flyingduster

No real reason except I took them today, so figured I'd post them... firstly a yankee: My bosses pup, she hits a year old in a couple of weeks, and yes she has coat for africa! lol. I'm babysitting for the week, so will try get a few more pics of her too. And then the "French" (though more correctly; German!); a poodle! who is *also* getting rather hairy right now! lol. I'm grooming her next week though thank goodness.

Loving the pics guys!!!!!!!!!!! Mine is a bit boring this week, didn't have any inspiration at all so just snapped a pic after she was groomed... lol! Week 6/52 by flyingduster, on Flickr

here's my obligatory foot shot... with poodle flair! Week 5/52 by flyingduster, on Flickr

I have a brag; our first ever win in special beginners in obedience! YAY!

love love love all the photos!!!! They're amazing guys; keep it up!!! tlc, I like the first one best too... It's sunday [i'm starting my weeks on Sundays...] and I got an amusing photo of Paris this afternoon, so it'll do nicely for week 4, and if I get something better this week then so be it. LOL!!! She was coming towards me and I went to snap a pic just as she shook herself! haha Week 4/52 by flyingduster, on Flickr

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I can't decide between two pics! They go together, so I'm gonna be naughty and post them both.... WEEK THREE; week3/52 by flyingduster, on Flickr week 3/52 by flyingduster, on Flickr

Thanks! It's taking a bit of figuring out to get editing stuff, but I'm having fun!! Gillybob, I'll try getting some more rattie pics for ya later... I need to get a 'week 3' pic of Paris first! lol. Might get the rats out in the weekend for another photo shoot... FD

Another vote for a standard poodle!!! Shave it off short all over and it doesn't look like a poodle anymore, and is super easy care (no brushing, just needs re-shaved every 2-3 months)

I haven't read all 15 pages (just the first page and the last! haha) but you ruled out standard poodles cos you don't think they're drivey enough? Can you tell my girl that please?? lmao! Standard poodles are still very much a working super smart gundog underneath the fooffy hair-do, and certainly don't lack in drive (or smarts). The coat is easy care when shaved off every few months, and they look quite cool when shaved down anyway... Definitely not couch potatoes in the slightest, though being so hugely people-driven they are happy to relax on the couch when their humans are; just to stay near. They can be taller, but they're lighter boned than a husky, and you can get smaller ones too (that boy in the pic above is a big one! Paris is around 66cm and 18kg and she's a slightly taller for a bitch, though still normal) Similar to a border collie in the brains, but not as obsessive as a b/c! Much more people oriented than a b/c too so they are a lot easier to live with as they just wanna appease and be with you. I have videos of my girl on youtube, both training and playing ones that show she's got drive.

Ok so now that I have photoshop, I've been taking WAAAY more photos! I only have a powershot camera, so I sorta rely on editing to make the photo 'pop'... So after training the other night, I left Paris in the car and went out with a couple of other dogs to practise taking photos of OTHER dogs... you know how ya get used to taking pics of your own dogs?! lol! "Brindle" is a mongrel... but he's utterly gorgeous and is doing soooooo well in training now too!!! chasing his ball: Brindle by flyingduster, on Flickr looking handsome Brindle by flyingduster, on Flickr And then there's this thing Brindle does... once he's fetch his ball and if you're not gonna throw it again, he'll flop onto the ground, roll onto his back, and stay there playing with his ball with his legs in the air. Goober. Brindle by flyingduster, on Flickr Brindle by flyingduster, on Flickr And then there's his good friend Wicket, another mongrel but a much smaller scruffier one! "ullo Brindle!" Wicket & Brindle by flyingduster, on Flickr haha, Brindle has a mouth full of grass clippings, spitting them out so he looks like he's curling a lip, and Wicket looks a bit shocked that his buddy might be curling his lip at him! Wicket & Brindle by flyingduster, on Flickr And just a cute portrait of Wicket in the evening sun Wicket by flyingduster, on Flickr yay for photoshop (and a new tablet! wooot!)

