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Next up is Mavis’s sister, Miss Daisy. Daisy is a 7 year old Boston Terrier who is super sweet. She was quite the natural model, especially compared to her sister, who wanted nothing to do with me.
I love that first one so much, I got a giant print made for future displays… or just to hang in my office.
She’s such a serious little dog, like a tiny, wee runway model…
This adorable Frenchie is one of the thirteen lucky fur-kids that got voted into the 2010 Humane Society of West Texas Calendar. She and her sister Daisy (who will get her own blog post soon) got their own mini session to show off how completely adorable they are. I really did love all of the great pets I got to meet through the contest, but Mavis MIGHT just be my favorite. I love. her. face.
A great pet photographer once said that you can get some hilarious shots by feeding a dog and shooting wide. This shot on the left cracks me up. She was totally chomping away on some turkey. Otherwise, she was totally not interested in looking at the camera.
This last one is my favorite shot of Miss Mavis, and is the shot we used in the calendar. I just love her big watery eyes and wrinkly face.
Holy cow… its been almost two months since I last posted. I’ve been incredibly busy with work, and the holidays, and a GIANT project for the local Humane Society. Luckily that’s been more or less wrapped up, and now that the holidays are done and over with, my goal is to get myself organized and get caught up on all the blog posts that I’m behind. There certainly are enough of them waiting in the queue.
These shots are from an afternoon spent out at a local horse rescue called Reilly’s Ranch. If and when I am ever able to live out in the country, I really want to adopt one of their horses. You know, in addition to the alpacas and the camel…
Reilly’s Ranch is run by a lovely gal by the name of Amy, and her husband. She wasn’t there when I went out to take the shots so her husband showed me around. It was cold and windy, and my hands were frozen by the time I was done, but I had a wonderful time getting to meet all the fantastic horses.
Amy’s place reminded me a lot of my own house, though with horses instead of dogs. Her husband gave her a strict limit on the number of horses they could take in, which she promptly blew past without a second thought. And many of the rescues have now become permanent residents.
A big thank you to Amy and her hubby for showing me around and introducing me to all the sweet horses.
Well, yet another foster came and went before I even had time to blog her. As did several transient, overnight guests. Actually… so did Dante, but at least I had a chance to blog him!
Right now, surprisingly enough, we don’t have any fosters of our own. Tonight we have Zoe, who is just spending the night so I can take her back to adoptions tomorrow as her foster family has church in the morning. She is a doberman/german shepherd mix, and she’s hilarious. She’s like a dog out of a cartoon, all crazy legs and quirky ears. But she’s very sweet.
And next to Zoe is J.J. who was here about a week before some college guys took her home to try her out. She was too much for their apartment, but they liked her so much that one of them talked his mom into adopting her. She was an excellent snuggler, particularly on the couch…
Champ was only here for an overnight before he was adopted out again. (He came back because he was supposedly jumping the fence… I suspect boredom may have had something to do with it).
And lastly, a few more Dante pictures… this time in better focus. He too is no longer with us. A young gal who just bought a house came over to our place to meet him and just fell in love. Yay! I love happy endings 
Still to blog… Boozer, Sister’s dogs, Cowbelly Austin, and now the calendar shoots. My god, could I be any farther behind??
Once again, the holidays are quickly approaching. And I’m sure there are those of you out there who are already prepared. I on the other hand, am in complete denial that it could possibly be November already. It helps that its not nearly as cold here in Texas as it would be (or is, I suppose) back home in Ohio. So that makes my denial that much easier. At least Texas has that going for it…
Anyway, if you happen to have a spoiled pet, or pet parent, on your gift list this year you should check out Bisket Baskets. They have all sorts of beautiful and unique gift baskets for all occasions. But, if you ask me (which you didn’t, but its my blog) their pet baskets are by far the coolest.
For one thing, its just plain pretty, and I’m a sucker for a well put together gift basket. All their baskets are gorgeous and full of tasty treats and other goodies. but I am secretly coveting the bone shaped pill container (not that I need one, it just appeals to the pharmacist in me) and the giraffe Bite Meez. They even have super cute baskets for cats, if cats are your thing,
Now… if only I could convince hubby to let me adopt a cat who would appreciate such a fine gift…
Check out their website to see all their great gift baskets, and be sure to poke around their blog for news and other fun stuff!
Ok, seriously. How can you not love this face?? If you look closely, you may recognize this guy. He made an appearance on my blog once before. This time the lighting is softer, and the angles are better but its the same sweet boy. (Don’t recognize him? Check here)
He is the most recent dog to be removed from the place on the east side. His first fosters were calling him Max, but we have SOOOO many Maxes, and it just didn’t seem to suit him. He has the most intelligent looking facial expressions, and he catches on really quickly so we were trying to go for a “smart” name. Dante is part German Shepherd, part Heeler. He’s maybe 2-3 years old, and really not all that big. But he’s very sweet and very smart.
When I first saw him in the car when the gal dropped him off, he reminded me a LOT of Kodiak. Kodi does have some shepherd in him, though its not the first breed you think of when you look at him. But its something about their expressions, and their mannerisms that is strikingly similar. And the two of them get along really well, which is a relief.
He is crate trained and housebroken (unless its my day off and I sleep until eleven, and then I may wake up to find a puddle near the door) and he LOVES attention. He is also food motivated, which makes training (and taking pictures) easy peasy. Really, he is going to be a fantastic dog for the right family, so if you are looking for a dog to adopt in Lubbock, you should check him out!!
