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Backup PackGrendel Named for the John Gardner version of the Beowulf legend, Grendel is a young pit bull who’s living proof that the popular image of a beast is often wrong. His greeting of every person and dog is an…

Backup Pack Baphomet Andrew Vachss honoured me with a response to an e-mail back in ’98 when I was married and mired with a woman and a life that the Burke novels made clear with cold-chisel prose and big bloody…

Backup PackBear and Cheyenne My two wolfdogs are together again on the other side. Cheyenne (tan coat), the calm follower who would rather be given attention by humans than to play with other dogs, passed at age 11, and his…

Backup Pack Coreecaminos The two worst things my husband and I have experienced owning greyhounds is letting them go. At the age of 13, our Mikey’s hind legs became paralyzed and May Fly who was 11 was diagnosed with an…

Backup PackFenris Fenris is a loving and fearless Norwegian Elkhound who resides with Cuckoo cartoonist Madison Clell. Here you see Fenris cleaning off the gory remains of her latest kill, and eating trees for extra nourishment.

Backup Pack Hendrix I adopted Hendrix at 1 ½ from the Humane Society out of the Southeat Correctional Facility, where he was being trained by an inmate. Now, I’m sure the inmates loved this dog — a 90-lb. Rottweiler-Lab-German Shepherd…

Backup PackMiss Nellie UPDATE – 2/27/02: Miss Nellie the Neapolitan Mastiff, has been adopted by a great family and is doing wonderfully. Thanks to all who were concerned about this beautiful Neo, and all the best to Miss Nellie and…

Backup PackZeus & Xena Zeus and Xena guard the master bedroom We adopted Zeus and Xena in November 2001, after a friend of ours, an animal control officer, rescued them from the street. At first we were going to foster…

Backup Pack Alex and Chief … and Annie   Chief, my Best Friend and Constant Companion for almost twelve years, passed away on October 4, 2010. He would have been twelve years old on November 22. Twelve years is a…

Mine-Shaft PonyAndrew   In response to people endlessly telling him he needs to “take a vacation,” “recharge his batteries,” and “get some R&R,” Andrew Vachss wrote the following poem: I am a mine-shaft pony  blinded by darkness   numb with pain…