Liberty

© John Mechalas

Handler Bill Buell with Liberty at Lompoc.

Our Fourth of July Firecracker, Liberty, is 2 years old!

And she's blazing toward her AKC Grand Championship, with limited showing.

At the all-breed shows on a Lompoc specialty weekend, she earned select bitch on both days (two majors toward her AKC Grand Champion title) and an award of merit.

What Love Is

We have new wolfhound babies in our world. Ocho, above, pictured at two days old, wears his heart for all to see.

Wearing Valentine Love

© Pat Murkland photo

Blake loves to love people and be loved.

Extremely rainy days

©Pat Murkland

We've been having extremely rainy days and flooding in Inland Southern California.

We advise all: Buy stock in towel-making industries!

Meantime, sometimes a wolfhound just needs a good raincoat.

Here Miss Liberty models ours.

It was made by Alexis Montgomery, Montshire Irish Wolfhounds.

©Pat Murkland

Before we got this raincoat, we tried blankets made for miniature horses.

(But no, we don"t have that saddle anymore, in case you wanted to ask.

Hunter ate it.)

Resistance is Futile

A passer-by at the Eukanuba dog show fell in love with Miss Liberty and was kind enough to share this photo with us.

Catching up

© Pat Murkland

It's been a while.

Time to catch up!

© Pat Murkland

Baby Hunter celebrates

his first birthday on Feb. 23!

© Pat Murkland

He's a baby no longer.

And Miss Liberty, running slightly ahead of him here, is now an AKC champion!

Happy Holidays

© Murkland 2009 Baby Hunter at 10 months

Happy Holidays from all of us!