dog – Wim Harwig

Bo has become part of our family

Bo has become a permanent member of our family. After Hitch’s euthanasia, I was completely out of my mind. The house was no longer my home and the garden was empty and dead without the unconscious presence of a dog. That’s why I started fantasizing about an older shepherd dog who would undoubtedly feel at…

September 5, 2023

I’ll call him Bo !

Like Bo Diddley But first some portraits … the story comes later.

August 19, 2023

euthanasia

Hitch could hardly walk because his back legs failed. That was due to degenerative myelopathy. Our house has lost its soul, our garden is empty without him, and we are mourning. I’ll always remember him

August 9, 2023

Snow

Our German Shepherd likes the snow to clean his coat. Every now and then it is good to take pictures in the snow again. It makes me aware of how easy digital technology has made it. In the old days, it used to require a lot more craftsmanship from the photographers … Stay safe &…

February 11, 2021

walking the dog on Sunday

Today was the day that Marjan turned 65 …

October 12, 2020

walking the dog

always beautiful, just walking the dog on the island of Neeltje Jans with this kind of music in your head …

August 4, 2020

Hitch's birthday !

He is seven years old! Our dog Hitch … named after Christopher Hitchins. And just like Christopher Hitchens, he allows me to see the relativity of social human society on a daily basis.Hitch communicates it in the typical dog way … a friendly lick in my face, an attentive look in his eyes, lying quietly…

March 13, 2020

lots of colours today

February 1, 2020

My Sandwalk …

Charles had his Sandwalk near his house … mine is on the former work-island Neeltje Jans. I always walk in the company of my dog Hitch, named after Christopher Hitchens. My Sandwalk Away from the screaming advertising, the ever-present social obligations, the populists demanding political attention, the ignorant demanding people, the talk shows, the opinion-makers,…

January 22, 2020