Thursday, August 5, 2010

My dog bed

I can hardly believe it was only a little over 2 months ago when I first arrived at my new home. But the moment I arrived, I immediately picked out a dog bed of my own. It was a dog bed which seemed soft and placed in a safe place. For the first month, this was my place and I would not let anybody come near my bed. I even bit Dassin when she dared come to close to me and my dog bed!

After a while, I was more comfortable with lying in other places. And when the sun is shining, I did not mind lying in a different place at all! I just love lying in the sun.
(by the way, don't you all think I have become very handsome over the past two months? I gained 7kg! And my coat and color is changing as well)


After a while, I decided to make some changes to my dog bed, which you can see here:


And no, I did not make those changes because I was frustrated, scared, or did not want to be in the crate. I made them, so my dog bed would be even more comfortable than it already was! You see, now I can lie in my dog bed!

Me and my friend Dassin playing

Dassin and I have become very close friends in the short time I live with my new family. Of course I like the others as well, but Dassin and I have a very special relationship. She is a bit like an older sister to me, and we have a lot of fun together. Here you can see us playing, which we do a lot!














A post from Sunanda

My human is so busy with other things that she did not post any new messages to this blog. But a lot of things happened over the past weeks, things I would really like to share with you all. So, I decided to write something myself. 

First we went to the sea! I did not know this was the sea, but my human told me it was called "sea". My friends knew exactly what it was and were very excited when they got the first smell of the sea in their noses. And as soon as we were let off the lead, all three of them ran to the sea as fast as possible!

At first I did not know what to make of this strange, moving water, and started to bite it. That is what I do with strange things that move over the ground: I try to grab them with my mouth, like the end of the vacuum cleaner. But this strange, moving water tasted very odd, and I could not grab it. But Isis seemed to love this moving water very much and jumped in straight away. She even lied down in this moving water!

But it did not take very long for me to understand what the excitement was all about. And I joined my friends in their games. Chasing each other through the water, barking at other dogs and sniffing all the new things there were to sniff. It was a beautiful day and I was very tired at the end of the day. I enjoy all these new things so much!








Saturday, June 26, 2010

Changes...

I have decided to make some changes to this blog, which will hopefully make it more accessible and better looking.

I hope the people who follow Sunanda's blog, will not mind me writing in english from now on. First of all more people will be able to read it when it is in english. And second of all, it will be easier for me to write updates, since I do not have to ask somebody else to translate it into german for me.

And I felt it was time for a new picture at the top. The old one was taken one day after Sunanda's arrival, and she looks so skinny that it reminds me a bit too much of her past. Sunanda has changed so much over the past 4 weeks, that she hardly bears any resemblance to that skinny and scared little hound anymore.

I find it very difficult to believe that it has only been 4 weeks since she arrived in our home. In the first 3 weeks, she gained approximately 6kg bodyweight, mostly muscle I have to say. So she is jokingly called miss "fat bottom" in our home.

I could let her run off the lead after only 5 days, and now she sings loudly from sheer joy when I take her lead to go for a walk. Her fears slowly fade away with each day and she is beginning to show her true self, which is a rather boisterous and energetic young female, a bit insecure at times in new situations, but very curious and inquisitive at the same time.

She is extremely affectionate, has a very good recall, but also a strong mind of her own, which makes for an interesting combination. Sometimes she has to make "difficult" decisions. She clearly wants to do something else than I ask her to do, so she has to chose between obeying me and doing her own thing. So far, she chose me every time, but sometimes it does take a little while before she reaches that decision.

I have also taken some swabs from Sunanda, so she could donate some of her precious DNA to scientific research. I am very curious what the results will be. But as soon as I know, I will post them here of course.

And we had a lovely "Grillfest" last weekend with all the people who joined in on the search for Sunanda. It was so nice to meet all these people in a very relaxed and happy atmosphere. Sunanda showed them how happy she was and played with the other dogs. I just feel a lot of gratitude toward all these people. If it wasn't for them, who knows what would have happened to Sunanda. Thank you all for your dedication, your time, your positive thoughts, and all the things you did to get Sunanda back safe and sound.

