Day 386 Marianne valley

Today we went to the frozen lakes of Marianske Udoli. They were frozen enough to walk on them.

Guide dogs are not supposed to go in water. But what about ON water? :)

Jen's petty dare (left) versus my bravery (right)

Walking on water like Jesus (almost)

We didn't only stay down at the lakes, we also climbed around in the forest.

Find the Mety in the picture!

On one of the hills, we found remnants of remparts from a very long time ago.

Remains of a hut (bottom left) inside the settlement

Sign with explanations

It was very cold. Jen had tea and cookies, so we stopped for a bit. Well she stopped, and threw the ball for me, to finish me off so I could hopefully be tired.

The Jen and the Mety

Tea break for Jen

I did get tired, but I would never admit it to her. I skipped happily all the way home (and fell asleep for 4 hours after).

Well I'll be damned!

Day 379 Dajan's new collar

So today we went for a new collar for Dajan. She went for a purple one cause it's in fashion.

Trying on collars

And bells

Suits Dajan perfectly!

I made fun of her and said she looked like a cow!

Day 378 Dajan's lost collar

Dajan and I went to the fields behind Tesco. I can't go to Luzanky no more, cause male dogs like me too much.
To get there we have to go behind the industrial zone and the abandoned buildings.

Parkour is a sport where you run and jump all over things

We hugged

We ran some more

We played fetch

Jen wanted to go home but we didn't. So Dajan lost her collar, and Jen had to stay walking in the fields to look for it (she didn't find it).

We're thirsty. Bartender, two beers please!

In all we stayed 1 hour and a half playing, then about an hour searching for the collar, then another 20 min of intensive fetching to make Dajan tired, to be sure she would heel perfectly all the way home (since there was no way to attach the leash).

zzzzzzzzzz

Day 382 Helping Jen with cows

Dajan and I are bored. Jen is studying all the time...

All day

All night

 So I decided to take things in my own hands and help her.

I had to study a bit too...

 I saw a picture of cow tetany (when the cow is poisoned by Clostridium tetani, a bacterium that produces toxins). The cow lays down on the floor, exactly in the position I sleep.

Like this

So I decided to teach Jen the diseases by teaching her how to recognize the symptoms! Here is the chart:

But then I got to a picture of mastitis and udder problems... I don't know how to demonstrate that :(

I don't have that.

Cows are a bit funny, they make milk. If I could make some kind of drink, I would make wine. It's more expensive than milk, so if I sell it I would get more money, ha!

Day 370 Being a role model

Today, Jennifer had again visitors from France, so we went and showed them the Czech/Brno landmarks.

First stop, food!

Uh Jen? That's not a landmark you know

 We also went to the castle (and since Glisse lives next to it, we met her to). She's really young and innocent, so I decided to mess around with her and teach her bad habits mwahahaaa...

Come on Glisse, I'll show you what you're not supposed to do!

See this wall here? Jump over it!

 Jen told me to stop, and that it wasn't funny. Sheesh. We then went to the museum.

Bleh, cannons are more fun!

Jen likes to draw, and to use me as her model. I don't know what's worse, sitting still in a museum looking at drawings, or sitting still to become a drawing...

Day 369 All melted!

Until now, our morning walks (7AM) were always in the dark, but now it started being lighter!

The moon still accompanies us though

 The icy river started melting. It's going back to normal

Not so safe to walk on anymore... maybe I should stop

But then also the snow of the park started melting, and then there was river everywhere! That's not so normal!

I'm not allowed to go in the water, but here is the dog zone, where else can I go?

 It got warmer and warmer as the day went by. By the end of the afternoon, most had gone! We went walking next to my school, and I was so disappointed! :(

Noo!!! My icecream!

The change that happened within 2 days apart!

Day 359 Frozen

As a guide dog, I am not allowed to go in the water. What about ON the water? No I am not Jesus, but yes I can walk on water, hehe. Well under one condition, it has to be frozen ;) Hehe.

Anyway I always knew I could go on ice, but I figured I wasn't allowed, since it would probably be dangerous for me to lead someone (let alone someone blind on it). But Jennifer had never been on the island in the middle of the pond, and really wanted to. So she bravely sent me out first -_-. Yeah, what a good owner/trainer she is...

Nicky: Ah great, send me first, hufff

Yippidee doo daaaa

The pond really was completely frozen, as it has been for weeks now.

Aw great, NOW she dares, how brave...

Jen and me on the island

Day 358 Morning at the castle

This morning we went to Spielberg castle hill.

I look exactly like the statue!

There is a statue of the black female wolf that nutured the two baby humans, that eventually led to the creation of Rome, the Italian capital. I used the statue to lecture Jen on the nobility and importance of black wolves, and how we should be treated with utmost care, and concluded I needed more treats. Jen say "yeah, yeah, blah blah blah...

The view from the castle is great, we can see all the parks in Brno, and plan our day to go to each of them. Or sit down here and do nothing.... We always do Jen's solution, that's not fair!

View on two of the most famous Brno-things!

One of Brno's most famous people is Mendel, a guy who worked on peas, and somehow figured out new things about genes. Jen has a hole in hers, she should go see this guy.

Day 358 Meeting Glisse baby guide dog

Today I met a baby guide dog. She's 8 weeks old and her name is Glisse. She is Gandalf's brother.

I was never that small... right?

She's a chocolate labrador. She's so small I could make a snack out of her in one bite. But I can't eat her because chocolate is bad for dogs. Pity :(

Glisse with her working jacket on

Has to be picked up in escalators so she doesn't get stuck!

Her working jacket is bigger than her. It looks a bit like a cape. Maybe she is super-dog or something!

She doesn't go to school like I do yet. That part of training will happen when she is one year old. For now, she studies with her daddy Roy at the library.

Roy and Glisse studying anatomy

Glisse is particularly good at studying the internal eyelid anatomy... zzzzzzz