Kammisar was a mixed breed dog I had around 1979 or so. I was about 14-15 years old. Our neighbor's dog had gotten pregnant and she gave me pick of the litter. Thinking back now, they were taken from their mama way too soon. I chose Kammisar because of his cute, half tail. He was the runt of the litter. I fed him from a medicine dropper until he was old enough to eat regular dog food. He was my dog but my dad got really fond of him, as well. I was a cat person at the time. Didn't realize how great dogs were back then (Duke showed me later on in life) If anyone has any guesses on what kind of dog he was, I'd love to know. We had a huge back yard with an above ground pool. That dog was such a character. Anytime he wanted to go swimming, he'd just climb the ladder and do it whenever he wanted. I wish we'd gotten a pic of that but we didn't. There are very few of him, actually. Mom has been cleaning a bit now. It's been hard on her, losing dad. She was going through some of his things. He had this thing on his dresser that held change, envelopes, etc. Mom found these pics in it. I had no idea he even had them. Kammisar was only a couple of years old when he died very sadly. The same neighbor that had given him to us was the cause of his death, in a way. Another neighbor had seen her teen son lift Kammisar over our fence and turn him loose. Then they called animal control. They picked him up and gave dad a citation. So, we had this huge fenced in yard and then couldn't even let our dog play in it. Dad had started chaining him up on the opposite side of the evil neighbor. We had a side garage door there, also. Dad had the window open on it one day. Kammisar jumped through it and ended up hanging himself because of that witch. Dad was the one that found him. It hurts so much, especially now that I know just how great dogs are. Not that I didn't love him before. I adored him. I always knew dad was a sensitive person but I don't think I knew just how sensitive until mom showed me those pics. It must have tortured him all that time. I hope he, Duke and Kammisar are all together now.

Sorry it's so long but I couldn't just put the pics up without the story. On with the pics.