In the first panel, Ozzie sits contemplating what to write in his gratitude journal. In the second one, Earl arrives with a ball in his mouth and barks gently. A heart floats up from Ozzie's head in the second panel. In the third panel, Ozzie's chair sits empty, his pen on top of his open journal. Above the frame, we see lines from his journal with a single word: "Dogs."
My dog Riley, apricot toy poodle with the silkiest coat you've ever felt and the courage of a lion.
Riley

We’re now on our second pair of toy poodles since we got our very first dog together in 1994.

Riley is the older of our two, born in 2009, and leaving us for his next assignment on October 16th, 2021. We miss him intensely. The pack just isn’t the same without him.

He did really well in training, passing six levels of obedience training, including a basic level of rally obedience.

As a senior dog, he was not quite so concerned about paying attention to any commands he heard, seemingly developing selective hearing 😀.

Kiwi is our other dog, born in 2012. She only did two levels of obedience, after which we gave up. She sits and her recall is pretty good, especially when food is available!

She discovered early on that being cute can get you a pass on some training assignments.

Kiwi