Fun with Dogs!

I did not quite get the photo I wanted from this photo session.  I did not have the thought to put Brit in the pot on top of the stove until the last minute. I forgot that Heidi won’t wear a hat and Jellybean knocked the celery and carrots down into the roasting pan so you can’t see them and then Abby’s hat blocked Jellybean anyway.

I actually cleaned my oven just for this photo!  Jellybean would NOT lie down in the roasting pan.  I’ve been taking group, costumed photos of the daily dogs for several years.

What I have learned in the last five years of taking goofy photos of various dogs is to expect the unexpected!  Some dogs just will not wear hats..ahem…Heidi!  The yellow lab in many of these photos is Butter who cannot take any pressure, she completely shuts down, so I have learned that I cannot raise my voice even in the slightest while doing this even if I am horribly annoyed.  As a result, the entire time I am getting the dogs positioned (hint, place your best staying dogs first) I keep up a running low “goooooood gooooood staaaaaay gooooood veeeeery goooood staaaaaay” Does it help?  I don’t honestly know but I do know that if I don’t keep saying it I am more likely to yell and then it all falls apart.  Of course, it usually falls apart at some point anyway :-)

Have a very happy and safe Halloween everyone!