A Sparky Gallery

Here are some photos of Sparky from over his lifetime....

Left and below: First known pictures of Sparky - May, 1994.



Left: Sparky and his master enjoy the ocean breezes at Carmel, CA, Memorial Day weekend, 1994.

Left: Katherine and Sparky, Christmas 1994.

Left: 1995

Left: About 1996.

Left: Wolf Dog (about 1998 - photo by Persia Nelson-Crates).

Left: About 2001.

Left: Sparky and Hailee Samans, in about 2001 (photo by Persia Nelson-Crates).

Left: About 2002

Below: Photo by Persia Nelson-Crates (about 2003)




Sparky, looking doleful and dutiful, Christmas 2003


Sparky knows to bark at doorbells, because strangers are certain to be near, but he doesn't understand that, in Albuquerque, he is the stranger (Christmas 2004).


Above: After a visit to the Canine Cottage grooming salon, 4th of July, 2005.

Left: Sparky recounts his haircutting adventure at Canine Cottage Wednesday afternoon. (October 19, 2005)

Below: Hopelessly out of his element, Sparky, the city dog from California, doggedly trudges through the New Mexican bosque in pursuit of his mad master, and tries hard to learn the thrills of being a rural dog.
Christmas 2005



Left: Sparky, June 2006

Below: August, 2007 (after a haircut from his master).



Left: Courtesy of Jim McElroy's digital "Night Vision" (TM), September 2007.

Left and below: Three photos from November 2007



Below: Sparky, Christmas 2007



Left and below: Two nice photos from March 2008



Left: The last photo of Sparky, in September, 2008 (Photo by Bill Caruthers).