(Picture taken 1999) Bear, on the left, is a Beagle Elkhound mix who I got in 1994. Bear's birthday was December 1, 1993. Iden, on the right, is a stray that someone found near where I work. We do not know what breed Iden is comprised of, but she may be part Lab. Her birthday is around August 4th, 1997.

(Picture taken October 2004) Another shot of the dogs in our front yard in the country. You can see Iden is getting older and bear is getting fatter! 

\We lost Bear on December 4th, 2004 to kidney disease. That was a tough loss as I had him while I was in college and even before I met my wife. People would tell her (before we met) that if she wanted to keep seeing me, she would have to love my dog - we were inseparable.

It didn't take log after Bear left us to live on the top of the hill (the pet cemetery behind our house!) before I got a new dog from the local shelter. Fritz, a german sherpard, came to live with us in March 2005 and has been quite a handful tearing up two couches, four pairs of shoes, remotes, clothes, and various other household items. However, he's a great pup and he is learning to behave better. We don't know how old he is, but we are guessing he was born in the winter 2003 or spring of 2004 . We celebrate his birthday on February 28th.



Fritz hanging out on the porch