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2012 Author's Invitational Photo "Dog Fight"
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Cherry is a 1 1/2 year old American Brittany Spaniel. She likes going to the dog park, chasing lizards, and swimming in the pool. She is a cuddler and loves to give kisses to anyone willing get them. While her Father & Mother were very highly decorated in the show ring and in field trials, Cherry spends her days being the reigning princess in our house.

Daisy Hasselhoff Banana Fana Fo Fana Petrova is an 8-month-old Labradoodle with a penchant for Skittles, cupcakes, and anything else within reach on the counter. When she isn’t romping with her four kid owners, she glories in taking long walks on Pennsylvania trails. Her secret agent name is Lonely Teddy Bear.

Scout is a Shiba Inu. Though the breed is from Japan, he does not speak Japanese. He did come from Oklahoma and is a big Sooners fan. Plus, he's good at math.

Dr. Watson here with my staff, that would be Duffy Brown. I have her so wrapped around my little paw. All I do is look cute and she coughs up the treats. But life wasn’t always this great, I got dumped in a DQ parking lot. I made pitiful kitten sounds and looked pathetic and Duffy came along and gave me her cookie-dough ice cream cone. Talk about an easy touch. She named me Dr. Watson. Her license plate is SHERLOCK. {Personally I think the girl needs therapy.}

My name is Pebbles, and I'm a 4 year-old Yorkshire Terrier. Don't let my pretty, pink bow deceive you, I'm anything but delicate and demure. I chase rabbits my mother has to pry from my mouth like we're competing against one another in The Hunger Games, and I'd snatch the food from your mouth if you were on your last breath. I make potties whenever and wherever despite extensively grueling training, and I have the cutest array of doggie diapers to prove it. Except a yellow diaper. My mother won't let me wear yellow.

Jolie is a two year old papillon. The word means butterfly in French and you only have to look at her giant ears to know why. Papilons are the only toy dogs in the top ten smartest dogs in the world, so Jolie is a 9 pound valedictorian with a huge vocabulary -- she not only knows the word “park” she knows how to spell it! Eternally optimistic and a bundle of joy, Jolie trains her two humans with a gentle paw. She’s our baby girl and we adore her. : )

DANDIE is a 5-year old female Boston terrier. She loves giving kisses, snuggling, stealing the bed covers, and playing "mother hen" to her three brothers.

Although being an English Bulldog, there isn't a debonaire bone in Gus' body. He enjoys playing tug of war and holding down the floor. Sleep is by far his favorite past time.

Meet Homer! He’s an 8 year old Yellow Lab. He’ll love you forever if you give him a lake to swim in, a bone to eat, and a scratch behind the ears. As a puppy, he was the spawn of Satan who destroyed walls, dug his way through carpet to get out of a room, and ripped apart our linoleum floor. But you see, he hates to be alone and loves to be with his pack. Of course, he’s also a protector and if the pack leader (my husband) is away from the house, sweet Homer turns into a guard dog. During those times, he firmly believes to even walk down the street or to drive by our home is coming too close to his house. He gives the true meaning to “a man’s best friend” because his favorite thing in life is people. He shows his love with lots kisses and forgetting he’s a big dog by bulldozing into you! But our life wouldn’t be the same without Homer in it and he makes up a special place in the Kennedy clan!

Josie is a six-year old beagle whose sweet angelic face covers a devious interior. When she’s not peeing on my carpet, digging out the trash, terrorizing the socks, and eating facial tissue, she spends her spare time playing in the kitty litter. How she came to be in our family is a bit unusual. I adopted Josie at a hospice where my father was dying of cancer. A man got on the fourth floor elevator with this tiny puppy that fit in the palm of his hand, and said he’d just given away all her siblings, but because she was a runt, he was having difficulty placing her. She had these huge brown eyes. They were soul piercing. I felt a small pain in my chest as she seemed to wiggle her way right into my heart (little did I know at the time it was just indigestion!) By the first floor, she’d decided that she owned me, and so I took her home. I haven’t regretted a day.

Rockafeller Don Montgomery is a five year old well-rounded pug. As the former Mr. Pug of Romance, he continues to share love and happiness. His nose, often buried in the latest paranormal romance novel, snuffles in disdain at any who would criticize the romance genre.

Dinky is a purebred Dachshund with absolutely no interest in the opposite sex. Once the boys got tired of being bitten, she retired from her very short breeding career with her virtue intact. She's been living the life of a spoiled diva ever since. Don't let the gray hairs fool you! Even at sixteen, she's still feisty as ever. Her hobbies include barking at everything she hears and running around the yard like a Wiener Dog Winternational champion.

Born in Arkansas and related through a Great-grandfather, this loving pair of Staffordshire Bull Terriers can't be parted. This picture was shot while they patiently waited for a treat, ever hopeful a morsel might be dropped at any time. Rocket is on the left and Astro on the right. Almost six years old, the pair loves to hike, travel in their family's camper, sleep, run 2-3 miles daily with one of their humans, eat anything you're willing to share, and have never met a stranger--a point best displayed by Rocket's licking of any exposed skin the moment you sit still.

Willy is a black masked Silver Blue Brindle Afghan Hound. His favorite pass time: thieving out of rubbish bins yet he is a picky eater. Generally a very sweet natured dog, Don’t bring the rough Collies around him. That equals a gang fight. Affectionatlly known as Willy Widdle for his penchant for getting pee all over his skirts (The long hair that drapes down from the body), It took him months before he learned to cock his leg. While no longer with us, He lives on every day in the heart of all who knew him.

My name is Tito. I love the ladies. I also enjoy barking at random noises, stealing my brother's chewies, and burrowing under the covers, especially when there's clean sheets. I also like sitting on my mother's pillow, and scooching my butt across the carpet. Because I can. Also, I'm cute. And I love you. Now, give me a treat.

Milo is ten weeks old. A teacup size Yorkshire terrier, he was born in Mesa Arizona to AKC registered parents though his life at our house with his big 'sisters' Kiki (nine month old Golden Retriever) and Dakota (four year old Coker Spaniel/Papillion mix) is far from regal. He is a down dirty play baby that loves to take on the world in spite of his less than two pounds of girth.
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Each author has generously agreed to donate at least 1 bag of dog food to the local animal shelter or rescue of thier choice upon elimination.
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