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Shirl · by **Shirl** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 3:49 pm

[font=Arial]:cry: Sorry to hear about Zebra - he's too energetic for his own good. When Sadie came to live with us we had a similar problem with Gemma our older dog. She led a fairly sedate life before Sadie came then went full tilt - thought she was a young dog again and ran and played with Sadie doing everything she did. We thought it was wonderful how they were running and playing together but Gemma one morning could not walk on one of her legs at all. The vet said she had strained all the ligaments and tendons in that leg and may need an operation if rest did not heal it. She has heeled and no operation needed. We no longer let her tear around and leave that all to Sadie. Time and only gentle exercise did the trick and she is as good as new now. I am sure with careful watching Zebra will fully recover and now you are aware that there can be a problem, you can monitor him doing to much and use your trick of diverting him with a toy - it always works, you just need a lot of toys.

With best wishes to you all.

Shirl, Sadie and Gemma

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zebra · by **zebra** » Tue Sep 02, 2008 7:43 pm

Thanks for worrying about him but the good news is that Zebs better - hurrah! :lol:

He's been on holiday for the last week - visiting his grand parents (in Lincolnshire) and meeting their new dog Jack (the Jack Russell) - I'll upload some photos once I've unpacked the camera as we only just got home today.
In fact on his journey, Zeb got to visit many places on the way up from Ikea in Bristol to at least one service station every hour due to the wind he had!! :shock:

Every stop was a walk to see if he needed to do what we know he needed doing but he saved it until we were at the destination.

zebra · by **zebra** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:35 pm

A couple of photos from Zebs visit to Lincolnshire

Zebra and me on the seat:

Me Annoying Zebra to make him move:

Zebra taking the seat:

How uncle Jack sees Zebra:

Hiding in the grass:

Running through the grass:

Resting:

Playing ball in grannies garden:

zebra · by **zebra** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:23 pm

Just a quick update to let you all know that Zebra likes coconut!

We cracked one open today and we all sat on the kitchen floor eating bits - he really chews them up before swallowing!! :D

Shirl · by **Shirl** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:28 pm

zebra wrote:Just a quick update to let you all know that Zebra likes coconut!

We cracked one open today and we all sat on the kitchen floor eating bits - he really chews them up before swallowing!! :D

Sweet!

zebra · by **zebra** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:39 am

Zeb enjoying his sofa

Zeb enjoying his nightly sofa sharing with mum (mum hasn't made it to the sofa yet)

Hiding - I'm not moving as you cannot see me!

zebra · by **zebra** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:26 pm

So it turns out that dogs dont have great night vision.....when I say dogs obviously I mean Zebra - he is pants in the dark!

As the nights are now dark he gets a good running around 4pm whilst he can still see the ball and has some fun...then later between 8 and midnight he goes out again, only this time DAD carries a torch so he can shine it on the ball in the dark so the beast can see it and chase it. To make life that little bit easier he has 2 flashing collars so we can see him in the dark (dont like to shine the torch at him as his night vision is already rubbish).

Once he is tired and panting away; we then go for a half a mile jog, which over the last 5 nights he has been fantastic at and keeps my pace (slow). Occasionally he will dart forward but a heel command and a gentle pull on the lead and he is lolloping quite nicely which in turn he gets a nice healthy (due to his diet needs) biscuit and a sleep on the main sofa (see pictures in previous post) - he later moves to his 2 seater sofa for the night!

My legs hurt now! :cry:

zebra · by **zebra** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:58 pm

Turns out that Zebra loves vegetables; mainly raw broccoli and carrots as both are very crunchy and he loves to chew!
He's not keen on lettuce as it tends to be floppy and he very quickly spits it out of the bowl...

Oh and an occasionally boiled egg goes down a treat as well.... messy but tasty!

zebra · by **zebra** » Sun May 10, 2009 5:15 pm

He's on rest at the moment as he has managed to cut one of his back feet last Sunday on either glass or a can in the long grass he was running through. Zebras been on short walks for toilet trips but after his second bandage change yesterday the nurse has given us the all clear to road walk him so today he had his first hour long wander in 7 days and he felt it...

We are now looking at buying him some dog boots to protect his feet as he has so many problems; if we get some - expect some photos of him looking like a rock climber!!

Sample dog boots (not Zebras legs)

zebra · by **zebra** » Sun May 10, 2009 5:18 pm

Oh and I forget to mention that we popped back to Gables to gift aid some money we had raised and Zebra loved the attention; everyone came out to say hello and Zebs little stump didn't stop moving.... he missed you all but loves where he is.

zebra · by **zebra** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:49 pm

Yep The Zeb Meister is finally back to his lunatic self - BALL BALL BALL BALL!
He's running around and chasing his ball after his foot was cut. He's enjoying the sunshine and as I'm working from home a whole lot more he has the back door open and sunbathes for the morning until we wander out for lunch time walks; then his routine is to lie on my bed to cool off and have an afternoon carrot.

zebra · by **zebra** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:21 pm

I've found a new website which will allow you to upload your own photos for various effects - some of which you can see below.

Zeb on TV; Transformers (its current topic in the film world!

) and how Zebra looks on a big poster!

The web page you can create your own pictures ishttp://www.photofunia.com/

Shirl · by **Shirl** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:17 pm

that is soo cool

zebra wrote:I've found a new website which will allow you to upload your own photos for various effects - some of which you can see below.

Zeb on TV; Transformers (its current topic in the film world! ) and how Zebra looks on a big poster!

The web page you can create your own pictures ishttp://www.photofunia.com/

zebra · by **zebra** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:48 pm

During the warm weather recently we decided to cool the big hairy beast off in a local river... here are a couple of images from his fun time....

Splashing around

Its warm....honest!

Evil face

Gentle splash

Drying off by running AT dad!!

zebra · by **zebra** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:03 pm

[font=Arial Black]WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET YOUR DOG A GIANT CARROT?[/font]

A VERY MESSY CARPET IS WHAT YOU GET!

He did actually eat it all but had to have a break and come back to it.....he loves to chew and crunch things!

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