zeke.thevizsla (2024)

22/11/2024

A free stack so nice even the lake cheered 👏🏼

21/11/2024

All the pretty leaves are covered in mushy, wet, heavy snow today, so let’s throw it back to a gorgeous fall day a couple weeks ago!

This boy takes after his big brother, Derek, and is always willing to pose for a photo. Not always happily, but he’ll stay put for me 🥹

13/11/2024

If you discover cotton candy skies on your walk, you have to stop & pose for photos, those are the rules 🤷🏼‍♀️

My only regret is that I didn’t pop off his harness for the full effect 🤭

12/11/2024

Big city, little dog

03/11/2024

With the emotional days of the last couple weeks I didn’t give Beezer’s half birthday the attention it deserved.

This little man is officially 18 months old 🥹

So here are 18 things to love about Beez:
1. He loves all toys
2. Rainbow ball comforts & calms him
3. The way he bounces on walks
4. The extra bounce he gets when he finds a stick
5. His recall is 10/10
6. He loves to rub his face against you
7. The way he “drops it” on command
8. His yawns are comically loud & demanding
9. He’s obsessed with soft blankets
10. He mostly sleeps on his cozy cave overnight
11. His teeny tiny little body
12. His connection to me
13. His excited demand barks at agility
14. His constant derp
15. They way get gets along with other dogs
16. Especially selective dogs 🥹
17. He brings pure joy to any situation
18. The way he stays close on emotional days

Forever grateful for his love & joy. Happy half birthday little guy. 💚

02/11/2024

Traded in the city for a weekend in nature with the best boy 🍂

27/10/2024

Here’s a compilation of what happens when you ask Beezer to stand still and take a photo.

For reference, he does a pretty great job staying put, but he’s often derpy, and if I take too long to capture the shot, he nose whistles in distaste 😅

26/10/2024

The most beautiful way to toast our boy, Zeke, on what should have been his 4th birthday.

Thank you, & for joining us, and to everyone who posted or shared photos from their own sunset toasts to Zeke. It means the world to see his memory is alive & well with so many of you.

Remember to go out & enjoy every day, you’ll never regret the moments spent with the ones you love 💙

24/10/2024

It’s Almost Friday.

Zeke used to love patios with us, until he got freaked out at our favorite bar and never really recovered (plus decided all patios were thereby unsafe 😢)

But I’m so glad that Beez enjoys tagging along to any & all outings, is able to reasonably relax, and enjoy our company as much as we enjoy his. It will never not make me think of his big brother being there first, and it always reminds me to soak up every moment because you never know if he might change his mind about being my beer buddy.

22/10/2024

Fall photos: my version vs. B’s version

17/10/2024

Beezer has been the best little brand sidekick, and he’s back to work tonight to join me for a Pups Halloween party! The best way to ensure he’s calm, cool, and collected is with some Calming Chews! He considers the chews a treat, but I can also drizzle the CBD tincture over his food for the same effect!

Whether your dog struggles in the crate, being left home alone, vet visits, or general anxiety, CBD is a great first step to helping them take the edge off and stay calm. If you’re interested in giving PawCBD a try, use the link in my bio, and code “PAW20” for 20% off your order, and let me know what you(r dog) thinks!

13/10/2024

So proud to get our first JH pass today 🥹💚

And like most things in life, there’s a story to it.

There was a double hunt test today, so we signed up to run twice today. In the morning Beez was a good listener, & searched the field, but outside of bumping into a bird and causing it to fly, he didn’t find & point any, so he did not pass.

In between our runs I was chatting with a vizsla breeder who is in charge of the Vizsla Club of IL. He asked if Beezer was my first vizsla, to which I replied, “how much time do you have?” I told the whole story (in short form) and said, “I never got Zeke on birds, so I owe it to him to do this with Beez.”

This afternoon, he ran with a fellow teenage girl, and he was a magnet to her butt the whole way out to the bird field. By the time we made it there, he was pooped. He was following me around and not ranging very far, while his brace mate found and flushed at least 3 birds. The judges were so kind and decided to plant a bird for him to see if they could produce a point. Beez located it, pointed, and they passed him 🥹 Incredibly generous for a very green handler and bird dog.

On the way out, the judge asked who our breeder was, and it turns out his first vizsla was from her as well. He told me his name and said to have our breeder connect him and I, so he could train with us and get Beez on more birds. Again, SO kind.

