My poor pup...

This is a photo of my dog. His name is Jeff Lebowski Bridges. Hopefully you can see the resemblance. He's half golden retriever and half poodle, commonly known as a golden doodle. The idea of combining these two breeds is to get the gentle, agreeable nature of the retriever and the high intelligence and fur (non-shedding) of the poodle. The only thing Jeff forgot is the fur--he sheds everywhere! We like to joke that he's defective and we need a refund. He is about two years old. He is the best dog I have ever known/owned. He loves every person and dog (and really any living thing) he meets, although most dogs don't like him, because he's large and rambunctious. His primary goal in life is to make sure his family is happy, and that he's doing what is expected of him. He knows a lot of tricks besides the usual ones, including waving hello/goodbye, high five and play dead. He has been my constant companion since he was tiny, even coming to work with me every day and laying behind my chair so I'm stuck at my desk.

He's very sick right now. There's something very wrong with his liver. The vet doesn't know whether or not it's a congenital condition or if he ate something toxic. He's in ICU right now receiving a plasma transfusion so his blood will clot enough to allow them to take a biopsy of his liver. As you can tell, the situation is dire. We're trying to be hopeful, but I'm afraid he won't be with us much longer.

I really like this photo of him. It's one of the first keeper photos I took with my E-M10ii. Straight OOC JPEG with the kit lens.