Unleash the joy!

For our Christmas card this year, we did studio sessions with our puppies using various Christmas props to add some variety and to show off Charlie and Toto's new sweaters.  The puppies seemed to really enjoy the sessions!  The small expense of a few damaged props was worth it to get some cute images of our puppies.  It was hilarious watching them bark when they discovered the giant ball ornament on the studio floor.  If you'll look close at the second image below, you can see Toto's reflection on the ball ornament.  Our Christmas cards are on order and I don't want to ruin the element of surprise by showing the images used on the card, so most of the images below are not included in the card. We along with Charlie & Toto wish everyone a blessed Christmas and may you unleash the joy this holiday season!

To view the rest of the Christmas portraits of our cute little puppies, click here.

Don't make this mistake!

Never before having to potty train puppies, I did quite a bit of online research on potty training.  A friend gave me some advice on what worked for her puppy and even gave us some potty training pads to get us started.  When I laid the pads down for our Rat Terrier puppies, this was the response!  Charlie and Toto are still not fully potty trained but I thought it cute to share this response with my blog audience!  Enjoy! 

Charlie and Toto outside the jacuzzi tub

I've been wanting to do this session for a while, at least I thought about it every time I was in the jacuzzi tub and the dogs would come watch me.  Toto and Charlie were very reluctant to get near the tub since they had their last bath, so I had to trick them by giving them treats to get in position. I also wanted to wait until before sunset so that the lighting would be perfect coming through the thick glassed bathroom window which caused pretty catchlights in their eyes.  For some reason, Toto's left ear was limp which adds to his cuteness!!! Here are my adorable 5-month-old puppy dogs standing on the step outside the jacuzzi tub, looking inside at me in the tub.  Enjoy!

Honey Bun the Cowdog!

We were setting up the studio with a country theme for a client when the thought came to get this image of Honey Bun who we were babysitting for a dear friend.  We acted very quickly to get this image of Honey Bun.  I got the camera ready, my husband placed Honey Bun on the saddle, and I blew into my duck quacker to get Honey Bun's attention while firing the shot!  Probably took no more than 5 seconds, so I'm pretty sure Honey Bun didn't mind too much being a cowdog for a moment!