Happy Howl-iday 2020!

Last year we were unsuccessful getting a "howling" picture of our dogs for our Christmas card.  We didn't realize that our doggies wouldn't feel comfortable howling in our studio since they so easily howl when prompted.  So this year, we set up the studio in our living room and it WORKED!!!  Meet Charlie and Maryland as we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy Howl-iday!!!

Friends playing "Hide and Seek"

Maryland is 5 months here and has developed into such a sweet little girl! She was such an easy subject during this session... getting into the sofa at her leisure and giving me the cutest poses.  Charlie, well, he's going to stay on the sofa up until I go to the camera then jumps off!  I was fortunate to get some of him during this session by himself and with his girlfriend, Maryland!  One of my favorites is the last pose where it looks like they are playing, Hide & Seek!  Enjoy!

Playing tug-of-war at 3-months-old

Rat Terriers are such crazy dogs! Only they would think of playing upside-down tug-of-war!  I had to keep throwing the rope behind the studio softbox so that they would be properly lit.  The two images below are my favorites from this tug-of-war game!

Maryland is growing so fast I don't want to miss capturing the cutest stage of her life.  I was delighted that she climbed up on the miniature sofa by herself without me having to do it!  This little girl would rather do things on her own than someone making her do it!  Hmm, typical woman! I had to lock Charlie out of the studio so he wouldn't get in the way of this image with the date prop.  He didn't like that at all! 

HoneyBun and her boyfriends

I would tease HoneyBun's owner after we babysitted HoneyBun and tell her that Toto was HoneyBun's boyfriend as Toto seemed particularly fond of her.  But recently when we babysitted HoneyBun, Toto didn't even want to sit in the same chair with HoneyBun so looks like Charlie is now her boyfriend.  These images show HoneyBun as she poses so cute on her chair prop, and a couple images of Toto looking at her (2nd image) and Charlie sitting with her in the chair (last image).  Enjoy!