friends of tasman

Tasman, our chief engineer and product evaluator

(specializing in bowls, collars, leashes, and lights) has a lot of close friends and companions. Everyone who knows the "real" Taz loves his dry but sensitive wit, his refined manner (he's charming with the ladies, but can be a real dog's dog too), and his attention to detail. Taz also loves to make new friends, and corresponds regularly with his dog-buddies all around the world. So in that spirit, Taz has asked that we create a spot to feature some of his current friends, and to feature some of the ever-growing list of dog-pals that are helping his company to grow. (Want to join?).

See why all these dogs wear tazlab collars.

Name: Taiga, aka "Tigs"
Home: Sisters, OR
Gender/breed: Sexy female yellow Lab
Eye color: Hazel
Employment (optional): Retired service dog in training and spokesdog for The Safe Dog Handbook by our good friend Melanie Monteiro
Hobbies: Fetching, swimming, hiking, snowshoeing, soccer (just try to get one by me!)
Favorite toy: Squirrel log, squeaky tennis ball
Best trick: Making food disappear
Advice for young pups: Eating poop is not all its cracked up to be

Name: Violet
Home: Hollywood, CA
Gender/breed: Female, Black Lab
Eye color: Brown
Employment: Being gorgeous, flirting with everyone she meets
Hobbies: Begging for cheese, playing ball, splashing in puddles, torturing the cats
Favorite toy: Mr. Frog!
Best trick: Shaking before being asked when she wants something. (haha, let's skip the formalities - Here, I shook, now gimme!)

Name: Cash, Cashy, Stinky (on certain days)... Also known as "My Pet Piglet" cuz he snorts when he's happy
Home: Mandaluyong City, Philippines
Gender/breed: Male, Golden Retriever
Eye color: Brown
Employment: "welcoming committee", "kitchen assistant", "vacuum cleaner", "food scavenger", "doorstop", "living room rug", "shoplifter" ... "education & therapy work" and "best friend"
Hobbies: Running & retrieving in a big field, Hikes, Swimming, Car rides, Begging for food, Sleeping, and Stealing furry stuffed squeaky toys from store shelves (& from the occasional shocked child)
Favorite toy: Tennis Ball, Squeaky Ball, Bouncy Ball, Furry Ball... He loves them all! He also loves Crispy (his stuffed chicken toy)
Best trick: He has mastered the "Partial Retrieve" (He retrieves the ball but only gives it back when he feels like it). Also does a butt waggle when he gets excited.
Advice for young pups: Master the "innocent, starving, poor abandoned puppy look" and Train your human well.

Name: Hunter
Home: Paranaque City, Philippines
Gender/breed: Male, Golden Retriever
Eye color: Gorgeous Brown
Employment: Treat taster and cat chaser (does that count?)
Hobbies: Swimming, water retrieving, going on walks, hiking, rolling over and over on grass, chasing after cats, having my rump and chin scratched, going on car rides, clicker-training, eating and sleeping (not necessarily in that order)
Favorite toy: A treat-stuffed Kong Goodie Bone (peanut butter is the best!)
Best trick: I know lots of tricks but my favorite ones are the leg-weave and spin
Advice for young pups: Learn the sad-puppy eyes trick real quick...use it and it'll get you either a hug or a treat or, if you really look pitiful, maybe both!

Name: Stella
Home: Dallas, TX
Gender/breed: Female, Bichon Frise
Eye color: Black
Hobbies: Catching and fetching my favorite ball and bone, playing with the small dogs on my street, long walks on the Katy Trail, shredding dryer sheets and tissue paper that land on the floor, running in circles when the mood strikes
Favorite Toy: any tennis ball I can find
Best Trick: Standing on hind legs and waving at people
Advice for young pups: Listen to your owner, especially when she tells you not to chew her shoes!

Name: Cooper
Home: Portland, OR
Gender/breed: Male Australian Labradoodle
Eye color: Brown
Employment: Going to school for his therapy dog certification
Hobbies: Running, fetching, tug, chuck-it, traveling, sniffing, playing dress-up with twin 5 year olds
Favorite toy: Stuffed Beaver - GO BEAVS!
Best trick: Picking the hand with the treat in it with his paw (which hand)
Advice for young pups: Eat your RAW and grow big and strong!

