Riley and Sophie, Riley is the black one, about 8 months old now. Molly is the old lady, she is just about 10 but still pretty spry.

The newest addition to the clan, Riley. Male German Shepherd. Black paint job with matching trim and upholstery. Quite the character already at 3 months old. We have two females so Zack’s passing left a power vacuum in the pack. He seems to be a good candidate for the alpha position. Very smart little fellow but he talks back a lot. I think that is a plus on his resume though. ha.

Sophie is the Alpha Dog now. She 18 months old or so and good lord does she have energy.

Zack, our big dog, has heart disease. He is under the care of a specialist in Richmond and is now on 4 heart meds. It’s going to shorten his life but we are not quite sure by how much. He’s doing quite well so far, the meds perked him right up and he is (more or less) back to his old self. With any luck we can keep it in check and since he is not a real active fellow anyhow, we are hoping for the best.

(Update: Zack passed away at the end of October 2019. We miss him.)

Taking a snooze on the couch. Sophie is all grown up now, 14months old and mostly still insane.

Sophie goofs around with Zack and Molly. Zack is the big one, Molly is the middle sized and Sophie is little dog.

We brought the new puppy home this weekend. She is an 8 week old German Shepherd and spends most of her time in two states, sleeping or bouncing off the walls. Rinse, repeat at hour intervals. Sophia is her name.

Don’t have her quite yet. She is only 4 weeks old in this picture so another 4 to go, but this is the one. She will join our other two shepherds, Zack and Molly.