I can’t believe its been over a month since I last blogged! Yikes!! Between settling in to the new routine at the day job, and some traveling and visitors, I feel like the last month has FLOWN by. But things are settling down a bit now, and I feel like I might finally get caught up on my to do list. I’m only about ten blog posts behind…
For those who may be wondering, Dash is settling in very well in his new home. He loves to wrestle with his new big sister Alea (big as in older… she’s still just a wee bit smaller than he is, but not by much). And his new family just thinks he is wonderful, which of course he is. And with Dash in a happy home, it didn’t take us long to find yet another dog in need of some love and good nutrition.
First came Apollo. A Rottie mix of some type, Apollo was found in Levelland by a young couple who lived down the street from his previous owner. The owner had gone to Pennsylvania to care for a sick family member and left his dog tied in the yard (yes, I do see the irony in that). The couple and their kids were feeding the dog, but another neighbor threatened to shoot it so they called the HSWT.
We had Apollo for two weeks, and got him all his necessary vet work and put a little weight on him. He was sweet and playful, though a little bit rambunctious. The very first day he went to adoptions, he found a home with a family that was looking for a bigger dog that would play with their three kids. Last I spoke with them, he too was doing well.
Miss Jules was dropped off to the HSWT by a lady who found three dogs running loose in her neighborhood. Two were chipped but the owners said they just didn’t want them anymore. The other two went home with fosters and Jules came home with me (much to Ken’s dismay). I have to be honest… Apollo was nice dog and a good looking fellow, and I liked him; but I loved Jules. She was just the sweetes, snuggliest thing.
Probably a lab/pit mix, or something along those lines, she was on the small side but very sturdy. And she had this long, skinny tail that just wagged a mile a minute, thumping all over the place. She spent the first week sleeping out in the kennel with Apollo. But, she was so well behaved that once he was adopted, she got to sleep in the bedroom (bedroom… not bed, in spite of what the above picture might indicate) will everyone else.
We have a lot of black lab mixes in the system, so I was sort of suspecting that we’d be fostering her for a while; but last week while I was at the Cowbelly workshop, I got a call that she had gone on a home visit. This week they came back to finish up the paperwork and officially adopt her. Yay!
We’ve sort of kept this mum because we wanted to make sure all the details were ironed out first. And because I was afraid I would jinx it and the whole deal would fall through. Tomorrow Dash and I are making the long drive to Dallas to meet his new family. I know we said we were going to keep him… and we really meant it. It breaks our hearts to give him up, but we had one hell of a dog fight two weeks ago and it did not end well. Two parties needed stitches (not me, luckily) and Kodiak still doesn’t want to admit that Dash is bigger and stronger. So we decided that it was in everyone’s best interest to find Dash a home where he won’t always have to be butting heads with Kodiak. Luckily there is a wonderful family in the DFW area that expressed interest in Dash right around the time we decided to keep him. They were still searching for a companion for their female Akbash when I emailed her two weeks ago, and after much emailing, they have decided he may be the dog for them. So tomorrow we make the long trek to say goodbye to our gentle, goofy giant.
This is one of my favorite things that Dash does. He’s so big that you forget he’s still a youngster, until he has one of those goofy, puppy moments. He does this thing where he flops from side to side with his legs all stretched out, smacking whatever happens to be within his reach. He just looks so ridiculously carefree and happy when he does it, that you can’t help but laugh.
About a month ago, I opened my inbox (which is usually distressingly void of client-type emails) to find this…
“I need a photo of my grandsons age 17 and 11. I’ve looked at all the Lubbock photographers that had online galleries and you are my pick by alot. Is there anyway you could pretend that they are a couple of spaniels and do something fun for me. Please. Linda”
Now, I will be the first to admit that I don’t know much about portrait photography, but how do you say no to an email like that? So I dug out some books on lighting and posing and portrait photography in general, and I searched the internet for tips and tricks. I won’t lie, I was REALLY nervous driving to meet James and his mom. None of my usual tricks were going to work here, as I was fairly certain James would not be entertained by squeaky balls and dog treats. Luckily for me, he turned out to be a great kid, and we had such a fun time wandering around TTU’s campus with him and his mom.
The one on the left is one of my favorites. He’s like one part cute kid, one part bada$$. We found out during the session that he’s a skateboarder, so of course I was imagining all sorts of ways to incorporate it into photos. Which wasn’t terribly helpful, considering we didn’t actually have the skateboard.
Following the above shot, I asked him to do a “serious, thinking pose” and he throws out the one on the right below. Love. him.
There are shots in the outtakes that still make me laugh to look at them. Most of them involve him making a face that clearly indicates that he thinks I am crazy. Which may or may not be true…
A big thanks to Linda for setting this up, and to Jill and James for a great time. And if we meet again, bring your skateboard!!
A week or so ago, I had a mini session with another member of one of the rescue groups I belong to. I had hit them all up for a volunteer to test out a location and Debbie took me up on it. We met at 7 in the morning at a local park so I could test out the early morning light there. She brought Raider, a handsome black lab, to model for me. I think we spent more time chatting than shooting, but it was a lovely way to spend a Sunday morning, and the light was gorgeous.
Thanks for getting so up so early to help me out Debbie, it was lovely to meet you and Raider!
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