Dogs

The Great Chicken Conspiracy

The Great Chicken Conspiracy

Conspiracies are everywhere. There is the 9/11 conspiracy where people claim that it was George Bush that bombed the Twin Towers in New York. There is the Area 51 conspiracy in Nevada. The area is supposed to be closed because of aliens and UFOs.

At considerable personal risk, I have uncovered the ‘Great Chicken Conspiracy’.

Peace in Vancouver, BC

Peace in Vancouver, BC

Her name is ‘Peace’. She’s a 3 or 4 years old and she deserves her name. Her owners first gave her that name because she’s nice and pleasant, then they found the name tag to match.

The stare: she looked at me for a good 20 seconds, straight, but at no point in time, there was any sign of aggression.

A Chicken in a Doggy Suit

A Chicken in a Doggy Suit

Here’s my big chicken when he wears his doggy suit.

Right now he’s worried. What am I doing? I’m kneeling to be lower than him and take this photo. I have taken many photos of him, but very rarely in our home.

JR: The Jack Russell

JR: The Jack Russell

JR is a standard Jack Russell named JR. Almost all Jack Russells are the same size and the same white body with the very similar black patches. JR stands for Jack Russell.

These days, JR is not a happy camper. JR used to be a star on the streets of the Vancouver Downtown Eastside. Almost everybody on the Vancouver Downtown Eastside would know him. People would give him treats and he would do some tricks.

Let's Get Mooving

Let's Get Mooving

Let’s get “mooving.” The dog has to pull her owner.

Actually, I don’t think that we can say who’s owning who. The lady legally owns the dog, but the dog is definitely in charge and owns his human.

The Dogs By-Laws

The Dogs By-Laws

Vancouver, like almost all city, have some kind of animal by-laws. They want to control, regulate and make some money from people with animals.

In Vancouver, the by-laws are 21 pages. That’s only for Vancouver. The neighbouring city, Burnaby, has their own by-laws, so is Richmond…

The Sausage

The Sausage

This is a sausage, aka a Dachshund. Dachshunds are supposed to hunt badgers, prairie dogs… Many are fierce like they are supposed to be, but the majority of the Dachshunds, that I know of, are shy and afraid of the world. But, somehow the Dachshund remains one of the most popular dog.

The Dachshund is not a “manly” dog, but I like them. It’s the eyes. I almost adopted a female Dachshund that was rescued from a puppy mill but I couldn’t afford all the vet bills that she needed. The vet bills would have been more expensive than a luxury car.

Do I Have To Do This?

Do I Have To Do This?

Some dogs have it and some dogs don’t.

Some dogs are born for agility competitions and some dogs are not. The most obvious candidates for the agility competitions are the Border Collies (they win the most often) and the Pitbulls. The Chinese Crested are not born for this kind of life.

Bear: The Chow

Bear: The Chow

This Chow is named Bear. Not only he looks the part, he’s also fearless.

This is me and him at four feet away, actually it’s me, my camera and Bear. I think that he knows that I’m not a threat, but he’s not going to back down. On the other hand, he was very cooperative. He sat when told, he walked when asked. He didn’t run but according to his owner he almost never runs.

Photographing of the Photographer

Photographing of the Photographer

He’s not taking a photo of his dog. He is taking a small video of me, while I’m making photos of his dog with him in the background.

When I took the photos, I heard him talk on the phone and tell the other person on the phone that there was a guy taking photos of his dog. Then he started making a video of me while I was taking photos of his dog.