Memories of Lama

When we had her as a puppy, the first day we had to leave her in the house alone, she ate two doors.

At band rehearsals, she would step on our pedals and change our effect patches. Her favorite position was to be to lying with her head next to the kick drum.

When our dogsitter lost Lama and she got kidnapped while we were in Death Valley: Barrett to the rescue.

Playing fetch with her in the reeds at Fallen Leaf Lake in Tahoe. She loved running the feel of the reeds on her face, they made her feel fast.

When we were sledding in Tahoe, she would bark and nip at us so much that eventually we had to have one of us hold her back so the other could get a good clean run.

Lying upside down with flappy lips.

Lama understood about 30 words of English and 5 words of Spanish.

Insisting on sitting under the dining room table even with six or seven people there.

Fort Funston, San Francisco. Heaven for dogs.

Holly Park, Bernal Heights, San Francisco. She had many admirers, but was more interested in the salad bar.

Sheep herding with her Rottweiller mix friend Dempsey.

She and Sonny Smith's dog Tortilla used to go at it while we were recording in the studio. Go at it meaning, 2 girls dukin' it out.

'Must be a special lady, and a very exciting girl. Must be a special lady, cause she's been sitting on top of the couch, sitting on top of the couch!'

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