Seeking Dog Model for Holiday Photo

We need a dog model who embraces the holidays for a photo shoot for Delaware Pets.

If your pooch is enthusiastic for the holidays - as Yvonne Nichols and her dog Reese were a couple of years ago at the Elsmere Holiday Parade - e-mail a photo of your dog to pets@delawareonline.com, and make sure to include your name, your dog's name, your address and a daytime contact number.

We'll choose one dog - and its human companion - to participate in the photo shoot in the next few weeks, and will compile the photos into a photo gallery on www.delawareonline.com/pets.

Two Beautiful Brittanys

In the current issue of Delaware Pets, we feature the Delaware Chapter of the American Brittany Rescue. Diane, who works in Newark, sent us a photo of one of the adoptees, her dog Darby, and these words:

"Darby (liver and white Brittany) was adopted through American Brittany Rescue. Sierra (orange and white brittany) was purchased through a breeder."

Plus, I'm going to borrow Diane's signatures from her e-mail, because each is so true:

"Some of us learn forgiveness by studying the lives of saints. And some of us keep dogs." ~ Charles Gusewelle

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." ~ Anatole France