Pet Passions: Water and tennis balls. Tennis balls and water! Oh, and of course rough housing with his much younger brother Morgan, and swimming every chance he can get!

Pet Peeves: When it’s raining and we can’t play outside.

Breed: Golden Retriever

Age (at time of photo session): 10 years

This love is silent. ~ T.S. Eliot

NOTE: Eliot is named after T.S. Eliot, (the famous poet, dramatist, and literary critic) because he is smart, gentle and full of passion.

Story: Eliot’s world is all about getting and giving love. He is an extremely active senior who is also a bit of a love bandit (he ingratiates himself by sticking his head in your hand). He loves his little brother, and he loves to swim and play fetch with tennis balls. See Morgan and Eliot in the photos below. They almost look literally joined at the hip in the first photo! They really enjoy a big pool when they can get in one, but they have just as much fun horsing around in their kiddie pool in the backyard. These dogs truly know how to live simply and don’t need much to keep them happy, just each other, some water and a tennis ball. That is the golden retriever’s nirvana.

P.S. Don’t tell the other dogs, but Eliot has been seen on several occasions playing with, an occasionally napping with… kitties! He’s just a big sweetheart, and doesn’t have a aggressive bone in his body.

Eliot has had a great life and we hope he’s around for another ten years! We love photographing the sweet, senior snowy muzzles, and it doesn’t get any better than his. Just staring into those Eliot eyes for a few moments can melt away anyone’s troubles. We think Eliot is Verysupercool!

EVEN MORE ABOUT ELIOT….

Stay tuned for video of Eliot swimming later this summer! (and maybe we’ll get to see some of his tricks too!!)

This is my all time favorite dog video! It’s hard to understand how watching these two dance can make you feel so good inside. I think it’s because the dog looks so incredibly happy and you can tell how much they love each other. I think this is circa 2003, but I don’t know for sure. Enjoy!

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Pet Peeves: So much love to give, so little time to give it!Pet Passions: Play wrestling with his buddies, Tag, Natalie, Cheerio, Daisy, Boodles, and Caroline. Breed: Golden RetrieverAge (at the time of photo session): 14 yearsStory: Buster was adopted at age twelve through Gold Ribbon Rescue of Central Texas, one of many great non-profit organizations in the U.S. that ensure Goldens, young and old, find loving homes. They also work with foster families to help take care of dogs until they are adopted. Because of Gold Ribbon Rescue, Buster’s last years were truely heaven on earth. His new family had six other Goldens, of all ages, that he loved to play with everyday. Foster puppies kept Buster young at heart and he took it upon himself to play “uncle,” patiently teaching them how to play, wrestle and act silly. Buster was always gentle with the smaller dogs, aka “the girls,” and they in turn realized that he was unsteady on his hips. They carefully handicapped themselves so that Buster wouldn’t fall. As the girls grew bigger, the wrestling got wilder with lots of growling and pretend-monster-faces. Buster was a Verysupercool boy and is dearly missed.

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Pet Passions: still to comePet Peeves: still to comeBreed: Golden RetrieverAge (at the time of photo session): 5 yearsStory: still to come

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