24. August 2009 by JFargo.

“Yum,” she says, eying the camera. “That looks really tasty if you don’t stop taking my picture!”

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23. August 2009 by JFargo.

This is Monster again, and she’s a camera hog! She LOVES her picture taken, unlike her sister MaiTai, who we showed yesterday hiding from the camera.

A few of you may have noticed that I’ve started using my dogs for pictures, and I’ve been reusing the same dogs multiple times. An astute few probably know what that means: I need more pictures!

So, if you have a cute dog, and ugly dog, an awesome dog, or a cat that looks like a dog*, please email me a picture or two! I’m sure I’d love to feature them on the site!

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22. August 2009 by JFargo.

MaiTai is not a fan of getting her picture taken. My dog likes to run and hide, or play coy with the camera. She’s not scared of the flash, or anything; she just would rather any attention she’s given be in the form of actually petting her or playing with her. Pointing a box at her and clicking it just doesn’t do it for her.

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21. August 2009 by JFargo.

Any time I try to take a picture of my girls, I get down on the ground so I can take a picture from their level; I’ve been told it usually makes for a better picture than shots from human eye-level.

Of course, me being down on my knees at their level makes them curious as to what I’m doing, so I get this effect more often than not.

But hey, that’s okay. It’s a pretty good picture if I do say so myself.

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11. August 2009 by JFargo.

Monster surreptitiously watches as Cody struts his cutest poses for the camera.

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4. July 2009 by JFargo.

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Today is MaiTai’s birthday celebration! She turns 10 years old today! She doesn’t normally check the website, but I’ll pass on any birthday wishes you may have for her, I promise!

Don’t you just love her hat? My wife is going to kill me for showing this picture, so if the updates stop, you’ll know why!

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6. April 2009 by JFargo.

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We just spent a week on vacation in Western New York. Our dogs came with us, and were relatively very well behaved. Even my wife’s parents, who normally chastise our dogs as being too rambunctious (they call our dogs the “Bumpus dogs”) were impressed at how well behaved they were.

Now we’re home, back in Delaware, and as you can see Monster would like to go back. She seems to think Delaware’s boring. She doesn’t know it yet, but tomorrow she’ll be going to daycare, which should help get rid of that boredom rather quickly!

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4. April 2009 by JFargo.

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Too often I hear from people who are looking for dogs, “Well, I’m going to go to a breeder.” When I ask about the hundreds of local shelter dogs, they tell me that “you can’t trust those dogs.”

Both these little girls you see in this picture were shelter dogs. We’ve had MaiTai, the big one on the right, for at least 5 years, and Maggie was one of our foster pups. Heck, even Monster, my purebred Old English Sheepdog came from the SPCA!

It’s true. Some dogs that end up at the SPCA are problem dogs. They need special help. But just as often, the dogs at the SPCA just need a new home because their owners couldn’t afford them any longer, or didn’t realize what a commitment a dog really is. The dogs are lovable, sweet, and kind; they just need somebody to take them in.

There are already so many homeless dogs out there that would make good pets; do we really need to be going to breeders so much?

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28. March 2009 by JFargo.

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Saturday Link Day!

First, I’ve been writing many dog-centered How To articles lately, and I’d love to hear your opinions or suggestions for them!

How to Teach a Puppy to Sit
How to Train a Large Dog to Have Good Manners
How to Approach a Stranger’s Dog

Second, allow me to show you another dog-centered photo site that I know you’ll just love:

The Daily Puppy

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24. February 2009 by JFargo.

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It’s amazing to me how different my Monster can look just due to her haircut. Maria saw this from across the room and said she thought I was looking at a Muppet, not a dog!

What do you think? Muppet dog?

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