A beagle who can catch balls
May 28, 2011 11:56am
doug
13 May
2011
A cute Tao photo I ran across today
May 13, 2011 5:56pm
I haven't seen this one for a few years. He's looking up at me while I'm working, either wanting to play or go outside for a walk. doug
3 Apr
2011
Dog three weeks at sea saved
Apr 3, 2011 10:04am
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Dog three weeks at sea saved
SENDAI (Kyodo) The Japan Coast Guard managed to save a small brown dog Friday from a floating rooftop 1.8 km off Miyagi Prefecture, three weeks after a massive tsunami ravaged the northeast coast.
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| Safe and sound: Coast guardsmen pat a dog they rescued Friday 1.8 km off the coast of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, three weeks after the mega-quake and tsunami. KYODO PHOTO |
The canine castaway was spotted by helicopter at around 4 p.m. by a special rescue unit from the 3rd Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, operating out of Yokohama.
The team's initial rescue attempt failed after the dog, perhaps scared by the hovering helicopter, jumped from the roof over to nearby driftwood.
A rescue boat with three guardsmen was then dispatched and succeeded in catching the pooch an hour later by using rescue stretchers.
The dog, which was wearing a black collar that had no indication of who its owner might be, was fed biscuits and sausages aboard the coast guard vessel and is behaving itself, the coast guard said.
3 Mar
2011
Hachiko's cause of death finally confirmed
Mar 3, 2011 10:41am
I've actually seen the taxidermed Hachiko at the National Science Museum in Ueno. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_faithful_dog;_ylt=AnQ.PY61czC6WUHhwW.xpc.... doug
24 Feb
2009
Tao meets Hao
Feb 24, 2009 8:38am
Tao and Hao-chan finally meet, thanks to the miracle of PhotoShop.
doug
14 Aug
2007
Tao in Stereo
Aug 14, 2007 7:39pm
While organizing zillions of old photos in iLife '08 I came across a pair of photos I took of Tao back when he was about, oh, two years old. I realized that I had taken two almost from the same view because I was manually taking a stereo pair (easy to do, actually). I put both together yesterday as a cross-eyed pair, which means you have to cross your eyes to form one, stereoscopic image in the middle. Over 80% of people can do it. Can you see Tao in stereo? doug
22 Apr
2007
Tao Movie
Apr 22, 2007 8:20pm
I was able to compress my Tao movie (from when he was a puppy until his last day...) so that it is possible to watch it over the web now:
http://lerner.net/doug/Tao1992-2006
doug
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I'm an American and permanent resident of Japan living in Tokyo. I also have a residence in St. Louis, and family in Boston.
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