Summer in Sweden, senior Border Collie health, Hurtta ambassador, www.DOGvision.eu

We’re finally ready for summer!

The weather report promises rain and barely 17*C, but summer is a feeling, right? Despite hot days and bright light, that summer feeling didn't land here for the last few weeks. Instead, we went through all the worries and stress that come with an unexpected rollercoaster...

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Mud-ventures

Spring arrives late here up north. For a while, the changing seasons are just winter with more light, but slowly, as the snow disappears, the earth comes back to life. We’ll spot the first snowdrops and colorful crocuses, but in the next few weeks, there is...

Early spring in Sweden, dog photography, adventure dogs, Hurtta ambassador, www.DOGvision.eu

In between winter and spring

We're longing for warmer days, for feeling the sunlight and eating ice cream. But at the same time, this is such an incredible time for long hikes and exploring. The cold days between winter and the start of a real spring, we love them! 
The snow on...

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Why my dogs wear life jackets.

We've been using life jackets for our dogs for years, but since I'm getting more and more questions, this blog post is fully dedicated to the summer flotation gear that my dogs are using. We, two-legged creatures, are also using life vests, but since we can't...

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We did it! 100 geocaches found!

When I first shared our goal of 50 geocaches a year, and our followers challenged us to do 100, I thought it would be a hard challenge. At the time we were still knee-deep in the snow, often taking slippery country roads and crawling through...

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Finally the swimming season has started!

Look at those happy faces! Only a few weeks ago, in early May, the world around us was still blah. Everything was still dead. Brown. Beige. Cold. But as always, when you start to get restless about the never-ending cold, everything suddenly explodes into bright greens. Since...

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What’s in my dog’s travel pouch?

We can't wait to hit the road, explore new places, and find some peculiar treasures. As I'm packing, I thought it would be fun to share the dog gear we take when we travel. Just as what we pack for ourselves depends on the season and...

Geocaching with dogs in Europe, www.DOGvision.eu

2023 goal: finding 100 geocaches

It was a random day in the middle of the week, only a few weeks ago, when I checked the Geocaching website and discovered that there were a lot more caches than I initially thought- since we're living outside of a very quiet village. It...

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Geocaching with the dogs in Dalarna

It's no secret that we love adventure stories with exciting treasure hunts, scruffy smugglers, hidden caves, and shipwrecks. Those ingredients aren't part of our daily life, but we found a few modern (and risk-free) alternatives to go hunting for treasures- together with the dogs. Because, what...

Razzle dazzle y harness Hurtta, hiking gear dogs, www.DOGvision.eu

Our favorite dog harnesses (and what we use them for)

It wasn't that long ago that I wasn't a fan of harnesses. At the time, the city was our daily environment and we were constantly searching for space to let the dogs run free, play, and run. Harnesses, I thought, only make dogs pull more,...