Romanian rescue dogs now get to travel Europe with photographer owner
Finn (brown) and Yuri (white) were recently taken to Norway (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)Two former stray dogs who enjoy a life roaming around Europe with their owner have been captured in a series of beautiful photographs on their travels. Photograpjer Anne Geirer rescued Finn and Yuri from the streets of Romania, where they risked death at the hands of a killing shelter.
Now Anne and her furry buds enjoy travelling around Europe in her VW T4 Campervan.
Their latest jaunt was a two-week-long journey through the mountains and fjords of Norway.
Anne used her camera to document the trip, and the result is a beautiful collection of photographs showing the dogs on crystal clear lakes, and roaming snow-bound mountain peaks and misty forests.
Anne, who lives in Tauplitz, Austria, said: ‘It’s perfect, we can go wherever we want and whenever we want.Finn the dog enjoying the water (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)Yuri in Romania before Anne Geier rescued him (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)Anne with her two boys (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)
‘We are totally free and flexible and not bound on any accommodation.
‘The dogs love the van.
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‘It’s like a home for them.
Just two boys hanging out on a beach (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)Finn the dog in Romania before Anne rescued him (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)Yuri in Romania (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)
‘I think moving from hotel to hotel every few days would be too stressful.
‘This way of travel is different.
‘It’s a very simply way of life, and you have to reduce everything on just important things.
Finn taking in the sights (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)Yuri enjoying the snow (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)Cosy (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)
‘Of course sometimes it’s also quite hard, to have no shower for days, to sleep in a cold car or to have just a bit of space during a lot of raining days.
‘For us, it is definitely the perfect way to travel and the biggest luxury we can imagine.
Yuri, Finn and Anne (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)Yuri makes modelling look easy (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)Look at that smile (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)‘We already travelled to several countries – Norway, many times to South Tirol, Switzerland, Italy and Germany. ‘And we made a lot of short trips to amazing places here in my home country Austria’ Finn, a fox-terrier and Labrador cross, was the first of the two to be adopted in 2014, with Yuri, Australian cattle dog/border collie cross, joining the family in 2017.
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Jealous of his lifestyle (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)Anne said: ‘Yuri is a really lovely dog. But he needed time to trust’ (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)‘Finn is the calm anchor in my life’ (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)Poor Yuri had been kept in a kill shelter after living on the streets for three years.
Anne thinks he had been abused and neglected before she adopted him.
She said: ‘Yuri is a really lovely dog. But he needed time to trust.
Yuri and Finn taking in the view (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)Anne says they love the campervan (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)Anne thinks Yuri has a history of abuse (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)
‘Yuri is a dog, who – I think – had bad experiences with humans in his former life.
‘You can see it if you get a bit angry with him – he is always afraid that something bad will happen.
‘Finn is the calm anchor in my life.Finn is a calming presence for Yuri and Anne (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)Anne has a close bond with both canines (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)Anne said Yuri is a mix of breeds with a lot of energy, but Finn calms him down (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)What a good boy (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)
‘But much more important he is Yuri´s calm anchor.
‘Yuri is a mongrel of breeds with a lot of energy…so Finn is the best companion for Yuri.
‘They supplement each other perfectly.’
Straight chillin’ (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)
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So photogenic (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)Living his best life (Picture: Anne Geier / SWNS.com)
