Happy Birthday Zoe!

Today we are celebrating Zoe's 6th birthday! I thought I'd share a few baby pictures of my pup. Ready for a story? (No- not about the first time she fell into the pool, below!)

She was born in Iowa and was only a few months old when she took her first (and only so far) plane flight to Austin, Texas. I was in my last year of college, and wanted to have plenty of time to spend with her at home as a puppy before I started working full time in 2003.

Zoe is a Hungarian Vizsla, and when everybody goes looks confused, I say "She's sort of like a Weimaraner, but smaller, cuter, more cuddly and kinda cinnamon color.

"Why a Vizlsa?" you may ask. And it was because, growing up, my dad had the best behaved dog ever- Zack, who was a Weim. I'd wanted a dog big enough to run with me, but not large and huge. I wanted something with a great personality and who was very loving. That's a V!

She arrived during my Spring Break in March 2002, so I could spend all week with her and work towards that very first, vital goal- housebreaking!

No big plans for today, except go to my mom's for lunch after church. I'm going to give Zoe another frozen-peanut-butter filled Kong for her special day.

She's always been an eclectic sleeper!

This was one of the first days I had her at my apartment in Austin, and she was beautifully pointing at little flower!

P.S. If you randomly come to this blog via a search engine looking for information about a Viazla, please please please get informed about the breed before deciding that a Vizsla may be right for you. They require lots of affection and attention and exercise, and they are not right for everybody. Find some great information here and here and here about Vizslas. /lecture

GOOD NEWS OF THE DAY: H is 1/20th of the way closer to finishing his man room! Maybe another 1/20th today.