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So… Which one of these buttons dispenses the treats??? ;-)

jess

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I took this pic at Furry’s bday party..

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We don’t have a tandoor, so when we have a craving for fresh-baked naan, we have to improvise. Here is some video showing how we made naan using a pizza stone in our regular oven.

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The next step is to build a tandoor in the backyard.

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May, Jess, and I went to hear Alice Waters speak at Red Hill Books. It was packed! Here is the view from the very back:

Here is a strange thing with feathers, in a window display next door to Red Hill:

It was cold night! Even Zara needed a scarf!

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I’ve been trying to teach Zara how to roll over. We’re still using a food lure, but she’s getting the hang of it!

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I’ve been teaching Zara how to catch the Ultimate disc.. she’s getting really good, even though the disc is three times larger than her head! Here are some videos of Zara playing catch on top of Bernal hill:

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Here is an earlier video of Zara learning how to catch a floppy puppy disc.

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We’re dog-sitting Kindred this weekend.. When Julij brought him over, I commented how Zara and Kindred hadn’t yet clicked as dog friends. Yeah, that lasted for about five minutes. They only stop playing for disco naps, and then they wake up and are at it again. Here’s some video of our tired but happy doggies:

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Here is a short video of Zara and Annie snuggling while Ziggy looks on from the saftey of Jess’ lap:

Link to larger version

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Here’s a link to the finished drawing. (and where you can get one too.)

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Zara: Will you sniff my belly?
Annie: We’ve been playing all day! Don’t you ever get tired??
Zara: Yes, but I really like getting my belly sniffed when I’m tired. Will you sniff my belly?
Annie: OK, but I’ve already sniffed your belly 1025 times today. Just *one* more time!!
Zara: YAY!!!!!!
(20 seconds pass)
Zara: Will you sniff my belly???

You should see them playing when they aren’t tired..

Higher rez version here.

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We took Zara to the BTxGGPPwBC day party yesterday, and we all had a great time! It was a beautiful day and a wonderful party! Thanks to EJ for taking pics!

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Adam Koford is a cartoonist who runs the distributed E-Hobo effort that illustrated the 800 hobo names from John Hodgman’s Areas of My Expertise. He was also selling custom-painted postcards illustrating your own hobo name, and Mikey commissioned a drawing of TikiRobot Raj and his Superdog Zara!

Mikey gave me the art-card yesterday at the Ranch and it totally blew me away! So beautiful and perfect! I love the way Adam captured Zara’s Z-tag, and floppy ears, and my flaming head! Thanks much to both of you!

Links!

• TikiRobot Raj on flickr
• TikiRobot Raj on Adam’s blog, Hobotopia
• Your Hobo Names set on flickr
• The 700 Hobos Project on flickr
• e-hobo.com
  

Also notice the remarkable similarity between TikiRobot Raj and George, who rode atop the TikiCrawler and now resides at the ranch:

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We found Ice-Bat at Archimage in Rochester, and brought him home to live with us. We didn’t know how Zara and Ice-Bat would get along, but they’ve become fast friends!

More pics!

Also, don’t let your dog play with things that aren’t dog toys. It is dangerous.

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Rajbot: Hey Zara, do you want to listen to some music I just put on my iPod?
Zara: Arf!
Rajbot: It’s an old chillits set.. let me know what you think!
Zara: *tilts head* Baroo?
Rajbot: Well, give it some time..
Zara: *tilts head in the other direction*
Zara: THIS MUSIC ANGERS ME! I SHALL DESTROY THE SPEAKER!!!!

Thanks Lisa for taking the video :)

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We’ve been spending more time with dogs than people lately.. Mike and Thea are on a honeymoon so we’ve been hanging out with Bear!

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Bob, Q, Rhea, Trish and Cory, and Will and Nat were in town for the AGU conference.

Zara was so excited to hang out with rock nerds that she was moving at lightning speed… she just couldn’t stay still!

We hadn’t seen each other in years and met up for YUMMMMMY DIM SUM with the Johnsons at Legendary Palace.. pics!

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I found this great pic of Zara on top of Bernal hill! Hmmmm.. I wonder who took it :)

Zara’s ears are in full effect, and she’s giving the camera the baroo head tilt. Cuuuuute!!

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Zara is scared of the ocean waves! The other doggies run in, but Zara stands at the water’s edge and waits for them to swim back..

A few months ago we took her to Mendocino, and Zara had fun playing in the sand!

But then her ball rolled reeealy close to the ocean..

And we gave her some treats when she went close to the calm water…

There were no scary waves at this beach, and our verrry brave puppy put her teeny tiny paw into the ocean for the first time!

Being a brave puppy is so very very hard! Now it’s time for napzzzzzzzzz…..

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I taught Zara how to catch a frisbee today.. It only took about twenty minutes. How long do you think it would take to teach her ultimate?

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Five things my puppy chewed on this morning while I was still asleep:

• Curb Your Enthusiasm DVD from 4 Star Video ($36 to replace)
• Jess’s dress shoes (Zara got into the closet for the first time)
• Jess’s other pair of dress shoes (Puppy has expensive taste)
• Giant blue furry coat, originally purchased for Zombie Marilyn Monroe costume (fortunately you can’t destroy zombie clothing)
• Jess’s eyeglasses (thankfully not destroyed)

Right now she is sleeping soundly, no doubt dreaming about interesting things to chew on tomorrow.. but tomorrow she’ll be staying in her crate until I’m awake!

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Jess and Erica and Zara went hiking around the city yesterday.. Here is a cute picture of Zara on top of Bernal hill:

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We’ve been having fun socializing Zara.. Just a few weeks ago she was scared of a lot of people and all other doggies. Now that she has her shots we go to Bernal hill every day, and we’ve gone on adventures to Land’s End with Jesse and Bob, and to Fort Funston with Lisa and Amy. She loves other people and is getting used to other dogs. Our neighbors cut a hole in their fence so their dogs could play with the dogs next door, and we get to take Zara over for doggie play dates. Very fun!

But Zara is still a scaredy puppy, and we a lot more work to do.
Things Zara is scared of:

• BBQ grills
• Ceiling fans
• Helium balloons
• The sound of the wind
• Her reflection

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