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The Scary Gate

We call Zuma our "chicken". He is afraid of EVERYTHING! He jumps at the smallest touch that he is not expecting, he only goes up the stairs if no one else in going up and the dog gate is his worst enemy. 
It might have something to do with the fact that he got his head stuck in the rails when he was still a puppy. He was all by himself and when Katie came home she found him in there, whining, she said it was heart breaking. Who knows how long he was stuck...poor guy.
Most days he makes it through okay, barely, but he makes it, but at least once a week, he just totally freaks out and bolts through the OPEN gate like a maniac and this is how we find it then. 

Wir nennen Zuma unseren "Angsthasen". Er hat vor allem Angst! Er springt bei der kleinsten Berührung, die er nicht erwartet hat, er geht nur die Treppe hinauf, wenn sonst niemand auf der Treppe ist und das Hundetor ist sein schlimmster Feind.
Es könnte etwas mit der Tatsache zu tun haben, dass er seinen Kopf in den Gittern eingeklemmt hat, als er noch ein Welpe war. Er war ganz allein, und als Katie nach Hause kam, fand sie ihn dort, am Jammern, sie sagte, es war herzzerreissend. Wer weiß, wie lange er da schon steckte ... armer Kerl.

An den meisten Tagen kommt er ohne grosse Probleme durchs Tor und die Betonung liegt auf "ohne GROSSE", aber mindestens einmal pro Woche bekommt er die totale Krise und rennt wie ein Verrueckter durchs OFFENE Tor, welches wir dann so vorfinden.

After this happened the last time, I grabbed my camera to document his crazy personality.

Beim letzten Mal habe ich mir meine Kamera geschnappt, um seine verrückte Persönlichkeit festzuhalten.
He literally just stands there, too afraid to cross over.

Er steht einfach nur da, da er zuviel Angst hat, um die Schwelle zu überqueren.
It's hard to see, but we even put a treat on the floor in the attempt to give him an incentive to cross over. He really wanted the treat, but in the end, his fear was too strong.

Eventually Cosie stepped in and took care of the treat...what a good brother he is...ha!

Es ist schwer auf dem Foto zu sehen, aber wir haben sogar ein Leckerli auf den Boden gelegt, in dem Versuch, ihn ueber die Schwelle zu kriegen. Er wollte es wirklich haben, aber am Ende war seine Angst zu gross.

Schließlich hat Cosie sich erbarmt und kümmerte sich ums Leckerli ... was ein guter Bruder er ist... ha!



And this is my little chicken peeking through the dog door, he always does this to check out what's going on in the house and if it's worth coming in for.

See that pile of dog hair on the floor? I should be embarrassed, but that's just how the laundry room looks these days...we live with two shedding machines!
Just trying to keep it real people! :)


Und dies ist mein kleiner Angsthase wir er durch die Hundetuer spaeht, er macht das staendig um zu überprüfen, was im Haus los ist und ob es sich dafuer lohnt, herein zu kommen.

Seht ihr den Haufen Hundehaare auf dem Boden? Das muesste mir jetzt peinlich sein, aber so sieht unsere Waschkueche in letzter Zeit nunmal aus ... wir leben mit zwei haarenden Monstern!

Das ist halt die Realitaet Leute! :)



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