This is a cute little video with a very cute Yorkie!

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Snow spraying, the five Rottweilers raced across the field. I crouched, camera in hand, ready to capture the action. During the shoot my husband Terry watched for a while. After the dogs had gone home, Terry casually mentioned that I might want to throw my jacket in the washing machine. Puzzled, I asked why. Apparently, one of the Rotties, while his owners weren’t watching, decided I was a fire hydrant and lifted his leg on me. I have learned to always expect the unexpected when photographing dogs!

Taking pictures of your best friend is a great way to spend time together. In today’s digital world, taking pictures can be a snap. Here are some easy tips to help you get the best pictures of your best friend.

Once you read these tips, go to my website http://www.jeanmfogle.com , and then click on articles to see the pictures that illustrate the tips. The article at my website is titled Photographing Your Best Friend. Then you can spend some time checking out all the pictures of over 45 breeds of dogs. I hope these tips help you get the pictures you want of your best friend!

• Buy the best camera you can afford! It doesn’t need to have all the bells and whistles but buying a good camera to begin with will ensure you don’t need to upgrade right away.
• Always use the LCD screen. Reviewing your pictures before you stop photographing makes sure that you get the shot you intended. Often you will find something in the background that is annoying or find that your dog has the dreaded eye booger, EBs in photographer’s language!
• Set your camera on a large resolution setting. You might not need your camera’s largest setting but imagine how frustrated you will be to get a great picture and find it is too small to blow up!
• Disable camera sounds. Many dogs are noise sensitive so take a few minutes with your manual and find out how to disable the shutter sound and other beeps and whistles.
• Digital Shutter Lag. Shutter lag is probably the number one reason for missing the shot you wanted. Take a few minutes and analyze the shot then shoot right before the action peeks, this way you are more likely to get the action.

Leave a comment at the CONTACT ME page and tell me why you love taking pictures of your dog, the best five answers will win a signed copy of Salty Dogs, Molly, my JRT, also pawtographs the book!
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Making friends with the neighbor dog.

I have 3 copies of the new book, Thanking the Monkey, to giveaway! If you would like a chance to win a copy, please leave a comment on this post before 10:00 PM (MST) on May 8th. Please only comment once, and be sure to fill in the email field so you can be contacted if you win. This giveaway is open to those in the USA and Canada, and the winner will be chosen by a random number generator. Winners will be contacted by email on May 9th.

About the book:

The animal rights movement has reached a tipping point. No longer a fringe extremist cause, it has become a social concern that leading members of society endorse and young people embrace. From Michael Vick’s dog fighting scandal to the incredible success of the bestselling Skinny Bitch veggie diet book, animal rights issues have hit the headlines—and are being championed by students and senators, pop stars and producers, and actors and activists.

Don’t you want to be part of the conversation? In Thanking the Monkey, Karen Dawn covers pets, fur, fashion, food, animal testing, activism, and more. But as the title playfully suggests, this isn’t like any previous animal rights book. Thanking the Monkey is light on lectures meant to make you feel guilty if you’re not a leather-eschewing vegan. It lets you have fun as you learn about Paul McCartney’s love of lambs and why Prince won’t wear wool. You’ll meet Fall Out Boy’s Andy Hurley and Pete Wentz—and their favorite traveling companion, Hemingway, Pete’s dog. You’ll read why Natalie Portman, Alicia Silverstone, and so many of those skinny but not bitchy actresses won’t eat or wear animals. And you’ll laugh over dozens of cartoons from Dan Piraro’s Bizzaro to other animal-friendly comics.

This fun primer for a smart and socially committed generation delivers some serious surprises in the form of facts and figures about the treatment of animals. Yes, it will shock you with tales of primates still used in animal testing on nicotine or killed for oven cleaner. But it will also let you lighten up and laugh a little as we work out how to do a better job of thanking the monkey.

*this giveaway is now closed. Congrats to numbers 97,41, and 72. *

Any dog owner will tell you that watching a beloved pooch in pain is heartbreaking. Being unable to help that pup makes the situation even worse. Until recently, dogs that developed orthopedic problems were faced with limited treatment options. Many simply suffered, or worse, had to be euthanized. However, times have changed. Thanks to the use of fat derived adult stem and regenerative cells and cutting edge science, injured dogs and their owners are finding new hope.

A company located in San Diego called Vet-Stem has developed a therapy that helps dogs recover from arthritis and other orthopedic injuries without major surgery. Using a sample of fat taken directly from the animal, Vet-Stem’s regenerative cell therapy isolates stem and regenerative cells, allowing the dog’s vet to inject them back into the injured tissue. Once injected into the animal, the cells stimulate the healthy cell’s growth and allow the muscles and tissue to repair themselves.

Since the fat derived adult stem and regenerative cells come from the animal’s own body there is no risk of rejection, making the procedure extremely successful. In fact, most of the animals treated returned to close to their pre-injury level of activity.

Fortunately, Vet-Stem has recently launched nationally with hundreds of vets capable of performing this procedure, there are success stories popping up all over the country. Take Hunter, the 9 year old Golden Retriever who could barely walk or stand. His story, told in this Nightline piece, shows the positive effects adult stem cell therapy has had on his debilitating arthritis.

With over 3,000 animals already treated and over 400 vets certified in this procedure, Vet-Stem’s stem cell therapy isn’t futuristic research. It is here and now, helping pets and their owners across the nation. For more information or to find a practicing vet in your area, visit www.vet-stem.com.

Written by Linda Black, DVM. PhD; affiliated with Vet-Stem.

Thank you Linda for letting us know about Vet-Stem!

This is a fun and amazing video of a wet suit that was made for a penguin.