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Dogs

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Dogs

This is going to take some practice…

... and a faster shutter speed. I made my first attempt to take pictures of Finney playing in the yard today, but most of the results were blurry. In retrospect I should…

Dogs

Finney settling in

It's been a while since we had a dog and this past summer Paula and I started researching greyhounds. It took us a while to be ready to get a new dog,…

So… what kind of dog is she?

We were always curious just what mix of breeds went into Nala (and were often asked).  If she were still around I would have totally forked over the $65 needed to buy the Canine Heritage Test. …

Goodbye Nala

After gracing us with her presence for the past seven years our three-legged princess is gone. We adopted Nala from the San Jose Humane Society shortly after buying our house in 1998.  After…

Goodbye Micah

This picture was taken by Paula in March of 2002 when Leslie adopted Micha.  At around ten years old, with a heart murmur, a little blind and a lot deaf, Micha was…

Tipsy dog, one month on

It's been about a month since Nala's second episode of vestibulitis and she is as happy as ever.  She isn't, honestly, back to 100% though... she's not even back to 100% of where she…

Relapse

Just about a year after her first attack of vestibulitis Nala has had another attack.  Paula was at home this time when it happened and it was nowhere near as bad as…

Worry is subsiding

Nala is very thankful for all the well wishes (Nala can’t read so I simply give her a dog biscuit every time someone posts a get well wish, she seems thankful). I…

… and how was your weekend?

We had a bit of a scary weekend.  We went out for a hike on Sunday and came home to find our dog Nala hiding in a corner and a lot of…