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Fotos of Jim's dogs

Link to stories of Jim's dogs

Dallas 1992-2006 • Austin 1994-2002 • Vegas 2002-2010

Manhattan 2007- • Brooklyn 2011-

Childhood pets

Three boys and their dog, Blackie, 1956. Smokey the cat, 1961.

Blackie the dog, Smokey the cat, and Tigre the kitten, 1961.

Blackie the dog and Tigre the kitten, 1961.

Tigre, 1967.

Chica the Christmas puppy and, later, her pups with mom and dad.

Chica: family dog, Christmas present, 1960s

Dallas

Dallas & Austin

Austin

Dallas & Vegas

Vegas

Vegas in NYC in one of her usual spots - the bathroom floor.

Waiting to take a walk.

Her eatin' corner - in a Karim Rashid designed vase and bowl from Crate & Barrel.

Vegas waiting while I get dinner at some Italian place.

With the Cobbs on the Esplanade.

Along the Hudson Esplanade.

Looking up from the dog run - the lone building in the far distance is the Art Deco style Verizon building, right in front of it would have been the North Tower of the Trade Center. The building to the right of it is the new World Trade Center 7 building.

The tall building in the middle used to be the Downtown Athletic Club, home of the Heisman Trophy, now its luxury condominiums.

Vegas & Manhattan

The girls in New York City
I had attempted to drive to New York in the summer of 2007 with my new dog, Manhattan. She didn't handle it well. We turned around and went back to Edmond. I arranged for the adoption people to foster her for a month, shortened the trip to 4 weeks, and set out a week later with just Vegas. But for the summer of 2008, I wanted to take both dogs. So we set out to make it work. Manhattan and I took dog obedience classes, we drove to the dog park in Edmond, we took practice trips on the freeway and even on the turnpike towards New York. She did fine. She wasn't too comfortable - she would pace in the back - but she didn't throw up or poop in the car. So, we tried again. She paced at first but finally settled down (or the Valium kicked in). Within a couple of hours, she laid down in the back of the car and seemed to be comfortable with that for the next 3 days of driving. I put the bedspread in the back so it smelled like home. We checked into Motel 6. They have a good pet policy and I called each manager to get permission for a second dog. Once in the room, they both enjoyed walking around a bit, but then they just wanted to nap since they didn't get much sleep in the car. On the third day, we drove on into Manhattan and to the Battery Park City naberhood. Manhattan is a big hit when we go for walks. She is so exotic looking that people come up and pet her and talk about dogs.

In hotel rooms:

Top: exiting the condo elevator. Above and below: The girls on the Esplanade along the Hudson River.

The dogs with their new friends in the dogpark by the condo, Vegas on the far left, Manhattan in the foreground right.

The photo shoot
One morning, it was quite cool out so we went for a longer walk than usual. Greyhounds tire easily and so we don't take long walks when its hot, but this morning was actually chilly. As we walked past the marina, I noticed a photo shoot down on the pier. I thought, they need to put these beautiful dogs in their photo. But they didn't notice us so we walked on. We came back the same way, but this time, they were shooting up on the esplanade and the photographer stopped us and asked if he could put my dogs in the photo. I said, Sure. It was for a lingerie catalog in Chile. There was the photographer from Colombia, a make-up person, a hairdresser, two dressers, two production assistants, a video documenter, a producer and 2 client reps from Chile. The model would change clothes (as skimpy as they were) right there on the esplanade. The dressers would wrap a large towel around her and she changed inside the towel as they handed her the next items to wear. The crew was nice and we chatted about dogs, Chile, models, and the shoot. It was quite a crowd showstopper - a sexy model in lingerie and 2 sexy greyhounds. A real hoot.