Patch

My favourite dog that I don't own, the great Patch.

Setting up for the shed:

Holding a single:

TGIF

The original king of the park, even in hot weather:  Bear:

And his, er, lady in waiting, Wicked

Tongue out for maximum cooling effect.

Oh dear doG, she actually got the ball.

Two different reactions to the fireworks

Bear couldn't care less.  He is focussed on the cake in the oven.

But 50 minutes is a long time to wait, and he drifts to sleep ... again.

Wick is hiding in the panic room.  Hey, let's add to her misery by bringing out the camera!

Oh ... dear ....

Twice as Wicked

Wicked met Nancy Gyes's fabulous agility dog, Wicked, at the recent Northwest Regional USDAA trial.  Come on, when you meet another dog named Wicked, you HAVE to take a picture!

Sunday morning at the beach

Finally, a sunny morning and the tide was low. The dogs are filthy and there is sand everywhere - all in all, an idyllic few hours in paradise.

Bear with his ball

That's a whole lotta wet dog.

The gruesome twosome - Bear and Wick

Wick doesn't get the ball ... again

So she plays her favorite game - dig and catch.

That's nice, Wick.

Dogs in the grass

Bear, in an introspective moment, ponders his lot in life.

Josh is more of a good-time charlie.

So is Chance, who is loving life.

And Bear's favorite girl, Keeper.

Wicked the wonder dawg!

Goofing around with Photoshop CS2

If Wicked were in a movie, maybe the promo poster would look like this:

Our first attempt at RAW

No, not raw food (although the dogs are on a raw diet). RAW is like a digital negative, and by manipulating your tint, warmth, and a kagillion other settings, you can salvage an underexposed picture, or change the entire mood of a composition. I choose to utilize this valuable feature by taking a picture of my border collie staring at her belly-button.

Or doing a hand-stand on a tree trunk.

Make a funny face

Wick likes to make people laugh - even when she's weaving.

Beach girl

Her favorite thing in the world - dig the sand and catch it.


Dogs in the city.




Like a creature from the sea:




The calm before the storm: