Meet the rest of our family...

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Meet our two Leonbergers, Kisa and Larkin (right to left).

Kisa was born on February 15, 1999 at LionHill Kennel in Alberta, Canada.  Her parents are Sir Yen-Yinbar-Clay of Pelgrims Ring (Barclay) and Tilly of LionHill. She currently weighs 100 pounds. When people meet her for the first time, they almost always use the word "spunky". We've simply describe her as our turbo-model Leo who is lovably stubborn and mischievous. Her favorite activities are standing in the rain, playing fetch and helping to put away the groceries.

Larkin was born on June 7, 1999 at LionHill Kennel in Alberta, Canada.  His parents are Sir Yen-Yinbar-Clay of Pelgrims Ring and Lady Fawn of Buschcastle. He also weighs 100 pounds, but is in the middle of another growth spurt.  Larkin is almost Kisa's exact opposite -- a very big, super sweet, extremely laid back, "I ain't gotta prove nothing" kind of guy. Larkin likes to hold your hand in his mouth and can't seem to get it through his head that he's not a lap dog.

They are inseparable and play well with other dogs.  Our vet says Kisa and Larkin are the happiest dogs they've ever seen.  06/00

Cricket is our tortie that we brought home from PetCo's Adopt-a-Pet day in April, 1999. We believe she's approaching her third birthday. She's a tiny little thing weighing about 7 pounds and spends half her time sleeping in my bread basket when I forget to put it out of her reach and the other half on the sofa being licked by Larkin. 04/99

Meet the parents of our puppies: Sir Yen-Yinbar-Clay of Pelgrims Ring (32", 140 pounds), Tilly (28 1/2", 100 pounds) and Lady Fawn of Buschcastle (27 1/2", 95 pounds). The photo of Lady Fawn was taken shortly after she gave birth to a litter of 12 (I'm pretty sure this was Larkin's litter).

Tawnee was born on Halloween, 1984... for her age, she's extremely healthy and energetic. She has pretty much gotten used to the fact that there are other animals in the house and spends most of her time upstairs where it's quiet. She did get cornered in the family room one day and had to be physically recovered. Tawnee and Cricket have basicallly decided to tolerate each other so we no longer have feline olympics in the middle of the night.

Our resident marsh hawk didn't disappoint us and showed up right on schedule in late September and October to hunt in our back field. It appears that she might have some competition on future hunts -- I recently spotted what I believe is a Northern Hawk Owl in the same location. The picture at the left was taken from a photo archive on the Web... I'm still looking for an opportunity to get a picture of "our" birds.

The photo gallery follows...

	A real beauty, I am. Kisa 06/00
	When does 200 pounds not equal 200 pounds?  When one 200 has eight legs and two heads and the other 200 wasn't paying attention and allowed himself to get jumped. Kisa and Larkin  06/00
	Get out of the way, already... Larkin and Kisa 06/00
	Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah-nah. Kisa 01/00
	A "dog's life" looks pretty good from where I sit! Larkin 01/00
	Mom's excited again... she actually thinks we're posing like good little doggies. Can you see Dad's hands in this picture? Of course you can't... he's got both our collars in a death grip! Larkin, Tom and Kisa 01/00
	It's chow time!!! Kisa and Larkin 08/99
	Sometimes the little guy wins. Kisa and Larkin 08/99
	Duh... somebody wanna help me out here? That "no fear" stuff is for the cats! Larkin 08/99
	Sunshine + pillow + bone = nap time! Larkin 08/99
	You haven't been licked until you've been licked by Leos. Kisa, Larkin and Tom 08/99
	Birthday cake leftovers... thanks Uncle Jeff! Kisa and Harley 07/99
	Mom and Dad keep talking about how they have 106 achers... I keep telling them they have 110 'cause when we're through with one of Dad's walks, there's another four achers attached to my legs. I keep lookin' for the other achers to commisserate with but I can't find 'em... maybe they're hiding in the woods so Dad won't wear them out too. Kisa 06/99
	Shower, anyone? Cricket 04/99

Updated: 01/19/00

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