First picture is Mia (Mi Amore' ~ "My Love" in Italian)  She is our first "potato chip" Pap that moved into to our home and hearts Valentine's Day weekend 1999.  As any Pap parent knows she became the light of our lives!  The ironic thing is that our business name is M.I.A. Services and I'm part Italian so it seemed this furbaby was meant to be ours before we even started searching for her.

 

 

Second picture is Diva (Bette Midler-Diva) Mia's half-sister who is one year younger and came home Mother's Day 2000.  Think we were 'set-up' by our breeder, Claudia Clark, as we pappysat Diva and her mom; of course we fell head over heels for her even though she was not available at that time.  We still call her Baby Diva because at a year and a half she only weights a bit over 4 pounds.

 

 

Third picture is Mia and Diva - somebody must have been in the kitchen fixing dinner - otherwise, they never stand that still.

 

 

Picture four is Gil and his special little Girls; he worries and frets over them like a mother hen.

 

 

Fifth picture is Gail, Gil and The Girls in our back yard in Oregon.  We are forever grateful to Claudia for entrusting us with the lives of her furbabies, giving us unbelievable love and joy.