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Zorba's Doggie Bloggie 2.0

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Woof everyone!!  It has been busy and exciting month, paws up...who wants to hear more? I have more than doubled in size and weight, I am now 11.4kgs! I’m now proudly wearing my Guide Dog tag.   At the Vets A few weeks ago, I was very poorly because of a tummy bug. I was rushed to the vets (a new vets 30 minutes away because it was the weekend). I had a special injection to stop me being sick and some fluids. I had to stay in doggie hospital for the day and I had loads of cuddles from the vet nurses. I was back being cheeky after a couple of days. Here is me when I was really sick with a tube in my arm that is for the medicine. The next trip to the vets was much better. I had my vaccination, an injection to stop me getting illnesses that will make me super poorly. I don't want to be rushed to the vets again thank you! Here is a picture of my vet:   The things I have been learning… I've got the Briggs family nearly trained up. They are kindly up at 0530hrs for a trip outside and

Zorba's Adventures -the first two weeks

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Woof! My name is Zorba and I am a chocolate Labrador who is going to be a guide dog when I grow up. I met my new family, Fudge (golden Labrador) and the rest of the Briggs' on 16th October. In my first family,  I had 8 brothers and sisters. Three of us are going to be guide dogs. Here are my brother and sister.   A lady called Georgina from Guide Dogs delivered me here. She comes and check on me every couple weeks, she helps us all learn and gives me lots of yummy treats. I like her shoe laces.  I am learning to go to the toilet outside, wear my collar, sit and not jump up. I like chewing everything and playing with Fudge. Those humans stop the fun when we get a bit crazy but I love being crazy!  When I came here, I was 4.8kgs. I was poorly for a few days but now I am better and eating all my food. So I will grow very quickly and I sleep a lot to grow some more. Have you heard about the heaviest dog in the world? He was also called Zorba and weighed 142kg ! I am not going to be tha