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07/11/2025

07/10/2025

🌟MEET LILO🌟

We thought we would share Lilo’s story to help raise awareness for the importance of fostering and adopting older dogs! If you are interested in adopting or fostering an older dog please reach out to your local shelter to help make a difference, just like Lilo’s family!💛🐶

“Hi - My name is Lilo and I’m a senior! I’ve lived a few different lives in my 12 years, some good, some not so good. A couple years ago my second family moved away, they were going to bring me with them but it didn’t work out. I was staying with some friends but they couldn’t take care of me long term so they helped me find a new home. It was a little scary because I’m older and had a hard time getting around, but I’m really nice and very smart so just had to meet the right people who would love me for me! 

After a couple months I met my new family - they saw my picture and had to meet me. After meeting them they knew I was meant to be a part of their family. I was a bit nervous at first, I didn’t know anything about them and I had never been to their house, they were really patient with me and gave me lots of comfy places to rest so I could start to feel safe and trust that they were nice people.

Now I’m really happy to be a part of their family! They take really good care of me and I have a new lease on life - I can’t stop wagging my tail! They keep telling me I deserve to be loved and spoiled in my golden years, that all older dogs like me deserve to love like this, and I agree!”

05/01/2025

This is a tough post. I’ve been dog sitting for a year now and Maddy was my first…We bonded from the moment we met. She stayed with me often and we had so much fun together. Tragically she crossed the rainbow bridge 🌈 on April 18. I loved Maddy so much and I will miss her. Her mother is absolutely devastated. My ❤️ goes out to her mom . I'm so glad I got to capture Maddy and in all her cuteness!

I hope she is running like the wind on the other side.....tongue hanging out.....feeling all the love she is getting.

03/23/2025

So sometimes I like to photograph people….

02/23/2025

Bella and Izzy are so cozy and happy in the blankets. It was hard to get them to go outside!
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01/22/2025

I’m speechless. Grizzly has been so much fun to dogsit for the week and he makes an incredible model to photograph!!! Can anyone name the breed???

01/22/2025

I had the best week dog sitting Grizzly and then I made him a model for !!! Such a good boy!

01/18/2025

Mika is patiently waiting for her treat! Such an easy girl to photograph. Horse & Hound Fine Art Photography Ginny Hugs
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12/07/2024

We had such a great time with these 5 puppers in the studio all at the SAME TIME!!! It was absolute chaos and so much fun.

11/19/2024

Please consider adopting a pet this holiday season. This is Valentin…this is his tragic story. Valentin was living with his 3 siblings in Mexico. He and his siblings were tied to a building to “guard” the property. One night the building caught fire and because the dogs were tied, they couldn’t run away. 2 of Valentin’s siblings died and Valentin and his brother were severely injured. Valentin still wears the tragic scars from his past. Anne-Marie and her husband worked with a Canadian agency called Fetch + Releash who helps get dogs adopted from Mexico. They didn’t know his whole background until several months after adopting him, but they knew he had been in a fire. The pictures they had been given of him were heartbreaking. Anne-Marie and her husband picked up Valentin on February 15, 2022 from the Toronto airport. There were so many things he had never experienced before, like living in a house, walking on a leash through a neighbourhood, other people or dogs, city streets, city traffic etc. he was amazing with their family but was reactive to things outside the house (dogs, cars, people). He was also reactive to other people coming their home, lunging at them at times. They took Valentin to training with an agency that helped build his confidence when out walking but he was still very reactive to guests. They took him to dog trainer, Karen Laws, and had several private lessons with her. Karen recently took Valentin onto CP24 because she felt his transformation was incredible. Anne-Marie and her family can now have guests come over and he is so much better on walks. He’s even met a few dogs around the neighbourhood with whom he gets along. Fast forward to October 2024 when I had the privilege of meeting Valentin through the “Rover” app. He stayed with me for 4 days while his parents were out of town. They told me about his past and cautioned me about the potential for reactivity. Valentin showed NO reactivity at all, met new dog friends, met new people friends, did not react to the horses, and ran around like a puppy. I photographed Valentin while he was with me. Look at his face beaming with joy! Horse & Hound Fine Art Photography Leashes & Lassos

11/11/2024

Valentin has been staying with me so we had some fun and took some pictures!!! He is sweetest boy!

A pet photo session makes a great Christmas gift!

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10/27/2024

Anyone having a day like this?