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This Thursday, October 11 at 6:30pm is the first (annual?) fundraiser for the Saratoga County Animal Shelter at Saratoga National. Jen volunteers at the shelter, which is in rough shape and is trying to get a new facility built. The current facility is one of the few in the country that does not require mandatory […]

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Stella knows lots of tricks. This dog, Sammy, looks a lot like Stella, but he has one cool trick in his book that Stella hasn’t yet mastered: Painting. And Sammy paints for a great cause: Shore Service Dogs | Providing custom trained Service Dogs that help return mobility and independence to people’s lives

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Today’s Saratogian has a special pullout section called Saratoga’s Pet Idol. The front cover features Hugh and Jami‘s four dogs (from left): Beagley, Rosco, The Dude, and Mojo. Stella, winner of the 2005 Prettiest Pooch competition at Jen’s office, is a contestant on page 6 of Pet Idol. And Happy Dingo is a contestant on […]

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Four years ago today we adopted a black and white streak of a dog. At the time, he was named Split because at the Marin Humane Society he would split whenever they opened his cage. And then he was Bobby. And then — and ever since — he was Happy Dingo. Happy circa 2003: Happy […]

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My dogs love squirrels as much as I do. When they see them, they chase after them. What makes that even more fun is when I’m on my rollerblades, as I was this morning (with Jen riding my bike alongside). Each of the several times we saw squirrels, I crouched down into a tuck and […]

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If love dogs, the below video is worth the two minutes it’ll take you to watch. It comes courtesy of photographer Mark J. Asher, a fellow Californian, dog lover, Subaru driver, and guardian of Payton, a Stella look-a-like. Two years ago today I was getting settled into my office in our new home, getting used […]

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I’ve had my current camera phone for more than 2 years and have uploaded more than 500 photos in that time, yet I never knew the joy of fun frames until Monday night while I was watching the season finale of 24 and Jen was bored. She stumbled upon this endlessly entertaining feature of the […]

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Photo by Niki Rossi, April 12, 2006:

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Stella and Happy play at Saratoga Lake on Wednesday:

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Photo by the most excellent Niki Rossi:

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