Indulge me a little
As I talk about love and dogs.
(This is an old photo – but one of my favourites.)
Oscar, our dog, came to us
When he was four and a half.
He has taught us so much
About love and companionship.
(My son took this picture of Oscar, 11.5, and me.)
Ruby, 5, is our foster dog and has been with us since December.
She was mated and grew larger and larger.
Towards the end of her pregnancy, she didn’t go far
But loved the coolness of the late evening light.
We thought she might have three or four pups inside her (like the first litter of pups she had last year),
But she surprised us all by giving birth to eight healthy puppies.
This is a photo the breeder sent me on the same day as the birth.
I’d say love conquers all, wouldn’t you?
For more love, please visit: Our World Tuesday.
Lady Fi 
Thanks for telling us about the dogs you have fostered, I’ll bet they love you!
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Beautiful story of your dogs you’ve fostered – it’s a wonderful thing you guys are doing.
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Oscar is our own dog – we adopted him when he was 4.5 years old. Ruby is our foster dog.
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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oh, my goodness! 8!!!
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A sweet look at the past. 🙂
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Beautiful ! 🙂
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Hooray for 8! And your son obviously has a good eye for photography as well.
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Wonderful photos! Yes, love is very powerful.
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I’m glad Ruby had eight healthy puppies. I really like your first picture and the photo your son took.
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do you get pick of the litter?
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Oh no – we want Ruby back!
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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My heart is busting, Lady Fi.
LOVELY, fabulous photos. Love the one w/ you in the field of flowers. WOW! xxxxxxxxx
I still have Oscar’s photo on my fridge.
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wow look at all those pups…
you have some amazing friends in your dogs…that first pic
is def really cool….
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Congrats! Tyra expects her puppies on 31th JUly. I know its at least 4
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Ah – stor grattis!
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LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! 🙂
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You a blessed first with Oscar and now with Ruby:)
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You are blessed indeed and so are Oscar and Ruby!! I do so miss my Sam Schnauzer — my best friend for nearly 12 years and such a sad way for him to have to go!! Thanks for sharing, as always!! Hope all of you have a wonderful week!!
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Oh, you must miss him so much… Hugs!
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Such beautiful shots and lots of puppy love!
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It is always nice to know that they like us. We must have some virtues afer all. 🙂
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that first picture is such a stunner! growing up i never had pets. my husband however grew up with dogs. two years ago when we moved neighborhoods and moved from an apartment to a house, we found our Foxy wandering the streets. he was around 4 months old and with no home. we took him in and we are so thankful for the day we found him. he is such a sweetie and has brought so much happiness to our family.
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Thank you for sharing such a lovely story.
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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That first photo blew me away. But I love all of them! Dogs are such a part of my life. And although puppies are adorable, I’ve never had one. Older dogs with a history fascinate me. We get our dogs from shelters and have had such wonderful success with these mysterious creatures. Harry is loving and a calm 12 year old big guy. He’s terrified of fireworks and sensitive to loud noises. Zoe is a minx and the happiest girl I’ve ever known. Honey was a “war dog” but the scars never made us love her less and in fact, she was more beautiful because of them.
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Oh, your dogs sound wonderful. I’m with you – I’ve never had a puppy – I love older dogs too!
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Eight little wriggling bundles of sweet puppy love. How adorable! 🙂
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Great post . GOlden love abounds here
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How Sweet 🙂
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Golden retrievers are the best family dogs. Your son did a remarkable job capturing you with Oscar. Very special photos. Best of luck to the litter of EIGHT! Mercy!
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Thanks. The puppies are at the breeders (not with us – good lord no!) and they already have buyers for them. Ruby is our foster dog.
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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Great post. I love all the shots and the one of mom with her litter is priceless.
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OMG! I love your dogs, your words and the emotion behind them!…:)JP
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Great shots and so lovely family of dogs 🙂
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First of all, I can see why that first photo is a favourite of yours. It’s absolutely stunning.
What a great (dog) family you have! 🙂 Beautiful.
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Such beautiful photos of the dogs and scenery. I can see why you love the dogs!
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Wonderful photos!Eight puppies – how great!
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Ruby – I don’t know why I want to call her Rusty… She looks like she has her paws full!
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Wonderful post! 3
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This is truly such a beautiful post, Fi.
I truly think that life is simply not complete without a dog or two.
Any animal that you love, for that matter.
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Beautiful photos, a great tribute to Oscar and Ruby!
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Aw, those puppies and their mama are precious. Dogs are such sweet and faithful companions and I always enjoy your photos of Oscar.
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Amen to that, my lovely friend!
ALOHA from Honolulu
ComfortSpiral
=^..^= ❤
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What a beautiful, proud Mama. Thanks for sharing. And I love that photo of you in that glorious, yellow field with the most wonderful Oscar.
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Lovely shot of your lake, such a peaceful place! And I love the photo of you and your Oscar. He is beautiful. Congrats to Ruby the new mommy. Love the puppies.. Enjoy your week!
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I’ll indulge you a lot when it comes to sharing your gorgeous pics of your pups (and you!)
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So sweet! Will Ruby come back to your home? That first picture is incredibly beautiful as well. Because of how we live, dogs are out of the equation, so I love the pictures and information you share (as I love visiting our kids’ dogs).
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Yes, we hope Ruby will come back to us after the puppies have left.
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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Awwww, how sweet and I bet Ruby is a wonderful mother.
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So beautiful and touching pictures!
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Pretty special, great things to have in your life.
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Smiling from ‘ear to ear’ 🙂
Simply loved this post.
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Wonderful shots. He is very adorable.
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Very dreamy and lovely captures.
