Tucker at Dock Dogs

Zeke went to support his buddy Tucker jumping in the Dock Dogs competition at SEWE this year. Here is a video of his 19' jump! He should be competing in the finals this afternoon.

a belated 'Thank You'

Zeke enjoying one of his birthday presents, this one a Loofah squeaky toy from Julie and C. With a guest appearance by Remmy.

Happy Valentine's Day from the Lover Lab

Zeke and Sadie's Valentine was a carob dipped treat bone from Ocean City that their dad brought back to him. We had a nice family lunch together today.

Happy Birthday Zeke - 3 years old!

Yep, Zeke turned the big three today! He had a great birthday party and a bunch of his friends (two legged and four legged) came over to help celebrate. We had doggie cupcakes and pupcream ice cream treats and Dad cooked up some mean hotdogs for the people.
Today was also Remington's last day with us, but we were so happy to have him stay for the party.
Next door neighbor buddy, Miller, had a fun time playing with the big dogs.
Zeke's girlfriends - Darlynn and Laidee, wouldn't be a lab party without them.
The Fox family.
Uncle Vic and Cindy came and brought Max. The dustmop/Yorkiepoo. At first he was a little intimidated by the dog madness, but then he got accustomed to the place and he was a lightening quick runner.
Sadie was pooped by the end of the party. That's how you know it was a success, everyone needed a nap afterwards.

Icebreaker.

Zeke says DOUBLE BONUS when both mom and dad had a three day weekend together!

We went for a swim Sunday morning, but didn't properly account for the cold weather. We thought there was a little ice in the pond, but when the bumper hit the water it just thumped and then skidded across the ice. Not a good sign. Zeke was a trooper though -- dad drove him to the other side of the pond and he dove in and went into ice breaking mode.

Today we went for a mini-hike at Marrington and then some potential adopters came over and checked out foster bro Remington.

hangin' with the foster bro

Zeke is being such a great big brother to foster puppy Remmy. They are having a great time tugging and chasing the ball.
Tonight Remington got a bath, and then got all cuddly in the towel.

If you want to give this little guy a home check out Lowcountry Lab Rescue

and Happy New Year!

Zeke rung in 2011 in style (on the couch watching Ryan Seacrest), but he understands moderation and doesn't party too hard.
And also introducing Remington, our new foster pup. Remington is with Lowcountry Lab Rescue and we are fostering him until he finds his forever family. He is about 8 weeks old and full of puppy energy.

Happy Christmas

Zeke and Sadie had a great Christmas and got a bunch of cool presents. Like this twisty chew in their stocking.
A squeaky snake
And a little ducky. Plus a monkey knot rope toy and some deer antlers!

Zeke shares some Christmas cheer

playing with his home girl C.

Spreading the Christmas Joy: Tasty Treat Style

Zeke has met some new dog friends in our new neighborhood so he wanted to do something special for them during Christmas. We took McGruber's homemade peanut butter and banana recipe and baked up some tasty treats for the neighbors. We had fun delivering them too!

Christmas Photo

Zeke got his free 5x7 in from the grand opening photo session.

catching up

Posts have been few and far between, but Zeke isn't slacking up. Mom has been busy with school, but we have still be having our lab fun.
We went to the 'grand opening' of a new pet supply store (odd because we always thought it had been the same store) but anyway, Zeke got a free photo session and Sadie tried on elf hats.
We also went to the annual after thanksgiving Carolina/Clemson football party at Zeke's girlfriend's house. The price of admission was a bag of food for the local animal shelter.
Always a good time for labs to play!

Christmas Parade

Zeke attended his first Christmas parade today. The parade route runs close by our new 'hood, so we just walked up and got some prime seats. Both the Mopar Club and the Boy Scouts were toting dog biscuits as well as candy, so it was a pretty good parade by our standards!

Santa's coming in on the firetruck!

First Night of Hanukkah!

Happy Hanukkah all! For the first night Zeke got a new Quackers to rip up.
Sadie and Zeke wasted no time in commencing the destruction!

Our Pre-Thanksgiving Ritual

We like to go play at the beach. It's off-leash time and the weather was pretty favorable today. Only snafu was when Dad threw the bumper too far and the ocean started carrying it away but Zeke couldn't see it. Mom decided she didn't want to lose a bumper so she swam out and got it (of course Zeke swam with her even though he didn't know where the bumper was)