Name: Basja
Home: MN
Gender/breed: Female Great Dane
Eye color: Gray
Employment: Therapy dog in training and best pal to her owner
Hobbies: swimming, hiking, napping in the sun, traveling
Favorite toy: sticks and stuffed 'possum
Best trick: Asks to sit on your lap: turns around with her hind end in front of you and then waits for you to say "ok, back up", and takes a seat on your lap. Sometimes she gets too comfortable and you end up doing yoga to balance 120 pounds of dog. Also will touch certain objects with her nose when named.
Advice for young pups: You are never to big to be a lap dog.

Name: Daisy, Daisy Duke, Dukers
Home: Lawrence, KS
Gender/breed: Female 1/2 German Short-Hair 1/2 Australian Blue Heeler
Eye color: Brown & Murky Brown
Employment: Guarding the house, yard, and neighborhood, babysitting the misbehaving Italian Greyhound
Hobbies: chewing on sticks, getting muddy, swimming, jumping the fence, chasing balls, hiking/exploring, pointing at the conniving squirrels and birds in the trees, barking at mom when she climbs trees or rocks where I can't climb
Favorite toy: ducks, or whatever the baby-niece has
Best trick: sit, shake, turn around, lie down, roll over before you signal for any of them!
Advice for young pups: be careful on the ice--the water's mighty cold when you fall through!

Name: Jarmy (Irish for Freeman)
Home: Ottawa, KS
Gender/breed: Male / Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier
Eye color: Large Dark Brown
Employment: Recreation Director for retired Senior Citizens
Hobbies: Chewing things, greeting people and napping in my kennel (better than Harry Potter's) beneath the open stairs.
Favorite toy: Cream cheese and treat stuffed Kong
Best trick: Learned to open my breeder's Doggie Door at 6 weeks of age, I had to run and hit it with both front paws.
Advice for young pups: Attend obedience class and lick don't nip.

Name: Hero
Home: the Azores
Gender/breed: Male, Field Spaniel
Eye color: Hazel
Employment: neighborhood pest control, aspiring soccer player
Hobbies: chasing my ball, flushing birds, carrying something in my mouth all the time (even while sleeping), playing with water, learning about the world with the help of my nose, loving my family
Favorite toy: Tennis Ball
Best trick: Kicking around my tennis ball like a soccer ball - having 4 feet makes me a dangerous opponent
Advice for young pups: If you obey your human the first time around you may get twice as many kisses and treats than if you hadn't.

Name: Gitsy
Home: Redmond, Oregon
Gender/breed: Golden Lab (1/2 Golden Retriever and 1/2 Lab)
Eye color: Brown
Employment: I'm a certified Greenhouse Inspector and Hydroponics Equipment expert. I love to greet my dad's customers with a big smile.
Hobbies: Camping and hanging at the lake (although I'm a little timid to swim in deep water); Hiking with mom all over Central Oregon; Playing with my friends Muri, Holla, Winnie, Max and Kilo; Doing tricks for treats; Getting coffee and a treat every morning with dad; And boy, do I love to travel!
Favorite toy: It's a close tie between Timmy Holyfield Hopscotch and Dolly (a few of many stuffed animals)
Best trick: Bang, Your Dead. When my parent's shoot me with their finger, I fall over onto my back, feet straight up in the air, and play dead until my command to get up is announced.
Advice for young pups: I'm still a young pup, so I would have to say give them your upside down look to get treats or snacks--it works every time--suckers!

Name: Cloe
Home: Sisters, Oregon
Gender/breed: Female, Mom:standard poodle......Dad Brussel Griffon.....dad either caught mom while she was sleeping, or else he was a good jumper.
Eye color: Brown
Employment: Greeter at Mom's business: more people come to see me then her.
Hobbies: Run, run run and play with my friend Banjo
Favorite toy: A stuffed toy that looks like dracula and says "I'm going to suck your blood" when I bite onto it
Best trick: Looking cute when the UPS man comes so I can get a treat
Advice for young pups: Find a home that matches your energy level.

