Poops turns 10

She has survived her bad habit of running toward bears, a tumor on her foot and the birth of a human six years ago that pushed her way down in the pecking order. She has taken that with grace and we're happy to have more time to share with her.

Wrote an essay about my dogs, including Poops, in Alaska Tracks. From it:

"Poops came to us from Golden Retriever Rescue with the name of Molly 5. Other families rejected her three times because she is a spaz. When we test-drove her for an overnight, I liked her because her tired groans reminded me of Jane, and because she climbed on the couch to take a nap with me. Poops always takes her passions one step too far—nosing into visitor’s crotches when they enter our home, running over cliffs, bashing through spruce branches and coming back with a cuts on her face (self-inflicted injuries are her specialty). I enjoy her craziness because there’s something so pure about it, and because she has so few years to be crazy."