Feb 24 2010
GBSD Winter Hiking Killarney
| Jeff and Nicole have a second GBSD named Victor. Nicole, who lives in a nearby community, asked if she could bring her new GBSD Victor back to Black Bear Farm so he could play with his friend ‘Oscar’ my grey year old Weimaraner. I agreed and asked Nicole if she would like to hike into the the La Cloche mountains of Killarney with Oscar and me. She and Jeff agreed and Nicole’s children were both in school for the day. We started our hike at 10:00 am on a mild winter’s day with Oscar, my Weim and Victor, Nicole’s and Jeff’s ten month old GBSD. We must have covered about eight miles and assended three or four hundred feet up the face of the mountain range. The dogs must have travelled ten times that distance as they played around us all day, off leash, without running away or getting lost. On our hike we saw four whitetail deer and three otters. The steep climb was strenuous for us and we enjoyed our well deserved lunch on the almost snow bare summit of the range. Such a climb was possible this winter as there is only about four to six inches of snow in the forest whereas last year there was two and three feet of snow.
Both dogs and thier masters were very tired by the time we got home and a wonderful time was had by all. GBSD ‘Victor’. His story. The begining: gbsd-victor-mends-hearts/ |
 Nicole and GBSD 'Victor' Hiking photos: http://www.blackbearfarm.com/dogs/10/100222-mountains/gbsd-0001.html
Here are some photos of the day’s journey and a link to Jeff, Nicole, their children and their first GBSD ‘Sandy’. owner-jeff-nicole-sandy.php.
Victor at home: Nicole Jeff, Children and Victor: http://blackbearfarm.com/dogs/owners/jeff-nicole-victor/gbsd-0001.html |