Dog and puppy pictures, please share.

[CampsieNP]

I hear ya. I personally could not go into a shelter to volunteer or I know I would lose my mind wanting to bring them all home.
Our group has a board of directors and they place the fosters one at a time with us.
They take in the applications and do back ground checks on people who want to adopt. There is some control to protect us from ourselves!
One day, my phone will ring, and it is someone asking about my foster. At first, your heart stops and you think, "oh no."
But they are so excited and tell you they fell in love with the picture and they want to give the dog a good home. So, you have them come over and meet the dog. It is so sweet because the dog kind of picks them. You can tell when they meet if it is going to work (or occasionally, it is not a match. The dog knows. It is uncanny).
I have been doing this for about 3 years and it has been worth the emotional investment. My husband is worse than me and wants to keep them all (attached picture is him saying good bye reluctantly)
We have to let them go so we can foster the next one. Somehow, I am the enforcer.

[lonevoice]

Campsie, words can't describe how much I love that picture of your husband.  The gentleness and love are so clear in the furrow of his brow and the protective care that shows in the way his right hand is placed. 

It reminds me of the iconic photo of the man who floated his 20-year-old dog in Lake Superior every day to ease the dog's arthritis so it could sleep. 



In my heart I've always felt you can learn much about a man by the way he handles dogs, especially very small dogs.   Some men are threatened by small dogs it seems.  One of my most cherished guy friends is, in every sense, a man's man.  But the tenderness with which he interacts with my Jazz is the thing that most makes him a "real man" in my eyes. 

Jazz has great instincts too.  When he runs across a man who's threatened by little dogs, he looks at him like this:

[HorrorRetro]

It reminds me of the iconic photo of the man who floated his 20-year-old dog in Lake Superior every day to ease the dog's arthritis so it could sleep. 

I can't see that photo without blubbering like a baby every time. 

[CampsieNP]

Thank you lonevoice. It is a sweet picture of Gary with Gabby. He was so good with her.
But, here is Gabby with her new family.
It all worked out. The little girl begged her mom for Gabby and I drove her half the way to Iowa from Chicago to complete the adoption. They are doing great.

[Chine]

Thank you lonevoice. It is a sweet picture of Gary with Gabby. He was so good with her.
But, here is Gabby with her new family.
It all worked out. The little girl begged her mom for Gabby and I drove her half the way to Iowa from Chicago to complete the adoption. They are doing great.

Lovely.

[basswood]

I hear ya. I personally could not go into a shelter to volunteer or I know I would lose my mind wanting to bring them all home.
Our group has a board of directors and they place the fosters one at a time with us.
They take in the applications and do back ground checks on people who want to adopt. There is some control to protect us from ourselves!
One day, my phone will ring, and it is someone asking about my foster. At first, your heart stops and you think, "oh no."
But they are so excited and tell you they fell in love with the picture and they want to give the dog a good home. So, you have them come over and meet the dog. It is so sweet because the dog kind of picks them. You can tell when they meet if it is going to work (or occasionally, it is not a match. The dog knows. It is uncanny).
I have been doing this for about 3 years and it has been worth the emotional investment. My husband is worse than me and wants to keep them all (attached picture is him saying good bye reluctantly)
We have to let them go so we can foster the next one. Somehow, I am the enforcer.

My sister did this for many years, not just all over the country but in Europe also, it's amazing how dogs managed to always find her (either through the foster program or through the more supernatural "showing up on her doorstep" one morning program). I still can't see how you manage it, I'd last one dog before I started keeping them. 

[bateman]

Dangerously high levels of adorableness: http://imgur.com/a/ymcbd#0

[Chine]

Dangerously high levels of adorableness: http://imgur.com/a/ymcbd#0

Oh my.

[Chine]

Tim Flach Photography. 

[shell88]

Brimstone!

Very nice looking dog. Does he/she shed a lot?

[Chine]

Very nice looking dog. Does he/she shed a lot?

Thanks. Actually, Afghans don't shed. They have a cottony undercoat that needs to be groomed out, gently pulled. A shedding, in a way. But it's lots of work. If not groomed regularly, they get matted. It takes a good 4 hours plus grooming. Especially before shows. Lots of coat product, too.

[shell88]

Yes, she certainly looks to be a show dog, or could be. Stunning.

[Chine]

Yes, she certainly looks to be a show dog, or could be. Stunning.

Thanks. He is no longer with us. This is an old picture from years ago. But, his kids, grandkids are out and about showing.

I have so many dog pics. And also, I love great dog photography. I'm loving this thread.

[Chine]

Marquee and PB.