From a photography standpoint, the toy dogs are the most difficult to shoot because they are so low to the ground.  Yet they are among my most favorite breeds.  I am forever challenged to find ways to photograph them well, without laying flat on the ground in the middle of a dog show.  (Not a good look I’m afraid!)  This is Rodger, (“GCH Yakee Easily Persuaded”) who I just love seeing with his owner David Fitzpatrick.  We met up at the Lancaster Kennel Club show in Lebanon, PA on Sunday and it was a nice opportunity to take some new photos of this little bundle of fur.  I just want to kiss that little black nose, don’t you? 

I really should have taken time to investigate how this image was possible.  It was ring side at the Harrisburg, Pa. Kennel Club show last weekend.  Somehow this Pug was able to see out of the top of the crate despite the fact that the crate was much taller than the dog.  My imagination tells me that there was another Pug inside and this dog was standing on it’s back!  Or maybe there was a little step stool inside the crate for the Pug to stand on?  Or maybe this dog just has REALLY long legs!  What do you think?  🙂

….or as she is more commonly known to her friends, “BK”!  It was love at first WOOF for me when I met BK in Harrisburg, Pa. over the weekend!  She is a gorgeous Cavalier King Charles Spaniel who just so happened to win Best of Breed on Saturday.  Congratulations to BK and her owner/handler, Tracie Laliberte!