Please to be congratulating me

[popcorn]

Because I made a reservation for the dogs at the hundepension (mostly) in German!

For all that I feel like I'm not picking up anything, I know I must be because the woman understood when I asked if it was the kennel (Dis ist die hundepension?), said I wanted to make a reservation for my two dogs (Ich mochste mach eine reserviert fur meine zwei hunden), and then started asking me questions in German which to me sounded like (lahjadfkljañslfkñakfj).

So then we switched to English. But she understood my very limited, grammatically incorrect German!

I feel so very proud.

And I wanted to share with you all because I thought many of you will understand the feeling!

By the way, any nesties who speak German feel free to correct my poorly constructed sentences. I don't actually know how to speak German, just throw words together.

[NomadicMama]

I am VERY impressed!!!! I could not do that, and I have been here longer than you have!

[clogged]

Dude! That is such a win!!! I totally know that feeling of using the language and them actually understanding you!!! WIN WIN WIN

[Deleted]

Wow, kudos popcorn!!
I wanted to write congrats in German but my brain can only come up with trinke trinke from die fledermaus right now... Oh well, close enough

[azure]

Good job! I'm impressed

[crimsonandclover]

:Y:

[doctoranda]

Victory!

[anna7602]

Go you!

I don't know why the word "hundpension" is funny to me. I am picturing a typical, Spanish-style "pension" with a severe looking old woman in charge who does all the cleaning and cooking and looks really put out, except her customers are dogs instead of people.

[bugabean]

Awesome!!!

[elenetxu]

Jun 5, 2012 13:11:45 GMT -5 anna7602 said:

Go you!

I don't know why the word "hundpension" is funny to me. I am picturing a typical, Spanish-style "pension" with a severe looking old woman in charge who does all the cleaning and cooking and looks really put out, except her customers are dogs instead of people.

Dogs, no. Hounds!

...I thought the same thing. I love reading German!

[allibally]

Yay! Das ist geil!

The use for pension for animal boarding always makes me laugh. DH and his stepmom were having a conversation about boarding the dogs. And at first I though they were taking them to an old dog home to die. Lol

[Wanderista]

Congrats, that's awesome! What kind of dogs are they? (I love doggies of all shapes and sizes).

[popcorn]

Thanks everyone!

Yeah, the pension thing got me too at first.

But Anna, this one is not too far from what you are imagining! It's not a kennel, it is just a woman and her daughter who run a dog-salon and keep animals for people (they also keep cats). It's in her own house and the dogs just hang out most of the day in betweent heir two houses, get a long walk, and sleep wherever they want in the house at night. Not your typical kennel, but it's on our street and the dogs seemed happy enough after the last time.

I'm just glad it's reasonably priced and we have somewhere to leave our dogs to go out of town for the weekend or whenever -- this was a big worry of ours before moving!

[GilliC]

That's awesome!!! Hooray for language victories!!!

(Someone needs to port the Nest's party guy: )

[sushisamba]

That's great! I'm thoroughly impressed.

[mrsukyankee]

I'm totally impressed!

[mouseinlux]

Jun 5, 2012 14:33:39 GMT -5 popcorn said:

Thanks everyone!

Yeah, the pension thing got me too at first.

But Anna, this one is not too far from what you are imagining! It's not a kennel, it is just a woman and her daughter who run a dog-salon and keep animals for people (they also keep cats). It's in her own house and the dogs just hang out most of the day in betweent heir two houses, get a long walk, and sleep wherever they want in the house at night. Not your typical kennel, but it's on our street and the dogs seemed happy enough after the last time.

I'm just glad it's reasonably priced and we have somewhere to leave our dogs to go out of town for the weekend or whenever -- this was a big worry of ours before moving!

This setup appears normal over here. Maddy goes and stays with a lady in her back yard, they go for a walk once a day in the fields where she gets to go off leash, they have nap time and go to bed at night in a pack in her barn which is bedded down with straw. Maddy LOVES it! It's also a good price (IMHO) 15 Euro and that includes food (if you don't have a high maintenance dog like Maddy who needs feeding even more than normal to keep her weight on while we're away...she plays too hard).

[oneslybookworm]

That's awesome! Way to go!

[popcorn]

Jun 6, 2012 1:21:42 GMT -5 mouseinlux said:

Jun 5, 2012 14:33:39 GMT -5 popcorn said:

Thanks everyone!

Yeah, the pension thing got me too at first.

But Anna, this one is not too far from what you are imagining! It's not a kennel, it is just a woman and her daughter who run a dog-salon and keep animals for people (they also keep cats). It's in her own house and the dogs just hang out most of the day in betweent heir two houses, get a long walk, and sleep wherever they want in the house at night. Not your typical kennel, but it's on our street and the dogs seemed happy enough after the last time.

I'm just glad it's reasonably priced and we have somewhere to leave our dogs to go out of town for the weekend or whenever -- this was a big worry of ours before moving!

This setup appears normal over here. Maddy goes and stays with a lady in her back yard, they go for a walk once a day in the fields where she gets to go off leash, they have nap time and go to bed at night in a pack in her barn which is bedded down with straw. Maddy LOVES it! It's also a good price (IMHO) 15 Euro and that includes food (if you don't have a high maintenance dog like Maddy who needs feeding even more than normal to keep her weight on while we're away...she plays too hard).

This one is the same price per dog. Good price really, but with two dogs it can add up fast! Still, better than the pricey kennels I had found in Madrid. (but not better than ILs who offer to take them for free!)

[dulcemariamar]

Congrats!!!