on friday owney suffered complications from his previous surgery and died on the operating table. this blog has many posts where i tried to portray the essence of owney but he truly was indefinable.

i personally have never had the experience where i’m suddenly scared that perhaps i had overestimated the size of my small intestine.

– maybe fletch has found the equivalent of botox for the stuffed animal kingdom.

we’re pretty sure jewel is bucking for a promotion…she's been bullying everyone incessantly. she’s definitely taking the belittle your opponent approach rather than the kill them with kindness one. i’m not sure i want to live with a pack that jewel is the head of –

this post was originally going to be a continuation of the phineus post below. it was going to include 4-5 pics of phin in some of his other favorite places to sleep…

phineus has not yet appeared on this blog which is absolute craziness. he’s a big, chunky, oafy, lovable ball of goo –

murray is our true “earthdog” – this dog was made for digging.  just take a gander at his shovel-like paws; his low-to-the-ground, girthy body; his long, floppy ears providing flying dirt protection; and his course hair that makes him truly self-cleaning.  he also, coincidentally, happens to be my idea of one of the greatest beings in the world.  i often say that when i look at him he literally hurts my heart…