This was the first dog I can remember. Her name was Candy and she was an apricot miniature poodle. She passed away of lung cancer when I was 16 at about 6 years of age

Here is the first dog that was "mine." Sugar was a toy black poodle of great intelligence. She was easy to train learning to speak, woof and cry vocally as well as sit, stay, down...the list was endless

These two first photos of Sug were taken most likely the first day we had her. When we went to the breeders to look at toy poodles I sat on the floor and Sug ran right up to me and jumped

Sugar holding court in my family's living room in Rancho Bernardo (San Diego, CA)

An older Sugar in the family room perched on high having found the softest pillows in which to nestle

Sugar was always waiting for loved ones to return home...with chin on the window ledge

Sugar loved to sit in Ada's chair.

Sugar met Laddie on a trip home to California in the summer of 1990; my two great were dogs in my arms!

This is my mom's dog Pepper; Pepper and I continue to try and get mom to let her come to camp Yorkie more often