Our weekend hike

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• sujewel

  July 2008 edited November -1

  Loa and the dandelion is sooo sweet. I just love her!
• dlroberts

  July 2008 edited November -1

  Looks like a great hike. I agree, Loa and the dandelion is precious. :-)
• brandon_w

  July 2008 edited November -1

  Kona is getting so big. He's looking huge, you know, compared to a few months ago.
  
  I love the "heads out the windows" shots.
• ktrebor

  July 2008 edited November -1

  Great pictures! The one with dandelion is superb!
• tsukitsune

  July 2008 edited November -1

  LOL! Loa and the dandelion! How did Fuji like the hike?
  Tell more about the TM!
• Leonberger

  July 2008 edited November -1

  Looks like a lot of fun!
  I saw a TM on Sunday too. And 4 Leonbergers :-D!!! We went to the Mediterranean winner 2008 show. Kuma couldn't get in because he only turns 6 months next Sunday, so I went there to see the Leonbergers.
• JessicaRabbit

  July 2008 edited November -1

  I LOVE KONA
• BradA1878

  July 2008 edited November -1

  The dandelion cracked me up too... I was just going to get her head by it as a size reference then she was like "What's this? CHOMP!".
  
  Kona has grown a bunch in the last few weeks, I think he is getting close to full grown - I think his nose / head will just fill out a bit more now. He has really changed, he is a little man now - oh, he lifts his leg to pee now too!
  
  Lani did great on the trail, she is starting to really like hiking. She was not sure of it for a while. She was funny, she spent the entire time hunting butterflies - they would fly out of the grass as we walked through it and she would freak out and try to grab them. It was pretty funny. We really want to start packing her too - but we need to let her mature more first. She and Kona are amazing watch dogs on the trail, its rather comforting w/ all the Mountain Lion attacks around her recently.
  
  As for the TM, it was kinda cool - I tried to get a pic but that dog wasn't having it at all. I started to walk that direction and he did his job very effectively - the warning bark from a TM just makes you stop dead. Anything you were interested in before the bark, after you are like - uh, that's not a good idea, I'll move on...
  
  It was cool tho, he was living with a buddhist man that lived in a small camper at the foot of the trail. The TM was just sitting out front all proud and noble and his master was walking around tending to things in his campsite in his buddhist attire. Really cool! It was very shady (dark) where he was parked so the pics I took didn't come out at all. \
  
  Rui - 4 Leonbergers? (!) Must have been a big place! That's cool - did you take some pics? What color was the TM at the show?
  
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• Leonberger

  July 2008 edited November -1

  Yeah, it was kind of big. It's the show that grants access to Cruft's so loads of people bring their dogs from all over the world.
  The TM was kind of liver coloured, with yellow markings. Very cute!
  Being stupid as only I am I forgot the camera at home, and only took one photo with my cell phone and that is crap.
• Leonberger

  July 2008 edited November -1

  Interesting : After talking to Brad about the colour of that TM, I went on the FCI standards page to check something that was confusing me. Turns out the liver colour is a fault. So either I made a mistake and it was a reddish reflection on the TM's fur, or that dog wasn't there for showing. Or was and didn't get a good result.
• BradA1878

  July 2008 edited November -1

  Yea, that color is a fault but the TM that won westminster was a sable which is a fault also - so it doesn't seem to matter.
• Romi

  July 2008 edited November -1

  Great pics Brad! That trail really looks beautiful! The Loa pick with the Dandelion is hilarious!