Kess continues to amaze us with her seemingly boundless energy and enthusiasm.  At 12 she is finally starting to slow down a little.  She sleeps in until 9, which I find endlessly cute.  She can settle and snooze the day away with a couple of 10 minute running sessions morning and evening.  Her eye sight […]

When Kess was still a quadpawd we got to know Maty, she’s an amazing tripawd that has qualified for and competed in the Skyhoundz World Championships several times.  She even placed 7th in the world in distance and accuracy (toss and fetch).   Maty was a great inspiration for us, and her owners were a great […]

Kess uses her border collie eye to defy the laws of physics

Kess spends many an hour dutifully following our cats around keeping them under her ever watchful eye.  It’s all good and well until one of them tries to cozy up with her.   Wait a minute . . . just where do you think you’re going? oh my dog it’s getting closer . . . […]

    Woohoo it’s sunny out.  Kess ain’t doing to bad for an 11 year old 3 legged dog, just try to count them as she goes flying by 🙂

Kess gives the best hugs, she just leans in and soaks up the love and revels in the moment. I’ve been participating in an online group that takes one memorable picture of their dog every week. I really wanted to capture this aspect of Kess’s personality, especially for Valentines week. So I set the camera […]

2012 was another great year for Kess and family.  Kess has continued to be an energetic and busy dog despite reaching 11 years old this year.  We officially retired her from competition this, but she still enjoys joining in on disc dog and flyball demos when the chance arises.  We traveled out of state to […]

A few members of the Washington tripawds family got together on Aprill 22nd in Redmond, WA.  I started out the day hosting my four year olds rock n’ roll superstar birthday party.  It was a blast but Kess and I were ready for a break, and the tripawds pawty was just what the doctor ordered.  […]

I entered this photo in the local pet stores pet of the month contest.  I was delighted to find out Kess had won.  The winner is chosen by employee vote, and receives a $25 gift certificate.  Kess and I headed out this morning to go claim her prize and pick out some new toys.  We […]

      There’s nothing like a bunch of snow to make everyone feel young again.  Eventually it got so deep that Kess was having trouble getting around (up to her elbows here).  Luckily we’ve has a slow melting period so Kess was able to get out for a run once the snow wasn’t as […]