As I’m driving home I tell my breeder, Cathy, about this judge. She replies that he had a dog from her second litter, a dog out of Sky. Zeke’s dad. 😭💙

The way he continues to look out for us fills my heart with joy. Love you Zekey. And way to go, Beezer butt! 1 down, 3 to go next year!

12/10/2024

Instagram ➡️ Reality

08/10/2024

When you see it, in every photo no less 🥹

This is my favorite way to start any day. These outings bring me peace, allow me to breathe deeply, let go of the chaos in my brain, and feel a little closer to Zeke, as Beezer revels in his favorite places & spaces with me. So call me crazy, but in these photos, I’m reminded that he is always with us. 💙

05/10/2024

Beezer wants to make sure you take a moment to relax this weekend 🤍

21/09/2024

Beez and I were on a long walk this morning when we spotted a vizsla from a distance. Beez locked in immediately, recognizing “one of his own.” He was on leash but the girl was not. We were walking in parallel for awhile, with Beez intermittently stopping to point at or admire her, when the owner and I were finally close enough to say hello.

Beez and her dog said hi so well that we decided to continue walking together, with the dogs off leash and frolicking together. She mentioned her dog previously getting a cancer diagnosis but that she was fine now, which of course prompted me to mention Zeke. She had met him before, at a vizsla get together, and she had heard his story through the grapevine.

As we continued walking she asked how we chose Beezer’s name, which, in full explanation, goes back to Ziggy. So I had to explain how Zeke wasn’t our first tragic loss. She then asked the most poignant question (very respectfully and gently).

She said, “Are you just…scared? All the time?”

And what I told her was this:

Yeah. I am. But I can either live in a bubble in utter fear of everything within and beyond my control…or I can try to give him the best day, every day, because I know tomorrow isn’t promised. So I’ve actively decided to enjoy every single moment with him, because I don’t know how many I’ll get.

Is that easy? No. Am I still scared of something happening to Beezer too? Of course!! But staying in that brain space would be exhausting for me, and heartbreaking for him. He doesn’t deserve that kind of energy when all he brings to us is light & joy. So today is for you, Beez. And tomorrow, I hope. And every day I get to spend with you.

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11/09/2024

Let’s talk about the birds and the bees. Just kidding, let’s talk about BEEZ. 🐝

Beezer, Beez knees, beanie, B

It’s an emotional time of year, so it’s easy to get caught up in the bad memories that September and October will bring. But thankfully I have a little ray of light that (literally) follows me around. ☀️

So instead of dwelling today, I wanted to celebrate some of the things about Beez that make me smile:

- he loves toys so much. He endlessly entertains himself by digging through his bin and finding toys to pull out, but at the end of the day he needs his Barney or his rainbow ball to knead on.

- he has drive and self-control in all the right places and spaces. He points birds and squirrels, but will call off them. He loves to train agility with toys, but has a great drop it. This makes it so much fun to train with him and harness his energy in beautiful ways!

- he takes after Zeke in being so incredibly easy to live with. He loves a morning walk, but after that, unless called upon to go on an adventure or to train, he naps throughout the house all day, until it’s time to play with his toys, of course 😊

- he has such a lovely temperament around other dogs. If anything he leans on the wary side with unknown dogs, which makes it really easy to walk him past other dogs. But, when he’s playing with dogs he’s known, he does such a lovely job matching their energy and play style. It makes me feel so proud.

- he’s a sensy baby, like his big bro. He doesn’t like when people raise their voices, because he’s worried that you’re mad at him, or sad. We watched a football game at a friends and every time he shouted at the TV, Beez tried to go console him 🤍

- he has the most magical smile, wiggly butt, and goofy personality. He really does make every day brighter.

To my little bumble bee! Love you, buddy 💚

10/09/2024

Beezer ——> his role model, Zeke 💙

Getting back into agility after losing Zeke has been an emotional roller coaster. Dave isn’t quite ready to join us, which means Beezer and I are BOTH newbies, figuring it out together (aka learning every step from ). Zeke and Beez are also very different dogs to run, so while I stepped in to run Zeke in classes a number of times, running B is a whole different beast. Partly because he’s still learning, and partly because he has a boat load of drive and is fast as hell 😅 He loves to work for toys, so we’re learning how to incorporate them into training.

Zeke was incredible at agility, and he was so forgiving 🥹 he let me be clueless in practice and stuck by me, was super food motivated, but learned to really love the game, and he and Dave were a beautiful team to watch! Watching that tall, lanky boy wrap wings like nobody’s business was stunning!

When sent me the first photo of Beez, I knew I had a very similar shot of Zeke from - and I love seeing these two side-by-side. 💚💙

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