Traildog preparations in the Netherlands – plenty of bikes and bike paths
Summer holiday 3: Ameland day 3
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Pischa Traildog
2nd day of a Davos weekend, with a perfect weather situation for the full loop of the Pischa trail.
Traildog Title Trophy
If you have already bought or looked at my latest publication, Traildog Praxis, you’ll recognize some of these locations and pictures from the photo shoot that should (and indeed did) get me the title picture for the book. Panorama Trail Davos
Snowdog Davos
Enjoying winter life in Davos at Parsenn and near Flüelapass at Pischa.
Farkas the Traildog III – Round the Swiss National Park
We took up the biggest traildog mountainbike challenge yet – around the Swiss National Park in four days. What a fantastic experience, a great ride and Farkas was doing simply so well. We are really grateful that all worked well since we did have a lot of respect for the distances mostly – over 40k during the longest segment. Elevation and trail difficulty luckily were not an issue and all it all it was just a highly memorable trip.
Farkas the Traildog II
As Farkas is getting more confident and experienced as a trail dog, we are increasing our radius in the Swiss and Italian Alps for full-day bike trips.
He seems just to have the right confidence and control to know where to go and how fast to pace it, both from a safety as well as from an endurance perspective, so most of the time he can happily canter in front of the bike and act as the pace setter. And we got the commands mostly right so he know when to stay behind the bikes in more treacherous sections of the trail.
Add to this a drone in follow-me mode, an empty landscape just after snowmelt (or in some cases, still during snow melt) before the cable car season opens, and a contraption to tie to the bike to add further control, and we have a set of action sequences that work much better than just the GoPro mount at the bike itself.
Action shots with new camera
Farkas serving as a model on a hike up to Walten above Eptingen and Laufmatt
Vizsla portraits in the snow
Overnight it had dropped quite a bit of snow (although it went away quite quickly), so we profited from the opportunity and did a really nice snow hike up to Belchenflueh.
Farkas the Traildog I
As Farkas is getting older, we are slowly getting him introduced to mountain biking and turning into a trail dog. Pacing it correctly and providing enough rest, alongside the right commands at the right time, is the key thing but it seems to be working quite well.
Pool splashing
Junger Vizsla Rüde schwimmt einem Ring nach, Wisen, Solothurn, Schweiz 
Vizsla, junger Rüde, springt in ein Becken, Wisen, Solothurn, Schweiz 
Vizsla, junger Rüde, springt in ein Becken, Wisen, Solothurn, Schweiz