Name: Stella
Home: Glen Ellyn, IL
Gender/breed: Female, Latvian Goathound
Eye color: Brown
Employment: Yard excavation and document shredding
Hobbies: Swimming, chasing chipmunks, eating/vomiting acorns
Favorite toy: a Kong filled with frozen peanut butter
Advice for young pups: Nil illegitimi carborundum

Name: Savannah
Home: Bangkok, Thailand
Gender/breed: Female, Golden Retriever
Eye color: Brown
Employment: (IRO) Certified Search & Rescue Dog - Thailand Rescue Dog Assn.
Hobbies: Swimming, seeking or anything else that'll get her a treat
Favorite toy: Mr. Squirrel followed by any other stuffed animal
Best trick: Counting to ten with her paws (1 to 5 with left paw, then 6-10 right paw)
Advice for young pups: Use your cutest, saddest eyes when you need a treat

Name: Tica (Tee-Kah)
Home: Bend, OR
Gender/breed: Female, Hound/Heeler
Eye color: Brown
Employment: Watching over the house, Running/climbing mate with Mom
Hobbies: Tricking other dogs into chasing me; tiptoeing out the front door and pretending not to hear Mom when I am sneaking out; just wicked fast running in general.
Favorite toy: Anything is fair game in the backyard if I am left there beyond what I think is appropriate.
Best trick: Communicating with my paws, tapping on my Mom to go outside to use the facilities and tapping on the door when I am done; I rarely bark, only when absolutely necessary
Advice for young pups: Persistence pays off BIG TIME.

Name: Kaya
Home: Bend, OR
Gender/breed: Female, Llewellin Setter
Eye color: Brown
Employment: Camp Fire USA dog & couch watcher!
Hobbies: going to the dog park, playing ball, SWIMMING, chasing my kitties
Favorite toy: my tug toy (I have had it since the first day I came home)
Best trick: swimming and not coming back ;)
Advice for young pups: listen to your owners, they know best!

Name: Blue (aka Blueboy)
Home: Ridgefield, Connecticut
Gender/breed: Male / Blue Merle Collie
Eye color: Beady Merle Eyes
Employment: Guarding the flock, keeping the property free of everything that moves, washing the dishes before the dishwasher
Hobbies: Barking, Playing, Barking, Wrestling, Barking, Chasing Drake, Barking, Chasing Squirrels and Barking
Favorite toy: Ernie the Wonder Dog
Best trick: Taking You By The Hand to Show You What He Wants.
Advice for young pups: Get a Job!

Name: Henri (HEINERICH)
Home: Iserlohn, Germany
Gender/breed: German wirehaired pointer
Eye color: Brown
Hobbies: hunting wild hogs, searching ducks, hanging out with his friend Sam
Favorite toy: the Kong
Best trick: opening all doors, climbing, romp with all kinds of women, disappearance
Advice for young pups: play hard - pretend you ve done nothing wrong

Name: Ruby (Ruby Bear, Baby Girl, Miss Happiness)
Home: Cape Town, South Africa (Have been to amsterdam (twice), LA, austin, portland, seattle, johannesburg, durban, cape town, in fact, all over South Africa).
Gender/breed: Female, Tri-Colour Australian Shepherd (from strathavenaussies.co.za)
Eye color: Brown
Employment: Chief Product Tester for Urban Dog Supply, Community service as a Certified Therapy Dog.
Hobbies: Will do anything in exchange for raw almonds, sunbathing, hiking, the beach, meeting new people, travelling (road trips especially).
Favorite toy: Buddy (Stuffed toy dog)
Best trick: Kangaroo. And is waaaaay better than Alta (see one of the pics attached, doing Kangaroo in near gale force winds on the beach!). Is also pretty good at "Bang! Bang! You're Dead!"
Advice for young pups: "Don't lick frogs, it'll make you throw up."
YouTube Channel: Rubita La Perrita

Name: Lopez, Pez
Home: Portland, OR
Gender/breed: Male, Yellow Lab
Eye color: Brown
Employment: state certified wilderness search dog.
Hobbies: Tugging, Food, Hanging with people
Favorite toy: Retrieving bumper
Best trick: acting as if I'm asleep but I'm really solving the worlds problems
Advice for young pups: Earlicking can score you big points with older dogs

Name: Ziggy
Home: Ventura, CA
Breed: Female/ Jack Russell Terrier
Eye color: Brown
Employment: Helping my dad. He s the best!
Hobbies: Fetching the tennis ball!!!
Favorite toy: Tennis Ball
Best trick: Catching the ball mid air.
Advice for young pups: Tilting your head to the left or right and acting like nothing is wrong works the best!

