Hiking
tour on September 1st, 2018
Again we invited
owners of House-and Team Barrett dogs to join us on our annual hike
This time we hiked through one of the
beautiful parts of the Odenwald.
The weather was
great, not too hot nor too cold and almost sunshine all day long and
most of the families, who had registred for this trip did make it.
This time we had a group of about 42 people and quite a few beautiful
House-Barrett dogs.
Again families
joined us from all over Germany and other countries. Our furthest hiker
was an American Lady named Suzette
from Chicago, who is the owner of Lilo. She extended her vacation to
visit some other cities in Europe. Also a Switzerland and Austrian
family joined us for this hike
The hike only
was about 10 miles long, not too long, so everyone was able to make
this tour
We want to thank
all the families who joined us to make this wonderful day happen.
Next year another tour will be planned.
The date of our 2019 hike will be announced on our newspage at the
beginning of next year. Hundemama has already a nice tour in mind.
Together with her horse she will ride this next tour to see how long
it is and to find nice guesthouses along the way.
Of course lots of pictures were taken
on this hike and we like to share following pictures with everyone.
We wish everybody
the very best for the future
Haus-and Team
Barrett Team
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We met at the "Kreidacher Höhe" at 9
AM. Before we started with our hike "Hundemama" explained
the details of that day |
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The first route went downhill towards the town of Wald-Michelbach |
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We also had a four legged guest, who was much smaller
than our GSD, he managed the hike great. To the right Andreas with
Macho and Charly and with our friend Suzette |
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After a half an hour walk we reached the town "Wald-Michelbach" |
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The centre of Wald-Michelbach was decorated with many
beautiful flowers. A true nice Odenwald town |
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Hundemama could not pass a bakery without buying a
pastry. Lucky always at her side. We did find a fountain |
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where the dogs were able to get water to drink. As
we can see above, Yazoo used the fountain to cool off |
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Most Barretts love the water. After a 15 minute break
we continued with the hike towards the "Tromm" |
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Our route took us on the other side of Wald-Michelbach,
then for about 20 minutes we had to walk uphill |
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After we reached the top, the hikers had to rest and
Dagmar took the chance to make pictures of the families with their
dogs. To the left above we see two Gino sons and one Cheyenne-Nex son,
to the right we see Arex, the son of Orca and Gino |
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Suzette with Lucky and Alenja with his Mom Bella. Lucky
is such a friendly dog. He just loves humans and loves to sit on their
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To the left the guest dog Ben together with a daughter
of Cheyenne and Buddy, to the right Yazoo, a son of Funny and Yakko |
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Macho, the son of Olympia and Gino to the left and
Charly to the right |
Again Arex with his two legged family |
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To the right a son of Olympia and Yakko, up front to
the left Vegas, a son of Yanka and Diaz, the brother to our Gina, up
front a guest dog |
Here we see the senior dog Zeus, a son of Hera and
Tabaluga |
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A daughter of Asti and Nex with her owners |
Thor, a son of Cheyenne and Nex |
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Pia, who is the owner of a daughter of Orca and Nex |
Opal, a son of Yanka and Zeus, with his family |
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Valley to the right, a daughter of Gina and Gino together
with her friend and family |
Alenja with Lucky and Bella. Lucky is the son of our
beautiful lately deceased Tyson |
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Around 12 AM we had almost reached our lunch destination
"Tromm". One more short break to wait for the others |
At 1 PM we had arrived at the guesthouse, which had
a beautiful Biergarten. We were able to sit outside |
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During our lunchtime the dogs had the opportunity to
rest and as we can see on these pictures, some of them used the time
for a short nap |
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The youngsters who had joined us with their families
for lunch and dinnertime were just watching everything. For them everything
was new. To the right we see little Arek, a son of Enza and Herros.
Lunchtime was a good experience for these youngsters, this is part
of socialization. They learn how to react when meeting other dogs and
learning to lay still for a short time, while others are having lunch |
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Lucky with his Mom Bella |
Arex just looking at the camera |
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Very well behaved these two, Winney to the right, a
son of Cheyenne and Nex, and Joey to the left, a son of Asti and Gino |
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Little Yankee is experiencing the chair. The senior
Faisha with her owner. She is a rescue dog |
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At 3 PM we started on our way back. All of us were
heading first to the location where our group picture was taking. The
youngsters were able to go with us on that short distance |
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Parts of our group pictures |
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This pictures had been taking of the group of the morning
tour |
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Afterwards we continued with our hike. We just had
to take another short break to enjoy this beautiful view of parts of
the Odenwald |
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After hiking a few km through the woods our tour continued
through the fields, |
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until we reached this beautiful resting place |
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Of course Dörthe and Hundemama took advantage
of this stop. Laying on the relax chair and just enjoying the moment
and the view. As we can see, Lucky loves to be very close to Hundemama.
He even fall asleep on her lap. Just like his Dad "Tyson"
used to do. Lucky is such a sweet and lovable dog |
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After our 20 minute break we continued with the hike
towards our starting point. On the right pictures we see Jason up front
together with his Mom "Dagmar". Dagmar truly enjoys her children
being with her. This time only Jason was able to make the hike |
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One more last view of this peaceful country side |
At 6.30 PM we did reach our dinner place |
Another wonderful day came to an end. We are sure,
that there will be another day like this next year! We would love for
others to join us on our 2019 tour. Once a dog is 11 or 12 months old,
he can hike with us. Others can meet us for lunch or dinner or only
walk with us the first or second part. We always make arrangements
to pickup the cars again at the lunch destincation. Just like we did
on this hike |