Dogs with a Purpose!

How lucky am I? I got to spend an entire beautiful cool morning with these amazing animals on this beautiful farm.... The dogs are working dogs. They watch over, and protect a very large herd of Llamas (and 1 goose) on over 20 acres of pasture and forrest. It was a purely magical morning with these guys... I really didn't want to leave! Dogs with a purpose, a job, are just so unbelievably content. Have a look... and don't forget, if you click on the images you can see them full sized! Enjoy ~

Pet Palooza & Dog Walk, coming up soon!!!

Join us on June 13th at Poet's Walk from 11am-4pm for Pet Palooza & Dog Walk to benefit the Partnership for Animals Needing Transition (P.A.N.T.), an all volunteer, animal welfare organization that services animals in Dutchess County.

To pre-register for the walk (advised), please email Jennifer at: jmorris6161@yahoo.com. If you raise $100 online before the Dog Walk & Pet Palooza, you get to register and walk for FREE! (Click here to find out how.) Or, if you purchase your tickets in advance, you will receive a free gift at the door, and you will be automatically entered into the Grand Prize drawing.

There will be vendors (including us!), music, live demonstrations, contests, giveaways and more.

For directions to Poet's Walk, click here.

It's a beautiful place, and a wonderful cause ~ I hope to see many of you there! (Rain Date is June 14th.)

K9 Crazy Rally-O Event

This was our first Rally-O event -- and all in all, it turned out to be a really great day. I was really moved by the theme of connection, and relationship that was present in the photos. These were all very fortunate dogs -- all with great bonds with their people, and truly moving to witness.

Obama shooting w/Canon!

As a photographer who shoots with Canon, I really got a kick out of this image!

Clermont's Sheep & Wool Festival - 85F!!!!

After a very long winter, today was SOOO welcome.... unbelievably beautiful... needed.... appreciated.... just FABULOUS... so... we took a trip to the Sheep and Wool Festival in Clermont, NY - The colors there were so stunning.... between the flowers blooming in their gorgeous gardens, to the potted flowers being sold by vendors... and then of course, the WOOL products! Amazing yarns, again.... color - color - color! On the downside, there were not quite as many "sheep" as we expected, but maybe this is our own ignorance to how these events are organized. There were a few "token" sheep that were used in a sheering demo., a few Alpaca's, and the only other sheep we saw were stuffed, as in, to put in the crib with your baby... All in all, it was a lovely day, with very pretty scenery! Enjoy! (click on images to enlarge)









The only "downside" of the day was that it was too warm to bring any dogs in the car with me... Can't you just imagine what Iggy is saying/yelling here??? Taiho, well, he's just like... "what he said..."

Congratulations to Ziggy Marley & Beth!!!

The following is an email and photograph I received from my friend Beth, mom to Ziggy Marley. Ziggy is a Pit Bull Terrier, brother to our own, Taiho, from the Animal Farm Foundation, where Beth works. They competed in a Rally-O event this weekend. I was/am so moved by her email that I have to post it here, for everyone to see. She's an amazing mom to Ziggy, who works tirelessly to help this breed, for which Ziggy is an absolutely amazing ambassador!

"My biggest wish before we walked into the ring at our first dog show is that Ziggy and I could bring home a blue ribbon. A blue ribbon to those waiting in the kennel for their forever homes. Ziggy found his forever home. This blue ribbon was earned with the kennel dogs in mind. Those waiting for homes, those who found homes, and for those who never will.

All of these dogs have steered through obstacle courses of their own, and every one of them deserves a blue ribbon in their own right!! Ziggy won this for them, and the kennel is where his ribbon will live."



For more about Beth, check out her website HERE!

What a GREAT Photograph!!!

Sooo much going on here, I just had to post!