I know so much of my blog has been centered around Z. But I am due to give you an update on our dog K. K celebrated her 2nd birthday in July with us, it’s hard to believe because we feel like we have had her so much longer.
Having a dog door at this new house has been life changing, although sometimes she still looks at the door and waits for our permission to go out. Two huge fenced in yards to play in is a blessing too. K spent a good deal of her summer running around the trees in the front yard or laying on her back sunning herself in the grass.
K loves that we have property to explore. Every couple of days she goes to L begging for a WALK, not just to play in the yards. She knows the route through the trees well and we can trust her off leash. If her nose leads her down a different trail, L can whistle and she will come back to the house within a few minutes.
She is learning some new tricks living in the Northwest. When we go to a coffee kiosks she thinks “if I poke my head out , they will see my cute face and give me a treat.”
K loves her cousin Pepper, the two of them wear each other out playing, which is great for us. We have to not say Pepper’s name for a few days after a visit or K looks for her and gets excited. K loved going to the beach and Lakehouse this summer. She seemed less scared of the dock then last Christmas and wanted to stick her whole head in the lake on a canoe ride.
She did great when the niece and nephews were here; she loved playing with the smaller humans.
On that note, it has taken K a few months to warm up to Z. At first she didn’t know what he was and was shy. She was a little upset that I wasn’t playing with her during the day and asked for attention often when I was breastfeeding, I guess she thought I was just sitting and relaxing.
All of a sudden K has realized Z is part of the pack, a young fur-less puppy. She gets excited every morning, or when we come home to greet him. Now we have to keep her from licking his face constantly. A few days ago I filled a water bottle with dried rice as a rattle for Z. Well, K loves water bottles and was unsure why this wasn’t her toy. I gave her one of her own and that seemed to concrete something in Ks mind. Now she is protective of Z too and is shaping up to be a good furry big-sister.
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So cute. I like the fact that she is so protective of Zack. Zack will have a wonderful friend as he grows up.