The joy that a dog's companionship can bring is timeless, but many may often feel that a canine's life is too short-lived.
狗狗的陪伴帶來的歡樂是不會被時間沖淡的，但很多人都會覺得狗狗的生命太短暫了。

One woman has spent the last 20 years capturing the essence of this heart-rending emotion, with portraits that chronicle several dogs throughout their lives - from their mischievous puppy years into old-age.
一位女士在過去20年里一直在捕捉這種揪心情緒的本質(zhì)所在 ，她拍下狗狗的肖像，從童年到暮年，記錄了它們的一生。

In book Dog Years: Faithful Friends And Now, Massachusetts-based photographer Amanda Jones captures images of canines across the span of their lives - accompanied by touching testimonies from their loving owners.
在《狗生：忠誠的朋友及當(dāng)下》這本書中，住在麻省的攝影師阿曼達?瓊斯拍攝了這些跨越狗狗一生的照片，并配上了主人們感人的描述。

5 YEARS (left) and 10 YEARS (right): mixed breed Maddy, owned by Clare Matschullat
5歲（左）和10歲（右）：混種犬馬迪，主人是克萊爾?瑪舒拉特

2 YEARS (left) and 10 YEARS (right): Owner Jennifer Brown believes her Pug, Fred, is a 'good listener'
2歲（左）和10歲（右）：主人珍妮佛·布朗相信她的哈巴狗弗雷德是個“很好的傾聽者”

From Labradors to poodles and bulldogs, the portrait collection features dogs of all breeds.
從拉布拉多到卷毛和斗牛犬，這個肖像集收錄了各種各樣的狗。

In each of the pet profiles, the first image shows the dogs as young as six months, paired with a photograph of them years later, often as old as 16 - showing the stark contrast.
在每一只寵物的檔案中，第一張照片是它們小時候（最小的是6個月）的照片，另一張是它們長大后（一般是16歲）的照片，兩張照片形成了鮮明的對比。

In the first images, many are energetic and bumbling puppies, with glossy fur and alert expressions.?Their portraits a decade later, all tell a different story, with many resting back on their hind legs, their fur grayed and eyes dulled with age.
第一張照片中的很多都是活蹦亂跳的小狗，毛色很有光澤，看著十分機靈。而它們十年后的肖像都在訴說著一個個不一樣的故事，許多都蹲著后腿，毛色暗淡，眼神流露出歲月的滄桑。

1 YEAR: Briscoe the Brussells Griffon helped his owner make friends after he was adopted
1歲：布里斯科，布魯塞爾格里芬犬。在被收養(yǎng)后，他幫主人交到了很多朋友。

10 YEARS: Briscoe photographed nine years later, owned by Jessica Pell
10歲：9年后拍的布里斯科，他的主人是潔西卡·佩爾

But most touching, are the testimonies provided by the owners that accompany each set of images.
但最感人的還是各組照片中主人提供的描述。

In one testimony, Clare Matschullat, owner of an adopted mixed breed named Maddy - pictured at five years and then at 10 years old - talks of the illnesses both have endured while together.
馬迪是一只混種犬，照片拍下的是它5歲和10歲的模樣。它的主人克萊爾·瑪舒拉特在描述中講到了他們共同忍受的病痛。

'While raising each other, we faced my hospitalisation?for complications from leukemia, a year of rehabilitation, my parents' divorce, moving to New York, graduate school, and her diagnosis and?treatment for lymphoma. It's the two of us against the world,' Clare explained.?
“我們相互依靠，我因白血病并發(fā)癥而住院治療，花了一年時間才康復(fù)。接著我父母離婚，我搬到了紐約，大學(xué)畢業(yè)，再到她得了淋巴瘤要接受治療，所有的一切都是我們倆一起面對的。”克萊爾解釋到。

In another pet profile, Amanda photographed Briscoe, a Brusells Griffon, at the age of one, and then at the age of ten.
在另一份檔案中，阿曼達拍下了1歲和10歲的布里斯科——一只布魯塞爾格里芬犬。

