Dogs

Our dog photo gallery

Pete

Pete is a chocolate Lab that we adopted from LRR in January 2008.

Max

After we had Quinn for a couple of years, Kathie wanted a third dog, but Mike wasn’t quite ready yet. We compromised and began fostering for LRR. In October 2004, after fostering dozens of great dogs, we fostered Max, a Lab / Great Dane mix, and couldn’t give him up! He became a part of our family in November. He’s extremely goofy, and he loves cuddling, unlike Sheba who is more aloof and doesn’t like being touched unless it’s on her terms. Max is now five years old.

Quinn

Quinn was a black Labrador Retriever / Flatcoat Retriever mix, born in March 1996. We adopted Quinn in August of 1998 from Labrador Retriever Rescue. Here is Quinn’s Story from LRR, one of the stories that encouraged us to visit them when we were looking for a companion for Sheba. Quinn was a great dog, despite being stuck with more than his fair share of health issues. Over the years he had a hip replaced due to hip displasia, surgery on both back knees due to torn cruciate ligaments, allergies requiring regular shots, and a pancreatic gastronoma. Still, he led a good life, protecting the house from squirrels, stealing steaks from the grill and turkey from the table on Thanksgiving, and chasing tennis balls until he was exhausted.

On Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at 7:45 PM Quinn crossed The Rainbow Bridge and is once again able to play fetch and eat all the foods he loves. His life had become a delicate balance between keeping his pancreatic gastronoma (tumor) under control, and keeping his arthritic bionic legs (one artificial hip, and two knee surgeries) pain-free. Unfortunately, the pain medicine for his legs badly aggravated his gastronoma, and after two years with the gastronoma, the balance couldn’t be maintained any more. He could barely get up and walk any more, and couldn’t keep food down due to the gastronoma. We miss Quinn dearly, but we know he’s happy now that his pain is gone and he can eat all the steaks and popcorn he wants, and chase tennis balls all day long.

Sheba

Sheba was Kathie’s first dog as an adult. She was a yellow Lab, born in May, 1994 and passed away at 13 1/2 years old, in late 2007. Kathie took her at about one year old when a friend was no longer able to keep her. She was a spoiled rotten princess and was the cutest dog in the world (our humble opinions), and could wrap someone around her paw in seconds.

Labrador Retriever Rescue

We also volunteer for LRR, and are a foster home for dogs that are taken in from shelters, until they are adopted by new families. Scattered throughout my blog and Kathie’s blog are many stories and photos of the dozens of dogs we’ve fostered.

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