Hi! It's Zoe. A few days ago, my mommy's business partner, Hilda, brought to the office a Great Dane puppy. She called him Oreo. He is the runt of the litter and needed special attention. He was only a three weeks old! I learned how to take care of him and his special needs that day. Having to feed and burp him was work. (We took a lot of pictures and video!)

I fed Oreo a special baby formula for puppies from a bottle that looked just like a baby's bottle. It was so cute when he scrambled to get the milk. Sometimes he would suck on my finger accidentally. It tickled and made me giggle.

After feeding him, I needed to burp him. He was very full and I didn't want him to get a tummy ache because of all the gas in his stomach. I had to put him on my shoulder and gently tap him on the back to get the gas bubbles out of his tummy. Soon, he was tired and happy. 

Since Oreo was tired I had to put him to sleep, I sat on a rocking chair and rocked back and forth with him in my arms, lulling him to sleep. When he slept he kicked and growled! I guess he was having puppy dreams. It was too cute for words. 

I feel that taking care of Oreo must be similar to taking care of a baby. It also reminded me of the story in the book My New Puppy, where Lae Lae learns how to take care of her puppy. I loved caring for Oreo!

Hi, it's Zoe. Today is the last day of the "Three Important R's" I have been writing about. I've written about recycling and about responsibility, and today I would like to talk about respect. Of course there are all types of respect. There is the respect we show our parents, teachers, and friends. There is the respect we show our community and the environment. But I want to continue with the idea of the respect we show to our pets like being mindful of their needs and respecting them by creating healthy loving homes for them.

I've talked about taking care of my animals before. I mentioned all three of my dogs and my Red Footed tortoise, Shelly. I haven't talked about taking care of her. I have to be respectful towards Shelly because of her unique needs. As her owner, I remember how it must feel to depend on someone to take care of me. I depend on my parents to take care of me, and I am in a way Shelly's parent because I take care of her. 

Recently, I had to build a new log hut for her because she had grown too big for her other one and it's too cold to let her sleep outdoors in the backyard. She prefers it out there in the summer. She has an indoor pen for winter days and nights when it gets too cold outside. My daddy told me we needed to build Shelly a new log hut for her pen. So, we went to the garage where we built a great hut with screws and bolts and a small wooden crate we had. We used her old log as the roof. I had lots of fun with my daddy and I made sure to say thank you to him when we finished. Shelly loves her new house that I call the tortoise barn.

Shelly is very interesting. For one thing, none of my other friends have a tortoise for a pet. Shelly actually comes to you when you call her (sometimes). She can also live for 60 years! She eats mostly vegetables, but NOT lettuce or spinach. We feed her thawed frozen mix vegetables. She likes fruit too, like strawberries and pear, but her favorite fruit is raspberry. She makes me laugh when I watch her walk because she waddles! Watch the video of her walking below.

Well, that wraps up this topic on respect. There are many things you need to be respectful towards and I wish I could share some more with you. But, I must go and get ready for bed. If you have questions or just want to say hi remember to leave me a comment. Bye!

Hi! It’s Zoe, today I’d like to talk to you about responsibility. There are many things you need to be responsible with. Here is one.  

You have probably read the Lae Lae book, My New Puppy, and learned about how I have to bath my doggie and brush her and many more things. But did you know that I have two other doggies? Their names are Sophia and Molly. I also have a tortoise named Shelly. I have to be very responsible when I take care of them all even though I get lots of help from my brother and mommy.   

Do you have pets? Well, always remember to be responsible and feed them and take good care of them. Pets are not like toys where you can throw them away when you get bored of them. Always be responsible with your animals.
                                          
Instead of just taking care of my animals and loving them, I even celebrate their adoption day. Here is a recipe for dog cakes I created to celebrate my dog’s adoption day. Some things you will need: ·       

    One box of Milk Bone treats ( or any other hard, crumbly treat for dogs) · 
    One box of doggie beef jerky.      
    A meat mallet or tenderizer ( have a grown-up find it for you) ·        
    A Ziploc bag ·        
    1 egg ·        
    1 big bowl ·        
    1 plate ·        
    1 cooking pan ·        
    foil ·        
    Spray Butter

Remember to always have a grown-up with you to help make these treats.   

What to do:    

Put six Milk Bone treats in the Ziploc bag and have a grown- up smash them with the meat mallet ( or tenderizer) into crumbs. Put they crumbs in the bowl and add the egg. Stir till mixed. Get 2 jerky treats and place them on the plate. Put a dollop of the mix on top of one jerky piece and put another jerky piece on top to make a sandwich. Keep doing this to make as many patties as you want. Have a grown up set your oven to 375 degrees let the patties cook for 10 minutes on the pan covered with foil and butter. When they have cooked remove them and let them cool.

Then it's time to sing happy adoption day (The Birthday song) to your doggies and let them enjoy!       

There are many many other things in the world that you have to be responsible with like books, and school property. But, sadly I don’t have time to write all of the many things that you might be responsible for.

So, I must go. If you have any questions, remember you can ask me online. Remember to be responsible! Bye!

P.S. Here's a small clip of me when I was younger holding Liberty as a puppy. Hope it brings a smile to you.