* Hexe and Me *

It's finally time to show some more pix of Hexe and me! Y

Enjoy! And have a lovely weekend! We will go out now, see if mum's new car is ready. It's boring to only wander around town... our car broke down and now we have to do all and everything by foot. Mum said, next week we can drive to the dog park again! I hope so... I miss to stroll around and meet my friends - without being on the leash!

* Urchin *

Yesterday in the early eve mum and I wanted to go out, but just on the side of the mainroad I discovered a baby hedgehog. Just by the way from the railway station were all the people hurried home from work. Mum almost steped on it, too. It is so small; only a few centimeters. I showed mum that it was sitting there and she took it up an brought it home. It was already very cold outside and mum made a box ready, but the little urchin escaped as it was very vivid. She found it and had it back in the box, but it was not secure there. Hedgehogs are active in the dark, so mum decided to have it in the shower tub over night. She put lots of nice things into our tub, like newspapers, leaves, a hamsterhouse, a towel and food, catfood. The tiny urchin enjoyed also some small shrimps. Mum looked into the internet as she wasn't sure how to handle those young ones. She only knows it with grown, but it is not really different. It was also written that big temp differences are not good for urchins. Our bathroom was cold all day, maybe too cold for this small one, although it was wrapped in newspapers and leaves...

This evening we finally got a place for it in an urchin shelter and the lady said that its condition is not good. She had it in a warming bed and mum was surprised - and sad! If I had not noticed it, it would have died last night out as it was very frosty. And now the little one may die anyway, although it was at home with us. Mum wanted to do all things right for it and maybe all was in vain......urchins are protected animals overhere. Babies with a weight above 100 gr. normally survive easy outside, but it was very frosty last night, very early this Fall. Our hedgehog had only 125 gr. ! Mum constantly thinks of it and is sad, but she would never had the idea to put it in a very warm place as it is a wild animal - I saved this little life and mum maybe spoiled it all. I don't think she will sleep good this night! Hedgehogs get run over on the roads by millions here; that's why they are protected...

this photo of my little friend is not very good, but please have a look at it and think of it! Y

Tailwags from

Gizmo

2 Hours Walk Today!

Today mum and I made a long walk! Here you see me sniffing who has been here!

Here the forrester has his raised hide where he can observe game!

This is me again checking my racetrack, ruined by wild boars! It was nice weather today, but coooold wind. Mum had to use a hat!

Cross Mum +

My mum was very cross with me the passed days; she even called me mean and I had to stay on the leash all the time. Reason is I am protective when I play with my loved ones, like Susie! I found a little boy of about 8 or 9 too close and therefore dangerous and I raged onto him, chased him over the railtracks and made him very frightened. I am not very fond of kids anyway; they often tease and hoax me...

Mum is not doing too good still, so we often went the quiet paths in the forest, like above, a very enchanting way, although the trees were once planted as they all grow in a row at most places. Still it was wild somehow and mum enjoyed this walk a lot.

The past two days we met the Beardy and Briard Gang! That was fun! I know them since I was small. They are not all on this pic, there are a few more... have a nice weekend!

Y Love from Gizmo