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Mission Suicide!
Our little friend Moritz seems to be using up his 9 lives quite rapidly...surely the one thing that any pet owner dreads most, is seeing his beloved animal in pain. One early, rainy Sunday morning in late summer, Moritz called us from outside. I eventually...
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Bersie and the Jumpin Jack Flash
Bersie came to visit us for the weekend. We havent spent any quality time with our old pal for almost a year, so we were looking forward to her visit quite a bit! Here the obligatory "group foto" at the beginning of our walk. Persuading Bersie for a short...
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A new weight record
We weighed Fabrizio about a month ago for the show at Rheinberg and back then he weighed in at 37kg. To be honest, we thought he was a little out of form and a just a teeny bit "flabby". In the mean time we reduced the amount of food he's fed. On Wednesday...
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Big barking Fabrizio, bigger horses and lifting his leg!
Scaredy Cat Fabrizio has reached the stage where already familiar things start making him nervous or scared. He then starts these warning barks. He also barks if the door bell rings and also sitting in the car watching through the rear window and if a...
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No Puppy School anymore!
Although Fabrizio is only 4 months and one week old, he has moved on to proper school and he seems to enjoy this kind of school much, much more. He never really fancied playing with pups and young dogs of other breeds. Somehow the Spinone-Italiano seems...
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Little Red Hunting DOT!
Just like Ilka sometimes does with Fabrizios uncle, we are making Fabrizio chase after the red dot of a laserpointer. Ilka warned us though, that we should not do it too often, because they do tend to become real JUNKIES. Well Ilka, you are right!!! All...
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Tina Turner and her Kangeroo
Martin and I changed our minds. Fabrizio doesn't look like a bunny any more...more like this, don't you think? Martin und ich haben unsere Meinung geändert. Fabrizio sieht nicht mehr wie ein Kaninchen aus... sondern eher so, denkt Ihr nicht auch? ...and...
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An unspectacular Sunday and awaiting Benjas visit...Thanks for the new camera Granny and Grandad!
Benja is coming at 15:00. It's nice and sunny outside, but we have to take it slowly with Fabrizio. His nose is still running quite a bit and he has to take his tablets for another week...this morning he was extremely silly though. "Leave my stick alone...
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Feeling a lot better!
On Thursday Fabrizio received an injection. He seems to have caught some bad bacterial infection somewhere and the antibiotics worked almost immediately. A few hours later he felt much better and was his adorable self again. So, at the moment we are taking...
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Fabrizio's new friends!
Fabrizio made a few charming new friends over the last few days. At first we met Baxter, a 6 month old "Carne Corso" and his adoptive sister, Melly, an 8 year old "Aussy"-Lady. We drove to the "Bittermark"-Forest to have a walk in the rain with them this...
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A visit at Enzo's
We went for a long walk with Enzo yesterday and afterwards we were invited over to his place for a drink on the terrace. Although both boys were already very tired from the walk they kept on playing back home to the point of exhaustion... Fabrizio adores...
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Fabrizio has grown up so much...
After Christmas and New Year, we have been very busy with work and nothing but work. It certainly wasn't the best time for Fabrizio, but he's turned into a cool dude nevertheless. He's starting to notice that he is bigger and stronger than most other...
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WICHTELPOST VON NOELLE
Das Wichtigste für Kinder am Weihnachten...Geschenke auspacken!!!!! Nach dem wir Leinenhalter unsere Geschenke verteilt hatten, war Fabrizio endlich dran. Die Tage vor Weihnachten hatten wir Post bekommen von Noelle...WICHTELPOST! Noelle ist der junge...
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Dalla Valle del Reno REUNION
Maria and Lars Püllenberg link agreed to have the Dalla Valle del Reno Family Reunion, breeder Ilka Kreft link, in East Frisia on their premises. More than enough space for plenty big dogs to roam and run around all day. Unfortunately we could not be...
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An eventful week
Our week started with a trip to Wesseling and Rodenkirchen. We met Fabrizio's mother Sara and his sister Jola, with Emilia and Ilka at the "Forstbotanische Garten" for a nice long walk. It was such fun to see Fabrizios family again. We are going to visit...
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Beautiful Summer and little Fabrizio has caught a cold...
At long last the the weather is changing in Dortmund. Apparently we haven't had such a cold and wet May in 20 years! The next 2 weeks should be sunny, according to the weather forecast. But unfortunately our little Fabrizio has caught a cold. He's been...
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Fabrizio bought a house
Fabrizio moved into his new home with us middle of March. We sincerely hope it's the last time we ever have to move. We now live in a quiet suburb of Dortmund, very near to a beautiful forest and many acres of farmlands only a few hundred meters from...
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Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain...
The past few days have been pretty depressing. Everything outside is wet and cold. We are having bad "April"-weather. This makes training and playing with Fabrizio a little difficult...why should he sit, or lie down when it's wet and cold? But, he is...
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The Stroll in Essen with Benja
Hallo Diary...I'M STILL ALIVE!!!!!! I am happy to say that the stroll with Benja in Essen went very well. She took me pleasantly by surprise and greeted me very happily, as if nothing ever happened on Sunday. I was sooooo releaved. Granny took this lovely...
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White Christmas and the Holidays
Fabrizio's first Christmas turned out to be completely white. It's quite unusual in greater Germany to snow over Christmas. So we count ourselves very lucky! Fabrizio made me promise to write that it wasn't him that coloured the small snow man yellow!!!...
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Visiting Enzo and some fresh snow
On Sunday Fabrizio visited his Dalla Valle del Reno brother, "Enzo", for a few hours. Markus, Enzo's dad, has a good camera and made some pretty stunning pictures of Fabrizio... Anja has the most delicious dog treats ever!!!! Just look at Fabrizio's cheek...
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A nice Saturday and the Phantom of the Bolmke Forest!
Now just hang on a second...aren't there 2 Spinoni on this picture?!?!? The big guy on the right is called Osvaldo. We have been hearing regularly about Osvaldo the last 4 months. Unfortunately we never ran into him at all. We began to believe that he...
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Some of my friends and a near death experience...
Benno, the next door neighbour. Benno goes to a school specially for Dachshounds! Benno, unser Nachbar. Benno geht in eine Hundeschule speziell für Dackel! And this is SHORTY. Shorty is a Labradoodle and 3 weeks older than I am, but boy, can he run! Unfortunately...
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Dalla Valle del Reno's G-Litter
Sunday was a very exciting day for us all. We drove to Wesseling to visit Ilka Kreft, Fabrizio's breeder. One of Ilka's other female Spinoni, had a litter on the 6th of July. We were just so curious to go and vistit the beautiful guys and girls. I'm not...
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A stubborn Baby Canine
One of our greatest concerns as Fabrizio is growing up, was his teeth. As he was teething, he liked us playing "rope-pulling" with our old gym towels. Everytime a loose tooth bothered him, he came to one of us with one of his towels in his mouth and looked...