Name: Malone
Home: Zhuhai, GuangDong, Chin
Breed: Pug
Eye color: Brown
Employment: Current mascot for Weiguo Solutions
Hobbies: Rocking Tazlab gear
Favorite toy: Dirty Socks
Best trick: The 360 degree, tomahawk jam or the atomic leg drop.
Advice for young pups: Pop, lock, and drop it

Name: Winnie
Home: San Jose, CA
Gender/breed: Female cockapoo (hence, Winnie the 'Poo)
Eye color: Melted chocolate
Employment: Training her two humans; bringing a smile to the face of everybody she meets
Hobbies: Playing with her squeaky ball, endlessly (see below); going to the park for her morning run; going to the mall or anywhere there's a crowd, to meet and be met by people
Favorite toy: Vo-Toys soft vinyl spiney ball (product number 468) -- she's thoroughly addicted, and the pet stores are constantly running out of them
Best trick: grabbing a sock or other item (a bra works very well, too) from the laundry and playing keep-away
Advice for young pups: Perfect that cute, sad look and your humans will be putty in your paws

Name: Ripley (our two year old calls him "Lipley!")
Home: Indianapolis, Indiana
Gender/breed: Male / Heinz 57
Eye color: Brown
Employment: has employed himself to chase our chipmunks and bumble bees
Hobbies: sneaking onto the couch
Favorite toy: Malta (his sister)
Best trick: posing for a picture
Advice for young pups: don't get on the couch until your people are out of the room

Name: Malta (Curly Blond)
Home: Indianapolis, Indiana
Gender/breed: Female / GoldenDoodle
Eye color: Black
Employment: cheering up the folks at the office
Hobbies: Playing with the tennis ball! Playing with the tennis ball! Playing with the tennis ball!
Favorite toy: any ball
Best trick: Bang! She's dead.
Advice for young pups: Be a Doodle! They're the best!

Name: Ernie (the wonder dog)
Home: Ridgefield, CT
Gender/breed: Male/Golden Receiver (never brings it back)
Eye color: Soulful Brown
Employment: Chew toy for little brother Blue
Hobbies: Chewing and eating sticks, swimming and eating (sometimes at the same time)
Favorite toy: Big sister Clove and my stuffed elephant that was given to me when I was first brought home.
Best trick: Making food on the counter disappear
Advice for young pups: Good attention, bad attention, it doesn't matter, it's still attention

Name: Chaco
Home: Nederland, CO
Gender/breed: male / Australian Shepherd
Eye color: Brown
Employment: I'm currently employed full-time as Bonzo's babysitter.Before that, though, I was an assistant to Ben, lecturer in CS at Caltech in Pasadena, CA.
Hobbies: chasing the laser!
Favorite toy: laser
Best trick: jumping over stuff
Advice for young pups: Don't turn out like Bonzo.

Name: Bonzo
Home: Nederland, CO
Gender/breed: male / Australian Shepherd
Eye color: one's brown, the other one's half blue and half brown
Employment: The. postman. will. never. get. in. !!!
Hobbies: I pretty much just tag after my brother, Chaco.
Favorite toy: my tire.
Best trick: I can catch the UPS van. Really, I can.
Advice for young pups: Be careful of school buses and snow plows.

Name: Merlin (a.k.a "Moo" or "Merlin Moo" or "the Merlinator")
Home: Roseland, New "Joisey" USA
Gender/breed: Male, Red Grizzle, Border TERRIER!
Eye color: "expressive" brown
Employment: Therapy work at nursing homes.
Hobbies: Earthdog maniac! Love to get dem' mousies. (Master Earthdog +2)
Favorite toy: My Border sister, Maggie.
Best trick: I allow the humans to "shoot" me and I fall down and play "dead", sheesh!
Advice for young pups: Keep your humans amused and they are more likely to give you more treats! Kisses help, too!

Name: Leo
Home: where the bone is
Gender/breed: Male/Golden Lab
Eye color: Brown
Employment: Greeter
Hobbies: swimming / table clearing
Favorite toy: planet dog dice
Best trick: Hi5
Advice for young pups: everything comes to he who waits

Name: Jack
Home: Charleston, WV
Gender/breed: Male/Lab Ret
Eye color: Brown
Employment: Retired from Army National Guard Recruiting office floor
Hobbies: chasing foolhardy squirrels
Favorite toy: dead tree branches that fall into our yard
Best trick: Tricks are for suckers!! I will shake your hand for a treat though!
Advice for young pups: Don't chew the baseboards in the house... it'll get you thrown in the doggy jail! oh, and poo outside!

