves to roll in the snow, Ninja loves to sah along, Kaihu sniffs after the animal trails that lead deeper into the woods and Roja just loves to be out there in the snow.
Roja and her snow suit were a bit mocked at first, I used to as well… But as I saw how much snow stuck to her legs, forming giant iceballs, I have changed my mind. At the first day she was hardly able to move after a time. It was really impossible to remove it all since 500m further it was all clustered again.
Saturday we shot a video for our sponsor using Hadez. It was really exciting and took 4 people to handle him, keep him busy, direct him from location to location and do the recordings. I am really impressed how we got it done. You can check the video at @kaihu_und_hadez
While our focus was on Hadez we decided to make another hike on Sunday. I am not a person that uses a lot of treats, but I think it does not hurt to spoil them once I a while. So we hiked again through the deep snow and spoilt them away…
In the evening they were truly tired… Not in a bad way. The kind of ’satisfied tired‘ after a long workout… exhausted and happy 😄 if you ever had a dog you know what I mean.

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As we are again heading out into winter wonder woods, the other kind of www where we love to spend time, here is a little Slow-Motion of Ninja enjoying the snow ❤️ Wish You a happy day

 

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Some people will most likely not understand the video here. When I say that I gradually increase the difficulty for Ninja in our training, this is most likely the King’s discipline of walking heel. All I can ask is to read before being too judgemental about the video.
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I used to have a flight instructor that asked the most difficult tasks of us.
The exercise of emergency situations was part of the training. Also navigation and the likes ( oh I still love maps and love to explore areas from above )
He started with easy tasks at the begining of the flight training and gradually increased the difficulty over the months.
Many of my fellow officers had easy trainers and were terrified when they had to fly with mine. They just froze when he said „engine failure“ above a large forest, at low altitude or when the were busy training something else.
The instructor said that a real emergency could happen at all times and thus it was always important to be aware of your surroundings.
He did ask a lot of us, but it sure improved my flight skills, especially emergency procedures and general awareness.
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In this video, the other dog totally adores Ninja and it is usually the first spot on a morning walk where we let both run free. She loves to pull Ninja by his mane, to tease and play with him. There is no aggression, she was not biting him, it is just her way trying to get Ninja’s attention and to stop ignoring her.
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Insisting to continue walking heel, I made it really, really difficult on different levels.
He is used to be unleashed at this spot and to dash a few circles around us. He also wanted to play and shake off the other dog. Last but not least he had to follow my commands.
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Ninja manages to handle it all, he is even focused on me and gentle to the dog. At times people are puzzled that I ask so much of my dog, or that he has to figure out a solution by himself. occasions like this are rare.
I do it, so Ninja will learn to resist his impulses and to adapt. If I never train under difficult circumstances, how am I supposed to expect Ninja to follow instructions when it matters?
If Ninja can walk heel with this distraction, he can do it everywhere.
I am so proud ❤️

 

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Yesterday I took Hadez and Ninja to a hike in the Black Forest.
I found a truly secluded spot and there were no signs of people or fresh tracks in the snow.
We moved deeper into the woods, climbed over fallen trees (from the past week’s storm most likely) and had a blast. As we were quite loud and I saw no signs of animals I let Ninja off-leash while Hadez, (who had his 5th birthday – you can send him a message here @kaihu_und_hadez ) had to stay leashed.
I tried to let him walk, but he was too excited, ignored my treats and I put him back on the leash.
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We hiked for about 3 hours. Especially in the open areas the snow was knee-deep. The dogs loved it and so did I. The dogs often rolled in the snow, especially Hadez loves doing it, and laid down in the snow.
I was sweating like mad. It was not cold but the deep snow cost a lot of strength.
Don’t forget we usually do not have a lot of snow… we had like 1 day of snow this winter. At best it is ankle high before it melts again.
But we have the Jura to the South as well as the Black Forest to the North of we want to experience snow.
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I decided to return to the next town to get Hadez a bunch of meat as a treat and looked for a secluded, large meadows covered in snow, without forest nearby.
Hadez was all of a sudden truly responsive and loved to dash after the meat in the snow.
That is the same I did with Ninja and it is the reason why he jumped forward into the snow.

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If You did follow our stories from the weekend You might remember that we were hiking in the storm at the Belchen… We walked from the Belchen towards the Honeck. The wind was pretty rough, but it was a lot of fun.
We just wanted some snow. Most of passt week’s snow had already melted again. Besides the Belchen behind far more higher than the Honeck, the Hineck had snow, probably due to the north-slope.
We also chose this side because there were no tracks at all and the Belchen ist usually rather crowded.
With lots of distance to overlook in all directions it was possible to let the whole pack roam free for some snow pictures.
They were all soooo happy and dashed the hill up and down… the jumped around, they teased each other and seemed so grateful for the experience.
You have seen Ninja’s recall in the past, returning even though he just started to dash off after boars.
Now I can add that he instantly returned, 250m away, in a gust of wind in a hurricane on a wind mountaintop 😄
He is such a good boy, but also the others were. Ninja usually does not leave the path… Roja’s and Kaihu’s circles were a bit further as they circled us on the snow covered meadows at both sides.
Hadez also enjoyed being off leash and looked to stay close at the start. It was open and the forest was far but for safety we put him back on before we approached the forest. When we returned we also let Hadez run to make some pictures that You will soon find at @kaihu_und_hadez
I really like to hike in the area… we had snow and a whole mountain alone for us 😊
The next day, and even today, the dogs are super tired napping a lot and even though they love to be outside they just sit on their observation lounge, don’t even run to the fence to bark at passing dogs 😄
So we spoiled them with good food, got some chicken carcasses 🤤🐔 .
I can see the Belchen from here and now it is covered in snow again… so tempting to not return right again.

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