Puna was born in Keaukaha, around Thanksgiving of 1997. She was my "first born Dog" after many years of condo cats back in Oahu. Puna is an American Staffordshire Terrier "mix". We think of her as the "Mama" dog. She used to be a daily visitor to Bark Park, near Diamond Head, where she'd socialize with her friends.

We got our sweet pitbull Coko around Christmas 1998. She was a Chrismas present for my son Randy. She's "Hawaiian", from Waianae. She's one half pitbull and one half Am-Staff. She looks "pretty damn mean", but in reality just wants to kiss everyone!

My third dog stumbled into out lap after we relocated to the Big Island. Jaco, our Blue Heeler (Australian Herding dog) came to us via the Keaau Humane Society. Jaco is actually female, named after one of my favorite jazz bass players, the "late" Jaco Pastorius.