The Provan Kid and Dog Pictures

Here's the Fall, 2006 line-up of dogs at the Provan house. The picture at the right is from September 1st, 2006, with Fresco (almost 10 years), Anthony (7 months), and Arabella (almost 2 years) from left to right. As you can see, only the two younger dogs are slightly concerned about being caught on the couch.

• Youngest is Anthony, a Guide Dog in training until Spring or Summer of 2007. Here are shots of him at 3 months ready to tackle his first 37.5 pound bag of dog food, a couple months later after finishing that bag, and then a month after that after finishing his second bag.
• Next is Arabella, a designated Guide Dog breeder waiting for her first shot at making puppies. Here's a shot from back when she was still in training: she really likes to stand on the dog house when she's out in the dog pen.
• Last is Fresco, the old man, still relatively happy, especially when the two younger dogs are busying playing with each other. (Not so much when the decide to gang up on him!)

Here are some hopelessly cute pictures of T.C. and Ian. They're really just as cute today, but they would never admit it. Here are some recent examples, with them all dressed up for Nephew Jonathan and Devon's wedding: Ian looking sharp (as well as silly) and T.C. deep in thought, both against the backdrop of the fabulous Bear Mountain Inn where the wedding took place.

Today they fight like cats and dogs, but this picture of a hug with beany babys reminds us that they really do like each other.

Ian has always tried to help his bigger brother out. Here's a picture of Ian helping T.C. with his Mobile phone reception.

Unlike T.C., Ian still enjoys being cute (and has practiced hard at it). He also gets along well with animals. Put that together, and you get a picture of Ian and the Chicken, a picture that has made Ian the poster boy of his cub scout troop.

On the right, you can see how cute T.C. was when he was littler. This is one of what seemed like a million pictures taken of T.C. by Sondra, the nanny that watched them before they trundled off to school: she thought they were cute, too.

We've also got cute dogs:

After years of living in the country without any problem, for some reason since we moved back to the suburbs a few years ago, now our dogs seems to get skunked regularly. You're supposed to bath them in tomato juice to get rid of the smell, but all we had around the house was tomato sauce. I don't know if there are skunks in Toronto, but hopefully Ralphie (shown here) learned his lesson!

Current dogs are Fresco (who's not really allowed on the chairs) and Anthony, the new pup, seen here 2 month old at his arrival in May, 2006.

Kids

• Quizical Ian
• 4-H T.C., at 11.
• T.C., looking cool, and Ian, looking happy, on the way to the 1998 Provan reunion.

Dogs

• New Guide Dog puppy arrived May 1, 2006: Anthony!
  • A typical jungle dog
  • Confirmed: A Puppy
  • And a snoozer
  • 14 pounds of puppy resting up to take on 37.5 pounds of dog food: it's a hard job, but someone has to do it.
  • The Old Man, Fresco, was feeling kinda left out when the new dog arrived until T.C. (the photographer) noticed him putting on his cutest looks to attract attention.
• Arabella, as a new pup (4 months old) in June, 2005. She left us to go off to Guide Dog training, May 2006.
• Art shot: Fresco's nose.
• Art shot: Fresco pretending to be Jungle Dog in our backyard.
• Art shot: Fresco patiently waiting.
• Fresco and Ralphie lounging around.
• Zeke, who left us after only a few weeks.
• May 21, 2005: Ralphie graduated as an official Guide Dog and heads off to earn his living in Toronto leading his new master, Gerald.
  • The Proud Graduate
  • Ian presents Ralphie to Gerald
  • Ralphie naps during the long, hot ceremony.
  • With Gerald, his new master. Wow, he never toed the line that well for us!
  • With Jamoca, his new sister (Gerald's wife graduated with her new dog the same day). She's not much bigger than our new five month old puppy, Arabella!
  • The New Family with their four new pairs of eyes.
  • Official Guide Dogs pictures:
    • Gerald and Ralphie
    • Family with Ralphie and Gerald
    • Ian, Ralphie, and Gerald
• Historical: An earlier picture of Ralphie, while he was still in training.
• Ralphie was really smart, as you can see by the way he helped Ian with his homework.