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Both Oscar and Ruby look like wonderful dogs! Ruby looked very happy and proud of her litter of pups.The photo of you with Oscar sitting among the flowers is so lovely, Lady Fi!
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A love inducing post!!
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Wonderful, lovely, gorgeous photos!
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Wonderful!
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magnifique ce premier cliché
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Hi, Lady fi; GORGEOUS dog Oscar is and Ruby, too♡♡♡ Your pictures are FABULOUS; Thank you very much for hosting.
Sending you Lots of Love and Hugs from Japan, xoxo Miyako*
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What adorable photos.
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Congratulations to Ruby – glad to know she and her puppies are doing so well!
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I can see why you love that photo! It’s absolutely magical!
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Congratulations on all those healthy puppies. Sweet post!
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Beautiful story of your dogs Thank you for share it for us
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If you could only bottle it and sell it! (The love, not the puppy.)
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Beautiful shots, we have three dogs and I can’t imagine life without them.
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And they make such great photo subjects. Love those big love shots.
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Oscar and Ruby are both beautiful dogs. I’m a dog lover. We have Fergus, but would love another to keep him company. We think maybe next year.
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Wonderful and loving post with great shots for OWT ~ thanks, ^_^
artmusedog and carol (A Creative Harbor)
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I would say it certainly does. What gorgeous dogs and precious pictures. I love taking photos of dogs!!! Their faces are so wonderful. Thanks for visiting IHATH for Javier’s birthday. He is our baby and we love him so much!
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Beautiful pictures i These dogs are so friendly and kind but good wardens too. I love the one of my friend, his name is Charlie !
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Love that photo of you and Oscar! And how lovely that there were so many beautiful puppies!! Cheers, Danette
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this reminded me of your post.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/14/dog-last-day-robyn-arouty_n_5585074.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000023&ir=Good+News
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You have expressed beautifully the impact our pets have on our lives. I really loved this post. Thank you, as well, for the work you do to keep Our World Tuesday in great shape!
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Many congrats to Ruby for such a wonderful litter. Do you get to see the pups later?
Jen
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The first photo is awesome and your son takes nice photo, too!
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Lovely pictures – especially the one of you with your arms around the dog on the beautiful field! Great little puppies!
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Magnificent series! a big favorite for the first that has a lot of charm avce this remarkable sky! a love of dog! good week
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o, so sweet 🙂
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oh gorgeously heart-warming!
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What a large litter of beautiful pups!
A wonderful post.
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Beautiful dogs…and what a healthy looking litter.
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Pure love, absolute joy!
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Eight puppies – that’s impressive!
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How sweet! When my boys were growing up we had Golden Retrievers and even bred one of them. They are the most wonderful dogs…smart and loving! Hugs, diane
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Love does, indeed! Thanks for sharing your magnificent friends with us!
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Oh so sweet. Love conquers all indeed. Beautiful photos, beautiful dogs. Your shot with Oscar is very lovely.
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I LOVE the photo of you and Oscar and all those dandelions.
I’m moved to tears now & then missing our good old boy, McGee.. A dog’s love is a treasure. And puppies are such a joy!
McGee’s mom was also named Ruby, he was one of 9 pups, all males! Ruby looks like a wonderful, proud, loving mother.
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The dog and puppies – adorable, and the first two shots are just stunning!
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Hi There, I can certainly understand how that first photo could be a favorite. It is definitely one that should be framed. Gorgeous!!!
So Ruby had 8 pups???? No wonder she was so large –and probably miserable before her babies came!!!! She a beauty –just like Oscar.
Hugs,
Betsy
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I really like the photo of you and Oscar. Thanks for sharing it!
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Beautiful images, specially the first one at the golden hour, the place looks amazing! Great family.
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Wonderful images, beautiful story of your dogs:) Greetings
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It’s so good to be back and to have a look to a part of the world through the lens and eyes of good friends lovers of big and small details captured from nature and neighbored or critters of all kind!!..congrats for the birth of the eight puppies! I’ll do my best to see what i missed while i’ve been in my holiday summer… so please forgive my absence – mea culpa – i’ll catch back in the rhythm of posting news… Have a good day and a superbissim summer time!!!
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Your dogs are both wonderful and lovely.
Best regards, Synnöve
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The first photo is beautiful, such an ethereal quality to it. Your dogs are a blessing.
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Starting with that spectacular shot of the sun and sky, the post of the dogs is excellent. It takes us along right down to the eight puppies. Very well done.
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They become our family and we learn a lot from them. My dad has many dogs, I don’t know the exact number. Whenever I go, there is an addition. Beautiful photos, I too loved the first.
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Oh! How I love the light in your photos!!!! 8!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pups!!!! How amazing!!! She is beautiful!!!!! Yes! If you watch closely animals can teach us so much. Lovely post!
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SO IRONIC!! I just posted about my cat named Ruby today! What are the odds!? Such beautiful furry friends 🙂
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No wonder the old photo is one of your favourites. WOW!
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Awesome stories told here thought the fabulous photos! Glad seeing you there Ladyfi 🙂
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I love the picture your son took of you and Oscar and the picture you took of Ruby sitting in front of the tree with the sunlight in between the branches. How did you get her to sit at such perfect location? 🙂
EmCi
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Beautiful photos, wonderful first!
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Flotte bilder alle sammen, men jeg er nok mest begeistret for det første. Det er bare så nydelig!
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Beautiful series, stunning photos
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Your posts (and photos) are always outstanding. I too have a strong love for dogs, and we plan on getting a puppy for our baby girl to grow up with.
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There is nothing like the love of a puppy, no matter the age!
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eh oui même les animaux sont aussi nos proches
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Ruby is beautiful and I love the photograph of you with Oscar 🙂
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