it's a holiday for guide dogs and wannabe dog guides. Nikita is the large black lab, Ru is the small one, and Peller is the white lab. they love the snow.

I need some photo advice/help here. two black dogs, one white, and brilliant snow, light. Just go home and get warm?

It's the time of year to get family back together. Nikita is here on vacation. She is a super dog guide who shows other guide dogs how to do it. Maybe something will rub off on Ru.

helpful dog outside with the christmas lights.

Ally brought Mattie over to meet Roo. These photos look like it was some sort of polite conversation. Mattie was mature and very patient. Roo was ridiculous. She runs so hard into the walls that she needs a helmet.

Ru's friends, Ally and Jeff, came to inspect her progress. She is just silly around them. Jeff knows about the ear scratch paralysis control. The soft red bone is now mostly a memory--leaving a soft layer of fluff around the house.

got home from work, and there was this bag on the front door handle from Ally and Jeff. nothing like a little something to chew and squeak and throw around the house. big thanks from the ru.

top photo is mr happy, our favourite toy. mr happy makes a lot of noise and somehow has not been destroyed. if someone throws mr happy, you have to run fast and get him. The best place to fool around with mr happy is the favourite chair, and there is war going on about whose chair it really is. only mr happy knows. bottom shots are ru and I on a run in the woods. a staffordshire bull terrier attacked her shortly after these photos, and she is fine. the owner told me I should be muzzled. maybe I should, but his dog should be on a leash at least. we had an inspection today from the guide dogs people and we were great--defied all temptations--pigeon flock, other dogs, interesting things on the ground to eat, and two stops on the subway.