See what I got for Christmas

Well, now is Christmas Eve here again. The food is eaten and digested and it is time for gifts. See the videos below, and watch my favorite gift I received this year. Merry Christmas to you all, and best regards for a peaceful Christmas. Leon
This video is taken with Iphone.

Leon snore, but then...

Leon snore. But then he wakes from a terrible sound, and possibly worse odor.

Leon snore

Leon takes his medication

Hide and seek

Often when I’m out on tour I like to play hide and seek. But I am often restless, so It is not so difficult to find me.

Leon

Give me a break

My family will always take pictures of me. There has been a lot of photography recently and I’m not always fond of this.

Dog vs machine

Here I am, and measure strength.
Huma ... ehh dog against machine.

More snow to enjoy

The winter here in Norway, does not seem to end. Good for me because I like me in the snow. I like the cold and soft snow that falls down, and sometimes I eat a little. Here I am sitting and watching the tractor paving away the snow.

Leon

Leon meets a cat

I often meets cats on my many trips, and every time the same happens. I want to say hello to those cats, but my owners will not let me. So therefore the chat have to takes place at a distance.

How to photograph a dog. Part 2

Family photo albums are not complete without pictures of your dog.
It's not unusual to see a beautiful portrait of a dog alongside other family portraits on the wall. But taking great pictures of your dog isn't always easy. It's like taking pictures of a little child, they has no interest whatsoever in sitting still and look pretty for a portrait.
Regardless of the challenges, take your time and try to capture the personality of your dog. In a great photograph it is time well spent. Not only will you and your dog get to spend some quality time together, but you and your dog will also learn subtle of each other's moods and personalities.

Get on their level…. or not We often hear that we should try to photograph dogs, or any animal, from their level. For the portrait it might be aesthetically correct to take the picture from the dog’s level, but sometimes there should be exceptions to rules. Especially when it comes to capture the animal naturalness and reality, it is important to use different perspectives. You enter their world and get a glimpse of what life of your dog, is all about. It is also difficult to capture the really real situations if you constantly want to have control, and photographing the dog under control forms. So go low, go high and play with perspectives. You will be impressed by the results you achieved since the images becomes more personal, playful and more intimate.

Include PeopleOne of the best things you can do to add context and personality in the picture, is to include people in the life of your pet in the image. Shots with the owner or other family members can make the images incredibly special for years to come. You might like to try posed shots but sometimes it’s the candid shots of owner and pet that really capture the character of the pet and evoke emotion. It’s not always necessary to have eye contact with the dog, when you photograph it.

I and many with me, likes to sleep a lot

Dog owners are often worried about why we (dogs) sleep so much. I can tell that this is perfectly a normal behavior for me, and those like me. It’s not unusual for us (dogs) to sleep up to 18 hours a day. But also important, if you think we are acting outher of the ordinary though, take us (the dog) to the vet just in case, and if you are worried.

It’s also important for the owner of the dog, that they don’t feel cruelty of leaving us (the dog) home alone the majority of the time. Just make sure that you are taken us for at least two good solid walks per day. This will get our energy drained.

Why we sleep so much, here is why: We (dogs) sleep like humans, there are still two types of sleep: rapid eye movement and slow wave sleep, but unlike humans we wake up more frequently than humans do. So, although it may seem like we (dogs) is sleeping, we also have many interruptions while we sleeps.

You may also note that when we sleep do you really think we (dogs) are sleeping. We most likely will lay awake and listen and protect the house when our owners sleep.

But that said; Watch how we (dogs) sleep, why? Because if we sleep more then usual we may be ill, or pregnant and or on medications, and need to be seen by the vet. Also remember if we are on medication, which may cause drowsiness.

Many may think we (the dogs) will sleep anywhere, but some of us are very particular about where we sleep. You may notice some of us (dogs) circling or pawing at our sleeping place before we settles. This is to make a comfortable, den-like depression in which to sleep on.

