i was going through my photo archives and it was so fun to reminisce. these photos made me laugh. they were taken the day i brought atlas home to live with me and be my forever puppy.

atlas is the dog with the red collar. you can only see his feet and part of his belly in the first two pictures. his mom, noel, is the dog that is asleep on the left. his brother, rowdy, is the dog in front of him – the one that is staring at me. his uncle, sutter, is on the right.

i walked into the bedroom and saw this scene and it looked like his family was surrounding him so i wouldn’t take him.

of course, then atlas and rowdy started rough-housing.

clearly their mother was used to their antics; she continued sleeping next to them. she was the sweetest dog ever. she’d often be lying on the couch, asleep, one or both of her giant pups piled on top of her.