Dog Talk® Photo Gallery

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Moose

Moose has changed the life of Michael in Sacramento who adopted Moose when others could not care for him and says now: "One of the most important changes I have felt since Moose came into my life was that my relationship to humans has deepened as I opened my heart to love this little dog. It seems, the heart doesn't require boundaries to loving. Love can be available for all life and I have learned that more deeply because as I approach my senior years (60 in a few weeks) I allowed myself to love a dog." 

Jack-o-Lantern

After hearing the DOG TALK® show with Australian Terriers in the spotlight, Allan and Diana from Cape Elizabeth, Maine sent photos and the following about their (celebrated!) pooch:

We enjoyed your show about Australian Terriers. Our Jack was sired in 2007 by Kim Occhiuti's dog Fig. Today is his birthday - his full name is Jack-o-Lantern. He is as close to perfect as a dog can get - handsome, lively, tough, obedient and totally lovable. Here are some pictures. Jack also happens to be a model for the catalog FetchDog.com

Bentley

The most incredible, unbelievable photo I have ever received: Bentley, Sara's Wheaton Terrier after the first snowfall in in Show Low, Arizona. (I am speechless every time I look at it!)

Tenor & Suzette

This is Dru and April's precious new Australian Terrier, Tenor (his breeder was on DOG TALK® Oct 31st) and his big gorgeous poodle girlfriend, Suzette. On the beach in Southampton where they live.

Henry

This is Henry, who lives with Ellen in Niantic Connecticut and frequently walks here at the University of Connecticut at Avery Point on Long Island Sound.  Elegant dog for an elegant former mansion.

Darby & Sonnet

Here's a photo of my little old ladies, doing what they do best... enjoying each other's company! Sonnet (the cat) for some reason thinks the water always tastes better with a touch of her sister Darby's dog slobber!! They are 18 and 14 and have been best of friends for years. In the morning, neither will eat breakfast until they both get fed!!

Darby has had just 2 acupuncture treatments and is a completely new dog (as I told you on the air she is already on fish oil and glucosamine). We are thrilled to be able to make her later years more comfortable and enjoyable. Thank you from our whole family (including the Bearded Dragon, Draco!) for all your great advice.

—Jul, The McDonald Family

Emmie

Brenda in Michigan says Emmie helps her son play computer games.

 

Max

Sheri & BIll's young man Max is a really good boy.

Madison

This is Madison, Jocelyn's little girl, rescued from an Amish puppy mill in Pennsylvania. I guess she's got it a whole lot better now, eh?!

 

Abby

This is Heather's little 10-month old Shih Tzu, Abby. What a doll face!

Lucy, Jackson, Sarah, Daisy

Photo #1: Shawn's wonderful pack, Lucy (9 yr old Springer Spaniel), Jackson(17 yr old Jack Russell) and Sarah (8 yr old Australian Shepherd/Border Collie mix). Their sister Daisy the Samoyed is below. Pphoto #2: Dawn's 10 yr old "Smiling Sammy" Daisy.

Shadow

Dawn in Williston Vermont protects her gorgeous girl Shadow with Vectra 3D, as I do.

Texi & Roxi

Texi and Roxi, Jenna's darling Bostons -- lucky guys eat The Honest Kitchen food because Mom works there!

 

 

Polish Lowland Sheepdogs

This is a whole extended family of Polish Lowland Sheepdogs, one of which belongs to Katherine in Germantown, Maryland. She explains:

My dog is smart — sometimes too smart for my own good — loving, fiercely protective, and makes me laugh every day. I had an Old English for 13 years many years ago and after 9/11, I wanted a beating heart in my house in addition to my own and called the breeder of my Old English to ask for suggestions. I wanted a herding dog, but I didn't want one quite so big. She put me onto the Polish Lowland Sheepdog, which in Polish is Polski Owczarek Nizinny, hence the acronym PON. I did my Internet research, found they were a rare breed and had just been accepted into the AKC, and that they varied widely in temperament, which was the most important issue for me. I ended up with the only female from a litter of three from Julie Rosenthal's Golden Pons. Julie isn't breeding dogs anymore, but still has Sofie's mother and grandmother (the loud-mouthed bitch Lucy who sport barks). Julie knows everything about the breed and would be a great contributor to your show.

Sofie gets her tick treatment every month on the 15th, so I got my just in time. It's pretty funny that my reVectragular vet had it. When I went to pick it up, they had brochures on the front desk, and a bowl of sample applicators to demonstrate for people who had never used the product before. Expensive though. It was $86 for a six month supply. I don't care because it's so much better than Sofie getting Lyme disease.

Eloise & Jemima Puddle Duck

This is from Nancy in Leesburg, Virginia - Mom to Eloise age 5, and Jemima Puddle Duck (miniature Dachshund) 18 months.

Bruce & Won Ton Playing

This series of photos came in from my friend Adrienne, who adopted Bruce from the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons (ARF) of which she is a big supporter. I just happened to have learned about this big Great Dane mix a few years ago when my friend Lisa told me she'd seen him when she went to adopt a dog called Vegas from ARF. Bruce wasn't called Bruce, actually, until the Official Animal Communicator of DOG TALK®, Ann Marie Sawicki, told Adrienne on the air that the dog wanted to be called by that name. Adrienne complied and her relationship with this big beautiful dog flourished from that moment forward. And now he has a girlfriend next door - Won Ton. Their courtship is detailed by Adrienne as follows:

I have resisted sending these photos for a while because they aren't the greatest -- I took them through screens and storm doors yet to be Windex-ed. But I put aside my aesthetic pride because the pictures show, I think, the pure joy of play that these two dogs are experiencing. They have quite a ritual each day ... Won Ton lives next door; at around 8 a.m. she puts her nose under my gate, if I don't see her, she'll bark. Then she and Bruce play for an hour or two. When they've had enough of each other, or I think when he has enough of her, he comes to the front door, she walks to the gate. When I let her out, she goes directly home. If us humans are home at the same time, they get to repeat that process again in the afternoon; and always they play around 7 p.m.

In the morning Bruce likes to go out in the front yard to patrol before breakfast to make sure all the trees are still there; that no one made off with some downed logs or mounds of leaves. Then he stands by the fence nearest to the place Won Ton sleeps and stares longingly at her window, with its shade drawn.

I suppose all of this is so thrilling to me because I don't ever remember having this kind of experience with the other dogs I've lived with over the years. Multiple dogs, for me, at least, created a different kind of bonding than I am experiencing with Bruce. And since most of them had multiple behavioral problems, if I saw two of them interacting like Bruce and Won Ton, I would immediately know there was going to be a dog fight.

So, Tracie, I'm writing this to again tell you how grateful I am that you guided me to Bruce. He's so very special in so many ways. I love his independence -- at night, after I brush my teeth, he literally walks me to my bed, and once I'm in, he goes upstairs and sleeps in his own bedroom. And I love his dependence -- he is close to me wherever it is appropriate; his eyes (when open) hardly ever leave mine... he's just the greatest.

Love and woofs, Adrienne

Maggie May (R.I.P.) and Libby Lou

Brenda's beloved beagles, Maggie May (R.I.P.) and Libby Lou in Milford Ohio.

Ike, Kiara, Elvira, Weimaraners

Sandy's wonderful family in Orange, California (how about Ike's ball handling technique? And the myth that Weimaraners cannot be with cats?!