Nizhoni Pet Photography Blog

These two crack me up.  I could seriously watch them for hours.  Jack is a Chihuaha/Dachshund mix that was being fostered by a friend of mine.  We have watched him on several occasions and he is best best friends with our dog, Mama.

In spite of how ferocious she looks here, she lets him climb all over her, chew on her ears, hump her head… you name it.  And when they wrestle, she is super gentle with him.

Jack recently got adopted, which is fantastic, but we will definitely miss his visits. 

Damon is the handsome brother to Delilah.  He was far more interested in exploring the surroundings (including climbing up onto the train platforms) than he was in having his picture taken.

This is miss Delilah, a super sweet German Shepherd.  We got to hang out with Delilah and her brother Damon this past Saturday and it was awesome!  In our initial conversations, their mom said she thought they would look pretty in a nature setting and she was sooo right!

She was also totally right in her prediction that Delilah would be an angel.  I seriously couldn’t have asked for a better model.  Poor Damon had a hard time getting in front of the lens, Delilah was so intent on hamming it up for me.

I have driven past this location several times and it was always in the back of my mind as some place I’d like to try shooting and I am super glad Lindsay was totally up for it.  It might officially be my new favorite spot, in spite of the honeybees that managed to sting both me and the hubs.  (What we do for art!)

Up next, Delilah’s super handsome little bro…

I am done exercising.  Seriously.  The last time I tried to take a walk with my friend Amy, two poodle mixes followed us around the block and when we stopped to ask some people if they knew who the owners were, we ended up with a cat.   A cat, which Amy carried the rest of the way home and which is now living at her neighbors house.  This morning, I went on a walk by myself and the most adorable little pit mix puppy followed me for almost forty five minutes.  Followed me all around the neighborhood and right to our fence, in spite of me pointedly ignoring it.  Do you have any idea how hard it is to ignore a face this cute??

I almost put him in one of our kennels to keep him out of the street, but decided to leave him out in case he knew his way home.  I did put a big bucket of water out in the alley for him, since it was hot as $%&@ out today.  After a few hours of whining and barking, he either wandered off or his people found him.

Speaking of the kennels, you can kind of see them in the background there.  The hubby and his buddy finished all the trim yesterday so all that remains to be done is running a water line to it.  I won’t lie… they. are. awesome.  (please ignore the tacky, bright yellow banner.  its hanging there for shade for Jack, who has to stay in a crate and can’t follow the shade around the kennel).

Yesterday morning was a lovely morning in Lubbock, and perfect for a photo shoot with a sweet, long-haired dachshund named Charlie.  We started at a park…

Before moving to Tech’s campus, where we found the coolest little garden…

And then finally returned home (after a stop for breakfast burritos) for a dip in the pool.   It turns out that Charlie LOVES to swim.

And even has his own floatie, and swimming attire!

A big THANK YOU to Charlie and his family for a super fun morning!

Zander is brother to the handsome Misstoffeless, and is quite the handsome fellow in his own right.  He is also a really big fan of his purple “cat house,” if you will.  To the point where his mom finally had to take it away so that we could get some shots NOT involving the cat house.

Yeah, we had to take the leopard spotted tunnel away too…

Thank you again to Sherri for inviting me into your beautiful home to meet all your furkids!

This is Oscar, an adorable Cockapoo.  He seriously looks like a muppet, and has the softest, snuggliest looking fur ever.   He did make me a bit nervous, as he was determined not to look in the camera.  But, I was pleasantly surprised to have so many images that I had a hard time narrowing them down.

I swear, there are eyes in there somewhere…

A big thanks to Oscar and his mom for being up for traipsing all over town!

I’m no longer actively volunteering for the Humane Society here in Lubbock, though Mama dog is technically in their system and goes up to their adoption events in the hopes of finding a home.  But, I thought I’d share some pictures of a few of the fosters we’ve had that never made it to the blog.  There have been many more that were just with us for a night or two, but these five were officially “fostered” by us.

Stinks was a very sweet boy that was found running loose in the street.  He was in good shape and had a collar on, so we were certain he belonged to someone.  But, no one answered the ads or came looking for him…  Which is unfortunate, because he is a fantastic family dog.  As for his name… we were trying to avoid naming him, as we weren’t planning on having him for long. But I had to call him something so I started calling him stinker, which became Stinks.  Luckily, in spite of his name and the giant Elizabethan collar he was wearing following his neuter, he still went home with a new family.

The next three all prove what a sucker I am for puppies.  We aren’t supposed to accept drop offs at our adoption events, primarily because they don’t usually have any of their shots and we never have any open foster homes that can take them.  But its REALLLLY hard to say no to those sad faces, especially when they are puppies.
Copper came in at the end of the day, the week before a holiday.  She was dropped off by a family who found her on the doorstep.  I mean seriously… could you have sent her to the pound?  The hubby was not happy, but I did catch him snuggling on the couch with her several times during her stay.

Caleb and Delta actually came in together, dropped off by two college girls who had found them and kept them for a week while trying to find an owner.  They brought them in when their landlord threatened to evict them.  In my defense, there were tears and I can’t stand making people cry.  The hubby did not think this was a convincing argument when I brought in the kennel with two puppies.  I have to say though, these two were hilarious and got along splendidly.  Not surprisingly, they were adopted quickly.

And lastly (at least last before Mama dog and her pup) was Miley, a quiet little chihuahua mix.   She was here at the same time as Gordon so we had quite the full house at the time.  It took her a bit to warm up, but once she did she got along with everyone.

Now we are down to Mama dog, who is (according to hubby) our last foster.  I’ll let him think that, for now… bwahahaha.

Beaux is the second of two adorable Yorkies belonging to a good friend of mine.  His brother Leo made an earlier appearance on the blog, and now its Beaux’s turn.   I’ve always considered myself more of a big dog person, but I have to say, all these little guys are starting to win me over.

Um, AYKM?? Love this dog!