I try and make it as natural as possible. The last few shoots I've had were with dogs that have no obedience and couldn't be even directed to sit, so I just had to wait, and try and set things up as much as possible. You wont' always get an easy subject unfortunately.

The very last one I did, the dog was very very very nervous of dogs and people so I had to work around that by waiting patiently until he relaxed, hiding behind trees etc.

I just try and shoot naturally and I don't pose them other than placing them in good light.