KAITI
Kaiti was our first dog and our first avatar, although we didn't discover what she was for many years.
The day we brought her home it was sunny and bright.
She stayed in the garden for most of the day exploring and enjoying the sun.
She's been a sun worshipper ever since.
Meeting the incumbents didn't phase her - or them - at all.
Although she rapidly outgrew them, they always practised mutual tolerance.
Kaiti loved the beanbag bed we bought for her and would spend happy hours snuggled in its maleable form.
She'd even share it with you if you were respectful.
When we got Pippa, she decided to chew the beanbag and one day we found tens of thousands of tiny polystyrene balls all over the kitchen floor. I'm sure Kaiti was mortified and we never got another beanbag.
Kaiti is NOT an affectionate dog. She doesn't enjoy being cuddled or fussed with, so this picture required her enforced co-operation.
For the first week that we had her I developed a very uncomfortable reaction to physical contact with her that resulted in a prickly rash. Fortunately it went after that time and never returned.
The first picture makes an intersting contrast with the one that follows, in which we've both grown bigger and older.
By this time she was much stronger, heavier and far less willing to co-operate.
At least she still has her hair...
SOME DOGS ARE ANGELS