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If you love dog fur. Dogs with huge poofy fluffy hair. If that is your thing. You definitely need to see the Old English Sheep Dog. The Old English Sheep Dog has so much fur their body almost loses all definition. At a dog show, when an Old English Sheep Dog rolls into the ring its a giant fur poof of a body with a giant puff of hair head and a… Read More
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Watching dogs and their humans participate in obedience trials is watching the peak of concentration. The dogs are so focused. Dogs watching and waiting. Looking at their humans. Focused determined. Looking for that next cue. The signal that will tell them what their next task is. Do this task. Then complete this challenge. Then our work is done. When I see the dogs do their work in obedience it is clear that… Read More
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The Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling Retriever. I often think about finding a dog that I can run with. So part of the key to that is finding a dog that likes to be active. And it is important to find a dog that is trainable. Watching the Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling Retriever move through an agility course demonstrates taht this breed has both of those qualities. As evidenced by the mud spattered all over… Read More
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The Norwegian Elkhound. I have been so happy to learn about these surprisingly beautiful dogs. At first glance I don’t think I recognized how beautiful a dog they are. But now after being able to photograph them a few times I really adore them. I don’t know if I just got lucky and stumbled on some remarkable individual dogs. Or if I had the perfect confluence of circumstances that created some photographs… Read More
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The Norwegian Buhund. This is a really fun look at a dog moving through the agility course. The Norwegian Buhund is running right towards the camera. The view from the camera is right over the top of a tunnel obstacle on the agility course. You can see the Norwegian Buhund running towards it. The Norwegian Buhund has just completed the teeter totter obstacle and is leaping off of that and onto the… Read More
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The Newfoundland. Mostly I photograph dogs at dog shows close up. Trying to isolate the dogs alone in the photo. Sometimes I do like to capture images of dogs and their handlers. For this image I was in the right place to be able to photograph the lineup as the show judge was pulling out his favorites for a short list at the breed ring where the Newfoundland dogs were exhibiting. I… Read More
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The Nederlandse Kooikerhondje I like this photo showing three dogs in a row. Each dog further behind the dog that is the subject is increasingly out of focus. The shallow depth of field created by the f-stop of 3.5 takes the detail out of the image the farther into the background a part of the photo is. The other dogs lose their shape and detail as each one is farther behind the… Read More
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The Miniature Schnauzer. I love the way the beard and long fur on this Miniature Schnauzer is swishing to the side as the dog trots across the show ring. I like it when I am able to get in close to a relatively small dog. I was able to photograph the Miniature Schnauzer with my 70-200mm zoom lens. And I didn’t even need to zoom in all the way to 200mm. Being… Read More
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The Miniature American Shepherd. The first time I saw one of these dogs I thought it was just a really small Australian Shepherd. It was interesting to find out that these dogs are an entirely different breed, the Miniature American Shepherd. I love the Australian Shepherd breed, but I am not quite sure how I feel about the Miniature American Shepherd. They are very similar in appearance to the Aussies I love,… Read More
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The Mastiff is a truly enormous dog. The sheer size of a Mastiff is hard to come to grips with until you have seen them up close. They range in sizes but when you see the larger examples of the breed it really puts things into perspective. The weight range for a fully grown male ranges from 160-230 lbs. and the weight range for an adult female is 120-170 lbs. When you… Read More
