We got Rider at the Anchorage Animal Shelter when he was about 3
months old... He roamed the U.S. and parts of Canada with
us in our RV for the next 13 years.
He loved people, but wasn't fond of other dogs.
That's Eric to the left and Don to the right.
(remember you can click on any photo for a larger view)
We introduced Rider to RV traveling starting in Feb 1999
and he enjoyed site seeing with us on many trips
including the drive home from son Eric's home in Eagle River AK
to our home in Colfax CA
The next year we went to Gold Canyon AZ for the winter
and Rider loved to run in the desert in the early morning.
One day he brought this Cow thigh bone back to our campsite.
And we packed it around with us for years and you'd often
hear Don say "get your bone and let's go for a walk". Of
course they "walked' in the desert and Rider carried the
bone with him for their entire walk and always brought it home!!!
Rider was a mixed breed: black lab, border collie,
greyhound and Siberian Husky, He was tall and about 90 lbs
and I could scratch his back without bending over...
And he didn't like the water because
Siberian Huskies don't do water. However I taught him to ride
on my kayak with me. If we got close to the shore, he
jumped in the water and swam to shore. This was one of
our last photos together. We were car camping at Topaz Lake NV
on the east side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Rider got his name because he loved to get in any vehicle
and go for a ride... "He who Rides".
I made this Mosaic stepping stone Feb 17, 2011 while living
in AZ. Today Rider guards the entrance to
my apartment here in Folsom CA.,
even tho his final resting place is in Colfax CA.
A close up of the photo in the frame appears below.
This was taken 6/28/2004 when Don, Rider and I
posed for this photo at the Arctic Circle on one of our
trips to the far north!!!
We had 3 Dalmatians over the years and this is Ripley
the one we had for many years in 1990's I took this slide
of him playing in our yard in Citrus Heights with Eric's
Siberian Husky puppy named Tok.
I projected the slide on a large piece of paper
I had placed on the wall, the size I wanted the tapestry to be
and traced the image to use as a pattern for my tapestry.
And of course you's seen lots of photos of Ruby in
recent posts. Well, that's a "wrap" of R Dogs...
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