Welcome to my Website

I'm located in Omaha Nebraska where I enjoy taking photographs, do some website development and miscellaneous other stuff.

Much of my photography work is with dogs. I'm a member of the Nebraska Kennel Club and do volunteer work for other dog clubs and organizations in the area. I currently have a Labrador retriever named Jericho, born Nov 29, 2017. Few things give me greater satisfaction than a good doggy photo, and nothing means more to me than the love and loyalty of my dogs.

Please enjoy wandering around my website!

Click here for links to photos I've taken at various dog events

In Loving Memory

Joshua
April 19, 2002 - November 29, /2016

Joshua was my first dog and I think he was the greatest dog that ever lived. He was 7 weeks and 2 days old when he came to live with me. Friendly, handsome and eager to please, he never caused me a single serious problem. In looking back over our time together two things in particular stand out about him:

-- He was very very smart. That's not just my opinion, people far more knowledgeable about dogs than me told me the same thing. His grasp of English was so good he pretty much understood anything I told him to do.

-- More than anything else, he loved people. The greatest joy in his life was meeting someone new. I used to say that he treated everyone he met like they were the one true love he'd been searching for his whole life.

Joshua taught me life is to be enjoyed. His greatest worry was "Am I going to get a piece of that hot dog you're eating?" Chasing squirrels, jumping into water after a stick, going for walks or even just lying in the sun, like all dogs Joshua was all about fully living every second that was given to him. The world would be a much better place if more people understood this.

I miss him terribly.

Buddy
November 1, 2003 - February 2, 2018

Click here for Buddy's Memorial Photo Album

Buddy was my beautiful Australian shepherd. Possibly mixed with something else (golden?), his was a sweet and loving personality, one of those dogs that for no particular reason would wander up to you, rest his chin on your knee and gaze up at you with those beautiful brown "I adore you" eyes.

I got Buddy in an unusual way; one day when my new house was under construction this gorgeous fluffball pranced in and tried to get all the contractors to play with him. Soon he was there every day. He had no ID so I just called him "Buddy". Eventually I located his owners and found out his name was - Buddy! Right around here I suspected he'd be mine someday. Sure enough, when Joshua and I moved in, he parked his butt on my porch and wouldn't leave. So I adopted him from his owners (he'd been given to them as a gift but they actually hadn't wanted a house dog).

Of the three dogs I had during this period, Harlan the Great Dane was the one visitors first noticed (because, Great Dane), and Joshua was the dog that got into their face the most trying to get them to play fetch. But people usually ended up telling me that Buddy was the dog they fell in love with; calm, gentle, and very loving, he was perhaps the sweetest dog I'll ever have.

Harlan
June 2, 2006 - August 31, 2018

Click here for Harlan's Memorial Photo Album

Harlan was my incredibly handsome Harlequin Great Dane. In 2005 I decided I wanted another dog (a “big” dog), so I started researching the larger breeds. Then one afternoon at a Humane Society event I met a woman with a female brindle Great Dane; she was a very friendly in-your-face dog and I thought she was the most gorgeous thing I’d ever seen. So I spent a year learning about them and got Harlan in July of 2016.

Great Danes attract attention (in fact once a woman got distracted by Harl and tripped and fell on the sidewalk. After that, I tended to avoid walking him along busy streets). But behind that majestic look was a loving dedicated dog. Great Danes are known for bonding tightly with their human, and Harlan's loyalty and devotion were so extreme it was practically a superpower. Great Danes are also lapdogs and throughout Harlan's twelve years with me his main goal was to be in physical contact with me at all times - flopping over onto my lap if I sat on the couch, or lying beside me (or better yet, on top of me) anytime he saw me in any kind of horizontal position. And at night he’d hop into bed and flop down against me (sometimes across me), heave a big sigh, and almost immediately start snoring. Big dogs leave a big space when they're gone and I miss him very much.

Following are links to photos I've taken at various dog events:

NEW!! NKC Fast CAT Event Oct 23 - 24,, 2021

NKC Scent Work Trials July 16 - 18, 2021

NKC Fast CAT® Event April 24 - 25, 2021

NKC Scent Work Trials December 5 - 6, 2020

NKC Scent Work Trials July 10 - 12, 2020

NKC Scentwork Trials Dec 7 & 8, 2019

NKC Tracking Tests Nov 10, 2019

Barn Hunt Trials Oct 19 - 20, 2019

Omaha Police Dept K9 Unit Presentation Oct 16, 2019

NKC Scent Work Trials July 5 - 7, 2019

Nebraska Valley Cluster Dog Show May 18 - 19, 2019

NKC Scent Work Trials December 8 - 9, 2018

NKC Tracking Tests, Nov 11, 2018

NKC Barn Hunt Trials September 15 - 16, 2018

NKC Barn Hunt Practice September 1, 2018

NKC Scent Work Trials July 6 - 8, 2018

NKC 2018 Dog Show, May 5, 2018

NKC B-OB Matches, Jan 14, 2018

NKC Tracking Tests, Nov 12, 2017

NKC Barn Hunt Trials, Sep 16, 2017

NKC Barn Hunt Practice, Sep 2, 2017

NKC Barn Hunt Practice, Apr 15, 2017

NKC Barn Hunt, Dec 12 &13, 2016

NKC Tracking Test Photos, Nov 13 2016

NKC Barn Hunt Training Photos, Sept 17, 2016

NKC Obedience / Rally Trials, May 21 & 22, 2016

NKC Tracking Seminar, Apr 16 & 17, 2016

NKC Barn Hunt, Feb 13 &14, 2016

NKC Conformation / Obedience B Matches, Jan 17, 2016

NKC Tracking Tests, Nov 8, 2015

NKC Barn Hunt Fun Tests, Oct 3, 2015, Lincoln NE

Nebraska Kennel Club 2015 Obedience / Rally Trials Photos

Nebraska Kennel Club 2015 Barn Hunt Seminar and Fun Test

Nebraska Kennel Club 2014 Tracking Test Photos

Nebraska Kennel Club 2014 Responsible Dog Ownership Day

Nebraska Kennel Club 2013 Tracking Test Photos

Nebraska Kennel Club 2013 Responsible Dog Ownership Day

Nebraska Kennel Club 2012 Tracking Test Photos

Nebraska Kennel Club 2011 Tracking Test Photos

 

NEW!! Cornhusker Kennel Club March 24, 2019 Tracking Test Photos

Cornhusker Kennel Club March 25, 2018 Tracking Test Photos

Cornhusker Kennel Club May 7, 2017 Variable Surface Tracking Test Photos

Cornhusker Kennel Club Mar 26, 2017 Tracking Test Photos

Cornhusker Kennel Club May 8, 2016 Variable Surface Tracking Test Photos

Cornhusker Kennel Club Mar 27, 2016 Tracking Test Photos

Cornhusker Kennel Club May 3, 2015 Variable Surface Tracking Test Photos

Cornhusker Kennel Club Mar 22, 2015 Tracking Test Photos

Cornhusker Kennel Club May 4, 2014 VST Test Photos

Cornhusker Kennel Club Mar 23, 2014 Tracking Test Photos

Cornhusker Kennel Club May 5, 2013 VST Test Photos

Cornhusker Kennel Club Mar 24, 2013 Tracking Test Photos