In Homage to Naked Doggies

Last Santa photo with all four, Dec. 2013. L-R: Bauer, Phantom, Torgo, Gypsy.

There’s a difference between being child-free and childless. For my entire life I have been child-free, but at some point in the future I will be childless for the first time in 20 years. And what I mean by that is my last fur baby, Phantom, will be making his transition in the not too distant future.

The story of my dogs is a bit interesting only because I have been pretty much allergic to most animals my whole…