The Results Are In!
I can’t say thank you enough to everyone who participated in our Helping Paws Favorite Four-Legged Kiddos Facebook contest.!! This last week has been so much fun: watching the votes accumulate, reading everyone’s comments about their four legged children, nieces, nephews and grandchildren, seeing the intense facebook campaigning for more votes…all in all it’s been a blast! Best of all, we raised money for Wayside Waifs, a no kill shelter committed to helping homeless animals find a permanent place to call home.
And the WINNER is…Kate!! Congratulations Kate!! You are our 2010 Helping Paws Favorite Four-Legged Kiddo!!
I am so overjoyed by the response that we received from the competition, that I just can’t let our other top runners-up walk away empty handed! We’ve decided, in addition to Kate taking first place and receiving an 8×8 Designer Canvas Wrap Portrait, to also award second and third place!
Second place goes to Charly Mae. She will be receiving an 8×8 Custom Portrait of her image!
Third place goes to Winston. He will be receiving a 5×5 Custom Portrait of hisimage!
Last, but not least, is the reason why we hold our Helping Paws event and it’s the reason why we asked you all to vote! To benefit Wayside Wayside Waifs, a no kill shelter very close to our hearts! Instead of just donating $1 per vote for the winning image, we are going to donate $1 per vote for our first, second and third place winners…totaling $204! Thanks again to everyone who participated and voted!
Revealing…
…the Helping Paws Slide Show…featuring forty-three furry, four-legged stars!!
Thanks to everyone who participated in our third annual Helping Paws event! The purpose of the event was to collect donations and gifts for Wayside Waifs, a no kill shelter committed to helping homeless animals find a permanent place to call home.
Again, this was another year where I was blown away by all the donations that we received. Delivering them to Wayside Waifs was an unbelievable experience. They were so very thankful and appreciative!
Follow this link to the Helping Paws Pet Portrait slide show, and check out all our stars who helped in the cause!
AND…don’t forget to vote in our Helping Paws Favorite Four-Legged Kiddos Facebook contest!! Voting ends at 11 pm on Monday, July 12th.
Helping Paws Sneak Peek
Just a few weeks ago, we hosted our third annual Helping Paws event. It was a chance for our four legged kiddos to sparkle, shine and steal the limelight…and did they ever!!
We had four legged cuties of all kinds! We had droolers. We had shedders. We had talkers. We had young. We had wise. We had shy, timid ones. We had outgoing, tail wagging, excited ones. We had perfectly behaved, direction followers. We had independent thinkers.
To me it doesn’t matter what “type” they are, they’re all ADORABLE!!
Happy Birthday, Miss Pebbles
Yes, that’s right, Miss Pebbles turns four years old today!! Where has the time gone?!? I still remember when she was a teeny, tiny, two pound ball of fluff! Now, she’s a headstrong, sassy, nine pound people lover!
Pebs absolutely hated the birthday hat!!
Birthday Cake - $12.
Birthday Hat of Misery - $5.
Mommy & Daddy Acting Like Goofs - Free.
iPod Touch Playing Weird Noises to Get Her Attention - $199.
Capturing the guilty look on Pebbles face when she got caught eating her cake! - Priceless!
Helping Paws - Save the Date!
Warmer weather is here and that means it is time for our Helping Paws (One Lick at a Time) event! This is a great opportunity to have a cherished portrait created of your four-legged, furry child while supporting Wayside Waifs, a no kill shelter.
Mark your calendars for Sunday, June 13th. We will be holding our Helping Paws event! Watch our blog and your email inbox for details about how you can schedule an appointment to have your dog or cat photographed at the studio.
A New Home
At a year old and fifty pounds, Ollie has found a new home with a new brother! Josh was so excited to introduce me to Ollie, the newest member of his family.
Ollie is a fairly big dog, with long legs and strong muscles. But, he is also super, super sweet. He’s really not a jumper, and he’s gentle with Josh. He let’s Josh hug him and kid handle him, most of the time being very patient.
Ollie wasn’t so sure about the whole sitting to have his photo taken, but we worked through it, and definitely captured some cute images of him!
He was, however, all about rolling on his back for some good tummy rubbing!
A Girl and Her Puppies
Ava thinks her puppies are pretty cute and definitely entertaining! Ava’s puppies, Manny and Mia, are not so sure they feel the same way about Ava!
Ava’s at the point now where she can reach out a grab handfuls of fur, ears, arms…anything that’s close by. Manny & Mia may get close to Ava, they try to stay just out of arms reach. Boy are they in trouble when she starts moving! Of course, that didn’t stop us for trying to get an photograph of all three of them sitting nicely together. Yes, it was a challenge, but it wouldn’t be any fun if everything was easy!
Ava was awesome! She just sat there and sat there, waiting for those crazy puppies to get close!
Of course, we had to get some of Ava all by herself, too! The best was her gigantic tutu. It just surrounded her in a cloud of tulle!
Another New Puppy
I’m telling you what…it is puppy fever for sure this Spring. Meet Patches, an 11 week, 3.3 pound dachshund. Isn’t he just adorable?!?
I love his short, squatty little legs and long body. You would think that he would have a hard time with stairs and tall things, but I think having the long body really helps him out. He’s mastered the stairs and loves jumping at the furniture, although he is not tall enough to make it up, yet!
He’s pretty good about responding to his name, but he has not quite mastered the sit on command. BUT he’s working on it!
More Puppies!
It’s puppy fever this Spring! Lily and Ava added two sisters to their family this year - meet Rizzo & Sandy! They are Papitese (Papillion/Maltese) puppies. Though they have different Mommies, they share the same Daddy.
Lily and Ava are just in love with their new sister puppies! Rizzo & Sandy are great with the girls. They let the girls pick them up, love on them, carry them around…all of course under the close supervision of Mommy!
Sandy has a little more of the Papillion look coming through, with her big ears that stand straight up. Rizzo, on the other hand, has more of a Maltese face. Though, just two days before their session, one of Rizzo’s ears started doing a half stand! At first Mommy thought she had just slept funny, and had some bad bed head, but it seems that Rizzo’s ear will not lay down. It will be interesting to see if she keeps that adorable one ear up, one ear down look!
Ah, Puppy Fever!
Meet JJ
Friends of ours recently adopted a new baby into their family! Yes, he’s a four legged, furry baby…but isn’t he just the cutest little thing!!
At ten weeks old, he weighs in at almost three pounds! Even though Joey and Pebbles are small, they both weigh in around the 8-9 lbs mark, so JJ is not even half their size yet. You forget how small that really is! JJ is all bones and fluff! There is not an ounce of muscle on him yet!
He has this adorable, high pitched, squeaky bark that totally makes him sound like a squeaky toy! Of course, with his size, he looks like one too!
