#dorette

It’s Friday at last, and we’ve reached the end of the first week of our gift guide! We’re going to celebrate by reaching the cusp of four-digit price points. In other words: things are about to get really fabulous. Here’s what we’ve covered already, in case you’re craving a recap: jewelry under $100; $100 – $200; $200 – $350; and $350 – $500. 14 gold dagger studs with rubies and diamonds.  14k…

An update on the current situation:

The good news is that as of April 12., our two local animal shelters are taking in pigeons and other birds again, after being not allowed to do so for many months due to avian influenza making the rounds in Hamburg over and over again. This is helping very much with the overall situation.

However, I have nothing but PMV pigeons whom I cannot give to the shelters. We do have a lot of progress with construction work at the Steilshoop sanctuary, where they will be hopefully soon (for real) moving to.

We currently have 8 PMV pigeons at home, most of them in seperate cages, which is quite a lot (too much) work, so I’ll be glad to have fewer to worry about soonish. This is also why I haven’t been updating the tumblr for a while now, along with some personal events that took a lot of energy.

Photos:

1. Helga, a short time guest with a wing injury who spent a weekend with us while her caretaker was travelling.

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Taube aus vorheriger Betreuung mit nachträglich aufgetretener PMV-Infektion 

In foster care with us from 09.Apr.17 - 12.May.17 Home: ?

Another PMV pigeon for my collection. She came from the Steilshoop dovecote/sanctuary where she was staying due to an originally unrelated issue, and later developed PMV symptoms for unknown reasons. She was unable to eat enough on her own when she arrived here, so I hand-fed her for about a week. She’s doing fine now.

Harrie Smolders reitet zum Sieg im Championat von Hamburg, im Preis der Deutschen Vermögensberatung AG, beim Al Shira’aa Deutsches Spring- & Dressur-Derby Als vorletzter der 16 Teilnehmer im Stechen blitzte er mit dem 13-jährigen Belgier Mr. Tac fehlerfrei nach 42,98 Sekunden über die Ziellinie. Damit schubste der 45-Jährige die bis dahin führende Jana Wargers von der Top-Position. „Ich habe…

Richard Vogel, der Schlussreiter des deutschen Teams beim Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Final 2023 in Barcelona (Foto: Archiv) Das deutsche Team ritt in Barcelona  zum zweiten Mal zum Sieg Nach der Qualifikation am vergangenen Donnerstag lagen Jana Wargers, Christian Kukuk, Hans-Dieter Dreher und Richard Vogel auf dem dritten Platz. Am Sonntag starteten dann alle Teams wieder bei Null.…