Iggy
Iggy chasing his leg
Basil used to chase his leg when he got excited – breeders have the tails docked on schipperkes when they are very very young puppies because its a breed standard; schipperkes have curly-q spitz tails naturally. I think this practice originated with the canal boats to keep the tails from getting caught in lines; you […]
June 4th, 2010 by alephnaught
Iggy doing pat-a-cake on the floor
Yes, our puppy is crazy (he fits right in). Here’s Iggy, almost a year old, doing pat-a-cake on the floor. I shot this with my iPhone.
May 2nd, 2010 by alephnaught
More pictures of Iggy
Aviva took some really great shots of Iggy today – here they are:
March 1st, 2010 by alephnaught
Weekend in Palm Desert
Lily doesn’t like dogs. They’re dirty, she says – they smell and they’re dangerous. After this weekend, Aviva’s mom changed her mind a little bit. She agreed we could bring our new puppy Iggy to her house as long as we brought his “cage,” a metal and plastic fence that can be shaped in many […]
January 15th, 2010 by alephnaught
A gallery of more pictures of Iggy
Now that we’re all humming “Pictures of Lily” by The Who, here is a gallery of pictures taken yesterday and today of our puppy Iggy, who is almost 7 months old.
January 2nd, 2010 by alephnaught
Iggy’s first long car ride, the Chemosphere house, and the Hollywood Bowl
Yesterday we took Iggy for his first longish car trip; we decided to drive down Mulholland drive from Laurel Canyon to the 101. Our first stop was the Chemosphere house; this is a famous architectural landmark designed by John Lautner, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright, in 1960. It looks like a space ship landed […]
January 1st, 2010 by alephnaught
Iggy chasing his leg
Iggy gets excited when he sees his reflection in the mirror – today he got so excited he chased his leg. You see, they dock a schipperke’s tail as very young pups, so they chase their legs instead of their tails (naturally).
December 27th, 2009 by alephnaught
Iggy! Our new puppy!
Our beloved dog Basil died three weeks ago, and we just couldn’t be without a schipperke. We contacted all the schipperke breeders in southern California and found two puppies. One of those pups is Jake, who is now Iggy (yes, after Iggy Pop) and a member of our family! A made a little video aggregate […]
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+Bob Hays
- I'm a father and husband, have two schipperkes, like to read, compose music, travel. And I manage a couple software development teams at DIRECTV.
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June 13th, 2010 by alephnaught