Blog: Lieve Skikkja

Dear Skikkja:

Our Icelandic Dog, daughter of Skaga, is so beautifully pregnant.

Just a few more days.

Then the time has come and she will give birth. These are exciting times. And we are really looking forward to it. Soon all those sweet puppy sounds will be back in the house. So sweet! Skikkja has been eating a bit worse in recent days, meaning she is now acting spoiled, because she only wants her dry food mixed with a can, hahaha. Stinky! Literally too, because she lets out dirty farts, those little soft ones. We now offer her food 5 times a day and little lady Skikkie likes it very much. She is super cuddly and likes to take walks with Wim in our village. Or with us of course. The photos here were taken on our trips in ’the Hogeland’ (Highlands/Frá Hálendi) and Lauwersoog. And when we eat a fish, Skikkja likes to eat a fish with us. 

Thursday is day 63

But it could also happen on day 69 or on day 62. It is impossible to determine this in advance. So we wait patiently. She’s not making any moves yet. And when we stroke her belly, we also speak softly to the puppies, like “Hi Puppy’s are you still comfortable?” or “Hello dear puppies, stay in mommy’s belly for a while, you will be nice and warm there.”  And then Skik looks at us as if to say “I’m glad you also know what’s in my tummy!”

And now it’s ‘Kippie time’

I shout ‘kippies’ (chicken) loudly, so that they at the back of the garden hear it too and come running over for lunch. ‘Kippie’ mainly consists of duck fillets, but ‘chicken’ sounds better. Well the english word ‘Duckie’ sounds also good. Maybe I’m gonna change it hahaha.
Enjoy your meal and see you next time!