Name: Maggie, Mags, MJ, Jordan, Air Maggie
Home: Littleton, CO
Gender/breed: Female/ Border Collie (Mix?) (unknown for sure, I am a rescue)
Eye color: Is Frisbee a color? Brown otherwise
Employment: Current UFO World Cup Champion and Colorado State Champion!!
Hobbies: Playing FRISBEE, and barking like crazy when I am not!!
Favorite toy: Frisbee by far (sensing a theme here?)
Best trick: Anything involving a Frisbee where I can JUMP for it!!
Advice for young pups: At ALL costs, blame it on the cat!!
Website: www.teammaggierocks.com

Name: Lamb Chop- Nickname "LC"
Home: Champaign, IL
Gender/breed: Female/ Old English Sheepdog
Eye color: Brown
Hobbies: Swimming, eating, car rides, and napping
Favorite toy: Not interested- prefers food!
Best trick: Squeezing my 100-pound body into small spaces between people on the couch
Advice for young pups: Always get into bed first so you can claim the best spot and all of the covers!

Name: Jake
Home: Cincinnati, OH
Gender/breed: Male, French Bulldog
Eye color: Brown
Employment: Unemployed
Hobbies: Riding in the car, going to work (vet) w/ my mom, chasing my brother Ernie, going to the park and chasing butterflies
Favorite toy: My brothers ears, and a nylabone
Best trick: Playing dead
Advice for young pups: Always find time to chase butterflies

Name: Ernie
Home: Cincinnati, OH
Gender/breed: Male, Golden Ret.
Eye color: Brown
Employment: unemployed
Hobbies: Going for walks, going to the park, chasing my brother Jake, seeing how many tennis balls I can fit into my mouth
Favorite toy: socks, and a nylabone
Best trick: Pretending to be "under arrest" and putting his paws up on the wall
Advice for young pups: Don't eat things you shouldn't i.e. GI Joes, they will make you sick, and little siblings aren't as bad as you may think

Name: Wile E. Coyote
Home: Ridgefield, CT
Gender/breed: Male/ Beautiful White Collie
Eye color: Brown
Employment: Herding the local neighborhood kids into one small group, pulling kids on rollerblades
Hobbies: Hiking in the Mountains, hanging out the back of the 4-runner, catching everything especially food
Favorite toy: First it was Barneybighead..then it was Clove and Ernie
Best trick: Disappearing Act - Now you see him...now you don't!
Advice for young pups: Control...its all about control.

Name: Maeve (O'Malleigh's Maebh, RN)
Home: Seattle, WA
Gender/breed: Female/Irish Water Spaniel, 2 years old
Eye color: Amber
Employment: atches for neighborhood infractions, such as the boys across the street playing and kitties
Hobbies: Playing with sisters and chasing birds
Favorite toy: Tennis Ball
Best trick: Dock Jumping!
Advice for young pups: All hearts melt when you rest your head on Mom s chest

Name: Clove (a.k.a Sweetheart or Beautiful Sweetheart)
Home: Ridgefield, CT
Gender/breed: Female/Chocolate Lab
Eye color: Brown/Yellow
Employment: Clears property of sticks, errant balls and deer – Likes to help with the dishes
Hobbies: Swimming (fastest dog in the water), watching TV and belly rubs
Favorite toy: Kong, tennis balls (sticks too!)
Best trick: Catching her Kong on one bounce, catching snowballs
Advice for young pups: I eat first.

Name: Bunker - Nickname: Toothbrush
Home: San Diego, CA
Gender/breed: Lab/Rott
Eye color: Brown
Employment: Following my Dad wherever he goes, No matter how big the waves!!
Hobbies: Swimming, swimming swimming - Ocean, Pond, Pool, Puddle, Fountain - You name it, if it's water and it's wet I am in it!!
Favorite toy: Nathan the Hedge Hog!
Best trick: Laying on your back will get your belly rubbed.
Advice for young pups: Live by the Pacific the cold water feels so awesome

Name: Bijou
Home: Texas
Gender/breed: Male, Border Collie
Eye color: cocoa brown
Employment: Doggie Embassador
Hobbies: Let's make this a squirrel free world!
Favorite toy: All the double squeekers
Best trick: Tree climbs and jumps
Advice for young pups: If you inch your nose close to your human friends sleeping face and wag your tail you'll go for a run.

