Meet our new puppy pal, Birdie, a Danish-Swedish Farmdog! Did you see my post with Birdie yesterday? I figured no one would guess the breed. I think she is more rare than a GBGV! Her breed is in the FSS with the AKC, where the GBGV was until January 2018. It takes a lot of work and many, many years to become a full AKC breed. The Danish-Swedish Farmdog breed was first recognized in 1987 in Denmark and Sweden, and the first one came to the US in 1998.
Birdie belongs for a nose work friend of ours. She is about three months younger than Olivia, but a lot smaller. Even when she is full size, she will still be smaller than me! I am thrilled to find a friend that won’t outgrow me for a change! It sounds like she will be about twenty pounds max, which is a lot less than my thirty pounds. One thing is for sure, she can really run, jump, and fly around her yard.
Since we were only a few miles from her house on Sunday with Olivia’s tracking test, Mom made a play date. Birdie has a nice fenced yard, and it was a perfect fall day to be outside playing. I was the odd hound out being three years old with three and six month old puppies! Olivia, despite being a puppy herself, was very gentle and careful with Birdie. The two of them really had their wild pants on, though. It was like a race track in the yard!
Many of you guessed terrier or Jack Russell for Birdie’s breed but that is not correct. The Danish-Swedish Farmdogs are most likely descendants of Pinscher Fox Terrier crosses, and the AKC has them in the Working Group. Her ears are usually flopped over, but in many of the photos one or both are up because of racing and playing. The two puppies went non-stop forever. It’s no wonder Olivia slept most of the rest of the day!
Now and then, there would be a break in the action. Birdie also enjoys sniffing, so we did a few group sniffs here and there. Her yard has lots of great critter smells that I spent a lot of time sniffing around on. We were all friends right off the bat, and there was absolutely no trouble getting along with each other.
The Danish-Swedish Farmdog may be small, but she is tough as nails. There is no fear in that little one. She enjoyed trying to tackle Olivia who is like four times her size!
All the racing around tends to lead to a break in the action for some rest and battery recharging. Birdie was gracious enough to show off her firepit. It has lots of nice sticks in it for dogs to munch on. We don’t have a firepit, which made it interesting for us.
After a short break, the race was on again. Olivia is such a clumsy puppy much of the time. Who knows what she was trying to do in this maneuver? She looks like a furry giant of some sort!
It was only in the low sixties out, but all the running around made everyone thirsty. Birdie had her human provide some water for us all. We shared the lovely bucket of fresh water in the shade to cool off, and quench our thirst.
In time, puppy energy levels started to tank, which led to more wrestling, and less running. Wrestling is always a more relaxing activity.
What was I up to? I was enjoying myself sniffing around the yard, occasionally joining in a game of chase, and I made myself the “Keeper of the Snowball.” Since I enjoy training puppies, I had fun keeping the ball away from the young ones when they wanted it.
The young wild ones were getting pretty tired, but they still couldn’t give up on racing around. They were having such a great afternoon together!
We spent over two hours visiting our new Danish-Swedish Farmdog friend – time just flew by. It was so much fun, and Birdie loved having some playmates around on such a nice day. She has a brother, but he is pretty old, and doesn’t play with her. I’m sure we will play again in the future. Thank you Birdie for a really fun time!
Because we are thankful for a fun new friend, we are joining the Brian’s Home Blog Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
It looks like y’all had a good time playing together and the weather was nice, too. It won’t be long before cooler temps move in keeping us all indoors a little longer. Enjoy the beautiful fall days that come your way!
what an awesome play date! and what a cutie pie that little guy is!! Great post. have a good day. your friend Lilly
New friends are always a lot of fun.
omg what a cutie!! Hi Birdie!!! we love the pawprint she has on her back side… isn’t that cute?
A tatoo from nature.
I love that last picture. They are all so cute together.
We had so much fun, it was almost a fun overload!
The photos tell the story … puppy play, what a fun day they all had, ending with a little nose-kiss! Great photos, great pupsters …
just wonderful!
It was a really fun afternoon for all of us and the humans too.
Aw, so cute. I would have never guessed that breed because I’ve never even heard of it until today. Cute. Such wonderful action shots.
Have a woof woof Thankful Thursday. My best to your peeps. ♥
Thank you. We figured not many have heard of it, so we are helping spread the word.
What fun! I plays with my Puffin like that. Birdie is so cute, but GVBG’s are cuter. XOXO, Sparkle
Of course we know the GBGV is the best pup on the planet closely followed by the PBGV 😉
How interesting to learn of a rare (in this country) breed! How common are they in their country of origin? Do they have a different name as well?
They are super common over in Europe. Different countries often have different common breeds.
Woofaroo! Birdee had such a great time and so did I! Thanks Madison for a great tale of the day🙂
Thanks for having us over. Hope Birdee has recovered!
Birdie is such a cutie and y’all look so sweet having so much fun together!
We also hit it all off right away. Immediate wild pants fun.
Oops, I did it again, I forgot to say Thanks for joining the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
What a great visit! Olivia is a hoot!!!
Olivia is a pretty silly girl.
Wow he sure has a lot of energy
We all used all the energy we had for that afternoon.
Awwww I can tell your visit made Birdie’s day too!! What fun to make a new friend and to learn about a breed I had never heard of! Birdie is PRECIOUS!! Here’s to many, many more fun-filled days together!!
Hopefully we will get to play again. She may come to our house next time.
What a pawesome playdate! Looks like you did a great job snoopervising the youngsters!
xoxo,
Rosy, Jakey & Rosy
They were pretty out of control, but I stepped in randomly to let them know who is the boss.
How wonderful to have a new fun friend. Birdie is just adorable!
She’s so small, Mom didn’t think we would play with her, but boy, was she wrong.
You guys sure look like you’re having fun. Unfortunately, The Tribe of Five doesn’t play so well with our neighbors,
Purrs & Head Bonks,
Oliver
Well, not everyone is into new friends. This worked like a charm, but it may not be the case with every pup we meet.
what an adorable pup! Never heard of that breed before!
It’s pretty rare here, but in Europe it is widely known.
Birdy sure is cute and all the fun they had. I think my repro vet breeds those dogs.
I know Birdie is from the east coast, and her Mom knows a breeder in Iowa, but I’m sure there are others.
Birdy is beautiful, i love her energy and am glad she belongs to someone with a nice yard.
She is full of energy and does love to tear up around her yard!
What a fun playdate with a different friend. Birdy is very cute.
New friends are always a lot of fun!
What a fun time!! Birdie looks tiny compared to you two, but certainly seems to hold her own! I bet she’ll want you over to play with her a lot more.
She is really small, but we were gentle with her.