His owner, Jessica Pell, explained that it was his personality that first attracted her to adopting the dog, and how his presence helped her make friends.
他的主人潔西卡·佩爾說，最先吸引她領(lǐng)養(yǎng)這只小狗的是他的個性，他幫助她交到了很多朋友。

She explained: 'It was so hard to pick out a dog, until I noticed Briscoe. He was the only dog?that was hanging out with an adult Whippet. He just seemed so smart and?social.
她說：“挑選一只狗真的很難，直到我注意到了布里斯科。他是當(dāng)時唯一一只跟成年惠比特犬一起玩的狗。

'I didn't know what to do with a new dog. I was such a novice. He really?trained me. We would go to the small dog park every morning at eight.
“我不知道要怎樣照顧他，我完全是個新手，他可真是鍛煉了我。我們每天晚上8點都會去小狗公園里散步。

8 MONTHS (left) and TWO YEARS (right): Long-haired dachshund Lily, owned by the author and photographer of the photo-series, Amanda Jones
8個月（左）和2歲（右）：長毛臘腸犬莉莉，主人是這個照片集的作者和攝影師阿曼達·瓊斯

7 YEARS (left) and 15 YEARS (right): Owner and photographer Amanda Jones captured Lily at various stages of her life
7歲（左）和15歲（右）：她的主人，攝影師阿曼達·瓊斯拍攝了她不同時期的照片

'Through him, I started to meet the greatest group of people.'
“因為他我開始遇到很多很好的人。”

For one fashion designer, Tunji Dada, his French Bulldog Dao has helped pacify anxiety from his stressful career.
對于時裝設(shè)計師圖濟·達達來說，他的法國斗牛犬小道幫助他撫平了職場壓力帶來的焦慮。

He shared: 'To me, he takes away all of my stress. My stress level in the fashion industry is very high.?
他說：“對我來說，他把我所有的壓力都趕走了。我在時尚界的壓力是非常大的。

'His little body just seems to take it all out of me at the end of the day. We have a friendship that is really unique.?
“每一天結(jié)束的時候，他那小小的身軀就好像把我所有的壓力都帶走了一樣。我們的友誼真的很獨特。

'I speak to him like a?human and he responds really well to it. He is my spiritual guidance. Dao means 'the way' and he certainly has lived up to his name.' ?
“我當(dāng)他像人一樣對他說話，他回應(yīng)得非常好。他是我的精神導(dǎo)師?！暗馈笔恰暗缆?、方法”的意思，他確實不是浪得虛名?！?/div>

Photographer and author Amanda, was inspired to create the book by her own dog, a long-haired dachshund Lily - one at eight months, two years, seven years and then 15 years old - who then passed away during the making of the book.
這本書的攝影師兼作者阿曼達之所以萌生了創(chuàng)作這本書的念頭，是因為受到了她自己愛犬的啟發(fā)，這是長毛臘腸犬莉莉，照片拍到了她8個月、2歲、7歲和15歲的樣子，之后她在本書的制作期間去世了。

7 YEARS (left) and 6 YEARS (right): Owner Scott Letcher, believes that the love between dogs Maddie and Elle is perceptible
7歲（左）和6歲（右）：主人斯科特·弗萊徹相信他能感受到他的狗馬蒂和艾麗之間的愛。

14 YEARS and 13 YEARS: Dogs Maddie and Elle were photographed in exactly the same position seven years later
14歲和13歲：7年后馬蒂和艾麗用完全相同的姿勢再拍了一張照片。

4 MONTHS (left) and 8 YEARS (right): Pam Treece, the owner of Abigale, a Shiba Inu, believes that 'she really enjoys being around people and helping them'
4個月（左）和8歲（右）：柴犬艾比蓋爾的主人帕姆·特爾斯覺得“她很喜歡跟人待在一起并且?guī)椭麄??！?/div>

Amanda explains: 'Lily was with us for sixteen wonderful years. In that time my husband and I moved across the country and back.?
阿曼達說：“莉莉和我們一起度過了16年的美好時光，在那段日子里，我和丈夫在全國到處搬家。

