National Marrow Donor Organization - in 2002 I had the opportunity to donate stem cells for a leukemia patient in need of a transplant!
Steve and I are the proud "parents" of 3
beautiful Shetland Sheepdogs: 
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Tukey is the baby. Tukey joined the family March 20th. He was born January 16, 2005 and was the tiniest in a litter of seven. He is absolutely the best puppy in the world!!! He is so well behaved and loves everyone including his new brothers Trig and Thagy. At seven months he weighed only 10.2 lbs so he's going to remain about half the size of Thagy. Tukey was named by Allan Rossman, for John Tukey, a well-known statistician who is credited with (among other things) my favorite plot, the stem-and-leaf plot, as well as fast Fourier transforms, and the terms 'bit' and 'software.' More Tukey pictures |
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Next is is Trig
(Trigonometry)- an adorable Sheltie puppy, born April 21, who
joined the pack July 8th, 2000.
He is less energetic than Thagy, and is just a little smaller (17 lbs)- but he's awfully cute and cuddly and shows signs of being a lap dog! He and Thagy are the best of buddies. Unfortunately Trig has dermatomyositis, but he is doing well. More Trig pictures |
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Thagy (a.k.a. Pythagoras) is our alpha dog. He is a beautiful male sheltie. Thagy was born on Christmas Eve, 1999, and joined our family March 18th, 2000. Steve calls him our 'hard-working sheltie dog' because Thagy is always busy! He's extremely clever, and loves people, shoes and paper. He has proven that there is nothing he can't destroy by chewing. More Thagy pictures |
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Our Collies
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Blaze and Shep were our collie twins who blessed our lives for almost 12 years. They were born January 28, 1992. We called Shep our 'obnoxious dog' because he had no fear, thought he owned the house, and generally demanded our time and attention whenever he wanted it. There is nothing quite like having a 90 lb dog sit on your lap! He suffered from fairly severe arthritis and eventually became unable to stand or walk. We lost Shep November 3, 2003. Blaze was our 'small' collie -- he weighed a mere 70 lbs. He was scared of his own shadow and consequently barked at everything that moved. He was a sharp-looking collie and who was very sweet. We lost Blaze only 2 weeks before Shep -- October 18, 2003. |
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We very much miss JB -- our first dog.
JB was a collie with an amazingly sweet personality. He was with us for 9 years (1991-2000). Though he was ill most of his life with various auto-immune diseases and nerve disorders caused by dermatomyositis, he was wonderfully tolerant and patient, and he loved all creatures -- especially other dogs. |
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More Pictures of My boys
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