Portrait Of Blackberry

I took the photograph above of my sister Susan's dog Blackberry the other day, relaxing on one of the couches in the living room of my condo, located just across the street from the University of Denver. She is not allowed up on the furniture, but as you can see, does not seem particularly bound by that rule.  Susan tells me she trained Blackberry to be a free spirit, and she certainly is that. She also treats the outdoors as her own private buffet, and no matter how many times you tell her not to eat something, she does so anyway. Being a free spirit is not necessarily a good thing, especially for a dog like Blackberry.