Here’s our older dog, Porkchop, when we took her to the beach a number of years ago. She’s a Boston Terrier mixed with maybe a chihuahua. She just turned 12 years old this year, so the black fur on her face is mostly gray. I’ve had her longer than I’ve had my own children, so she is very precious to me.

Here I am with our other dog, Beans, when she was a puppy. She looks and acts just like a goofy black lab, but she’s a mix of pit bull and vizsla. She’s now 5 years old and much bigger than this, but she still has crazy amounts of energy!