kevin reffett

a dog’s got personality.

personality goes a long way.

jules winnfield, in “pulp fiction”

you can tell by the kindness of a dog how a human should be.

captain beefheart

my dog capa runs the household, and has been keeping herself busy during these “trump trial post-pandemic days” by resuming doing all the “normal dog stuff”…like avoiding all things “social distancing”, chasing random kitties who mistakenly roam into her backyard without proper invitation, dieting in a time inconsistent manner, and along w/ her new sister taro, barking at the mailman and lawn people and at airplanes/helicopters that are flying over their backyard “airspace….

taro is a cardigan cargi, and a prototype for the “quasi-hyperbolic” dog, who grew up on a horse farm literally herding horses, but has settled into the valley of fire lifestyle…she runs like a deer, is proud of violating all the axioms of expected utility (and utility maximization/rationality itself), but she loves to spend time with my mother best….fyi, these two dogs are named after two of my favorite photographers, robert capa and gerda taro….

now, capa still misses her “sister” abita (“abby”), who died near the of 2022 at age 15…..abby was an amazing dog, so on this page, I am including lots of pictures of abby also….but with abby was bechet, abby’s “brother”, who died in december of 2018…i am still missing bechet...he was simply one of the most amazing dogs i have ever met….a character, through and through….

i am also including pictures of my mom’s past dogs who were all central to capa, taro, and abby’s lives… toby, who was lost in 2023…and kiki, my mom’s dog that she lost in the fall of 2021…both amazingly sweet (and naughty) dogs….and i have also have also included some shots of joe and jade, francesco agnostinelli and denysia allen’s dogs, who like to visit AZ often, and are a very cute pair of dogs…joe is a global traveler, has really racked up the frequent flyer miles even during the pandemic, but has not been on the road in a while….jade on the other hand is not a frequent flyer, and enjoyed spending free time cooking dishes she learns off the food network…

finally, i am also have including pictures of beckett (who went by “sam”) and zoot, both fantastic dogs, and sorely missed…and “star” and “candy”, dogs i had when i was a young… as well my mom’s previous bichon, casper, and some pics of my mom and dad's dog, rags, who passed away a number of years ago….

rags, casper, kiki, toby (in initial order), my parent’s dogs….then, star (german shephard) and candy (collie) our family dogs when i was young..…then more pictures….