Headshots

For a while now I've been wanting to get headshots of the dogs, process them similarly, and then get them up on the wall. I wanted individual photos but they needed to be cohesive and obviously go together.

I am not sure these are my final choices, but for now they'll do. I have them here as a set just so I can see how they work together - when we get them printed up they'll be individual and cropped differently.

And, bonus photo, here's another headshot I got of Caiman the other day. I love the flowers in the background.

I'm so easily amused.

First day with the new camera

I used to be a bit of a snob about photos shot straight down onto a dog but lately I've been getting a kick out of them. I am going to redo this once I'm a bit more familiar with my camera - and once I have three similar shots where the eyes are actually in focus - but this amuses me non-the-less.

More photos, and agility

Late last night I hauled out my new toy again and took some more dog photos. I'm loving this flash! I'm trying to work in RAW too, and I really don't know what I'm doing, but I'm having fun.

The dogs killed a rope bone earlier, so there are bits everywhere. These first two photos are of Rivet. Isn't she pathetic?



And here is one of Caiman. He really just wanted me to go away and let him sleep.



I took the boys to drop in agility on Sunday. Kona's brain flew right out the window when we first got there but gradually returned. I was very impressed with him, actually, as far as the agility parts went. I think it has been almost 9 years since he saw agility equipment and he obviously remembered some of it. He knew the weaves needed in-out movement but skipped poles and missed the entrance, obviously remembered what to do in the chute, and enjoyed the dog walk (staying on to the very end!).

It was a good weekend

This weekend all three of the beasts made me happy. I celebrated by buying a new leather leash and taking some photos of them.

My little Rivet got her second point on Saturday. Isn't she pretty?


Caiman hung out nicely in an xpen on Sunday afternoon. That might not seem too impressive to you if you didn't know Caiman when he was younger, but I was apprehensive about putting him in it at all, let alone walking away and leaving him there unsupervised. Turned out fine - he's a good dog!


Kona was absolutely the bestest of my beasties. He was in a rally-o sanction match on Friday. I had no expectations of anything, as he's been worked maybe once in the last year and had never been to this show site before. Kona does not handle strangeness well, and I find that either he is working his tail off or he has no focus at all.

He was a trouper. I made an error, had him sit on a finish where he shouldn't have sat (a little APTD/CKC sign confusion), and cost us 10 points. I thought I failed us, so that was good news. Kona's score - including my 10 point deduction - was 88. That's 88 out of 100. If I had done the right thing he would have gotten 98 and possibly a second place.

Unfortunately I couldn't take a decent photo of him to save my life yesterday. I got this... (nice tongue)


And this... (elegant, no?)


And this...


In the end this was about the best of the bunch. His eyes are open, really, but the sun was bright and he's squinting. Honest.