Doggage

Jack sent this good old "sign"...

Which prompted me to reply with a recent pic of Princess Pook, AKA Ataika, the queen of Kazakhstan and points west. At eleven she can still jump a fence or catch a rabbit, and is currently in heat, driving the boy crazy.

 But then, her mother gave birth to her at 14...

Random Doggage #1

Lots of photoblogging coming today because I have a ton of good images. First, an Irish team:

Still more gratuitous dog images

For the end of the year. Jutta's girls in Germany once again, on a bright windy day...

An end- of- the- day game painting Jonathan found in a museum in Brussels, with greyhounds.

And Princess  Ataika, who can find a throne anywhere... at home or on the road, in this case Jim and Penelope Caldwell's place outside Laramie.

Dog family

Shiri had to leave Larissa with us for a couple of days when she flew to San Diego for a friend's play opening there. Rissa behaved like a lady-- she has obviously gained some poise being the sole queen in a house of boy dogs rather than the third rank female. We hope to breed her with Tavi this fall-- serious queries welcome. Here we are in Albuquerque with the prospective parents. Pups will be 3/4 Almaty, 1/4 Russian stock through Tav and Vladimir's Timur, good hunters all-- and Ataika's grandchildren (we are keeping one).

New Year Dogs

Tavi & Gaddi from Shiri

The Riss & Tavi show

She is hunting again now, with Tavi and neighbor/ cousin Mars, and playing more including with big shaggy "uncle" Gaddi...

'Riss & Tavi