While I was in Baja California Sur this past December-January, I visited with Cuco and Pilar at Rancho Pilar to see their puppies, which I photographed last year. Pilar got the puppies after her long time companion, Chata, who I photographed in 2006, passed away.

Unfortunately, the unvaccinated replacement puppies died soon after I left last year and they had two new dogs greet me as I pulled up at their open-air homestead. One of the dogs, a very timid, tan mutt, had an eye infection. Luckily, I had some antibiotic ointment in my pack and was able to convince the little guy to let me help him out. When I returned a few days later, his eye cleared up and was re-opened, but the infection had left him blind in that eye.