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These critters were at a game park just outside of Johannesburg, South Africa. Our guide indicated that any attempt to domesticate these dogs failed miserably. They are excellent hunters, and as such are endangered in the wild since ranchers have not appreciated their hunting skills when it comes to their herds and flocks.
This is a do-over of an older shot for my recent Animal Portrait series. Tonally tweeked in Luminar2018.
I recently got invited out of the blue to a new Art and Photography site Colour in your Life. It's connected with an art series based in Australia of the same name. They've only just started so if you're interested in selling your work it might be worth checking out. The site seems to be experiencing problems today hopefully the link will work soon.
...apologies to Nacho Libre.
OK, so when a dog goes into heat, it can be messy, as one might imagine. And it turns out several manufacturers make so-called dog diapers a.,k.a. bitches britches in an attempt to solve the problem. However, our experience has been that dog diapers are ill-fitting, uncomfortable and humiliatingly unfashionable.
A far better solution? 2T to 3T todler boy's underpants. You put them on your dog "backwards," thus the opening accommodates the tail.
Swank!
Kidding, Bello's not glaring. He's chewing on a corn cob that was thrown out for the squirrels/birds. But he thinks they are personally all for him. Ya know, last week he was chewing on an almost gone cow hoof. Hopefully next week we can keep him from chewing and taking pictures.
This is my best attempt at a snow picture, and even though there is still snow on the ground, I give up. My fingers get to cold (can't wear gloves and focus well) to fast and Bello is not the best model. Wish he didn't have to have a leash, but I think after last weeks "adventure" you all realize it is vital.
So here is my formal introduction for 52 Weeks of Dogs (since I skipped it last week in order to keep it short after talking about Bello):
My name is Erica, and I'm 16. Animals are my passion, but my own animals come before any others.
And that fellow is Bello. Which means Beautiful/Handsome in Italian. No, I did not want to name him Bella. Though he constantly gets called Bella cause he is rather feminine looking and sounding. ;D I adopted him from a shelter going on 5 months ago (on the 23rd it will have been). He's a trouble maker, but fits perfectly into our life (if you just remember to keep a leash on him). And we are pretty sure he is a husky/schnauzer/poodle mix. Though I don't know how much I like telling people that, because it terrifies me that people might want to try and "replicate" him. The whole blue eye and pure white gene is dangerous. And we are lucky that he doesn't haven't hearing problems (unless you count selective hearing) or any blindness.
i have no words for today, other than i finally took a day off ... my first all year ... it sucked ass ... but my boy had the time of his life, so it's all good.
Found this dog on the road in the village two days ago. I opened the door of my car and the dog jumped in. Rudi and Bach found him interesting. I thought, I've seen him before and drove to the street at which I thought he lives. He didn't want to go out. So I thought: "okay, maybe he doesn't live here." I went home and gave him some food. My cats didn't like him much. But one can't expect too much at the first encounter. But I knew I had to tell the mayor about it. We went to the mayor. And he said: "it's the dog of the taxi driver." That explained why he liked driving while sitting on my lap so much. I went back to the street where I thought I've seen him. The taxi driver was already outside. I had to pull the dog out of the car. He wanted to stay. The taxi driver took the dog on his arms and said he'd yell at the dog now. That was this. I hate to bring dogs back home who don't want to go back home. Took the photograph in the car before I pulled him out. He's looking sad. :(
One seems a saint and the other, well, he's just called a saint.
[SOOC, f/1.4, ISO 160, shutter speed 1/640, -1/3 EV]
Softbox camera right powered by Vivitar 283 at 1/1. SB900 with green gel in the bkg misfired in commander mode. Dog coaching provided with help from duck jerky picked up at Shiba meetup this weekend (thanks Jen!)