Sun Bathing Beauty

Of our two dogs, Taffy most enjoys lying in the sunlight. She's our older dog (four years old this February 12, to be exact), the one who doesn't have the spastic Jack Russell terrier gene anymore.

When she was a puppy we were so freaked out by her energy and tendency to bite - with those sharp puppy teeth – I called the breeder to ask what the hell she'd sold us, a vampire dog? She laughed, and assured me there was nothing wrong. And I'd bet money when she got off the phone she laughed until she cried. After all, this was a JRT we'd bought, not a Basset Hound.

And now look at her. Half the time we can hardly wake her up. How things have changed.