What We Must Do For Dogs We Love

In our 15 years together my wife Debby and I have probably had more dogs than most people have in…

Saying Goodbye: The First Dog I had as an Adult

Helping Scared Shelter Dogs

Several days ago, I stopped in to our local animal shelter just for a visit to say hi to the animals. There…

Buck’s Sparkle

We have been so fortunate to have our dog Buck as part of our lives for such a long time. Buck is a 9 year old Bernese Mountain Dog…

A New Dog (Again) — Paxton:

After the passing of our dog Sierra there was clearly an emptiness in our house. A void where her ever…

Witnessing dog lover heartbreak

As anyone who loves dogs knows by allowing this love into our lives, we also allow heartbreak into our…

A Lesson in Patience

Starting on Wednesday at roughly 6 PM our dog Mojo began giving us another lesson in patience that can only be learned if you have dogs. Mojo got away from us when we were bringing him inside off his leash, never a good thing but not necessarily a catastrophe either with most dogs. But Mojo…

Brynn’s Keuka Lake Adventure

After a little over a year of being part of our family Brynn has claimed her post as the traveling companion…

Recent shelter dog photos

I have written periodically about the photography I do at local shelters. I am not going to write a lengthy post now but I do want to share some photos of a few of the dogs I had the pleasure of photographing the other day at the Chemung County SPCA. Please feel free to share these…

Weekend Lake Adventure

My wife and I are always looking for new things to do on the weekends. This weekend we were lucky to find such a thing…