B'Gosh!

We stopped by the Costco last night to find another outfit for Zuul. There was a new collection of clothes for slightly older children. We picked up an OshKosh B'Gosh hoodie. It's a size 7 which presumably means it is for a 7 year old. Zuul probably has until 7 months before she's too big.

Guess what. She's cute.

She seems plenty toasty now. She slept in it all night, too!

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Please Remove Yourselves This Instant

Allow me to be frank. Zuul's breath smells like ass. Every time she yawns, we want to run away. We don't because she's so cute. If Zuul's breath were an ice cream flavor, it'd be Praline and Butt. Her upper baby canine that is still holding on wiggles like crazy but will not come out. Under the advice and guidance of my Cousin Cari, a Dental Assistant, I tried pulling it. I couldn't get a grip. Cari suggests that one of the roots may not have completely resorbed yet. I asked if I was going to cause any harm if I intervened and yanked the tooth myself. She said there would be no problem, other than blood. Cari likes the blood part of her job. I might try vice grips, but Megan might try to kill me at the same time.

Zuul just lost another molar. The one on the left is the tooth she lost a few weeks ago. The lovely looking specimen on the right just popped out. What a pleasant surprise.

Here is a comparison shot of Zuul's teeth from September 13 and Now. Crazy!

We stopped by Lilith's house last Tuesday evening to thank her for taking care of our little baby while we were away. One of Lilith's friends was there with her two dogs. She has a Belgian Tervuren that's about a month and a half older than Zuul. She's the auburn colored dog in the picture below. They all had a great time playing and it was nice to see where Zuul spent much of her time while we were away (Megan had seen it, I had not).

The sun was setting nicely last Friday. I snapped some shots of Zuul basking in the dwindling rays. You get one. She moves fast.

Satuday, Megan was boring and studying for some boring test. Zuul and I headed off to the park. We had a really nice time. We walked around. I threw her red squeaky ball. There are a couple mounds in the park that peak at about 10 feet. We sat upon one and Zuul participated in a Long Down: she lays down next to me for 30 minutes. I do not touch her unless she gets up and I do (try!) not look at her. There was some reasonable activity and Zuul did very well. She popped up eight or so times. About half of those were due to some idiots going to fast over some speed bumps nearby. Pretty good for a puppy and we haven't done this in a few weeks. Higgins' dog trainer was there training a couple dobermans for the estate. Some crazy people walked by. Some more crazy people walked by. Some other dogs walked by. A couple new American Standard kids played at the play ground. Zuul could see it all from her perch.

After 30 minutes Zuul was very eager to do something else. I pulled out her green squeaky toy. We've been on these mounds before. Zuul enjoys letting gravity roll her down the hill a little bit and then she runs back up and starts over. This is most enjoyed with a toy. We did a little more fetch and headed home.


Speaking of fetch, Zuul is finally reliable with the fetching. She only fails under two circumstances: she's looking in the wrong direction and doesn't hear her ball land or another dog is competing. She'll slyly take her ball back from Percy, but any other dog she concedes. I'm sure when she's a few pounds wiser, she'll reconsider. I was worried she wouldn't pick up this fetching thing; we'd be screwed trying to exercise her.

We spent another Sunday at Mt. Tabor park. Megan, Zuul and I reached the same conclusion: It's a nice park, boring dogs®. None of the dogs seemed to want to play. They were all doing their own thing. They didn't even chase after Zuul's ball. Boring G. Boring. Oh, well.

Megan snapped a great action shot of Zuul. Too bad a dog's butt slipped into the shot....



That's it.

photo credit: Megan
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Mt. Tabor

I forgot to mention we went to Mt. Tabor park on Sunday. It was our first time there and definitely will not be our last. It hosts an amazing dog park. You cannot see from one end to the other. It sits mostly on a slope, no mud. It was full of all sorts of dogs. Zuul spent most of the time observing and absorbing all the activity rather than running around. We were worried she wouldn't be worn out. She passed out for the rest of the day. We were home by 2pm.

My brain forgot that I have a camera and I didn't get any pictures. Lame. There was a Puggle there so you can look at pictures of them.

