Rabbit Ridge Wine Dogs

In early 2006 Rabbit Ridge Winery was visited by Australian photographers Craig McGill and Pete Herring.   The purpose of their visit was to photograph the dogs of Rabbit Ridge for the upcoming release of their book, Wine Dogs USA Edition, featuring beautiful photographs and entertaining verbiage of winery dogs in the United States.   Craig and Pete spent almost an entire day photographing seven of our dogs who live on four different Rabbit Ridge vineyards.   Five of our seven dogs made the book.   The book was just released in October 2006 and is available for purchase in our tasting rooms (retail $39.00).   Below is an excerpt from the portion of the book featuring our dogs. book cover
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Andre Andre

Breed: Standard Poodle
Owner: Robert and Jackie Pierce
Known Accomplice: Makena and Jessica
Favorite Food: Steak
Pet Peeve: Dad's noisy remote control toys
Naughtiest Deed: Chewing up Mom's designer jeans
Favorite Pastime: Waiting for Dad to come home
   
Buster Buster

Breed: Labrador / McNab Mix
Owner: Craig Wisdom
Known Accomplice: His brother Diesel
Favorite Food: Cat food and white wine grapes
Pet Peeve: Fireworks and loud noises
Naughtiest Deed: Sneaking into the house to nap on the sofa
Favorite Pastime: Never leaving his master's side
   
Jess Jessica

Breed: Labrador / Shepherd Mix
Owner: Mike & Jill Sanford
Known Accomplice: Rocky and Mr. B
Favorite Food: T-bones
Pet Peeve: Being squirted with water
Naughtiest Deed: Stealing Dad's lunch out of his truck
Favorite Pastime: Taking a ride to the bus stop with Mom
   
Max
Max

Breed: Australian Shepherd / Queensland Heeler
Owner: Not just one - Max is a winery community dog
Known Accomplice: Gustavo, Maria, Mike & Robert
Favorite Food: Burritos
Pet Peeve: Her owners
Naughtiest Deed: Having wet paws in the tasting room
Favorite Pastime: Chasing tractors and biting tires
   
Sunshine Sunshine

Breed: Labrador Retriever
Owner: Erich Russell
Known Accomplice: Midnight
Favorite Food: Cheese
Pet Peeve: Taking medicine
Naughtiest Deed: Running away and attacking cats
Favorite Pastime: Chasing lizards and swimming
   

Even though these two Rabbit Ridge dogs did not make the cut for the Wine Dogs USA Edition book (our guess is that neither one of them could sit still long enough for the photographer to get a decent photo) they are still very special to us and definitely deserve honorable mention.

Midnight Midnight

Breed: Labrador Retriever
Owner: Erich Russell
Known Accomplice: Sunshine
Favorite Food: Salmon
Pet Peeve: The VET!
Naughtiest Deed: Running away and attacking cats
Favorite Pastime: Chasing lizards
   
Makena Makena

Breed: Rottweiler
Owner: Robert and Jackie Pierce
Known Accomplice: Andre and Jessica
Favorite Food: Steak, bacon, cheese, hot dogs
Pet Peeve: The CATS!
Naughtiest Deed: Ripping Mom's new pillows
Favorite Pastime: Playing tug-of-war with any willing participant

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