SammieS

Hi Jenseeya, I saw your post and wondered if you'd found your way into this thread, its very helpful and I'm sure many people will have some advice for you :) Sometimes its just nice to know that other people know what you're going through, especially knowing that you'll probably never meet them with their dogs in real life because their dog is just like yours!

I think this is my new favourite thread! You've captured him growing up and the photos are fabulous and he is VERY VERY handsome! Plus, i'm a bit biased that you have a Frenchie in your family too! You've inspired me to get my camera out again as I seemed to lose my camera mojo somewhere back in May this year... Just out of interest, what camera/lens do you have? The bokeh in the background of Hank on the beach is great! I can't wait to see more updates... especially if its been raining and is muddy at your place!

This thread is awesome! I have so much to say and not enough time because i'm at work... I'll join the FB group when I get home. I recently free shaped my eldest Frenchie Asti to stand on a giant tennis ball and pat my youngest Frenchie Angus on the head! :laugh: (well the patting him on the head was a coincidence when I took the photo) but it was all free shaped from a Clicks and Tricks class we attended. Free shaping seems to make them 'think' more than they ever did! Its fabulous to see them learning and trying new thing and offering good behaviour (instead of being the poor reactive girl that Asti is outstide the safety of our house).

I'll join in with the monthly theme and give it another crack...

x2 I agree! Our walks are amazing if we don't encounter other dogs or joggers or super noisy/fast traffic!

Thanks kja, I figure the scenery would be great to photograph but we're also going to do a whale watching tour... so my big zoomie one would be good for that... my lenses are: 50mm, 16-35, 24-70 and 70-200 and I don't think i'd take my 50mm macro.

Thanks Mudlark!

Thanks Huga and Mudlark! I will probably switch back to jpg... Mudlark - how did you connect the camera to the ipad? and did you need to use an app to pull the photos off the camera?

Hello, I have a Canon 7D (although I'd love to get the smaller EOS M for travelling as its lighter) and will take photos in RAW + JPG, and we're going to NZ. I've never been OS before so am wondering what everyone's advice is regarding backing up photos on holidays? Do you take many many memory cards or do you offload your photos from your camera each day and reuse 4-5 cards instead? I was originally thinking backing up the photos to the ipad from the camera but I'm not sure how this works or if its reliable. What does everyone else do? Also, what lens' do you prefer to take on holidays and do you have a specific bag that you take? We'll be self-driving so I'm thinking that I'll need to get a backpack as my crumpler side stachel or jo's tote won't cut it! Finally, do you take your camera with you in your hand luggage? Off to organise my passport now :) SammieS

Hankdog - Jake is very handsome... but I'm biased to the Bulldogs! Good news Panzer! Sometimes it takes a change of tact to see a difference. When we went to a different puppy school with Angus we learnt about timeouts and used that to change behaviours of both Asti and Angus... who knew timeouts for children works the same for dogs (although children don't go into a crate :laugh: )

Happy gotcha day to Jake! From Asti and Angus xoxo I smiled at some of the things you've learnt because I've been through it too - especially queuing at the vet's and learning about dog behviour. P.S. Can you post a photo of Jake?

WOW Corvus - you are a wealth of information! I'd like to learn more about LAT and Toaster... how did you teach the Toaster? What is BAT? Hankdog - I know how you feel, and i had tears in my eyes reading your post... maybe its the stubborn bulldog in them? Also, we have a thundershirt, it doesn't seem to make a difference to Asti but I can only try it in winter anyway as it makes her too hot

1- Kristin (kja) 2 - Kerri (Snook) 3 - Tanya (CrazyCresties) 4 - Kristen (Piper) 5 - Larissa (gapvic) 6 - Sam (Clicking Mad) 7 - Hannah (Rallyvalley) 8 - Taylah (DogSportObsessed) 9 - Meagan (MnDM - Monet n Diva's Mum) 10 - Lorrella (Cougar) 11 - Judi (PossumCorner) (Sherbrooke)\ 12 - Samantha (SammieS)

I'm in Brisbane :D I've done my 3... I don't think they're very creative... but at least its something

I'm struggling... I was actually going to step down in case someone else wanted my spot because I feel like my effort won't be good enough I have completed other weekly challenges but this first topic is up there on the difficult scale.