Two playful critters!

During a nice unusually warm January day, I took the opportunity to photograph Maryland as she happily played outside with Charlie.  These two critters move fast so it was a challenge to capture them!  Unlike her first outside photo session after she first arrived and was unsure of her surroundings, she is quite at home now and fits very nicely into the Smith family!  Even though she is still a puppy, she can pretty much keep up with Charlie when it comes to playing!  Evidence is in the images below.  Enjoy!

Maryland's first studio portraits

Maryland didn't appreciate being photographed in the studio.  I had to move quickly from one prop to another while she whimpered for me to stop!  Though she doesn't look her happiest in these images she still is such a cute little puppy!  Lord willing, she'll be more cooperative in future sessions! :)

A puppy named Maryland

Meet Maryland, our new Rat Terrier puppy.  She was just over 6 weeks old in these portraits taken when we arrived home with our new baby girl!  In deciding on a name, I wanted to name her a state since she is an American dog breed, and what more fitting than the state that I was born in!  Charlie our other Rat Terrier didn't know what to think on her arrival; but he has adjusted very well.  Mind you she is a little scared in these images since she is in a new environment, but she is a pure bundle of joy!  Hope you enjoy puppy photos because I'm afraid I'll get obsessed in capturing her in this cute puppy stage!

We named her "Toto"

For those that didn't know we lost our other Toto in a car accident August 22.  At the time we thought it best not to replace him.  Well, when I saw four little Rat Terrier puppies on craigslist yesterday that looked just like Toto, we had to get one!  We decided to also name her Toto, like the dog on the Wizard of Oz.  Did you know that the Wizard of Oz Toto was a female?  I didn't know that or we wouldn't have named our other Toto that name.  Meet Toto our baby girl puppy!  She is 10 weeks old and looks like she will fit perfectly into our family.  Charlie is enjoying her now though it was an adjustment for both of them the first day as you can see by the images below.  Toto will probably outgrow Charlie as she is a larger Rat Terrier and has the paws to show for it!