Name: Rebezini, nickname Rebe
Home: East Boothbay, Maine
Gender/breed: Female Brittany
Eye color: Golden Brown
Employment: Taking Mom for walks, fetching everything, and digging holes to China
Hobbies: Burying sister Rose (10 lb. Bichon) in the holes to China
Favorite toy: Any chew bone
Best trick: Walking on the back of the couch to see out the windows
Advice for young pups: Sit when they ask and you can have all the treats!

Name: GooseBerry
Home: Covina, CA
Gender/breed: Typical Female Australian Cattle Dog. They document and remember everything.
Eye color: Brown
Employment: Wilderness Area Search Dog and Cadaver Dog for the state of California with the California Rescue Dog Association (CARDA).
Hobbies: Looking for those that have lost there way, Frisbees, balls, Anything you can throw, The DOT, mountain biking, hiking, Did I say the DOT, swimming and hanging with Moab at home.
Favorite toy: THE DOT. The DOT is laser pen on my key ring and is an obsession for her. If she finds the keys just sitting there she will do one of two things: 1st is sit and drool and the 2nd is bring them to Claudine or I and sit and drool until she can chase the DOT.
Best trick: Finding those that have lost there way and Bringing me my lost Keys (gets to play with the DOT)
Advice for young pups: Make sure you people find you a Job to do. A happy dog is a tired dog.

Name: Brinkley
Home: Julian, CA
Gender/breed: Male/Papillion/Chihuahua
Eye color: Dark Brown
Hobbies: Grooming, Walking the main drag in Julian
Favorite toy: Squeaky toys stolen from friends
Best trick: Dancing on hind legs like a circus dog
Advice for young pups: Mountain life is the good life!

Name: Lexi
Home: Pasadena, CA
Gender/breed: Latvian Goathound
Eye color: Kalamata
Hobbies: Toe licking, cat chasing, paper shredding
Favorite toy: corduroy squirrel
Best trick: Litter box cleaning
Advice for young pups: Skunks are not as tasty as they appear!

Name: Toby
Home: Durango, CO
Gender/breed: Male Golden Retriever
Employment: Zuke’s Dog and Cat Treats- Research and Development a.k.a Treat Testing
Eye color: Beautiful Brown
Hobbies: Running, Hiking, Retrieving anything- he really isn’t picky!
Favorite toy: “The Hairy Ball” – a basketball sized stuffed ball which is covered in Golden Retriever-Like fur. He picked it out because it looks like him!
Best trick: Coming when he is called- it keeps him out of trouble in the wilderness!
Advice for young pups: Eat as many snacks a possible and have as much fun as possible romping in the woods!

Name: “Remy” Sidekick’s A Little Bit Wicked (9 months old) and Max, GCG, AX, AXJ (5/12 years old)
Home: Grass Valley, CA
Gender/breed: Australian Cattle Dog Boys!
Eye color: Brown
Hobbies: Search and Rescue, running, hiking, snow shoeing with Anne and Dan
Favorite toy: Frisbees of any size or shape (Kong Frisbee is Remy’s fav – Max prefers the Frisbee shaped brake diaphragms you get from truck stores)
Best trick: Finding lost people! Max also has some cute ones – sit up and say “please”, back-up, rollover, high 5/10, spin left/right, and a sneeze on command. Remy does a “slam-bam-thank you ma’am” DOWN anywhere, anytime.
Advice for young pups: Max: “Go Away Kid – you bother me!” Remy: “Yeehaw! Let’s play!”

Name: Alta (aka the Foof)
Home: Hollywood, California
Gender/breed: Female, tri-coloured Australian Sheppard (Utah native)
Eye color: dark brown
Hobbies: running along while my master mountain bikes (up to 40 miles), backpacking in the High Sierra and any high adrenaline sport. Sitting on a chair at the coffee shop with a bowl of whipped cream is also a fave after hard day in the stix...
Favorite toy: freesbee(R) and any "dolphin" (my first stuffed toy was a dolphin, so now every stuffed toy is called dolphin...)
Best trick: the KANGAROO. Sitting on my back legs with the front paws up imitating a kangaroo. That's how I get treats but often just puzzle strangers.
Advice for young pups: If you want to be an action pooch when you grow up, get your owners to start early with agility and endurance training. Eat your veggies to grow up strong :-)

