Chloe - our new addition

Here she is! - for those of you who do not have Facebook - Chloe - the new addition to our family.. Five months old and a chocolate labrador - who is as adorable in her temperament as she is gorgeous in looks... Loves stealing and eating apples from under the tree in the garden seems to be the issue at the moment...... Caught her trying to snuggle up to George while he was sleeping.. However George, who actually stopped barking at her on day two, was not having a bar of that... He will come around eventually I am sure...but then again -he is middle-aged and quite a short legged dog who has issues of his own going on! And as for Harry - -well, we won't go there, it will take some time for the big redhead to adjust.. All is not lost though, as Harry is currently stretched out on my bed, waiting for me to turn the computer off...Seems his sulking is only a daytime thing:)

Louis

Here is Louis, a wheaton terrier - who I recently photographed in Auckland. Louis was the winner of a pet parade competition at the Four Seasons Pet Store in Glen Innes.

We had a great time- Louis was a great dog to photograph, friendly and fun!

Rory

Here is Rory - -one of my favourite ever dogs:) I am pretty sure Rory was a labradoodle -(not a retradoodle) and being quite a young dog (almost 2) he was playful, but so well behaved with it..

I wish I could say the same for my George...(who is neither young nor well-behaved).

Rory's "looks" have an almost human feel to them - - I think it is the eye colour which does it - as they are very amber toned - not the usual dark brown whch feature in a lot of dogs.

It was a great experience photographing the delightful and gorgeous Rory and meeting Sarah his owner.

Star - Sharpei puppy

This is the stunning Star - a gorgeous wrinkly Sharpei photographed recently from the Showler Shar Pei Kennel. You can read more about the Sharpei bred here .

I have not been around Sharpei before - being the owner of usually "fluffy" type dogs and found them to be nice dogs, huge paws!, cute ears, very fast waggy tails, very strong with quite different coats. It was great to meet Star and the family!

Isabella

Little Isabella - What a lovely girl! Well behaved and such a star:)
An image from a recent photo session at Four Seasons. Hope to see you again Izzy.

Jazz @ Four Seasons

A couple of images from Jazz's pet photo session held last month at Four Seasons Pet Store went pretty much according to plan - after the initial excitement of being in a new place and all those new smells, Jazz settled down nicely - I think I wore him down in the end :)

Jazz is an Anatolian Shepherd – who came from the SPCA when he was one year old. Four families had put in their requests at the SPCA for Jazz – but the family I met were the lucky ones and totally adore their adopted companion. Jazz is 7 years old, has a gorgeous temperament – loves people, kids and babies but is scared of injections at the Vet!!

It was great to meet Jazz's family too !

Louie

Louie arrived in excitable style at the Four Seasons store, ready for his pet portrait- and was a delight to photograph. Very friendly and a lot of fun to be around - Louie did stay still

(in one place)for lots of great shots - here are a couple of them. Great to meet you Louie - and Nigel. Hope to see you again one day :)

Chanel

This is Chanel - isn't she gorgeous! Wearing a beautiful jacket bought by a friend of Chanel's owner, from Posh Pets in Brisbane. Chanel was such a darling to photograph and even smiled on command. What a star!! I know my George would love you - being the same size and all . :) Hope to see you again Chanel.

Pet Portraits weekend

A busy weekend for us at Four Seasons Glen Innes- doing pet photography during their anniversary celebrations. Similar to last year - we photographed a large number of cats and dogs (no mice this time... phew!)

My husband Mike came along this time as assistant animal "wrangler" as I was suffering from laringhitis - and not firing on all "soccer mom" voice cylinders! He was a great help and was very keen to bring home a large number of the cats and dogs to our home in the countryside.
This is Rami - who came all the way from Pukekohe with owner Susan. Rami was very well behaved ,well trained with a lovely temperament and a delight to photograph! It was lovely to photograph and meet you both :)

Favourite pooch photos

A quick few images from a photo session with a little wee fella who was really well-behaved despite a few minor "cat" distractions:)

Lexie the Wheaten Terrier

Lexie was having a "shy" day today and spent most of the time behind "dad's"' legs...Lexie is a three year old Wheaton Terrier and the most gorgeous soft apricot colour.

She had already managed to fit in a busy day down at the beach and a bath - and then onto being support crew, out in the wind, at our local soccer match where I met her.

And the girls won their game !! Waiuku 5 - Bay-Olympic 0

I had the pleasure of photographying Coco recently - who is a gorgeous black standard poodle. After our "getting to know each other" time we settled in to a great photo session and we captured lots of wonderful images. My sincere thanks to Coco's family - Natalie, Brett and Lauren for giving me the opportunity to meet you all and to photograph one very cool dog :)

Madison

This is Madison - a happy dog with huge personality and so well trained!

We had a great photo session and it was a pleasure to meet Courtney and Aaron her owners, who, like Madison, are originally from the USA.

Hope to catch up with you all some time.

Floyd

Floyd is a retridoodle... which (I think) is a mix of golden retriever and standard poodle . A large fluffy/woolly boy - who had just had a shampoo and blow wave. He was so cute and had the most soulful brown eyes... Full of personality, Floyd is destined to be a star and was a great subject!

Molly

Lovely Molly the Giant Schnauzer. Beautifully groomed and well behaved she took to the stage like a star.

Giant Schnauzers are originally from Germany, have many good qualities and are nice natured dogs.

I had not been quite so close to a schnauzer before and totally enjoyed our photo session.