Comfortable...

In little tiny ways, Grete and Gesso are getting more and more comfortable with each other. Tonight, we had family brushing night on the kitchen floor. I laid the "grooming blanket" on my lap, brushed Gesso with the Furminator (which she loves), and Grete snuggled up beside us on an extra bit of the blanket. Gesso continued to purr the entire time.

Also... today, September 28th, is Grete's 5 month birthday.

She ushered it in by taking a nap with the cat.

Neverending story impersonation?

This is my new favorite Grete picture. It helps to have a boyfriend with a really good camera and... what's the called again? Oh yeah. Talent. :-)
I tried to add his pictures of Grete to my flickr badges, but it seems like the all_tag source is broken or the results are just cached somewhere. Perhaps tomorrow they're show up, but you can check out the entire world of grete the dog pictures here.
Update: Yep. It was just weird caching going on. The badge on the right is now updating with all recent gretethedog pics. Whoot!

grete loves jar jar

Grete's First Run

Grete and I tried to jog a little tonight. Here's the Nike+ readout. As you can see, she started to really get the hang of it toward the middle.

29.5 lbs!

June 28 - 15.1 lbs
July 14 - 18.5 lbs
August 7 - 24.5 lbs
August 30 - 29.5 lbs

We're slowing down to ~3.5 oz per day.

You know you've been around puppies too much when...

Today, as I was coding in emacs, I typed 'M-x toggle-leave-it' instead
of 'M-x toggle-read-only'.

doggie boredom

I'm sick. grete is not. life sucks.

Pool Party

Grete loves her pool - even when it's empty. It also makes a cute backdrop so there are some new pictures in flickr. I also added a couple flickr sampler badges to the blog. Scroll down for puppy goodness.

Grete by the numbers

In case you're thinking about getting a dog, here is a current snapshot of Grete's monetary cost during the first 40 days we've been together.

$120 to the shelter (Some of which I'll get back when she's spayed.)
$28.90 to the ferries (To pick her up)

$597.32 to Elliott Bay Animal Hospital (Exams, shots, fecal tests, medicines)

$302.52 to All the Best (First crate, first leash, first everything...)

$95.34 to Four Legs Good (Food)

$239.50 to Petco (Second crate, first pen, a couple toys)

$199.00 to Ahimsa (Training / Socialization)

$251.62 to Mud Bay (Spoiling - Toys and Treats)

$75.14 to Railey's (Spoiling - Toys and Treats)

[ $??.?? to the gas companies for picking her up and shuttling her around ]

[ $??.?? from others who have bought her presents ]

Grand [Known] Total So Far: $1909.34

Lucky dog

Grete had her final shots today. (Rabies + Distemper combo.) 1 week from now, we're clear for dog parks. However, Ahimsa would prefer we not go to the dog park until we're done with puppy class since some of the puppies there may only have their first shots. Thus, our first visit to a Seattle dog park may be the afternoon of 9/16. We'll see. In theory, I can also take her to the park and then give her a bath before class.

But that's not why she's a lucky dog. After the vet, we came home to a bag of free dog food and a $5 gift certificate to smileydog.com. We entered a drawing at the Ballard Sunday Market / Seafood Fest on the 29th, and Grete won. Unfortunately, it's Canidae All Life Stages, and she's currently eating California Naturals Puppy, but maybe we can work it in as a treat.