Dog Fancy magazine: April 2010 Archives
Deborah Davidson Harpur of Harbor City has scored quite the coup this month: Her champion agility dog Rickie Roo made the cover of the current (May 2010) edition of Dog Fancy Magazine. For dogs, is that kind of like being on the cover of the Rolling Stone used to be for rock bands?
Rickie Roo clearly rocks.
But that's not all.
Rickie Roo and Deborah's other champion dog, Gigi, also are the cover shot of the 2011 Browntrout Rat Terrier breed calendar. (Photo credit to Pam Marks of the Pawprince Studios)



Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(