Hey Guys,

Thanks for the compliments on the shots. Bringing Mahkayla with us was one of the highlights of the trip. Pretty much everywhere we went allowed us to take her with us - except of course, the restaurants. As a result, Mahk had a great trip. She even went tenting with us.

James

PS On the shot with Chanthee and the Doggess, a rain storm was about to occur, so we had to beat feet down the mountain (and explains why it looks so hazy in the background down the mountain).

I was at a horse show over the weekend and, of course, had to shoot the dogs that were there. This is a candid/semi-portrait of a Silky/Chihuahua mix. The owner is purchasing some 8x10 of various poses, so it's actually paying for my gas to got to the horse show. I'm going to do some other work on it, so this is just a preliminary first-look shot.

Oh my goodness, what a princess. And a very funny combination at that. Love the pearls!

Julie,
so would that be a Silkahua? Lovely shot and nice going to do a bit of marketing while you were there. Cool.

Jim

A dobe I shot this weekend

Poor girl is in season and lost all her coat!

Beautiful shot Julie. These ears look really long (tall!) to me. Do you agree?

I must admit that I have always loved the look of Danes, Dobs,Boxers etc with the cropped ears. But the older I get the less I like it. Just saw a service Dobbie that was a rescue. Some idiot cropped the ears himself with a scissors!

Even after living in England and going to Crufts, it was not what I was used to seeing. I wish more would show natural and we would get used to that look. Even stranger was seeing an Airedale (which I grew up with) having a natural tail.

Anyone else want to voice in on the crop/dock issue? Okay, it is not photography.

Julie - absolutely gorgeous shot of the Dobie girl. Hormones do a number on short coat dogs, even my Danes. I love the backdrop and lovely bokeh.

Peggysue - the Silkhua was a princess. I was at the horse show for 5 hours and never saw her feet touch the ground.

Peggysue - I crop my Danes and will continue to do so, but I don't think this is the forum for a dock/crop debate <VBG>.

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I crop my Danes and will continue to do so, but I don't think this is the forum for a dock/crop debate <VBG>.

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I dock and I agree, this isn't the forum for discussion of that issue. Believe me, it's being "discussed" heatedly on every breed-related list in the country right now.

Jim

The breeders of this bitch do not want the photo shown(so the bitch shall remain a nameless dobie) as they think it is a very unattractive photo of her head, along with the loss of coat.

I am a whippet person and know what whippet fanciers are looking for. I personally like the expression on this dobe, but, I am not a dobe breeder and I am not looking at it through their eyes

Peggysue, I don't think the ears look exceptionally tall, they look like a show crop to me. I am not a huge fan of non cropped ears on dobes and danes, but, that is purely asthetical. I know of dane breeders who only crop their show home puppies. The pet home ones are not cropped.

I think dobes look like black and tan coonhounds without cropped ears.

Julie, when you take pictures of your own dogs, are their ears in positions that you really do not like? I am fascinated by what appeals to us. Of course I do not want my Sibs ears to look like Malamute ears but is that conditioning? When you photograph a dog do you not try to go for the best look of what the standard is looking for?

If I were to advertise my photography using a Papillon, I would probably not use the Phalene style ear. (I want the discussion of the work to be about the dog and how cute he/she looks not the style of the ears. But with a Norfolk or Norwich Terrier I better make sure I am at the right specialty.

When we look at something and it appeals to us, why is that? Sorry to have asked a question you do not feel is relevant here but how many times have you heard an owner say "get his ears up"? I thought we could discuss how we look at what we photograph and why it appeals to us. Sorry.