Category: dogs

Boston Terrier

I hardly ever get a good photo of Bandit because he usually starts moving toward me when I point a camera at him.

During winter, Rion spends a lot of time wrapped in his blue blankie. Occasionally, I will be doing something and look down and see Rion standing quietly beside me. Sometimes that means he has to go out. And sometimes that means that Bandit has stolen the blue blankie or Rion’s crate and Rion is waiting for me to fix the situation.

You may think, why not get Bandit his own blankie? However, Bandit is not interested in having his own blankie. If Bandit has his own blankie, he will try to steal Rion’s blankie and pile them together. Bandit also has his own crate but never goes in it during the day. He would much rather sleep in Rion’s crate.

Today, we are celebrating Rion’s twelfth birthday. He was born to a bitch in a HSPPR foster family on October 20, 2008. Despite several chronic health conditions, he still bounces around an agility course like a much younger dog. I am grateful for all the vets who have kept him feeling great and allowing him to reach this milestone.

Eleven years ago today, Rion joined our household from the Pikes Peak Humane Society as an eight week old infant. I took this photo this morning of him snuggling on the bed in his blankie.

It is very rare for Bandit and Rion to share the crate like this.

Today, Rion is eleven years old. He was born to a mother who was in the Pikes Peak Humane Society foster program eleven years ago. We adopted him two months later, and this photo was taken the day after he came to live with us. The first few weeks he spent the nights in a crate on the bed so I would be able to take him out when he got restless. I used the orange quilt over the crate so it wouldn’t be too drafty for him.