They call me ‘cutie pieβ. My whelping home person, mother Ruth, says Iβm her favourite of the ten of us, and ‘sweet Zoe, just a real sweet one’.
All this sugar β¦but not a bit of it to eat! Doesnβt matter, kibble is my favourite flavour in the world! I stick my nose right in Chuckβs hand and snarfle – snarfle – snarfle – snarβ- (ran out). SO good. And when itβs in a bowl, I plaster my snout to the bottom, smush it around and hoover – a kibble shooter – unbelievable. I highly recommend it.
In my off-eating time, I sit, stay, recall, go up/down all sorts of stairs, including open ones, perch, jump up and off, jump in and out of the truck and I give Chuck my β¦paw β¦about 4 seconds after she asks; I stare at her and put my head sideways because then my brains go to where they need to in my head to accept I have NO CLUE why she wants it, but Iβll give it to her anyways. She thinks it helps when she tilts her head the opposite way. It doesnβt, but I think itβs funny.
She says I have a poker face – that I had Botox because I look right in her eyes with my dopey face, with the upside-down W over my eyes. And when I finally interpret what she is saying, – I have no tell- nothing that shows my brain has connected, that something dawned on me.
She only asks for my paw once now, she knows Iβm working it out.
Iβm only 11+ weeks old, but Iβve been around you know; Tim Hortons, Starbucks, London Drugs, Costco (Chuck carried me) – Ryderβs high school band concert, the doctor’s office and Ryder’s swimming lessons.
Sometimes, Iβm bored, and Chuck will not do something fun, and even though I just did βbetter go nowβ 8 minutes ago, I look right into her eyes and pee on the carpet at the same time. Itβs just a wee bit of pee because I didnβt really have to go. Itβs called a βspite peeβ. All told though, House BReaking for Z(symbol for atomic #)oe is not going too BAd.
If spite pee does not get a rise, I stick my tongue out at them. Itβs really funny.
About 4 seconds after Chuck calls me (after Iβve sat and stayed myself), I run to her with a quarter smile – βNot like MAA-RAA, SHE has a huge smile βMara this, Mara thatβ. Iβve NOT had any Botox work done and when I saw Mara through the crate door, I can say she had jowls – HELLO ?! PADS MED – referral to a cosmetic vet for Mara 2 ?!?! I met her looking into my crate, doing play bow with her front legs on either side. There wasnβt much I could do. She looked in my crate like she was watching TV. Then she said, “This is boring, nice meeting you.”, and she left.
Iβm so glad I met her in the fur b/c Iβd only smelled her til then, (think she did spite pee too). I met her again, and she played with me like her own mom did her. She is about to set off on a great adventure for her lifetime. Chuck told me Mara is referred to as βa lot of dogβ, that she lives life LARGE – and itβs about to get even LARGER – sheβs done her tour with PADS and sheβs done very well, having won the admiration and hearts of many everywhere sheβs been, and taught Chuck, Ryder and Perry so much in prep for building moi. She lives SO LARGE and PADS is about to find her the perfect place for her to live XXL.
I have a big crate to fill thatβs for sure.
I follow Chuck everywhere, and she is always so happy to see me because I surprise her – she calls to me: βZoe-Zoe-puppy puppy puppyβ β¦ I think she thinks Iβm deaf because Iβm always sitting right by her feet
looking straight up at her- she just keeps on β puppyβ¦puppyβ¦puppyβ¦zoeβ¦puppyβ¦and when she turns around to look for me she still doesnβt see me because Iβm so close to the back of her heels and the same colour as the floor.
Also, Iβm always close and so I βdonβt have my own mind like Maraβ. If I donβt have my own mind, who does? And whose do I have? Paws for thought …maybe MARA knows β¦she knows everything.
She βkissedβ (as humans call it) me when I saw her again β¦I think Maraβs magic conducted to me β¦Iβm paying attention now.
I DO have something Mara does not – I have a βmoveβ like a daub except with my bum. Itβs called the βlazy sitβ β¦itβs a thing. I do lazy sit when I donβt have to pee (or the other). Iβm not sitting, staying, tripping Chuck up etc. and Iβm just waiting for Chuck to get around to telling me something to do β¦and I wait, wait, wait, wait some more, and I watch – stare at herβ¦always – every step she takes Iβm right there under it. I am a puppy-people- stalker, lazy sitter, gobble-er-upper, adorable-erest.
I AM ZOE
Submitted by: Charly Flesher
