Our Adventure at Stony Brook

We spent a day at Stony Brook Park and, of course, we took Zeus. It was interesting, to say the least. It was early June, so Zeus had only been with us for about 6 weeks. We were still dealing with some diarrhea issues but figured we'd take our chances. The weather was gorgeous that day and we so badly wanted to take a hike at Stony Brook, so off we went!

The trip seemed like it took forever. Zeus sat in the middle seat with Alicia and Sara. Alicia loved sharing the seat next to him, Sara was disgusted every time his body touched hers. At the time, I couldn't figure out what her issue with him was. All I knew is since she didn't want him initially, she wasn't willing to warm up to him at all. She was really stubborn about getting her point across - and she was very successful at it, too.

Once we finally go there, we unloaded out of the vehicle - all 6 humans and one large, very clumsy puppy. Since it was a warm day, we made sure we carried a few water bottles with us and we took poop bags, too. About 1 hour into our walk, Zeus found it necessary to squat... and really soft poop was left behind. I bagged it as best as possible, but it's not easy to scoop up anything too mooshy. I'd say about a 1/2 hour later, he squatted again. This time it was diarrhea... Not pretty, and not in a good spot. He hadn't quite learned yet that he is supposed to go off the beaten path when he goes to the bathroom. So he'd squat right where he was walking and, of course, where we humans were also walking. Ever notice the look of disgust you get from the general crowd when your dog is taking a crap? Try imagining it happening in a highly populated park... it's 100x worse... I was embarrassed and Steve was angry. It was now to a point that we couldn't pick up his 'poop'. We ended up pouring our drinking water on it in hopes of washing it away. He squatted probably 10 times that day and at one point, we had run out of water to pour over it... so Steve covered the spots with leaves  :) 

Zeus, asleep on the ride home. He was pooped!