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About 2 months ago I found pictures posted on Petfinder.com with a logo for HeARTs Speak with the rescue and the photographers information on them. I was curious to see what they are about...
"HeARTs Speaks mission is to unite the individual efforts of animal artists and animal rescues into collective action for social change. It is an online community of artists who are dedicated to using their art to help animals, assisting and educating the community on the importance of animal adoptions."
For Christy and me, that sounded like the type of community we wanted to be apart of! We submitted an application a couple of months ago along with some of our work and waited to see if we would be accepted into the community. I am VERY HAPPY to announce that yesterday we found out that we were accepted and will now do all our free rescue photography sessions as part of the HeARTS Speak community. In fact we did our first session for Pet Mania Burbank rescue last night. (Why waste time?)
We will be posting all adoption photos on our website and Facebook pages as well on the rescues site. Please check back often for available pets and share, share, share... We need to find all the animals homes!
Let me introduce you to this beautiful 10 week old female Grey and White Tabby. She came in with her three siblings (also photographed). She is loving, playful and LOVES to Purr and be held. She is available now for adoption and has her 1st set of shots. Please call if you are interested 818-848-5512.
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Meet Scout – A beautiful fourteen month old German Shepard that was rescued from a backyard breeder. She has found a forever home with Jess and Bernie and they are all very lucky to have each other. She is a certified service dog and she is completing German Shepard protection training. She will not be a guard dog but they are bred as protectors so it helps them to use the protection instincts in a way that is safe for her and her family.
Both her parents are certified dog trainers in the Los Angeles and surrounding areas and after working with Scout for just a few hours I can see that they are very good at what they do. She is a wonderful dog and very well trained. If you need dog training reach out to them at 310-625-2031 or at [email protected].
Makes me want a puppy of my own so I can train them to be as well behaved as Scout…
Christy and I spent about 2 hours with Jess, Bernie and Scout and all of us had a great time. What a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon!
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Some things are just meant to be and my creative session with Kiki and Lila and their daddy Lou fall into this category.
I was going to San Diego for a family event and had heard about the Ocean Dog Beach. I wanted to check it out. I left early in the morning with my camera and Pet Model release forms and headed to the beach. What a crazy mix of dogs and people that is.
I was talking to someone, when up comes two boxers that I had been watching for a while. Of course I could not resist talking to them and their dad. Lou had recently lost Kiki’s brother to cancer and that just a few days later he learned from his vet that both Kiki and Lila have lymphoma. WOW! That was a shock for me and I just met them.
They were actually getting ready to leave the beach but I wanted Lou and the girls to have some images of their time at the beach. The girls were playing ball and chasing each other and just having a great time. They are Boxers to the core with their constant play and attention to Lou and just love in their hearts, such a joy to be around.
We worked together for an hour or so when Lou happened to mention that he and the girls had come to the beach from Arizona. WHAT? They had all moved there about a year ago but Ocean Beach was a favorite place for them to go and he decided that now was the time to bring them. (What a GREAT DAD!) So here I am just there for a few hours and they have driven all the way from AZ and here we are all together. If that was not MEANT TO BE then I do not know what is…
Thanks Lou, Kiki and Lila for sharing your story and a few minutes with me!
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