Snapshots

Miscellaneous snapshots from Etta's refrigerator magnet collection. Blitz was my first German Shepherd, a pure-breed Schutzhund champion that we bought when we lived in Washington Depot, Connecticut. Just before he died, we bought a second Shepherd, Kacz, and another, Blitz II, both of whom are about the same age and still with us today. Kacz is an American style Shepherd; long, lean and clumsy. Blitz II was imported directly from East Germany and is a classic pureblood Shutzhund champion, consciously bred as a working dog and far more muscular and blocky than Kacz.

My wife, Etta, had a tiny Yorkshire Terrier named Akache when we met at Bill Monroe's bluegrass festival in Beanblossom Indiana. When Akache died, she bought Poppy as a replacement, then inherited Pepper when her mother died. All of these have long since departed, all of plain old age.

Liala Kaczmarsky Steadfast supplier of doggie treats and the origin for Kacz's name

Brad and Etta on Australia's barrier reef

Blitz Wonder dog and frisbe fanatic

Blitz and Kacz Main and emergency backup dogs (Blitz and Kacz) with Frosty Paws treats

Greeting Kacz at Dulles Airport

Kacz practices ears

Poppy and Pepper Etta's micro-dogs