The following images are placed in chronological order, with the newest being on top.
If this is the first time you see this page, the best way to start is by scrolling to the bottom of the page, and reading upwards. Hint:To quickly get to the bottom of the page, press ctrl + End at the same time...
May 6, 2008
A flash of sun
On the first day of more than 20°C Quita is looking a little thin. We need to work out more!!
February 9, 2008
Looking up
At a cabin up in the mountains (Skeikampen, Gausdal). Over 3 years old now.
February 2, 2008
Wild snowrunner
Quita is always willing to "run as a model" when her owner needs to check out the camera skills.
April 27, 2007
Angles and Ears
The first day in 2007 with a decent summer temperature. Quita is in our backyard playing with a bouncing tennisball.
March 17, 2007
Grown dog
She is now fully grown and eager as ever to do some real work.
February 27, 2007
Danger dog
Quita never quite understood the "look dangerous" thing.
September 23d, 2006
No big news, just a long time since the last image
Do I really need a reason to post an image of Quita? :)
May 17th, 2006
Another first: Constitution day among the parades
As a precaution to this, we equipped Quita with a grime, in case she'd panic. She's closing in on 40Kg's now (88 pounds) and is becoming too
strong to hold back in case she panics. The grime proved to be needless though.. Quita was a little weary of the bands playing music, but handled
the crowds very well. This image was taken from the parade street, as you can see it was raining as well, making matters fairly challenging for her
(she doesen't like rain alot). We also equipped her with a device that squishes water on her snout whenever she feels like barking.
April 7th, 2006
Spring comes for a second time
Second spring around, and Quita is healthy and full of joy. She is a bucket full of energy and simply loves to jump around in the snow, pretending
to be hunting for something? I now have a must better suited camera for capturing images of her on the run, and I intend to use it widely...
December 31th, 2005
Happy new years!!
Quita and Arthur (on the image) are becoming the best of friends since they first met in Fetsund during those gathering walks on tuesdays.
Arthur lives nearby, and we often walk together with him. He's a Jack Russel, and not only that, I am a firm believer that he must be french!
Just look at what Quita and him are doing there - A normal dog would go hide under the table during new years eve, with all the noise and rockets
flying about, but these two.. I say no more. Let the images speak for themselves!!
November 20th, 2005
Quita goes to her first dog exposition
The Norwegian kennel club arranged their annual "all breeds" exposition in Hamar this year, which is not more than around an hour and a half's drive from
our place, so we took Quita with us to see it. Over 4500 dogs in all were at the exposition, making it an immense experience for Quita. We quickly found the
dobermann ring, where we caught alot of nice images of dobermanns, so many, in fact, that we snuck out to the back, and took this image of her in secrecy
together with Odd, the representative from Kennel Stroll's.
November 12th, 2005
Quita's very first birthday!
Quita's finally reached her first year, and is turning out to become a very, very fine looking young dobermann bitch. She got a one meter long (3ft) chewing
bone as present, and she simply loved it. Of course, we took her out into the free and open, where she could run around freely and happily. All in all, it was her
day this day, and both she and us hope for many, many more to come! Happy birthday, Quita! Look at her special birthday pose :)
September 8th, 2005
Advanced training begins
Quita went to dog school already as a puppy (see basket image below), but she's been so hyperactive that her attention span was not
good enough for the training to stick. Finally, after two basic classes, we're now at the next stage - advanced classes, where she's learning
to walk in the public, always keeping attention to her handler (on the Image, Bergfrid)
August 16, 2005
Quita's first gathering
The meeting of July made us realize the importance of social interaction with other dogs, so we teamed up with a very nice gang
from Fetsund that simply meet up on tuesdays to walk their dogs together. Quita, who has always been afraid of the water, carefully
follows the other dogs and learns that water isn't really as dangerous as she thought...
July 30th, 2005
Quita meets other dobermans for the first time
After a few posts in the norwegian boards, we got to agree to meet with some of the other dobermann owners for a shootout.
Pedro had just bought himself a new lens (50-500mm sigma) and was keen to try it out on running dogs. The images themselves
never turned out to be anything spectacular, but for Quita, this was a turning point in her life, as she had her first chance
to socialize and get to know other dogs of the same breed as her.
Here, she rests in the forest, exhausted from all the play with the other dogs.
March, 3d, 2005
A sad farewell to Bella
Just weeks before Bella (on the right) dies, a wonderful oppurtunity to record the livelyhood and friendship arose in Egersund, where
we spent easter for a week. Quita picked up alot from Bella, and had some nice months together with her before Bella finally
died. They were the best of friends, and Quita was aparently confused by her absence in the weeks that followed.
January, 2005
First image of Quita
The very first image taken of Quita, as she's sitting inside an IKEA basket, wondering if she likes this new house or not.
She's just left the den back at Kennel Strolls, where
she was bought after long scrutiny of her owner.
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