Our Little Branch: Meet Zeke

Last time I blogged I mentioned that we were going to be getting a dog soon. Little did I know that we were going to get one that same evening!! A friend of mine (who (or is it whom) loves animals) was keeping her eye out and came across an ad on Craigslist. She sent it to me and I showed Jake who happened to be home because I was still getting over being sick. He told me to call and ask a few questions. You see, Jake doesn't like dogs with long hair and these puppies had australian shepherd mixed in. So he wanted me to call and find out if they had long or short hair, etc. So I did. And they did not. So we set up a time to check them out that very night. Let's be real here folks. If you are going to go "look" at a puppy you're also going to be walking away with a puppy. I mean how could you not. Especially when they are as cute as this...

This is Zeke. He is 8 weeks old in this picture. As you can see he has blue eyes which is perfect because we are a family of blue-eyes. So he fits in quite nicely. All four of his paws are white and the tip of his tail is too. I love his coloring and his freckled nose is adorable. =)

He has been a great addition to our family. The kids love him. I love him. Jake loves him. He was practically potty trained which has been oh so nice! He does have accidents but that is mostly my own fault because I am either busy or not thinking ahead enough to take him out often enough. We are getting there though...for example he only had one accident....no wait it was two....in the house today. As I was cleaning up a potty mess from one of my children the dog decided to pee as well. At least I already had the cleaner and paper towels out....

So the people we bought him from said the mom was an Australian Shepherd/Black Lab mix and the dad was a Golden Lab. I have heard of Golden Retrievers and Yellow Labs but I've never heard of a Golden Lab. So I googled Golden Lab and sure enough it is possible. Apparentely a Golden Lab is a cross between a Golden Retriever and a Labrador Retriever. Okay. Cool. Right? Sure, but I don't see any Golden Lab in this puppy. AT ALL!

I see a little Pit Bull and sometimes Great Dane. I've been told by a few people that they see Pit as well. Someone else said Great Dane. We did get to see the mom. And she did appear to be and Australian Shepherd/Lab mix. She was well-mannered, energetic and athletic. So we just aren't 100% sure what he is. It's easier to just say he's an Aussie/Lab mix and leave it at that.

Zeke weighed about 12 pounds when we got him almost 2 weeks ago. And now at 10 weeks old he weighs about 15 pounds.

Everyone who sees him says he's going to get big. Which is exactly what we wanted. I plan to take him to the vet soon. I'm really curious what the vet thinks he is.

We are busy with the usual stuff and currently working on crate training among other things with Zeke. He definitely likes to be where we are and can often be found curled up under the kitchen table during meals and yes even snuggling on the couch in the evening....=)

He loves water. And when he wants to cool off he will most likely be found with his two front legs in the water bucket outside. Silly dog.

Here he is after cooling off in the kid's pool.