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 A Tribute to our first dog Mordred

 March 19th, 2005, our dog Mordred passed away. Here is a small tribute to our lives together.

Mordred was born in July 1994 and arrived in our house in August 1994. Scott mentioned one day it would be nice to have a dog, and the next day he arrived at the volleyball court with a little fluff ball we named Mordred.

 Mordred was a Rottweiller-Shepard mix. Rottie pups are very calm, shepard pups are very active. Mordred definitely took after the shepard side.

 Here at Christmas time, he is only 5 months old and already very large. But what a cute mug he has.

 

 

After 4 months of trying to calm the very large active puppy down, he started eating the siding off our house. So, our solution was to get our dog his own puppy. Meet Guinevere.

Guin had no fear, and Mordred stopped eating the siding on the house.

 Instead, he spent a lot of his time chewing on Guin. They seemed to be a match made in heaven. Guin was VERY protective of us, but Mordred care only for Guin.

Scott's brother Steve lived with us for about a year. The dogs loved him too. He let them snuggle on the bed. Problem was there was no room left for Steve.

 The last member of our family was our black cat, Merlin. They spent MANY hours in this pose throughout the house. Merlin tormented these two for 7 years.

 We would visit our dear friend Trudi up in her cabin in the moutains of Arnold CA. The dogs frequently slept with her. Luckily her bed was larger.

This is Trudi's dog Kandi. It is also the first time Mordred and Guin had seen snow. Mordred started with his paws spread very wide. He finally got the hang of walking on top of the snow, so he decided to run. The first step all 130 lbs of him went leg deep into the snow. He is just pulling himself out in this pic.

 

 

For a short time we had a boat. Again, the dogs were fearless as long as they were with us. And they made a great counterweight in the front of the boat while skiing.

 

We finally moved from Northern CA. When we were moving into the house in Dover, we made Mordred and Guin hang out on the back deck. Mordred spent the entire time watching us with his head as far into the house as he could fit it. After 2 years in Dover, Scott was picked up for Test Pilot School in southern CA.

 So, off to Edwards CA. This is our backyard, Big Black Dogs and 120 deg F in August, really did not mix very well. But Mordred made new friends. Here Mordred is saying hi to our friend Violet and her mom Sandy.

 It always amazed us how these two big dogs never had enough space, but then turned around and fit onto one small bed.

 

 

 

 

 Climbing the LA mountains. Mordred finally starts showing his age. But he had a bright life in his eyes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hanging out at Edwards. Mordred had this amazing ability to be exactly where you were going to step next. He was ALWAYS next to one of us. He was such a home body.

 

 

 

 

 

Visiting Joshua Tree National Monument. The lives of these two was about to change. I'm 3 months pregnant in this photo.

 After Nathan arrived, now Mordred and another person to be right next to. Here they are watching Baby Mozart.

 

In the end, Mordred enjoyed being climbed by Nathan most of all. He was always as close to him as he could be. Too bad he never met Kate. Those two would have matched wits.

Mordred, we will miss you...

As Nathan put it.... "Mommy, Mommy, Mordred is gone and is not coming back. My God took him"