What can brown do for you?

Here is Zeke with Joe, our UPS driver. Joe is pretty much the coolest UPS driver that Zeke has ever met. Today he brought treats and posed for a picture. Mom thinks Zeke would make a great spokesdog for UPS.

schultz lake??

yesterday we went exploring to find a place called schultz lake, we found it...and its more like schultz swamp. but we had fun harassing geese on the hike there.

statue in the ampitheatre park.

Election Day

Only a two hour wait!

one more from Halloween

We took the kids to a friend's haunted house where Dad got to be a scary chainsaw wielding maniac. Mom walked the pups around the neighborhood so they could get lots of petting (we brought our our dog friendly trick or treats)

Happy Halloween

A little taste before tonight.

9 month update

Zeke turned nine months old yesterday. I took him to PetSmart to pick out a bone and do the weigh-in. He is at 83.2 lbs. So it looks like we might finally be reaching a plateau (which is great , we thought he might end up at 95 pounds or more!).

We have officially transistioned from Large Breed Puppy Chow to regular dog food. He and Sadie are eating the same stuff and both getting a raw egg twice a week. We've started to notice some more shedding.

The above picture is a paw art Zeke made for me at Paws in the Park last weekend.

fan mail... well, kinda

In May, Zeke was featured on my company's website (here is that post). Today I recieved a letter from a vendor introducing me to her company and products (a wire and cable manufacturer), she included a handwritten note that she saw Zeke's page and attached an extra page of information about some herbal supplements she uses for her German Shepherd's arthiritis. It was very considerate of her to send that info. Below is a scan of her note, the links that she sent , and some pictures of her babies.

Bonnie Brae Farms - Velvet Antler

Animal Maintenance Formula

Thanks for sharing Lynn!

Field Day

Yikes! I did not mean for it to be over a week since we posted. Thumper has been working on a little video, and its been my fault we haven't got that up yet. We had a good weekend. It rained like monsoon season Friday and so the creek where they play became a rushing river and both Sadie and Zeke got good swims. Zeke and I then went to Paws in the Park where we walked to raise money for the animal shelter and entered the tail wagging contest (sadly we did not win). Below are some pictures from yesterday doing some training and playing in the field.

Zeke at Work Part 4

"Dogs love organ music!" says George our Allen Organ salesman. I think what is more true is that organists love dogs. In these pictures Zeke helps George prepare for a Church Organ Workshop by requesting a rousing rendition of "To God Be the Glory".

Mom Really Likes Brownies Best

Mom really does prefer brownies to cake, Dad put some frosting on (maybe a little to thick) fired up some candles and we have Mom's Birthday. Dad thinks frosting can never be to thick.

Mackie the cat is pretty interested too, he likes candles.

I think Mom picked me because my color and brownies are so similar.

Happy Birthday Mom from the kids.

More Birthdays...

Dad's Birthday Party

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZEKE'S DAD!

Today is Zeke's Dad's birthday, last night we had family over and had some cake.

Birthday smooches from Sadie and Zeke!

Also last night it was interesting, a younger member of the family was over and playing tug with Zeke. Now Zeke is very strong and very hardcore about the game of tug. He can literally drag me across the room. Z probably could have flung this little lady across the room if he had wanted to, but he was so gentle tugging with her. I thought it was pretty amazing, like he knew he shouldn't be rough with her. Very cool, Zeke.

hop in the way back machine

Since we are on a little bit of a hiatus until we we get the staples out, thought I would wax nostaligic for a moment.

drying off

Zeke took his first swim by surprise to him, he was following Sadie and she ran into the water. I'm not sure he new what to think about being soaking wet, he started shivering, so dad picked him up and got him warm and dry again.

Taken on 3/26/08.