animals

oliver 1: pouting

27 August 2010
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We were playing cards outside, and Oliver wanted to go exploring.  To save him from, you know, being hit by a car, my dad tied him up. Oliver acted like he’d lost his best friend: put his face in his paws and wept silent doggie tears.

oliver 2: defiance

27 August 2010
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If you know anything about animal psychology — and I don’t, by the way, just making this stuff up — you can see the defiance in his body language:  paws dug into the ground, back slightly arched.

oliver 3: pleading

27 August 2010
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Here you can see the anchor to which he was tied…

oliver 4: resigned

27 August 2010
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Hard to resist that face!

oliver

11 August 2010
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I had the joy of spending a week with Oliver at my mom and dad’s house, while Dan and Cara (his owners) went hither and yon.  Cara took this photo yesterday; I love it!

norbert

19 April 2010
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Cute face and super cute personality!

standoff

11 September 2009
standoff

Jake (the cat) was temporarily booted out of my parent’s house when Oliver (the dog) came to visit.

cuddly puppy

25 July 2009
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This puppy had just been adopted. Daniel borrowed him from his new owner. CUDDLE BUG!

sweetest face

2 July 2009
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saw this dog in NYC when I visited Robin. LOOK AT THAT CUTE FACE!