On her second birthday Genie had her first visit to a dog park. This is the ultimate of dog parks, in my opinion, though it was also my first visit to a dog park. All the dogs we encountered were happy and well socialized with other dogs. The park is beautiful! Genie, who’s very happy never to see a lake, was quite content doing all the running and sniffing she could do.
Read moreVan filled with four dogs, one very reluctant (that would be Jig), driving from VA to Missouri. Here we are at a rest stop in West Virginia, day 1. Zip is already tired of riding but is being a trooper. We’ll see how that goes tomorrow. The little yellow dog wants to come with us.
Read moreThis spring my friend Jo fostered a momma Aussie who gave birth to 6 sprightly pups. I got to photograph them when they were about 8 weeks old, just before they went to their new homes. Here’s one of the little buggers.
Read moreGenie is not a good jumper. It’s one of those things I need to work on with her constantly. She gets a-runnin’ and takes off early. Then she sprouts her (invisible) wings and s t r e t c h e s over the jump. Ann Hereford captured her doing one of these jumps at a DGOTC agility run-thru in the end of August. I love this photo, but the fact that she’s just barely over the jump and on
Read moreOne of the things I love about Puppy Kindergarten classes at Mountain View is the fact that puppies come! – and I get to photograph them. Here’s a lovely lab pup in a rare quiet, thoughtful moment.
Read moreJig can be silly no matter what he does, especially when he’s serious.
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