I was playing with Risa today, when he suddenly grabbed the zipper of my sweater and chewed it. Then he let it go and crunched something - I thought it was a piece of kibble, but where did he get it? On my sweater? No no, not at all! It was his tooth he crunched! His first puppy tooth is out and there's a teeny-weeny hole in his gum. The neighbouring tooth is also waggling, it seems that the first two puppy teeth will be out after today dinner. What a big thing :)

Risa is a typical corgi when it comes to eating. He's golluping and swallowing his food so fast, that he often hiccups after meal. However, what I'm really worried about is his jaw. His mandible is too narrow, so his stomach tooht (aka lower canine?) is getting right into the gum of his upper jaw making a tiny hole there (without being bloody or inflamed). I give Risa a lot of things to chew, but the jaw is still narrow. Yesterday I spoke with my vet about this. Half year ago he advised me to… Continue

Last weekend was very busy for Risa. On Saturday we went to see my parents. Risa had just a tiny breakfast and off we went to my hometown, 1 hour car ride away. Risa was such a good boy in the car! He loves to look out and watch the surrounding landscape go past. However, just a few minutes away from our destination, he threw up his breakfast. No big deal, I… Continue

Summer is finally here and the heats are unbearable for me, autumn-loving fatty :) It will be nearly 90°F today, which is realy a HOT day for our country. Risa is doing fine, resting all day in the shade. I walk him no later than 8 am and no sooner than 7 pm. Often we walk round the castle, which is in fact water-castle and so Risa can cool out in the moat or in a nearby stream. Here's a picture of us going to the castle. My friend made it last week when she came back from her stay in Norway… Continue