Cinco de Zeke-o

 Our dear Senor Zeke turns 5 years old this month!  Today, we had an awesome birthday fiesta dubbed 'Cinco de Zeke-o'.  Dad setup a delicious taco bar and homemade queso dip.  Mom baked peanut butter pup cakes and of course we had pup cream.  Great turn out for the fiesta.

 Elvis sighting in the backyard!

  Amigo Miller tries out Zeke's serape.

 The Fox lab crew

 Jake the lab

For his birthday, Zeke requested donations to the Charleston Animal Society food bank - and his guests delivered!    We'll post a few more pictures in a few days.  Thanks to all of Zeke's friends who were able to make it out to the party. 

At the Google Datacenter press conference

Zeke missed his chance to meet and take his picture with another governor today.  Gov. Nikki Haley was on hand at the Berkeley County Datacenter to announce the building of an additional data center at the site.  We only got a chance to snap this picture of Zeke with Andy the Android.

Zeke looked the part, wearing his Google tie-dyed shirt, but sadly had to leave the press conference early due to his excited but very loud barking.

Christmas Day Pictures

Christmas Eve at the Beach

 We missed our annual Thanksgiving outing to the beach this year, so we made up for it was a lovely trip out to Edisto this Christmas Eve morning. 

 Zeke and mom on the jetty

 Zeke loves the ocean.

Zeke and dad play fetch.

Hope everyone has very merry Christmas

Zeke's Christmas Card.

Hope Everyone is Having a Happy Hanukkah

Zeke is enjoying his giant stuffed dreidel and wishing everyone a joyous eight crazy nights!

Hanahan Christmas Parade

 Zeke and Sadie officially kicked off the Christmas season by attending the Hanahan Christmas Parade.  Zeke found a good spot to catch all the action and dressed for the occasion. 

 This was a cool golden retriever dressed as Santa Claus on a float in the parade. 

Zeke liked the Snowman float AND the big ol' dog biscuits that some thoughtful parade participants handed out.  Happy Holidays Y'all!

Fall has arrived in the lowcountry

Weather is perfect for big dogs who love to play outside.  Yesterday, Zeke went to Wannamaker County Park.

Blue Ridge Hiking

 We just got back from a great family vacation in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina.  We stayed at an awesome site called Bear Den campground.  They even offer pet friendly cabins!  With quick access to great hiking trails, like Zeke - seen above at Lower Linville falls.

 This is at Crabtree falls.  It was definitely more crowded but then we did go to this one on a Saturday.

Zeke, Sadie and their Dad.  We all had a blast and look forward to future trips there.

Dog Day at the Waterpark

It was time for the annual Dog Day Afternoon at Whirln' Waters waterpark today.  Zeke fed his swimming jones in the Big Kahuna wave pool and we walked around the Lazy River and Otter Bay puppy pool.   We also met up with some friends - Sparky and Fern!

Sassy's a swimmer!

Sassy from Lowcountry Lab Rescue

This is Sassy with Zeke and Sadie, we are fostering her for Lowcountry Lab Rescue.  She is about 10 months old and was an owner surrender in Colleton County.   She is very sweet, loves belly rubs and is learning to be a professional fetcher. 

Sky Dog Family Dog Park

We visited Sky Dogs Family Dog Park a couple weeks ago. It was our first time to this private dog park in Summerville. For non-members it was $3 a person to entry fee and that got you access all day. It was a pretty cool place, they have some food and beverages available for purchase as well as televisions setup and corn hole boards.

 In the off-leash area, they have agility equipment, and we got Zeke to try some of it out.  He jumped over the bar a few times, but then decided cheating was a better option. 

Here is Zeke coming off the balance beam.  He's no Gabby Douglas, but I think he scores well on style.  They have several other agility obstacles, which makes for a nice break up from the normal open grassy area of a dog park. 

The owner told us they have plans to put in a dock dogs style dock and pool.  We love that idea and hope to see it soon!!!  

Boating with the neighbors.

Our awesome next-door neighbors invited Zeke and Sadie to come out for a morning boat ride.  Zeke was pretty nervous riding in the boat and it took until the return trip before he really started to get used to it. 

 We anchored out from Horseshoe Island and let the dogs play in the shallow water.

 Sadie jumped in after a lot of encouragement.

 Miller and Zeke had an fantastic time running around in the water. Here they await the next bumper throw.

 Miller takes in a nice view of East Bay.   Miller also was on the look out for pelicans, he had no qualms about jumping out of the boat at full speed to go after them.

Sadie was the opposite of Zeke and hopped on the bow of the boat like she had been doing it her whole life.
It was definitely a blast!

Dudley - Lowcountry Lab Rescue

This is Dudley, a senior labby in foster care with Lowcountry Lab Rescue.  We are dog-sitting while his foster family is on vacation.  Dudley is a nice old boy but he has a tough time with his joints and navigating our stairs.  Life just operates at a slower pace for Dudley.  So we were all surprised when he decided to jump into our kiddie pool and cool off! Once a water dog, always a water dog.