Saturday, January 30, 2016

We Blame Mom!

*oops! This got posted on Mom's photo blog and not our own page.....*

Yes, we are all alive and well.  Mom has just been crazy busy with her day job (aka "The Great Kibble Provider"), photographing at the animal shelter and paying photography clients, so our bloggie has been neglected (again).

However, Mom is still taking photos of us, and we are having fun playing in the snow, so all is good!

Pay close attention to the mid-leap pounce....

The pounce invariably results in the frisbees being buried.  That's why Mom has a lot of backups!


Me? I like to throw out the parachute when I jump on frisbees, so I can find them!

We still have springs in our leggies!

*sproing*!

Hey, um, Mom, are you going to throw the frisbee, or what?

Zoom-zoom!

Abby, pretending to be all contemplative.

Abby doing what she does best!
In all of her photography, Mom had the opportunity to meet and photograph Belle, Goose's girlfriend  (and now Buddy's friend and pillow).  Not only has Belle been a long-time interwebs friend, but she's a "mature" gal, and Mom loves spending time with senior doggies.


Michelle clearly loves Belle, too!

I think Belle pulls off the 'looking contemplative' thing better than Abby!
Mom got a few tutus (and other goodies) for Valentine's Day photos at the shelter, and when she was there last week, she got to indulge her desire to get photos of Pibbles in tutus!


Mom got a 'super-sync' radio trigger setup, specifically to capture leaping doggies at the shelter - and everyone seems to be happy with the setup!


This little puppy kept crawling up in Mom's lap and giving her kisses and puppy breath and the whole bit. Luckily, she also reminded Mom how crazy puppies are!  (Not that Mom is not is one to be swayed by puppy wiles!)

Ballerina doggie!

 
Mom still doesn't know what this guy was a mix of (we're thinking part Weimaraner and part Newfie and part shag carpet, but it's really anyone's guess as Bo - the model - wasn't telling!)
So not to worry, world! We are alive and well - our secretary has just been super busy with "other things"!

*kissey face*
-Fiona and Abby the Hippobottomus

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

We Are Still Around

Our friend Cookie left us a note a little while ago asking if we were still alive (or something to that effect), and so we have urged Mom to take a few minutes break from editing photos of other doggies wearing antlers (hey, better them than us!) to let our friends in Blogville know that we are still alive!

Mom says she is in the middle of her busy season with photography (apparently there are lots of people who think their pets want to wear antlers - and apparently there are some doggies out there that don't seem to mind wearing antlers!) and our bloggie has taken a backseat to Mom being all busy. 

But here are a few photos of us playing in the yard (and noticeably NOT wearing antlers!) so you don't have to worry about us being neglected!


  











In addition to photographing doggies in antlers, Mom has also been photographing orphan doggies at the Salt Lake County animal shelter, so she has been busy!  And we're not neglected, so if you don't hear from us for a while, don't worry - Mom is working hard so she can buy more camera equipment snacks for us!



BTW, all three doggies here (and many more from this same photo shoot) have been adopted!  Woohoo! 

*kissey face*
-Fiona and Abby the Hippobottomus

Monday, October 26, 2015

All Sorts of Changes

Fall is here (well, Fall is pretty much here and gone; the red leaves are all gone, and now just the oak leaves and the aspens have yet to fall, which means Mom isn't done raking yet!  Although Mom is hoping that we get enough snow before she has to rake up the leaves!).  Winter is on its way - we hope.  Last year was a pretty sorry excuse for a winter, and while it made Mom's commute easier, it made for terrible snow zoomies.

Anyhoo, the weather is definitely changing, so Mom took some time to get some photos of us in the Fall grasses.

 


The biggest change, however, is that Jessi, the turkey hotdog lady, is moving back to Dela-where (prompting Mom to break out all sorts of Delaware-related jokes that she's held on to for decades...).  We have a going away doggie class with Jessi, in which many treats were dispensed, and we pretended to behave one final time.

Abby is miffed that I'm getting all the attention!



No one will notice if we "borrow" this big bag of candy, will they?!?

Ever notice how EVERYONE has to use the death grip on Abby?
As a going-away present, Mom put together a photo book for Jessi with highlights from all the years of us being dedicated students.

Abby's first puppy class.  She was a suck-up even then!

We crate-trained Mom!  This was a big day for us!

Yuh, the bunny ears were not such a big day...

Abby continued to be a suck-up even as she got bigger!

At least Jessi knew what books would catch Abby's interest.

When I had my surgicals last year, Abby and Jessi went bobsledding!
 Doggie class wasn't just about Abby; we did duets quite often together.

 
 

And I had my own moments of Being Very Brave!

Check out my balance!

And my ladder-climbing skills!
Abby and I both enjoyed a lot of dress-up with Jessi!



Jessi, thank you for all the fun over the years!  We are really going to miss you!  We hope you come back and visit.  (And bring snacks!)


*kissey face*
-Fiona and Abby the Hippobottomus