Some humans love snuggling us up at night and there is no question, we (the dogs) love sharing ours owners’ bed. Advocates of this method say it strengthens the human-canine bond – not to mention the comfort and warmth we (the dog) can provide for our owners. However, this can upset the sometimes-precarious hierarchy, because we (the dog) may get delusions of grandeur. In other words, we may think we are higher on our household's social scale than some other members of the family. Keep this in mind!

Me and my friend, shadow

I know I like to be walked at least three times a day -- once in the morning, once in the middle of the day and the last one at the evening. Wherever I go, I know my companion....Shadow are with me. But even though I'm the same dog all day long also when the shadows change it's form... it’s still fill my thoughts about who we are….

Leon

I do it my way

It been a while since I’ve written in my blog. But now Christmas is over, gifts are eaten and the Christmas tree is out of the house. So, the only job that remains is cleanup and a wash. Here I am in action, and my way of washing the floor.

Leon

Merry Christmas!

Christmas time is here, and I want to say merry christmas to all my friends and readers. A desire for a peaceful Christmas and a Happy New Year. I have found my christmas star. I hope everyone else also find her.




Afrikaans: Geseënde Kersfees
Afrikander: Een Plesierige Kerfees
African/ Eritrean/ Tigrinja: Rehus-Beal-Ledeats
Albanian:Gezur Krislinjden
Arabic: Milad Majid
Argentine: Feliz Navidad
Armenian: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Azeri: Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Bahasa Malaysia: Selamat Hari Natal
Basque: Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!
Bengali: Shuvo Naba Barsha
Bohemian: Vesele Vanoce
Bosnian: (BOSANSKI) Cestit Bozic i Sretna Nova godina
Brazilian: Feliz Natal
Breton: Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
Bulgarian: Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
Catalan: Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou!
Chile: Feliz Navidad
Chinese: (Cantonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Chinese: (Mandarin) Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan (Catonese) Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Choctaw: Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito
Columbia: Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo
Cornish: Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Corsian: Pace e salute
Crazanian: Rot Yikji Dol La Roo
Cree: Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Croatian: Sretan Bozic
Czech: Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish: Glædelig Jul
Duri: Christmas-e- Shoma Mobarak
Dutch: Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! or Zalig Kerstfeast
English: Merry Christmas
Eskimo: (inupik) Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!
Esperanto: Gajan Kristnaskon
Estonian: Rõõmsaid Jõulupühi
Ethiopian: (Amharic) Melkin Yelidet Beaal
Faeroese: Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar!
Farsi: Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
Finnish: Hyvaa joulua
Flemish: Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
French: Joyeux Noel
Frisian: Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!
Galician: Bo Nada
Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr!
German: Fröhliche Weihnachten
Greek: Kala Christouyenna!
Haiti: (Creole) Jwaye Nowel or to Jesus Edo Bri'cho o Rish D'Shato Brichto
Hausa: Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!
Hawaiian: Mele Kalikimaka
Hebrew: Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
Hindi: Shub Naya Baras (good New Year not Merry Christmas)
Hausa: Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!
Hawaian: Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou!
Hungarian: Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
Icelandic: Gledileg Jol
Indonesian: Selamat Hari Natal
Iraqi: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish: Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat
Iroquois: Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut. Ojenyunyat osrasay.
Italian: Buone Feste Natalizie
Japanese: Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Jiberish: Mithag Crithagsigathmithags
Korean: Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Lao: souksan van Christmas
Latin: Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!
Latvian: Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu!
Lausitzian:Wjesole hody a strowe nowe leto
Lettish: Priecigus Ziemassvetkus
Lithuanian: Linksmu Kaledu
Low Saxon: Heughliche Winachten un 'n moi Nijaar
Macedonian: Sreken Bozhik
Maltese: IL-Milied It-tajjeb
Manx: Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Maori: Meri Kirihimete
Marathi: Shub Naya Varsh (good New Year not Merry Christmas)
Navajo: Merry Keshmish
Norwegian: God Jul, or Gledelig Jul
Occitan: Pulit nadal e bona annado
Papiamento: Bon Pasco
Papua New Guinea: Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu
Pennsylvania German: En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr!
Peru: Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo
Philipines: Maligayan Pasko!
Polish: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie
Portuguese:Feliz Natal
Pushto: Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha
Rapa-Nui (Easter Island): Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
Rhetian: Bellas festas da nadal e bun onn
Romanche: (sursilvan dialect): Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn!
Rumanian: Sarbatori vesele or Craciun fericit
Russian: Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
Sami: Buorrit Juovllat
Samoan: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Sardinian: Bonu nadale e prosperu annu nou
Serbian: Hristos se rodi
Slovakian: Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce
Sami: Buorrit Juovllat
Samoan: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Scots Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil huibh
Serbian: Hristos se rodi.
Singhalese: Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Slovak: Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
Slovene: Vesele Bozicne Praznike Srecno Novo Leto or Vesel Bozic in srecno Novo leto
Spanish: Feliz Navidad
Swedish: God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År
Tagalog: Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
Tamil: (Tamizh) Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal (good New Year not Merry Christmas)
Trukeese: (Micronesian) Neekiriisimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech!
Thai: Sawadee Pee Mai or souksan wan Christmas
Turkish: Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian: Srozhdestvom Kristovym or Z RIZDVOM HRYSTOVYM
Urdu: Naya Saal Mubarak Ho (good New Year not Merry Christmas)
Vietnamese: Chuc Mung Giang Sinh
Welsh: Nadolig Llawen
Yoruba: E ku odun, e ku iye'dun!

