The Atherton Dogs

When I go out to Atherton to work in the garden, one of the highlights is seeing the dogs. One of the lowlights is trying to keep them out of my garden.... The party is as follows:

This is Nelson. He's my cairn terrier that lives at the house with us. But he LOVES the trips to the farm. He's always been a super social dog, so he starts to get cabin fever if I don't take him out to see his buddies. I got Nelson awhile back to be the yin to Charlie's yang. Charlie was smart and handsome, so I got a funny looking little dog to compliment him. But then Charlie died so now all I have is this dog that perpetually looks like he's homeless. But I'll tell you my favorite thing about Nelson -- he sings.

Here is Velda. My #1 Girl. She's the gem that comes to our house a few times a year while she's in heat, and also the lucky mom that bore 10 pups earlier this year. She and I had some serious bonding time during her pregnancy, birth, and mother-time. What a lot of work! She's a unique and special. She's very pretty, but she always makes this funny face when you smile at her:

This is Pablo. One of our friends found him as a pup a few years ago, so we took him out to the farm and he's been a happy camper since. I will admit, in the past, I have not liked Pablo so much... he is a big jumper and I just never felt a connection with him. But this year, he's really calmed down and become quite a neat dog. Plus he's the fastest runner I've ever seen -- even catches killdeer. I like him. Just look at his goofy face!

This is Josephina. She's a sweet (but slightly funny looking) chocolate lab mix. Kind of a neat story here.... A week after Charlie died last fall, a trucker dropped this little pup off at the farm. She's still a young girl, and such a super sweetie.