Last week, Tilda Tuesday was a post to let you know about the upcoming Woofstock festival. The festival is now behind us, but I thought you might enjoy some pictures from that adorable event! Woofstock was held in downtown Linden Hills at 43rd and Upton. That block was shut down to traffic for the day. All the local businesses are involved in the event, as well as a dozen different dog Continue Reading
Tilda Tuesdays: See You at Woofstock this Saturday!
Today's installment of Tilda Tuesday is a plug for a unique dog event that is occurring this Saturday in Minneapolis...WOOFSTOCK! Woofstock is the annual dog festival held in historic downtown Linden Hills in Minneapolis. This year it will be held on Saturday, September 6, 2014. Details: Dogs must be on-leash. 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Free! There will be a dog wash, a parade, Continue Reading
Tilda Tuesdays: Tips for Running in the Heat With Your Dog
It's Tuesday, which means it's time for another installment of Tilda Tuesdays! Today, I am sharing a few tips for running in the heat with your dog. Part of why we selected the vizsla breed for our first dog because we knew they are supposed to be great running companions. It's true- Matilda loves to run, and she's a great running companion. However, in the heat of summer, I do have to be Continue Reading
Tilda Tuesdays: Grooming Your Vizsla
Hi all, and welcome back to Tilda Tuesdays! If you're coming here for running advice, I'll be back with more running posts later this week. But Tuesdays are officially all about our vizsla Matilda. Today, let's talk about grooming! One really great characteric of the vizsla breed is that they are a very clean dog that needs minimal grooming. They only shed a tiny bit (we don't even notice). But Continue Reading
Tilda Tuesdays: Training Your Vizsla
Welcome back to Tilda Tuesdays! After last week’s puppy pics, this week I thought I'd share a little bit about the training we have done with Matilda over the years. As soon as we could, we signed her up for “Puppy Training” through The Canine Coach. We selected the Canine Coach because of all the awesome reviews on Angie’s List. They also have multiple locations (Minneapolis, St. Continue Reading
Tilda Tuesdays: Flashback to the Early Days
Hi! Welcome to the first installment of Tilda Tuesdays, where you can stop by for plenty of vizsla pictures. I thought I'd start at the beginning, with a few puppy pictures from the really early days. Matilda was born in Brookings, South Dakota, at a breeder named "HR Vizsla." We went down to the farm once when she was just 4 weeks old to pick her out (out of a litter of about 8 puppies I Continue Reading