Easter East of England Viz Whizz

The next East of England vizsla meet up takes place on Saturday 30th April at 11am.

We will meet at Thetford Forest High Lodge (on the green) before heading off for a nice walk.

If you would like to attend and/or be kept up to date on our vizsla meet ups please email Lsweales@yahoo.co.uk

April East of England Vizsla meet up and photos from our March meet up

At our meet up today a small child said with excitement to his parents 'An army of dogs' as he and his family were met with our 16 vizslas coming in the opposite direction.  Our largest turn out to date it was great to see so many vizslas, including a wirehaired and Ellie the adopted Patagonian Vizsla together.

As our group grows ever bigger we were also joined and welcomed a couple of people who are looking at buying a vizsla in the future but wanted to know and see more about the breed before they make the big decision.

East of England Vizsla meet up March 2011

After our usual walk through the forest and quick photo (which is always the hardest bit!) we had a coffee and Paws (one of our newbie members) was very happy that with his charming looks I couldn't but help share my chilli nacho's with him.

Paws

Our April East of England Vizsla meet up will take place on Saturday 2nd April at 11am and we will meet at our usual location - Thetford Forest High Lodge.

If you have read this blog and would like to join our monthly meet up then please email me at Lsweales@yahoo.co.uk - everyone is welcome and the more the merrier )

March East of England Vizsla meet up

We had a great time at February's vizsla meet up.

Ranging from 6 months to 12 years old we had 13 vizslas attend and as always everyone had a great time.

Feb 2011 East of England Vizsla Whizz

Our next meet up will take place at 11am on Saturday 5th March.  We will meet at Thetford Forest High Lodge - location details can be found here.

Everyone is welcome to come along but if you could let me know that would be great.  My email address is Lsweales@yahoo.co.uk

February East of England Vizsla meet up

Our next viz whizz will be take place on Saturday 5th February at Thetford Forest High Lodge

Vizslas having fun at the East of England Viz Whizz

We will meet at 11am on the green and then take our normal route of a 3 mile walk through the forest.

Everyone is welcome to come along and the only costs involved is the parking.

If you would like to come along please email me Lsweales@yahoo.co.uk

We look forward to seeing you all there!

January East of England Viz whizz

We had our first East of England Vizsla meet up of 2011 over the weekend.  The day started with rain but by the time we all met up at Thetford Forest the rain had retired and it didn't take long for the sun to come out ready for us to enjoy a long walk.

12 vizslas joined us who travelled from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire.

Our new youngest member was Rozsi, a 5 month old female and another newbie who had a great time was Dylan a 7 year old male.

A little blurry as they wouldn't all sit still!

One of Dylan's owners soon made lots of friends with her tin of dog treats!

Vizslas love treats

Thank you to everyone who joined us and I will arrange the February East of England Viz Whizz over the next few days.

Vizsla treats and toys

There are loads of toys and treats on the market and with many not coming cheap I thought I would share my favourite toys (or should that be Poppy & Ozkar's favourite toys!) and treats for my vizslas.

Poppy - deciding what toy to play with next

Kongs - I have two sorts.  The Stuff a Ball and the original Kong toy.  The ball kong is great for adding treats to and the dogs love bouncing it around on the floor trying to get them out.  The Kong toy well I use this for something a little different.  I mix up some yoghurt and fill the the kong with this along with some chopped carrot and / or dog treats then stick it in the freezer.  Once frozen this is not only a great healthy treat but also keeps by vizslas entertained for quite a while.

Nylabones - As my dogs love chewing I have recently tried the Nylabones.  Obviously more expensive than raw hide chews these are non consumable chews which should last a good while while the dogs enjoy chewing on a bone.  It is early days but so far so good, they are still in one piece!

Raw hide Chews - Probably Poppy & Ozkars favourite treats (other than cheese) is a rawhide chew. Although they are not very long lasting, they don't cause any mess and come in all sizes and options, from sticks to shoes!

If you have any other treats or toys you want to share then please feel free to comment.

December Viz Whizz East of England

Our vizsla whizz on the 4th December went well although due to the bad weather we had a fairly low turnout. We had 7 vizslas including a wirehaired and although the week leading up was awful with the snow and ice we had a lovely sunny day on Southwold beach.

Our next meet up is planned for Saturday the 8th January 11am and will take place at Thetford forest (our normal location)

If you could let me know if you are attending that would be great and of course advise any other vizsla owners you might be aware of.

Photo to follow of our beach visit!