I adopted Tinky around June of 1996 after my previous companion, Taffi, was poisoned by a teenage skinhead neighbor.

Tinky is an Otter Hound mix.  Or perhaps a Wheaton Terrier mix.  She has some Chow in her as is evident from her partially black tongue.  And she is a wonderful companion.  She is extremely curious and loves to hunt and search, but she has recently developed arthritis in her hips which prevents her from being as active as she was.  And now, unfortunately, Tinky has passed on, and I'm so lost without her. Tinky and Papa Smurf

TAFFI Taffi was one of the best.  I adopted her from the local Humane Society back in 1995.  She was obedient, intelligent, loving, and cute.  She wouldn't have hurt a fly, and yet my sleazeball neighbor tormented her, and finally poisoned her.  Though she was in my life little more than a year, I shall always remember her.