Zoe is just over a year old and has to be the one of the most personable dogs we have owned. 

This little girl is always by my side, follows me from room to room.  If you are doing something she is right there checking it out.

She greets my husband with an over exaggerated cavalier wiggle, usually with a toy in her mouth giving him a muffled “wo wo wo” as if she is telling him about her day happily wiggling around his feet.  We usually can get her to “talk” by saying “tell me about it” or as my husband and daughter like to do, get her started by mimicking the “wo wo wo” to her in a low pitch.  She wiggles and prances around, tail going a mile a minute telling her tale. we get a kick out of it everytime she does it.

She loves to stand on our bed with her front paws on the top of the foot board gazing at herself in the mirror. We wonder what she is thinking as her tail wags checking herself out.

With Zoe you are guaranteed that if you are lying in bed on your back she feels the need to come over before going to sleep and stand on your chest, she does this with my husband.  He is usually all settled in, Cali comes over to him and sniffs him, he pats her goodnight.  Meanwhile Zoe is like ”me, pat me to”. She scrambles and climbs on his chest, standing there looking and  waiting for the exact moment to lick his chin.  Once she accomplishes that she comes over to me and plunks herself against me and is planted solidly in that spot.  Cali likes to quietly curl up on her blanket at my feet.

Cali is a little taller than Zoe.  Zoe takes great joy in running under Cali, if playing she tries to throw her off balance this way.  Most of the time she scoots under her to get to something, this is a little rough on Cali if they are on leashes outside!

Zoe seems to find joy in just about everything, she is rambunctious and adventuresome.  She is a character and our entertainer.  If you leave the room she is following you curious and boldly checking into what you are doing. 

If you close a door she has her nose under the edge of the door trying to figure out what is going on in there.  When I leave to run errands she is right there to greet me at the door when I return before anyone else.  On shopping day she sits on the rug in front of the sink keeping me company in case I brought a present home for them..usually a treat or toy she can shred.

Cali is a little stand offish and if you want her to come to you she hesitates and approaches slowly.  Zoe on the other hand runs wiggly over and leans into you, she can’t get enough hugs and pats.  She runs happily,tail wagging behind you either licking your calf or stepping in your flip flops as you walk. There are times you wish she wouldn’t walk so close especially when she has a Nyla bone in her mouth and she pokes you with it.

If Cali is barking, Zoe runs to me and and sits at my feet staring up at me as if to say “I am being good, Mommy”.  We are not a fan of the barking especially the high pitch one Cali does to sirens that pass, we are working on controlling it. Sometimes I am not in the room when it happens, if not Zoe comes to find me doing the good girl thing for me. 

Other times if Cali barks she nudge Cali’s face with hers as if she is trying to stop her, or joins in with a muffled low bark watching me to see if I approve.  As soon as I get up or head over, Zoe quick runs next to me as quiet as can be.  She is kind of like that little kid that is brown nosing it to the teacher. 

She is a sweetie, a joy, a bug, a teaser, a love.  She keeps us laughing . As different as our two cavaliers are it seems their differences seem to balance out and they fit nicely into our lives, we love them…