Amstel wanted to thank everyone who donated and bid on the auction to raise money for his medication and treatment. So he went out of his way to set up this photo-shoot. Here he is, pondering the big questions in life. Why is the sky blue? What sound does the wind make? How is it my butt came to be attached to the rest of me?

Deep thoughts, to go along with this truly artistic masterpiece of photography.

Taken on my ghetto porch, at my ghetto farmhouse. You can see bits and pieces of my ghetto barn and my landlord's junker van in the background, there.

Amstel, we have finally deduced, is a Carolina Dog / Husky mix, with perhaps a smidge of Shepherd in there. The predominant traits are Carolina Dog, with husky masking. All in all, a true slum dog.