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!

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!

Woo hoo! March 23 is National Puppy Day!

We would be remiss if we didn't share images of our puppy Toto and Charlie (who is past puppy stage) for National Puppy Day! :)  The other evening, I spent some time capturing Toto and Charlie as they played outside. They are like two little kids when they have our attention as they love to show off!  They always want what the other one has.  Isn't that like human, I mean puppy nature?  I've included my favorite captures of them taken during the beautiful "golden hour!"  Enjoy!