Click the above image to load a 1920×1200 full size wallpaper image. This is my dog Luke captured beautifully by Kristan Robertson (my daughter). She was experimenting with her brand new DSLR. She should be commenting in here shortly to add the details on the camera model and lens info for you camera tech types.

Tempie is the black and white female. She is a Rat Terrier. When we first got her she was the calm one so we named her Temperance which means:

moderation in action, thought, or feeling : restraint

And yes we did get the name from the Bones character.

We later discovered that she is actually the smarter and more aggressive of the two dogs.

Here she is peeking out the dog door.

She has calmed down somewhat over the last few weeks though. We think perhaps some of Luke’s sweetness is starting to rub off on her.

Luke is the brown and white male. He is half Papillon and half Rat Terrier. The breeder said they share the same grandma. I named him after two pop culture icons – Marvel’s Luke Cage and General Hospital’s Luke Spencer. He seemed rather fearless when we first got him. He was also a little bigger than all the other pups & was very boisterous knocking all the others down as he jumped up and down trying to get our attention in the tiny pin they were all in.

He actually grew into a very sweet & lovable goof ball.

Although he is larger than Tempie and quite capable of kicking her butt he never does although they wrestle around all the time. He almost always lets her “win”. She totally dominates him and he wouldn’t have it any other way!

He is half Rat Terrier and half Papillon.

He is 9 months old & weighs about 16 pounds. He is also fairly goofy, sweet and somewhat DESTRUCTIVE. This is what happened when he managed to obtain about 8 minutes of alone time with my 4 gig SanDisk Cruzer Micro USB flash drive:

No, it does NOT work anymore. No, I didn’t hurt him.

I yelled some…then bought myself an 8 gig replacement the next day! I just hate it when the dog prompts an upgrade.