ANIMAL PORTRAITS BY KATHERINE

christmas wishes...

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from the shepherds of shangri-la!

land of the free, home of the brave...

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...happy Memorial Day from our family to your's. We hope your day was safe, enjoyable, and surrounded by the love of your fellow man (and woman), and all our divine creatures. Thank you to all the brave men and women who have served our great Country with honor.

spirit art prints...

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the beautiful miss maggie, mom to the cashman and his brother mickey!

happy holidays from our house to your's!

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and many blessings to all our friends and family everywhere!

(guest photographer, our friend "ace", in iceland, from germanshepherds.com.)

guest photographer donna...

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donna is a cyber-friend and fellow german shepherd dog rescuer, and photographer/storyteller extraordinaire, from out east. we simply loved this image, and wanted to share it here. beautiful work donna!

raising $$$ for rescue!

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fused glass pawprint necklace by "queen bead". for more information e-mail:

doreenf@chartermi.net

an afternoon with doreen's kidz...

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...cheyenne, murphy, and miss kira the whirlwind!

maggie & mickey...a really fun fall day!

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maggie (alta-tollhaus sugar magnolia), is our cash's mother and mickey his litter brother. we've been wanting to photograph them for the longest time, and finally had the chance! the weather cooperated and these were our three favorite images from the day. cash and mickey's father is the incomparable grand victor ch. marhaven's color guard, "the boss".

the adventures of cash and his sidekick sera can be found at http://sera-and-cash.blogspot.com/

meet caesar...

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...rescued from lucas county animal control in ohio. if all goes as planned, "c" is gonna be a road pirate and travel the country with his "dad".

http://caesar-the-road-pirate.blogspot.com

our fine feathered friend...

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crickets-the-bird!

miss jeni-take-a-ride...and the shepster...

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in the snow cave that dad made...

well...ALMOST in anyway!

an afternoon with apache & kira...

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...and what a time we had with these two great dogs! thank you to melissa and harold, for your purchase of our gift-certificate at Chelsea Community Hospital's 23rd annual auction. proceeds from this year's event helped to fund a state-of-the-art MRI unit at the CCH campus, convenient and accessible, and available to patients 24 hours a day. we are proud to support CCH's mission to improve the health and well being of the community members they serve.

meet flyer!

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flyer is a wonderful example of the very best of rescue. he is currently safe and happy with his loving foster mom karen, but is available for adoption now to a forever family. flyer does have some special requirements...you can read his story and see more pictures at:

http://flyer-gsd.blogspot.com/

our new foster boy "shep"...

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shep was abandoned by his owner at a shelter in bellefontaine, ohio. he came to our attention through the urgent section of germanshepherds.com, a message board of miracle workers and angels, who give immeasurable time and energy to help german shepherd dogs everywhere, many in dire circumstances. in the last year we've been able to help several dogs from this board with either transport or help with medical care, a very rewarding experience when the dog has a new home or gets the treatment they need. we were supposed to pick this boy up in toledo on the wednesday after thanksgiving, he was then going to catch a transport out east to a sanctuary in new hampshire. however, over the thanksgiving holiday weekend the sanctuary had several emergent intakes, and by sunday night this boy's "room at the inn" had vanished. then on monday, as we were working to find somewhere else for him to by wednesday, shelter workers called to say that they could not wait until wednesday, he either had to come to us in toledo on tuesday, or, shall we say, the outlook was not good. so, pick him up we did...and with the help of some great friends he had a safe place to stay, while we made a safe place for him to stay here with us, the fifth (!!!) member of our pack. for more of shep's story please go to:

http://shep-goes-home.blogspot.com

barney!

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marv & kathy's big, big boy!!!

meet jeni!

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rescued on her last day...mr. cinder's new girlfriend!

foster homes...

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foster homes are critically needed by rescues for every breed, but cha know we're a little partial to those german shepherd dogs here (ya think?)...a finer companion down the path of life you just couldn't ask for (we think!)!

fraulein eve...

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the german girl!

et's black jack...

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dan & beth's kidz...chloe, ruby & abby

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such sweet girls!

thank you to LiLi for this wonderful portrait of abby!

a message from the "easter bunny"!

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emme wishes you many easter blessings from the lap of bunny luxury, her "mom" frances!

alfie!

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tony's boy...from our new 'spirit dog' series...

tucker & taz!

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more fabulous felines!

eleven years young...

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and still dancin' for his dinner...happy birthday cinder!

in memory of benji...

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much loved and sadly missed by tony & christine

say a prayer for the wild things...in memory of barbero...

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we think horses should run wild and free, like the beautiful "mikki" at sartori arabians, and not in a circle with a man on their back. rest in peace, beautiful big boy, barbero.

the look of eagles...

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hard to define, but unmistakable when present...

merry christmas from our family to yours...

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wishing you and all those you love

a happy, healthy holiday season!!!

the incomparable timee...

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the smallest feline is a masterpiece...

...da vinci

our own voodoo tiger lily!

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kiki works her mojo...

roger the dog...

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mike & erin's awsome roger!

precious max!

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max is a beautiful, fluffy boy who loves belly rubs, shopping bags, & his "mom and dad", cindy and dennis!

the apprentice...

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Here's Cash, helping me make the image for our annual Thanksgiving-time blessings card. You can see the final version of the card at http://www.the-contact-sheet.blogspot.com!

cinder recommends "the pet spa"!!!

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cinderfella loves to visit his friends, karen & heidi

at the pet spa...and highly recommends them

for all your pet grooming needs!!!

the good shepherds...

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i am the good shepherd, and i know mine and mine know me...seraphina blue & the man in black...contemplate a swim in the pond at pat & harold sears' hy hopes farm, summer of 2005.