Zuul spent about 2 1/2 hours at Brentwood Park last night. She had a great time playing with all sorts of dogs. We started off in the Dog Park. Bleh. There was a pitbull present that seemed well mannered but our dog friends warned us that it was easy to set off. Zuul couldn't even play with her ball. Super lame. I spotted Tabor, Zuul's German Shorthaired Pointer friend, at the Volleyball courts. I bolted out of that fenced Hell as fast as possible. Zuul was certainly eager to follow. I threw her ball and she happily retrieved. Zuul played with Gifford, Tallulah, Hannah, Harry, Percy and a couple other dogs. She had a blast. We went home and she passed out.

I remembered that I have a camera and snapped some shots. Dogs move fast. That's Tabor in the first shot.


Megan and I went to Costco last night and found a selection of cheap jumpsuits for small children. It's been a little chilly as of late and figured Zuul could use some warmth. We snagged a 24 month sized piece that said "I love mud" since Zuul loves to eat mud. I managed to get the front of it on her but the back legs would not come close to snapping back together. Zuul is larger than a 24 month old child. She was cute in her outfit, though. We'll be keeping our eyes peeled.

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Teeth!

Zuul's baby teeth are rapidly fleeing her mouth. Her breath goes from smelling like a portable restroom to funky stainless steel mixed with dead fish. We've stepped up the tug-o-war to try to encourage her teeth to hasten their departure. It worked! We found her first baby tooth. A nice little molar. She's already lost several teeth but this is the first we've seen. We gave her some ice cubes when the tooth popped out and she was thrilled. Zuul would hold her head up so the ice would rest against her molars. She's so smart! Just a dozen or so more teeth to go. I keep forgetting to snap some pictures. I'll get them ASAP.

Have I told you that Zuul is cute?

And here is a reference shot so I can keep track of her height a little better.



Short update!

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Home Again

Megan and I had a rough week. We had planned a vacation to New York City before we adopted Zuul. We kept our plans and missed our dog terribly! I also had a business trip to Florida leading up to our vacation. Needless to say, we were glad to come home. Zuul seemed pretty happy, too. She's huge now!

Fortunately we know some awesome people that were able to care for Zuul in our absence. Lilith, owner of Harry and Percy, watched Zuul during the day. Zuul had a blast playing with her two pups for hours on end. At night, Justin made sure Zuul didn't eat too much mulch and graciously fed our little baby. Our friend Nikki made a special guest appearance one day when Justin was busy with work. We are ever grateful to know these wonderful people that were able and willing to care for our little bundle of joy in our absence. We are scheming of a way to repay Justin for his generosity. If you have any suggestions, I would love to hear them.

Now for some updates.

Zuul's butt is better. She recovered by the following Friday of my previous post. It's too bad. She really loves them rawhide bones. Now we'll get her some real bones. Zuul and I made some more beef liver treats. Megan and Zuul played in the Fall leaves at the park.



Zuul received her last round of immunizations. Up next is an ovariohysterectomy followed by a rabies vaccination. Good times. Zuul weighed 34.8 pounds. That was two weeks ago. She's probably over 40 pounds by now. She's on track for 65-70 pounds. I swear she grew three inches while we were gone. Megan and Zuul did some computing.



Zuul was the ring bearer in my sister's wedding. She did great. I didn't get any pictures myself, but there was a photographer and I will be sure to post some pics when I get them. Zuul met lots of family that weekend as well. She met my Father, Nana, Granddad and Megan's parents and her sisters, along with lots of other friends and relatives. She was super well behaved and everyone loved her. Naturally. She was pretty pooped when it was all over. And confused. She went from people overload to having her parents leave her within about three days.

Megan's sisters (they're single!) didn't get along with Zuul very well:

Then we were in New York visiting friends and having a nice time. We visited Zuul's old stomping grounds.Then we came home. I snapped some shots of Zuul at the park yesterday morning.


Last night Zuul received a much needed bath.

Please forgive the lack of updates. With my sister's wedding and my trip away, I haven't had much time for anything!

That's all for now.

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