Best regards
Leon

Characteristics of the Shar Pei

The Shar Pei or Chinese Shar-Pei is a breed of dog known for its distinctive features of deep wrinkles and a blue-black tongue. Because the name "Shar-Pei" means "sand coat", harshness is a distinctive feature in its two accepted coat types, either horse (short) or brush (up to an inch long).



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Shar Pei usually comes in two varieties: one is covered in large folds of wrinkles, even into adulthood (the Western type). The other variation has skin that appears tighter on its body, with wrinkles just on the face and at the withers (the original type).

Their tail is carried over their backs on either side exposing the anus. The first tail set is a tightly curled tail, a "coin" tail. The second tail set is the loose curl, and third is carried in an arch over the back. The Shar-Pei with his tail sticking out straight or between his legs was thought to be cowardly. The tail should denote bravery.

While viewing the body head on, if the toes were slightly turned out this was thought to help the dog with balance according to old-time dog-fighting fanciers. The Chinese crawling dragon with his feet pointed east and west was considered a sign of strength.

Other unique qualities include black mouth pigment, a slightly "hippo-like" head shape, small ears, deepset eyes and rising topline.

Read more about the Shar Pei, here.

Something for the cold winter days

Today I got a “Dog Fighter”. This is a toy that is a fun activity where the purpose for the game is to find the goodies that are hidden. This I can strongly recommend, and is nice to have now when the cold Norwegian winter days are here.

Best regards
Leon

This year's first snow

I love to be out playing in the snow. So when the first snow of this year fell on October 29, I did not need to be asked twice to go out to play. I Post some picture so you can see, my first impressions in the snow for this year. Since I have become so fond of using the slideshow, I post some pictures of this just under slideshow.

Leon

My two-year birthday

October 28, I filled two years. I promised earlier that I would come back with photos from that day. I got cak.e and a present. The cake I had was a muffins with two candles on, and it was very good. To see more photos from my birthday, and when I blows out the candles on the cake, you can see the slideshow a little further down the page. Enjoy!

Leon

Leon likes to shower

I'm for sure not a swimming dog, but rather prefer to shower. But only if I do not get water in my face and frown's, something I do not like. In the link's on the left side, under slideshow, you can see more pictures where I showers.

Leon

New items on the blog.

Now I have added new items to the blog. Bottom on the left side, I have added to the slideshow, where I will eventually post more photos.

Best regards
Leon