How cute is this girl? Meet Mocha! Yes, I know – not the most creative name. But hey, Amy was just a kid when she named her! Mocha is 10 years young and while her grey muzzle gives away her age, her personality doesn’t!
Amy and Mocha had been waiting for a good snow fall to shoot, but since that never really happened this winter, they settled for this. The sun was gorgeous and Mocha even took a dip in the river. Here are a couple of my favourite shots!
Wentzel, Wentzel, Wentzel. Where do I even start with a dog like Wentzel. He and I go way back. I met him when I first photographed him at the CHS. He was young, handsome and sweet – I assumed he would go before the week was over. But he didn’t.
Wentzel sat at the CHS for several months. Various staff fell in love with him, but Helen was the lucky lady to found the means to take him home. After spending some time with Wentzel and Helen in Canmore, it was easy to see that Wentzel is the lucky one in the pair.
Helen has done a great job with Wentzel and turned him into a very well-mannered and sweet companion. Wentzel had to put up with a lot of demands from me during our session and I am in LOVE with the photos. Sorry for the long post – when you have a dog that easy on the eyes it’s hard to choose!
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My dogs love snow. No wait. They LOOOOOVE it. If Charlie could, I think he would marry it.That’s how much he loves it. We took Charlie and Maui out to the farm Sunday morning, so they could enjoy the first major snowfall of the year.
I think if dogs could cry, Charlie would have he was so excited.
I brought my camera – it makes me forget about my frozen fingers and toes for a little while.
Here are a couple of my favourite shots from yesterday. Macy and K-bear joined us for a play date. The Chihuahua’s, not so much.
Ahhhh, fall! Such a gorgeous day to shoot two gorgeous girl! Lucy (more affectionately known as Roocy) and Piper are typical Labs – ball crazy and energetic – but so well-trained and are super fun to be around. If only all Labs were as lovely as these two…..
Lucy’s love for tennis balls and Piper’s love for her sister made it easy to get some great shots!
The first photo is Lucy and Piper’s mom favourite – Pipe-pula! Just in time for Halloween!
Here’s the FinneganCrew! I went to high school with Jenn and we recently re-connected when we began working together at the CHS. She asked me to do photos of her pets awhile ago, but wanted to wait until her and Stephen added a dog to their family.
Indy has only been with Jenn and Stephen for a couple of months and she has settled in really well. She is still new, so we weren’t able to take her off-leash – that’s right, she is tied to a tree. But you wouldn’t know it! She was a natural in front of the camera and once she is better off leash Jenn, you, me and Indy will do this again!
Pebbles, Hurley and Bear complete their little family and are quite the characters. Anytime I am warned not to get too close to an animal because it might bite me, I know it’s going to be a good time. The cats loved the camera and allowed me to get up close and personal. Oh, and I didn’t get bit – yeah, I’m good.
Anyone who knows Klaus and his inability to sit still should be very impressed by these photographs, lol. Ever heard of Beaver Dam Flats? It’s a great offleash park with tails, trees and the river in south Calgary. Amazing! I spent a great Saturday afternoon with Klaus and his mom there on the last hot day of the year – I think it hit 30 degrees!
Klaus was a trooper and made for a great model. And yes, his eyes are always bugging out like that!
I spent a great fall evening a couple weeks ago down by the river with two of the cutest dogs around – Molly and Lexie! Lexie is 16 years young and has been going to the Bow River since she was adopted 14 years ago! The river means a lot to Lexie and her family, so it was great to be able to capture Lexie and Molly in their elements!
Here are a couple shots from the night – Lexie sure knows how to work the camera for an old gal.
Rest in peace tiny man – we will miss you, but we’re very lucky to have had you for as long as we did.
Porker, along with his three siblings, found his way to my parents when he was four days old. The mama chihuahua had died giving birth (not a backyard breeder, just an irresponsible owner who didn’t see the need of spaying or neutering her dogs) and a woman had put out a plea on the radio station for someone to help bottle-feed them. My mom, being my mom, called in and offered to help.
And that’s how four chihuahua’s ended up on the farm.
They were supposed to go back at eight weeks, but eight weeks passed and my mom offered to keep three. When you bottle-feed a four-day old animal for eight weeks, they have a way of growing on you.
My parents kept three – Stripey, Porker and Baby Girl. Baby Girl died nine months later – she just wasn’t put together right. She lived a full nine months, and Porker wasn’t expected to last much longer.
Bad kidneys and a bum knee where just a couple of the ailments that plagued the tiny dog. But Porker held on and spent his days sleeping, playing and watching SVU re-runs.
On Sunday, Porker had taken a turn for the worse – he just wasn’t himself. My mom spent yesterday at the vet while tests were run, X-rays were taken and blood was drawn.
We has an ultrasound scheduled for this morning – my parents were determined to help find out what was wrong with Porker.
But Porker was done. He died this morning, but he went in peace. Sleeping next to his brothers and sisters – he just went to sleep and never woke up. You couldn’t ask for a better death.
I haven’t lost an animals since working at the CHS, so I figured when I did, all my experience with death would have built up an immunity. But it hasn’t – I’m still sad. Sad for Porker and sad for my family.
But it did teach me to appreciate that Porker died at home surrounded by everyone who loved him. So many animals come to the CHS with a euthanasia request – owners too cash-strapped or cowardly to be able to do it themselves.
I am sad that Porker is gone, but not sorry. He lived a fabulous life much longer than expected.
Porker went downhill so fast that I never got to take any last photos of him, but I thought he deserved a post to himself! Below is a photo taken last fall. Porker was a bugger who hated my camera – he moved surprisingly fast – even for me!
Have fun at the Rainbow Bridge tiny man – say hello to everyone for me!
With September long weekend being the last long weekend of the year that (usually) has sunny weather, we spent ours outside with the dogs! We took a short trip down to Southern Alberta to visit Kent’s parents and took CharlieDog along. We stopped somewhere between Vulcan and Diamond City for a pee break and took advantage on the gorgeous scenery.
We also headed out to my parents farm on Monday and the dogs made good use of the dugout! Lessons learned: K-Bear’s ear will never both stand up and CharlieDog is the worst swimmer I have ever seen. It’s a wonder I don’t have shots of Kent rescuing CharlieDog from the water…..
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