PUPPY!

Puppies are so much fun to photograph and at the same time, they are fast, they don't stop wiggling around or running away.  You have to be patient and quick, really quick!!!!   Here are a few from our most recent puppy session.

Here we are shooting with studio lighting.  Usually the camera sync speed is 1/200th of a second at the fastest which in a lot of cases is not fast enough to capture that little four legged fuzzball.  Again, slow down and be patient.  I this little girls case, she was incredibly food motivated (which is a huge bonus) so we were able to get her to sit still for quite a few shots!  I just love photographing dogs!

Kali

Back on Sunday, January 13th I had the wonderful opportunity to meet Kali and her mom.   Kali is a beauriful 13 year 3 month old Weimeraner who has been dealing with liver failure.  She doesn't move very fast, but on this day, love, love, loved to just hang out in the yard in the sun. 

Beach Patrol....

We were out for a coastal trail walk when we both just wanted to peek at the ocean....so we followed one of the many trails to the beach.  We didn't exactly go all the way down to the beach, just to the end of the trail.  You see, no dogs are allowed on the beaches from Miramar all the way south to St. Francis.  Not even on leash.  Oh well!

Great News

This past Thursday we received the news from Gromit's Cardiologist.  He has been diagnosed with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC, Boxer cardiomyopathy), ventricular arrhythmias, mildly dyskinetic contractions.  Yeah, I know right...what does that mean?  Well, he does have a heart condition, but minimal at this time and we are to monitor him for any changes, signs of weekness, collapse, no meds. (which is great) and we are to go back in a year for follow-up.  Here is Gromit the day we got the news!

I am so relieved...I just can't explain in words how happy I was to hear this.

Gromit has a Heart Problem

Yesterday Gromit had an appointment with a Cardiologist at Sage down in Campbell.  They ran a number of tests on him (EKG and Echocardiogram) and yes, he has a heart problem.  Actually, he has two different heart problems.  The sent him home for 24 hours wearing a Holter Monitor.  The Dr. wants more information before he determines our next step.  It is like a punch in the stomach.  I just can't describe how I feel right now.   On one hand devastated and on the other hand relieved that we were able to catch this early.  Gromit just turned 4 and I was hoping that he would live forever.  I know, I know that is so not realistic, but this is the first dog I have ever had come into my life and take it over.  He is my heart and soul, he is my teacher and my student, and I am just not ready for anything to happen to him.  Need to be positive and need to see what the vet says this afternoon, then wait for the report which will take a few days.  Ugh!

Gromit Made the Cover

What fun, to see your photo of your handsome boy on the cover of a magazine that has a distribution from San Francisco down to Pescadero and the Peninsula too.  Very excited about it.

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

I had been having issues with my shoulder and just couldn't carry my camera around, but loved the look here and the boys were being soooooo good!  I forget about my iPhone camera, and I forget that you can take these panoramic photos with them.  What fun!  I am going to have to play with this feature a little more often.  What a great way to start off the new year!