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Another day in Paradise!


Katie's Eltern sind fuer zwei Wochen in Italien und somit passen wir fuer die Zeit auf Christian, ihre vier Hunde und das Haus auf. Vorgestern sind wir hier mit Sack und Pack eingezogen und wuerde es nach mir gehen werde ich nie wieder ausziehen. Das Haus liegt in Paradise Valley und das kann man ruhig woertlich nehmen, es ist ein Paradies hier! Auch wenn wir weiterhin arbeiten muessen, es fuehlt sich wie Urlaub an, bei 35 Grad Celcius am Pool liegen und man muss sich um nichts Sorgen machen, ausser vielleicht was man an dem Abend essen moechte. Das Beste an dem Deal ist fuer mich vermutlich, dass es hier nichts zu putzen gibt, das Haus kommt sogar mit einer Putzfrau! 
Zuma und Cosie geniessen ihren "Urlaub" genauso sehr wie ich. Sie rennen den lieben langen Tag wie zwei Irre ueber das riesen Grundstueck, kuehlen sich in den Brunnen ab und spielen mit den anderen Hunden. Leider gab es an unserem ersten Tag hier direkt einen kleinen Unfall, Zuma ist ausgerutscht und lag auf einmal im Pool. Er konnte sich zwar zeitweise ueber Wasser halten, aber wusste nicht, wo die Treppe ist um aus dem Pool herauszukommen. Gluecklicherweise hat Katie es rechtzeitig gesehen und konnte ihn aus dem Pool ziehen, wer weiss, was sonst passiert waere!
Und so haben wir den Sonntag am Pool verbracht und versucht unseren Hunden das Schwimmen beizubringen und vorallem wo der "Ausgang" ist. Beide sind extrem wasserscheu und so war es nicht leicht, sie in den Pool zu bekommen, aber nach ein paar Versuchen ist Cosie sogar von alleine ins Wasser gegangen und den Ball herauszuholen! Zuma wollte allerdings nach wie vor nichts damit zu tun haben und nachdem ich ihn ein paar Mal ins Wasser getragen habe und ihn dann zum Ende schwimmen gelassen habe waehrend Katie ihn gerufen hat, hatte er die Schnauze voll. Wir hoffen, dass sie es zumindest begriffen haben, wo das Ende des Pools ist und sie sich im Notfall retten koennen. 

Katie's parents went to Italy for two weeks, so we're babysitting Christian, their four dogs and watching the house while they are gone. We moved in two days ago and if it was up to me, I will never leave again. The house is in Paradise Valley and it is truly a Paradise here!
Even though we still have to work, it feels like a vacation, laying by the pool with temperatures in the nineties and nothing to worry about besides what you want to make for dinner that night. The best thing for me about it is probably the fact that there is nothing to clean here, the house even comes with a cleaning lady! Heaven!
Zuma and Cosie enjoying their vacation as much as I do. They're running like crazy all day long in the huge backyard, cool off in the fountains and play with the other dogs. Unfortunately we already had a little accident on our first day here. Zuma slipped and fell into the pool. Although he knew how to swim, he didn't know where the exit of the pool was and totally panicked. Luckily Katie saw what happened and was able to get him out of the pool, who knows what could've happened!
And so we spent the Sunday at the pool, trying to teach our dogs how to swim and especially where the exit is. Both dogs do not like the water and it wasn't easy to get them in the water, but after a few tries Cosie was all about it and went into the water by himself to fetch the ball. Zuma on the other hand didn't want anything to do with the pool and after I carried him into the water a few times and let him swim to the end while Katie called him, he had enough. We hope that they at least learned where the exit is and that they would be able to save themselves if they had to.

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