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Barrett
Hiking tour on 13th of August 2022
For the seventeenth time, House
and Team Barrett owners met for the annual hiking day.
Of course, we were very happy that, despite the hot weather,
36 participants had registered, 15 participants did go on the
hike in the morning, the other participants joined us for lunch
in the afternoon and 15 again for dinner .
This year's hiking tour took us through a beautiful forest
area between the village of Traisa in Mühltal and the
Oberwaldhaus near Darmstadt, partly on very idyllic and easily
accessible paths. Due to the hot weather, we decided at short
notice to only hike in the mornings and have lunch in a beer
garden at the Oberwaldhausand, then spend the rest of the afternoon
at the Oberwaldhaus, where there is a nice pond, so the Barretts
were able to cool off.
A "guest participant", who is currently on our waiting
list for a "Barrett" joined us on the hike with her
little dog.
Lunch was taken at around 1:30
p.m. The participants who were no longer able to take part
in a hike due to their advanced age or the participants who
only received their Barrett bears in the spring then joined
this restaurant. Of course, the little ones are not allowed
to walk for so long at a time at this age. We are already looking
forward to next year, because by then these little bears will
have reached the age to be able to cover a distance of around
15 to 18 km.
At noon our sire "Champ" and our youngster "Koko"
joined us. Both of them were successful at a show and at a
breeding survey that morning thanks to our friends Conny, Dörthe,
Marion and "Hundemama`s" son Jack. Our sire Champ
received his breeding survey for life and our Koko was presented
at a county show for the first time. She received the title
"SG". As we can read, the Barretts are always active,
but none of this would have been possible without the help
of others. That's why a special thanks goes to Conny, Dörthe,
Marion and Jack, because Hundemama was on the hike that day.
After lunch we went with all four-legged
friends on a small circular path around the pond, where our
bears could then cool off.
At around 5:30 p.m. we started carpooling to bring all participants
back to the starting point. Once there, the group split up.
Some participants started their journey home, the others accompanied
us to a Pizzeria in Traisa, where we ended this beautiful day
together with about 15 participants.
As in previous years, Arthur captured our hiking day with pictures.
Some have already been published on facebook thanks to Jennifer,
the daughter of "Hundemama". She is in charge of
facebook and instagram. Of course we don't want to miss to
capture this year's hiking day here on our homepage with more
pictures.
We wish all House and Team Barrett owners all the best for
the future and, above all, good health, we hope that we can
welcome many participants to our hiking day 2023 again next
year.
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