Dogs

Labs, always. Two of them at the moment, a third in January, and the one who started it.

Emo · Black lab

Emo, a black lab, looking straight at the camera Emo sitting in a harness, mouth open Emo wearing a pink party hat

Taco · White lab

Taco, a white lab, sitting in a chair Taco asleep on the bed Taco stretched out on an ottoman Taco on a lead, walking away down a path Taco lying on a pile of laundry

Allora · White lab · Arriving January 2027

A puppy, and a working name.

Together

Emo and Taco lying together on the kitchen floor Emo and Taco on a bed in front of the Christmas tree Emo and Taco asleep by the garden door Emo and Taco on the bed on a striped rug

Rafe · Chocolate lab

The first. Home at eight weeks in May 2008, named before we met him, and gone now.

Written at the time