Here you can see some pictures taken at this "Grillfest":

I just love Sunanda more with each and every day. She is a very special girl indeed.


Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Sunanda and friends




Sunanda ist jetzt 3 Wochen bei uns und hat schon vieles erlebt. Sie macht es sehr gut und hat auch viele neue Freunden. Hier ist ein video von Sunanda und Freunden:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lQ0Yxsr798

Viel Spaß!

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Sand, Sonne und Freiheit






Sonntag vor einer Woche .....

Hielten Rina, Marion und Franz die Luft an, während sie im Auto warteten und sich mehr als alles andere in der Welt wünschten, dass die kleine, magere Hündin zum Fressen wiederkommen würde. Sie hatte doch schon zwei Mal in der Auffahrt zur Garage gut gefressen ohne gejagt zu werden. Würde sie auch das bereitstehende Futter in der Falle nehmen? Die Spannung war kaum zu ertragen.

Und da kam sie angehüpft, die Hündin. Erst guckte sie in die neben der Falle bereitstehende Varibox. Mmh, nichts zu holen. Dann versuchte sie sich mit der Vorderpfote von außen Futter durch´s Gitter aus der Falle zu angeln. Wir Menschen saßen wie tiefgefroren in dem Auto und konnten nur zuschauen und hoffen.

Als nach einer ewig erscheinenden Minute die Tür der Falle hinter der Hündin wirklich zuknallte und Sunanda -damals noch Indy- nach 11 Tagen wieder eingefangen war, fielen die drei Beobachter fast weinend vor Glück aus dem Auto. Alle Haustüren in der unmittelbaren Nähe gingen auf, die Menschen gratulierten sich gegenseitig, Kaffee und Kuchen wurden serviert, es war ein ganz besonderer Morgen. Die Erleichterung der Menschen, die elf Tage mit der Suche beschäftigt waren, ist nicht zu beschreiben. Und Indy? Die saß brav in ihrer Falle, fraß das Futter und schien es nicht so tragisch zu nehmen, dass die Freiheit ihr genommen worden war.

Gestern, 6 Tage nach diesem ereignissvollen Sonntagvormittag, erlebten ihre Leute wieder einen spannenden, emotionalen Tag, voller Freude. Mit Tränen in den Augen, beobachteten wir Sundanda, als sie zum ersten Mal, in einem sicheren Gelände, frei mit anderen Windhunden tanzen, rennen, toben, spielen durfte. Sie ist ein richtiger Windhund, aber auf der anderen Seite auch wieder nicht. Sie läuft anders als die Anderen, sie spielt anders, und, nicht unwichtig, sie kommt sofort zurück wenn ich sie rufe. Welcher Windhunde tut so was?

In der ersten Woche hat Sunanda auch gelernt, ordentlich an der Leine zu laufen, sogar ohne Geschirr, nur mit einem (Whippet!)Halsband. Sie scheint auch ein ganz kleines Bisschen zu verstehen, dass von der Arbeitsplatte oder vom Tisch klauen nicht wirklich erwünscht ist. Ich sehe auch, dass sie langsam einsieht, dass sie sich vielleicht etwas höflicher meinen Hunden gegenüber verhalten soll.

Sunanda liebt Körperkontakt. Dassin findet Körperkontakt mit der fremden Hündin (noch) nicht erwünscht, obwohl sie draussen sehr gerne mit ihr spielt. Gestern waren wir im Park, und trotz des regnerischen Wetters, sind die beiden blonden Damen hinter einander hergerast und haben versucht festzustellen wer von den beiden die Schnellere ist. Aber im Haus ist Dassin immer noch nicht überzeugt, dass die Neue in Ordnung ist. Sunanda legt sich gerne dicht neben Bashira oder Isis. Manchmal lässt sie sich einfach auf die Beiden fallen, was diese natürlich nicht so witzig finden. Ich glaube aber, dass sie sich eines Tages (bald) alle vier prima verstehen werden. Es ist schon wichtig zu sehen, dass Sunanda nicht mehr nur auf dem Kissen liegt, wo sie sich an dem ersten Sonntag hingelegt hatte und dass sie die Nähe der anderen Hunde sucht.