Vizsla, The Red Dog: Peein' In The Rain

Don't know about the weather in your neck of the woods but here on Fort Myers Beach it's just a miserable Saturday morning and Miss Ziva was not thrilled with her first pee and poop outing.

Not unlike her lightning fast potty breaks earlier this week when the temps were frigid, this morning sports cold breeze, gloomy skies and bone chilling rain. Certainly not the norm for our little strip of sand floating in the Gulf of Mexico. Our local weather gurus are saying tomorrow morning will will be a slap in the face with lows in the 30's and the possibility of it feeling in the 20's or teens with the wind chill! Our little Florida Cracker (anyone born in Florida) will most definitely not find it amusing!

Since our bundle of energy has not been able to burn off steam in the great outdoors so far today she has done her best to get into everything imaginable here in the house. First thing this morning she grabbed my clothes I had laid on the rocker in our bedroom when I got ready for bed and ran triumphantly through the house, she got into the bottled water supply, she took the Saturday morning paper off the counter along with a roll of paper towels and has cornered our big Maine Coon Cat bathing him from one end to the other not inquiring whether he was up for a vigorous Vizsla bath or not! Ahhhhh the joys of owning a V dog! And of course she has trained us dutifully in her short 6 months here on earth. When she acquires a valuable asset, such as underwear, the TV remote or a pair of my reading glasses most times if she cannot bait us into chasing her around the dining room table for a game of catch me if you can she will run to the kitchen, plopping her little red butt down next to the treat container and wait for you to barter with her. Well Miss Z would you like one of these treats in exchange for my pajama bottoms... nope she pushes that treat away with her nose, ok then...... how about this luscious little morsel... YES we have a winner.... treat and jammies are exchanged and everyone gets what they want. Hmmm why do I feel like I've just been hijacked?!

The next concern of the day since our wild child cannot get out to defuse her built up energy is this afternoon she is to show up for her first class of continuing education, at the Southwest Florida Professional Dog Trainers Alliance Paws for Love Therapy Dog Class! Oh heaven help everyone when she blows in the door! We will keep you posted as to the outcome.

As a recap since we last posted... Miss Ziva has been extremely busy with

lots of walks, trips across the street to the beach to dig holes in the sand, scope out the pelicans, seagulls and osprey, a farmer's market excursion, play time with a neighborhood Springer Spaniel named Domino who should really be competing in Frisbee competitions, trips to Town Hall, unwrapping 'Puppy Graduation Gifts' and posing for photos for a birthday card as well as a couple glamour shots. And don't forget our daily training sessions as well as assisting me, her human, while preforming my real job of transcription for Town Hall.

Here are a few photos to bring you up to date on Ziva's week.

Some days you just want to feel a bit Glamorous...