Maggie ~ Tampa Pet Photographer

Meet Maggie. The sassy little shih tzu that packs more punch than Mike Tyson. Okay so perhaps that was a dorky analogy but you get what I mean. Looking at her, I would guess she wasn't anything older than 2, however she is closer to 14!!! The girl looks good for her age. Her big brown eyes just melt your heart. And just when you think you can reach over and love her, she bounds off. Her favorite activities include sleeping in her crate where she rests upon nest of blankets and running through the fields of her backyard. It's really funny to watch her run because its more like a bunny hop. Here are some of my favorite shots from the session.

Tito Tuesday ~ St. Petersburg Pet Photographer

I can't believe another week has come and gone, leading us to another Tito Tuesday. This Tuesday I wanted to focus on Tito's tail. This perfect combination of half muscle, half fur is an eight inch extension of his body which tells me alot about his mood. For example, when we go for our morning walks, his tail is held high and proud. Cesar Millan would be disappointed in me as I am allowing Tito to establish dominance (right now I look at it as confidence but I know I need to work on it :) I rarely ever see him drop his tail in submission, in fact only about once a year, the fourth of July to be exact do I see him cower in fear. My favorite time to watch Tito's tail is when he is chasing lizards. We have gecko's all over the backyard so as soon as were outside he is on a mission to hunt them down. I have never seen a tail go so fast in my life. 47 back and forth swishes in 90 seconds to be exact.Who needs A/C when I have my personalized fan that can kick back some serious air. I took these pictures a few days ago just to show how serious Tito is about his lizard hunting and how much I love his little tail. Thanks for reading and stay tuned for next weeks edition of Tito Tuesday.

Tito Tuesday ~ Tampa Pet Photographer

Tito is a funny guy. He likes to keep to himself as much as possible. He doesn't care to be around other dogs no matter what age, breed or size. Its not that he is aggressive he, just wont play with them or pay them any attention. That being said, when I am in the studio doing a pet portrait session he is very eager to be the center of attention. Take for example yesterday. I had the two scheduled pet portrait sessions, one was a French Bulldog and the other was a shih tzu/maltese mix (blogs to come this week on both pups ). I left Tito at home for the Bull dog shoot, and when I returned it was quite apparent that I was not going to be leaving him for the next shoot. So Tito joined us for the second shoot. Again, he didn't really have any interest in befriending this shih tzu/maltese but he did try to be in almost all the shots. And even though he was not being photographed he felt it was his right to have equal amounts of treats as my subject, Bogey. Here are a few shots that I captured of my man, just being himself :)

Tito

Last Friday Tito and I spent the morning at Ft. Desoto Park. I was busy with my camera and Tito was busy trying to rid the world of every and any biker he could see. What's great about the dog park at Ft. Desoto is that it is completely fenced in. So Tito can run free along the fence where the bikers trail is and I don't have to worry about a thing. Now I'll admit he had been running for about 35 minutes and according to my guestimation he probably ran the equivalent of 10 football fields up and back. So being the good mother I am, I decided to grab him and hose him off so he could cool down. Tito didn't like that idea so immediately following the light spritzing he decided to roll in the dirty watered down gravel next to the shower. That was the greatest laugh I have had in a while so of course I had to snap a few shots. And here is what a dirty shih tzu covered in dirt, grass, sand and who knows what else looks like.....He looks pretty happy. Oh My Tito