I am late in posting. So my words will be few. I know some of you are off to bed soon while some of you are having your morning coffee. And Miss C is late!
We drove past Banff and into the ski fields and took a gondola up into Sunshine Village to the ski fields there.
The gondola ride was entrancing. Almost futuristic.
At sunshine village I met my son Logan who loaded me onto his chariot.
Then, complete with dog, we drove even further up into the mountains so I could see where he worked. His current avalanche dog Ferra rode with us up to one of her training grounds.
Taking photographs of Ferra was a challenge the dog is never still! I watched her find, retrieve and return balls from the deeper snow until my fingers stopped working and we started to lose the light.
Boo would have loved this job.
Last night, with the two big dogs asleep on the floor we ate Indian takeaways, and watched movies. Even that was a treat for me!
Today Logan my son has the day off from work so this is the day I will get him to tell me how he trains his dogs and I hope to get more shots of Ferra and Cai who visited us on the farm a few years ago some of you may remember him . Cai has been retired from work as he did not pass his medical. He is a big German Shepherd and has arthritis in his elbows (elbow dysplasia) . So Cai gets to loll about at home.
I hope you have a lovely day.
Love celi
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64 responses to “Dog in Snow”
I love reading these posts, because I am imagining what it will be like one day to visit my children as they lead their independent lives. I get quite excited about the thought…I hope that we have indian take out too. That would be complete and utter bliss.
wow what a blast! fascinating; thanks much
Looks like fun… cold fun. The gondola looks fantastic. So good to see working dogs. And a nice change of pace for you. That’s what the best holidays are about 🙂
I knew you’d love the gondola. It’s so special: Gliding softly through the air up up and away, higher and higher, hovering and enjoying the earth, the mountains from above. It’s kind of magic, isn’t it? Have a good time there with your son Logan, Celi, enjoy! Enjoy your being together! I like your excitement what I can feel through the lines… Hugs.
What a joyous first mail to open this morning! Oh I remember Cai: hope he is not too envious of Ferra going to work and enjoys his ‘retirement’. Wonderful to see how Ferra’s eyes follow Logan every moment . . . . a long, cold season ahead for both hopefully with few serious mishaps. Heights: with my valve incompetencies can’t get past 2000 metres [6000 ft] but so love to be up mountain tops: enjoy, oh do enjoy 🙂 !
What beautiful pictures! Kudos to your son & his job. Well done, Logan! Misfit & his other half.
What a different world to your usual one! Except that there’s a dog, and a son who works with animals. It must be so exciting to visit your children, with their very different lives in different countries. It will be so interesting to see how he trains them.
I’m glad Cai has a good retirement program! Looking forward to reading about these specially-trained dogs.
Hey C .. Enjoy your break. How exciting to spend time there with your son and his amazing pooches
Fascinating, Celi, rewarding, too. I can only imagine the satisfaction of seeing a once untrained pup learn to be a fully functioning rescue dog. Even so, it’s a mighty long road getting from Point A to Point B. Your son must have the patience of Job.
The pictures are wonderful. Also wonderful are Logan, Cali, and Ferra. Happy ones are never still for long. (Kinda like you)
What an adventure! and the scenery is gorgeous to top it off! Enjoy the snow…our kids are just wishing for a white Christmas. Today it was cold enough for snow and we did see a few flakes but hoping to get some more for a real frolic! Happy holidays to you!
What fun and how interesting to be able to learn about the rescue teams and how they train the dogs. My cousin did avalanche control for many years in Colorado but he handled the dynamite end of things. Interesting work and they get to have a lot of amazing ski days in between. Wonderful that you can spend this time with your son! 🙂