Goldeneyes

It's been a long time since I posted you about the dogs for the last time. It is actually almost two whole years! Can it be so?! And also then Nuka was seen in the plastic post surgery collar! And no, she has not been wearing it since that! Gosh No! It indeed took several more weeks of her to recover and Pii to destroy some of my apple trees. 

What at the end helped in healing the wound in 2021 was the honey. Pharmacy honey for the wounds is extremely expensive. Our vet recommended to buy Finnish honey meant for humans to eat. From a Finnish shop; and to spread it over the wound 2-3 times in a day. Why Finnish and in Finland? Because we have strict rules considering producing foods and selling it so you can be sure the grocery honey is as clean as the pharmacy one. The only difference is it that pharmacy one faces even more controlling than the food one. (We used the sticky honey like the vet recommended, not the running or the hard one, but the one between, that stays on well and is like an antiseptic glue for the wound.)

Anyway, Nuka was in a surgery on 2.3.2023 because she had lipoma in her belly. It has grown in a year to the size of an egg. None of our dogs has ever before have it but I know it is very common.  Nuka is 8 years now so we decided to get it removed because we don't know will it grow bigger and bother her bowels function or not. Nuka is in a good fit so it was still ok to send her in the surgery. Unfortunately she is experienced patient so this was just a minor surgery to her and she is doing just fine.

Meanwhile little Pii has been busy. Before pulling has been her beloved hobby but now when she is almost 3 years old she has started to work seriously in pulling. She is participating in a nature conservation project. 

In the project people fund, build, take and look after the goldeneye bird nests. We participate in taking the nests into the wild and looking after them. Pii pulls 2 nests at time by her sled into the wilderness. Goldeneyes face a heavy hunting in Europe and problems to find proper trees for nesting here in Finland where the trees cut down grow so slow because of the climate. And when they grow they still never reach the size of southern trees. 

From the video you can see that despite Pii is doing a hard and great job she still has energy left to use her breaks in digging the snow to find little creatures or frozen water under the snow. 

This combo arises curiosity among the tourists that see us around while passing by. But if you spot us, you know what we are up to.