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Oh my...playing with my new GIF camera... 
(You may need to give it a second to load properly for the full effect.) 

howling!

Hana's Modeling Gig for Handmade Green

Our friend Julia, the designer and creator behind Handmade Green, recently asked if we could take some pictures of our beautiful girl Hana modeling one of her new Spring '13 martingale collars.  We jumped at the chance...a brand new Handmade Green collar...yes please!  Hana wasn't quite as excited about this as I was (...at times she convinces herself that the camera is a torture device.)  I kind of know how she feels...having your picture taken can be awkward.  But nevertheless, we managed a few photo shoots with the new collar, and I think we managed to get some good shots.  Here are some of my favorite pictures (not necessarily the best views of the collar, but cute)...

First we tried taking pictures inside - Hana was happy, but the lighting was pretty bad...

 ...next we went to the back deck and the lighting was better, but our kitty kept photobombing the pictures and Hana seemed convinced that the photoshoot was going to lead to her death...

...a few days later we went on a hike...got a few good shots of the collar but the best was this photo of both dogs in front of a spectacular rainbow...Here Pali is showing Hana how this whole modeling thing is supposed to work, ha!

Finally we did a beach photoshoot.  These ones had the best lighting and Hana was having a blast.  There's really no place she is happier than at the beach!

Thank you Julia for the collar and the modeling gig! 

The collar is awesome and we are stoked!

Click to visit the Handmade Green website and Etsy Shop!

A Mini Reunion/Borzoi Get-Together!

On December 29, a small group of us met up on the North Shore at the Peacock Flats trail.  We joined other Oahu dog owners for the Humane Society's monthly 'Paws of the Path' hike.  Really, it was just a good excuse to get some island Borzoi together.  In addition to  a couple of the Kawailoa Borzoi puppies, I invited Argus (aka Kolchak XVI) and his family to join us.  We managed to get five Borzoi together at one time!  It was fantastic!  Jazz (formerly Pali II) and his family came, including parents Lori and James, and dog-brother Miki.  Maria and her family also joined with Kuhio (formerly Lentil).  And Michelle and her son Matt brought Argus.  We brought Pali and Hana.  Hana was walked by Matt, and Marc and I traded off between walking Pali, and checking out all the 'zois.  It was so much fun :)

Here are pictures from the hike.  Some are really low resolution, but they are still great.  (I would have taken more but my camera died shortly after we started the hike.)

Starting the hike (the Peacock Flats trail is actually just a paved road, closed-off to vehicle traffic, which winds its way up the north side of the Waianae Mtn. range.)  Pictured from left to right: Michelle walking Argus, Matt walking Hana, Pali walking Marc, me.

Resting/water break at the first gate.  Pictured from left to right: James, Lori, Jazz, Miki.

Pali and Jazz sniff noses, joined by Lori and Miki.

 Jazz and Miki.

Jazz and Miki, Argus and Michelle.

 Michelle and Argus...this picture makes the hike look deceivingly mellow...it isn't.  It's all uphill (until you turn around, of course.)

 Argus!

 Marc and Pali, Matt walking Hana. 

Sniff circle.  Hana (left), Argus (right), Kuhio (center).  Argus and Hana have very similar coloring.  He fit right in with the Kawailoa Borzoi bunch.

Argus (left), Maria with Kuhio (center), Pali's schnozz.

Brothers Kuhio and Jazz, Lori in the middle.

Kuhio and Marc.  (Jazz in the back left.)

Matt with Hana...

Matt & Hana, Marc, Pali, and me...

...love this series of Kuhio greeting me.  He got up and his hind legs and gave me a hug, and smothered me with kisses.  Heart=melted.

Kuhio and Argus sniff-sniff.  Marc and Hana enjoying the reunion...

Proud Mama Hana.  Kuhio and Marc reunited...

 

Jazz & Kuhio.

The group, heading back down the hill.

Argus and Kuhio

Group picture!

And a few more group shots :)

I can't wait to do this again!  

And lastly, I will add a few holiday pics for those that couldn't be there...

Roman and Boris snuggling, safe and sound on New Year's Eve.

Tasha under her Christmas tree!

And Misha with his Christmas Tree!

*****

(Okay, I lied, one more note...several people asked me about where I got Pali and Hana's collars from.  I got them from this online shop: http://www.siriusrepublic.com/  Highly recommended!)