Dog Bar, The Gang That Made it Happen Dog Bar®, The Energy Bar for Dogs

Anna is the President and Chief Taster at Dog Bar®. To be fair, she is an eager taster, but not a particularly discerning taster. The fact is, there has not been a single test batch that she didn't like, and that includes the lime flavored tofu batch that got burned. Anna is a special breed known as an East End Mooch Hound. For exercise she likes long runs of at least 5 miles, especially if the course is through areas where there are lots of Gophers.

Jazz is the Vice President in charge of Speed and Endurance Testing at Dog Bar®. Her motto for coping with life is, "If it's worth going somewhere, it's worth going there twice." With a motto like that it's important to be fast and Jazz, in the Borzoi tradition, tries to push every throttle just a little further into the floor. Below, Jazz shows the progression of being happy at going for a hike, relaxing on the shore of a lake, and finally, taking a nap before the run back to the car.

The only male among the founders was Rosti (Rostipovitch). Being the sole male he brought a unique perspective to Dog Bar®. It was always too bad no one ever asked him what it was. When Rosti left, Pasha was brought in to fill his paws. He is doing a wonderful job. Like Rosti, Pasha also has a perspective that is unique to Dog Bar®. And, just as with Rosti, it is too bad that no one ever asks him what it is.

A couple of years ago, Dog Bar® took on an intern named Shadow (She got the name because she shadowed the actions of senior management in an effort to figure out what was going on). Last fall Shadow died of Leptospirosis but her memory will live on at Dog Bar in perpetuity. This fall, one year later, the Dog Bar staff was joined by a puppy that is a cousin of shadow. His name is Bolio. It seems only natural that his duties should also be the initiator of frolicsome events and new ways of running (sometimes straight, sometimes sideways, sometimes in the wrong direction and too often, away. And, as good as he is at his main responsibilities, he picked up the sleeping on the pillow trick really quickly as well. It appears to be a genetic trait.

About two years ago, the Dog Bar® staff rescued a nameless Border Collie. They liked him so much that they kept him on as a member of the staff and he acquired the name of "BoyBoy". When he first joined the staff he was simply called "Boy". Unfortunately, that meant that when he did something well, people would say, "Good boy, Boy." That soon got shortened, a bit too quickly for his comfort, to BoyBoy. Now he is the dog that hears everything twice twice. He sleeps in a box box. He goes Bark Bark. He chases the ball ball. And, when he brings it back back everyone yells, "Good BoyBoy."

Stewey made it onto the Dog Bar staff the hard way, by being a darn good dog. Stewey spent about a year and a half on the rescue site. By the time people started to think that he might be worth adopting, the Dog Bar staff had decided to make him a permanent fixture. Their loss is Dog Bar's gain.

Mephistopheles (Phisto) is one of three male Borzoi at Dog Bar Ranch. Phisto's main job is to stand on top of his dog house and keep a keen eye on any deer that dare to approach his pen. If he sees one, he barks authoritatively and shakes his head from side to side in an effort to drive them away. It is a trick he is proud of. So far, it has worked every time. Below, Phisto is seen relaxing after a trying day that required him to bark at an entire herd of deer. Good dog phisto.

Last, but not least is Baxter. if it is true that no kennel is complete without a pointer, then Dog Bar Ranch is complete. Baxter is the dog of the perpetual motion tail and the extreme love of birds. Baxter is unique. There are plenty of pointers that will go for quail, pheasant, and the like. Baxter on the other hand, is a Meadow Lark Pointer. There is not much demand for Meadow Lark Pointers in the hunting world, but that is just fine. At Dog Bar Ranch, there is not much demand for a bunch of dead quail. Woof.

Most people think Borzoi are built to run. Borzoi, on the other hand are convinced that they are meant to fly. The picture on the left shows Shadow taxiing at full throttle in the process of taking off.

This picture shows Jazz, having reached escape velocity, making a low level pass through the back yard.

No company can survive without a good support staff. At Dog Bar®, Yoric (on the left) is in charge of the physical plant and is shown proudly here with one of his latest projects, poorly stacked chairs. On his left is Malky, who is in charge of security. Underneath that mild mannered exterior is the heart of a born enforcer. Dust Bunnies and spiders quake in their tracks when he's around.

Malky is an ambitious boy who found that he needed some additional challenges. His most recent project involved the surveying of customer opinions about the proper method of packaging Dog Bars®. On the left he can be seen discussing the matter with BoyBoy. Too bad BoyBoy didn't have time to give Malky's questions more consideration. He was too busy herding him back into the fold. On the right, Malky is seen checking on the fit of the new Dog Bar® display boxes. While his intentions were good, it is probably good for Malky that most dogs can't read. While Malky and Yoric may be the engineers of the bunch, they could never succeed without the help of Kilim. Below Kilim puts a steady hold on the scratching post, just in case it should start to fall over.

Dog Bar to the Rescue's intentions are as good as its mission statement is weak. So, it is no surprise that cats get rescued about as often as dogs. That proved to be a good thing for Miss Kitty and her kids. Abandoned by her husband, Miss Kitty was forced to raise her children in a wood pile. Dog Bar stepped in, said, "No way," and as quick as you can say basket full of kittens, they were all whisked back to the comfy environs of the Dog Bar® offices. Miss Kitty, Peepers (Second from the left.) and Emma (Far right.) are now welcome additions to the Dog Bar® staff, while two of the kitties, Whister de'Feister (Below left, playing queen of the kitty tree in Portland, and Esprit on the right snuggling up to Elise the Borzoi in Ketchum.), moved on to residences in other cities. While you wouldn't think that cats would like Dog Bars®, they do. It's their belief that any thing that helps the dogs run farther and longer is something that gives the cats more time alone at the office. And, time alone means time for cat naps.  Woof.

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