Today we had to say goodbye to Photon: our dear, tough, gentle Miniature Aussie. As freelancers and highly-engaged parents of a child with multiple special needs, we realized that neither of us were getting outside enough to notice the turning of the seasons. Suddenly it’s spring. How did summer come up so fast? Since when …
Category Archive: Photon
Sep
29
Dec
15
Dog, contented
Cute doggie picture for the soon-to-start holidays:
Sep
11
Our summer adventure, Pt. 4 (last one!)
And what about our final family member, Miss Photon? She went to camp, too! During vacations past she stayed at home with a dog-sitter, but despite excellent care and many walks (thank you David!) she was pretty bummed out with “her people” not being around. According to what I’ve read, some dogs do far better …
May
25
Officially grey
Yesterday at the dog park a little girl (I’m guessing around 6-7) watched Photon go through her tricks repertoire. Eager to come up with something informative about the dog to share, she finally said “Your doggie’s the same colour as your hair.” All I could come up with as a riposte was a rather spluttered …
May
19
Pedigree for Photon HIC
Ideally this would be “Pedigree for Stoverly’s Speed of Light, HIC” (to sound even more grandiose), but we never bothered to register her, so she’s just plain old Photon! SireDreamhavens Mighty Max SireGornalls Little Bitty Rusty SireSnokes Rockin Zip SireHarpers Rusty DamMeadow Oaks Sassy DamWest Oaks Ql Blue Precious SireMorrisons Nick Buddy Blue DamWests Copper …
Jan
13
Doggelgänger
The other day—thanks to dogpark-friend Ingrid—we watched a DVD of an HBO TV movie a few years old called Something the Lord Made. Despite the cringe-inducing title, it’s the fascinating (nonreligious) story of the relationship between Dr. Alfred Blalock, the doctor who helped develop a revolutionary surgical cure for “blue babies”, and Vivien Thomas, his …
Nov
19
Birthday #2
Photon (centre) with her sister (by adoption) Denim and her littermate real sister Cobalt (wonderful photo courtesy Cobalt and Denim’s owner James Redekop) It’s Photon’s birthday today! She’s two years young!