What about us dogs?

I went in search of a recent Themed Views thread about dogs, and could not find one that post-dates a Jumping Dogs thread in August.

Come on dog fanciers, show us your pooches.

All breeds accepted.

And a shot taken soon after I got the 7D.

A friend's yellow lab.

Brunswick showing offf his best trick.

Roy, Thank you for your kind words. I have hundreds of photos of the dogs but the top two are probably my favourite, purely for the innocence and questioning in his eyes. I have recently re-visited all my shots of him as we had a bit of heart ache recently when he had to be put under and have his stomach cut and emptied. Silly sod had eaten his blanket bed and it didn't pass through - we had no choice but to operate or loose him. Thankfully he's fine now and has made an amazing recovery. He's a little put out now that he has no comfy bedding - but we can't risk it again. ('Marley and Me' comes to mind !!)

I understand what you mean about Staffies, they have rather a bad 'rep' here - which I can understand. They do seem to attract the wrong type of owner, which is a shame. Poppy was my girlfriends dog when we met and I was weary at first but I would not be without her now. She is very loving and has a lovely nature and has been a great 'mother' to Harvey.

Lovely picture of Oska and a very touching background story. I love the fact Oska has come through and it just proves that with a loving home, anything is possible. Good for him! Do you have any more pics of Harris and Jess?

Here are few more. The first one was taken the night we got Harvey, he was 8 weeks old. His 'seal' impression makes me laugh every time.(This was a a100 shot, high ISO, severely underexposed which I re-processed with IDC 2 and got an 'ok' image from)



And now look at him, grumpy old man!!



Here's the two of them - Poppy reluctantly sharing her bed (which Harvey destroyed over the next few weeks!!)

badlydrawnroy wrote: how old is Harvey ?

Harvey is now the tender age of 13 months! He was about 9/10 months when that shot was taken. He is anything but grumpy, he just looked that way in the photo. Harvey loves life, he would be up 24hrs a day if we let him. He also loves food, as all labs do and if he can't get it he'll eat anything around him. He also loves water - he jumps in every puddle and is straight in any river or lake (even if you don't want him to!)

Your shots are superb. You can tell Harris and Jess are having a ball. I love the expression on Harris's face in the third. The last one of Jess is something else - Perfect DOF, great sharpness and the colours and lighting give it so much depth.

Thanks for sharing these. a700 & SSM I presume?

A little oof, but I love this shot of our lovely Hannah.






Edited by stiuskr - 01 November 2007 at 04:56