'We bought a house, had a baby, and through it all dear Lily was there with us—passing the time, being by our sides, joining us in our adventures of life.'
“我們買了房子，有了孩子，這一切都有親愛的莉莉的陪伴，她一直在我們身邊，和我們一起生活，一起冒險。”

Taking 20 years to put together the book, Amanda admits that there has not always been a happy ending for each of the dogs she began the journey with.
阿曼達花了20年來編纂這本書，她承認(rèn)不是每只與她開始這段旅程的狗都有個好結(jié)局。

'In working on this book, I rejoined dogs, couples, and families who I had worked with years ago,' explains Amanda.
“編寫這本書的過程中，我每隔幾年就會重新拜訪之前跟我合作過的狗、夫妻和家庭，”阿曼達說。

'Some dogs had been lost to illness and accidents. Most are living amazingly long, happy lives in perfect surroundings.'?
“有些狗因為生病和事故離去了，但大部分都衣食無憂，生活美滿，十分長壽?！?/div>

Amanda believes that over decades, many canines and owners begin to resemble each other, which makes the personal connection between both even more strong.
阿曼達相信，隨著歲月增長，許多狗和他們的主人會變得越來越像，讓他們之間的聯(lián)系更加緊密。

She explains: 'Owners and dogs had aged, become gray, wrinkled in the eyes, and less spry.?
她說：“主人和狗都會變老，毛發(fā)變白，眼角起皺，動作也會不再靈便?！?/div>

'The visual impact of comparing the young and the old varies greatly from dog to dog, just as it does from person to person.?
每一只狗年輕和年老時模樣的比較所帶來的視覺沖擊都大不相同，這就像人一樣。

1 YEAR (left) and 7 YEARS (right): Poppy, a basset hound, helped her owner, Hunter Kerr Runnette, get through the trauma of her heart surgery
1歲（左）和7歲（右）：巴吉度犬坡比幫助她的主人亨特·凱爾·盧娜特熬過了心臟手術(shù)的折磨。

6 MONTHS (left) and THIRTEEN YEARS (right): Stacey Delarios' cockapoo, Rufus, makes her 'fall in love with him every time I see him'
6個月（左）和13歲（右）：斯泰西·德拉里奧的可卡頗犬魯弗斯讓她“每看到他一眼就會愛上他一次。”

'Some don’t seem to age at all, yet others show the signs quite openly in their eyes, their jowls, and their gray hair.?
“有的完全看不出變老了，其他的從眼睛、下巴和發(fā)白的毛發(fā)就能看出明顯的老態(tài)。

'It is this semblance of ourselves and our souls in their eyes that gives us such a deep connection with dogs.'
“正是因為在他們眼中看到了我們自己和靈魂的相似，所以我們和狗才會緊密地聯(lián)系在一起?！?/div>

'One thing that remains constant is the love people and dogs have for each other. That does not change, no matter how many dog years go by.'
“人狗之間相互的愛是永恒的。不管經(jīng)過多少個狗年，那份愛都是不會改變的。”

16 MONTHS (left) and FIVE MONTHS (right): Beagles Sydney and Savannah are owned by Judith Forrest and Chris Chaffin.
16個月（左）和5個月（右）：悉尼和薩瓦那是朱迪斯·佛勒斯特和克里斯·查芬的比格獵犬。

10 YEARS (left) and NINE YEARS (right): Beagles Sydney and Savannah have been 'a huge part' of their owners' lives.
10歲（左）和9歲（右）：比格獵犬悉尼和薩瓦那已經(jīng)成為他們主人生活中“重要的一份子”。

3 YEARS (left) and 12 YEARS (right): Allison McCabe admits that her Italian Greyhound, Audrey, 'has a list of dog friends that she looks for on her walks'.
3歲（左）和12歲（右）：艾莉森·麥凱布說，她的意大利格雷伊獵犬奧黛麗“在散步的時候找到了一大串狗朋友”。

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