On August 9, 1999...Domino had a stroke which left her paralized. We had to have her put to sleep. She has lived on in our hearts every day since that sad day in August all of those years ago. She was 15 1/2
on the day we had to put her sleep.

On December 23, 2002 we had to have our Bram dog put to sleep. He had liver disease and other medical problems.  He is never far from our thoughts and never leaves our hearts.

Thumper has an interesting story. We had a male cat called Thumper
and after we had him spayed, he ran away from home. A few months
later, he came home. We moved to Nevada for a couple of years and
Thumper went with us. When we came back to Idaho, there was a big
discovery, Thumper was a girl....WHAT? Turns out, this was not OUR
cat after all. Even vets never noticed the difference in her LOL

We love her just the same, though we do wonder where the real
Thumper is after all of these years. We can only guess at her age and
know she's at least 13 years old as of 2007.

Sadly, we had to have Thumper put to sleep on July 21, 2008. You can
see her memorial here: In Memory Of Thumper

Half Dalmation and Australian Cattle Dog, she has been a joy in our
lives since the day we got her. She had been abused and had been at the shelter for over a month by the age of nine months, when I saw her
on the television and made the decision to adopt her for my husband birthday.  It is obvious that she HATES to have her picture taken. This is a rarity and we have very few pictures of her because she is afraid of the noises that a camera makes. She's afraid of so many things, I couldn't list them all, she's NOT afraid of us and loves us as much as
we love her.

Cinder is a lovable dog, though she's not good with strangers or men
in military uniform. We found out that her previous owner was in the
Air Force and had abused her. She's got a lot of fear issues, but, she
gets along fine with us and as of 2007, she is now seven years old
and has been with us for most of her life.

Cinder is a very loyal dog and she thinks she's a nurse. She follows 
me around and if I am upset she senses it and stays closer to me. We are lucky to have her in our lives. Luckily, Cinder has no fear of being
groomed. She loves to be bathed, combed and to have her nails clipped.

He is gentle, loving and has brought us a ton of joy. He is convinced
that he is a lap dog and tries to snuggle up, without much success. He LOVES to watch Animal Planet and bark at all of the dogs and other animals that come onto the screen. He's a tough guy when he can't
actually get to them, but, a 150 pound gentle giant inside.

Dakota loves to play fetch and tug of war and he will chase a light from morning until night if we would let him. He's a bit addicted to it and we have to be careful so he doesn't become obsessed. He loves to be outside no matter what the weather and will stay outside in a blizzard if we let him.

Dakota is not afraid of much, though if he sees a comb or nail clipper he runs to the doggy door and makes his exit. He checks every now and then to see if there is any grooming going on, by sticking his head into the doggy door and looking around. If the coast is clear, he comes back inside, if clippers or brushes are out, he backs out of the door and stays outside. He's so cute!