dog days.

kyle and zeke at the dog park.

this is a photo of my husband and my dog. my dog, zeke, is a reverse brindle boxer-a black boxer when i don't want to be so formal about it-he is about five months old, and is a ball of energy, running at 150% at all times.

zeke is quite a character. i like to think of him as me in dog form. he is foolish, he has a problem focusing on one thing at a time, and he gets turned on by anything. he will do anything to keep him occupied.

i like to  make sure he gets his daily exercise. some days he will get it by running around the apartment and chasing his ball and other times it will be by searching outside for sticks.


i am starting to notice that he is getting way to big for exercise to be fulfilled inside the house. which leads us to taking him to the dog park today. we were there today for two hours. he absolutely loved it. there were so many dogs running around, chasing balls, and sopping water up at the doggy fountain. of course, there were also owners furiously chasing after their dogs when they got rowdy-zeke, on the other hand, was never part of that, he gets scared and runs the other direction.

this experience today has definitely made me more into a dog person-i would never be able to do this with a cat. zeke loves to please me and kyle. he loves to fetch for us, he loves to love us, he loves to be polite, sit when we tell him to sit and come when he is told to come. without him we would never be able to know any kind of responsibility. zeke has helped me and kyle grow up into a more mature couple that is able to love deeper and never let any moment get us down. because no matter how many times we are told we can't do anything, we find a way to fight back, and find a way to make things work. now kyle and i understand how to be more resilient and move on from things that might bring us down.

here are some pictures of zeke at the park.

he had his own special water bowl.

full speed.

with his friend jack.

until next time...