Name: Raider (Ch. Snowflower Desert Raider AX, AXJ, HCT, HIC, TC, CGC, TDI)
Home: Pasadena, CA
Gender/breed: Male, Belgian Tervuren
Eye color: Dark Brown
Hobbies: Agility, herding, hiking, flirting with women
Favorite toy: Soft, squeaky types, Kongs
Best trick: Charging onto a glass-top patio table at full speed, and never sliding off
Advice for young pups: "Cute" will get you almost anything you want

Name: Emma (wearing a fashionable lover's leap pink collar)
Home: Boulder County Open Space, Colorado
Gender/breed: Female, silly - didn't you read my name?! German shepardess/Australian shepardess
Eye color: Brown and brown
Hobbies: Staring at chippies (these include squirrels, chipmunks, pika, marmots, and pine martens), running around the mountain forests like a little maniac puppy girl
Favorite toy: The furry thing my friend Christina gave me that looks like a chippy. I kill it alot!
Best trick: Manipulating my mommy and daddy with what they call "the look" so that they take me where they thought they were going without me...They think my best trick is somewhere between waving and cradle, two tricks that I learned from my boyfriend Tasman - the hunk this whole deal is named after - he's so HOT!
Advice for young pups: If you've been rescued, never ever forget that your mommy saved you and you owe her that devoted love forever

Name: Abby Quinn (Quinney)
Home: Indiana/Maine
Gender/breed: Female Irish Water Spaniel Eye color: Yellow
Hobbies: Playing tennis, frisbee, soccer
Favorite toy: stuffed worm
Best trick: Leaping while walking to receive acknowledgement
Advice for young pups: Keep quiet

Name: Nai’a (pronounced “Nigh-ah” means dolphin in Hawaiian)
Home: Los Angeles
Gender/breed: male/Aussidor (half Australian Shepherd half yellow Labrador retriever)
Eye color: one blue, one brown
Hobbies: Sticks, balls, and anything related to food.
Favorite toy: nyla bones
Best trick: “Spronge” (jumping straight up from sitting up)
Advice for young pups:“Don’t get suckered by the fake throw, keep your eyes on the ball and run when they really throw.”

Name: Gunnar
Home: Sierra Madre, California
Gender/breed: Malamute
Eye color: Brown
Hobbies: Watching TV
Favorite toy: Zoul the Cat
Best trick: Howling at Fire trucks
Advice for young pups: Live in Wisconsin

Name: Sparticus
Home: Altadena, CA
Gender/breed: Male/Lab-hound-lion mix, he thinks
Eye color: darkish
Hobbies: Barking at the mailman, lounging in the sun
Favorite toy: Cleo's ears
Best trick: letting his tongue hang out when he's happy
Advice for young pups: Eat all of your food. If you need help with that, I'm there for ya.

Name: Cleopatra (Cleo, for short)
Home: Altadena, CA
Gender/breed: Female/Shepherd-jaguar mix, she says
Eye color: Sunkissed, stunning Brown(her words, of course)
Hobbies: Eating butter off of the countertop, jumping anything less than 8 feet tall
Favorite toy: butter on the countertop
Best trick: escaping any enclosure invented by mere humans
Advice for young pups: Butter is better when its fresh out of the fridge.

Name: Lucy Lou
Home: Goleta, CA
Gender/breed: Female Yellow Lab
Eye color: Brown
Hobbies: Going to the beach, trail runs, and hanging out with my little brother
Favorite toy: things that run
Best trick: diving
Advice for young pups: Try to live abroad at least once in your life

Name: Tasman
Home: Bend, Oregon
Gender/breed: Male, Australian Shepherd
Eye color: blue baby blue - chicks dig it and it freaks strangers out
Hobbies: Frisbee, mountain biking, camping out under the high chair, anything food related, sheep
Favorite toy: the CHICKEN! I have had 6 of them so far and every time I can’t wait to dig out that little squeaky thingy on the inside.
Best trick: I BRINGS BEER FROM THE FRIDGE AND I CLOSE THE FRIDGE WHEN FINISHED. After all what good would it be for my people if I brought them a beer and they had to get up and go close the fridge? They might as well have grabbed their own beer.
Advice for young pups: play hard - pretend you’ve done nothing wrong. Ask for forgiveness not permission.

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