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Our new puppy, Rosie, and dog, Beauty, spar over a chew stick.

Portuguese Water Dog Puppy Tug of War!

Yes, we have the now famous breed in our home, a 9-week old puppy, Rosie. Our "house" dog, a Boxer-Great Dane(?) mix has been extremely tolerant, and in fact enjoys exasperating her younger sibling.

Our New Puppy!

We picked up Rosie, our Portuguese Water Dog puppy, on Saturday, from a breeder out in Bethel, PA. I guess a picture is worth 1000 words!

CC, the TV-Watching Dog

My friend and colleague Jeff has a Golden Retriever named CC, who loves, no is addicted to, watching TV. Her favorite channel is Animal Planet, and her favorite program is Meercat Manor. She doesn't like the commercials though. This dog needs a Tivo!

 

 

New Puppies

Alright, let me make one thing perfectly clear. We decided to get a Portuguese Water Dog puppy, BEFORE the Obama's. And we're not going to name it either Barack or Michele. We recently lost our 16 year-old Wheaten Terrier, and although Casey can't be replaced, we wanted another dog to keep our Boxer-Great Dane-Hound(?) mix, Beauty, company. It's actually easier in some ways to have two dogs, since they are in fact pack animals, and calm each other down when there are no human "pack leaders" around to play with and steal food from. Anyway, we're trying to get a relatively calm dog, as Beauty is a handful, so temperment is going to play a big part in our, and the breeder's, selection. Here are the pictures of the girls, which we'd prefer. Aren't they Cuuuuuuuuuute?!

           

  

   

Goodbye Casey, 1992 - 2008

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We recently lost our dog of 16 years, Casey Jones, and we keep thinking about him. These are some pictures we found and put to music. It was very therapeutic.

Formats available: Windows Media (.wmv)

Tags: dog, pet, casey, rob, animals

Dog Days

It's a miserable, cold, rainy day here in New Jersey. And my back hurts. Dogs must have Buddha in them, because they always seem to demonstrate the path to enlightenment, or at least being comfortable in the moment. They're also good at finding food.

A brief encounter!

Going on the assumption (maybe wrong?) that people never tire of pictures of dogs, here are a few that I thought were pretty good. Beauty with "accessories", and Casey, just being cute.

Its a Dog's Life

And not a bad one at that. Beauty, a boxer pitbull mix, we think, makes herself right at home lounging on our couch. Casey, a soft coated wheaten terrier seeks harder ground, but strategically under the air conditioner. So what do dogs do all day? They sleep, eat, run around, play, are exuberant when given affection, and live totally in the moment. Maybe we humans can learn something.

A Dog's Life

They say petting a dog lowers your blood pressure. I can see why. This clip should be relaxing too!

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