masks! I looooovee masks! lol! Open your chosen background pic, and the dog photo in PS, and drag the dog pic onto the background pic. It'll automatically become a layer ontop of the background then. Then simply go to Layer/Add Layer Mask/Reveal All which will add a mask to your dog photo. Then using the normal paintbrush use black to 'paint away' [effectively 'erase'] the background, and white to paint it back on if you make a mistake. Use varying different brush shapes/sizes etc to get the best result close up around the dog. Easy and awesome. I'm sure if you google it though, there'll be more in depth descriptions with screen shots to work from too! lol

loving all the amazing pics guys!!!! week two here: Week 2/52 by flyingduster, on Flickr was torn between it and another I got tonight though!

yup, get a dremel, any of the ones marketed for pets are weak and useless for anything much more than fine cat nails. Dremels are great. lol

lol! Wagsalot, it took me ages to work it out too! lol. Hence I thought it might be useful to make the screen shots.... soooo much easier to understand screen shots than written descriptions too! LOL! tlc, YAY! It worked!

She's HOME!!!! Found her in the neighbours basement, she'd been there for 2-3 days now so she's skinny and exhausted and her claws are all worn down from scrabbling. But she's safe and totally fine. She's eaten, and stalked around the yard and house for a while. Bit jumpy and touchy from the stress, but has now settled down again and is utterly and totally fast asleep. *whew*

I've got a 12 year old who was spayed at I think around 9 months (after a heat) and is totally fine. I also have a nearly-5-year-old who I don't know when she was spayed but it was certainly before 12 months when I first met her, and it was almost certainly done before she had a heat at all, and she's fine so far too. The only other bitches I've had personal experience with were all entire their whole lives and had no incontinence issues either.

eep. Agreed.

Jazz is clingy right now cos her sister is missing... I'm hoping she turns up soon, but in the mean time I'm having to spend a lot of time consoling Jazz. quiet sleepy talk BIIIGGG yawn

I do it the same as wagsalot too. I've just created a short series of screen shots to explain it: 1st: http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j162/fly...ipboard02-4.jpg 2nd: http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j162/fly...ipboard03-2.jpg 3rd: http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j162/fly...ipboard04-2.jpg 4th: http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j162/fly...ipboard05-1.jpg 5th: http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j162/fly...Clipboard06.jpg and 6th: http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j162/fly...Clipboard07.jpg having copied the text in that final box, that's the text you paste in to a reply on here. Done!

lmao, this thread is AWESOME, I love dog butts tooooo! pointy butt affy bums what about eeper [baby rat] bums:

any particular font styles your prefer? Your friend suggest that two sided one, but do YOU want it two sided, with some details on one side and others on the back? And do you want it to include "photography" or just your name? I had a play, but I'm really not sure what you're after... so don't mind if you hate it! haha! ugh, it's lost it's quality resizing and uploading here, but ah well, you get the idea anyway. lol! I am not liking the text much at all as it's not clear enough but won't worry about that as I'm sure you could re-create it in a similar way with what you want if you liked the idea!

Why not put up your logo, and list the details you want on it (put fake numbers/details for now if you want so they're not public if you don't want them to be; they can be changed later if you choose one design you like) and any particular colours or style you want... I might give it a go, but unless I know what I'm working with then I'm not interested, cos I'm no good at some styles compared to others!

week 1/52 2011 by flyingduster, on Flickr

even if getting a mature dog, I still suggest waiting until your current one is beyond that teenager stage (ie 12-18 months old at LEAST) cos they really CAN go totally weird for a while there. Some are fine, just like some teenagers remain respectful and nice. Others go totally awol and ignore you, cause havoc, are belligerent, etc etc. You don't want to be trying to settle a new dog in while also keeping on top of a teenage GSD, regardless of if the new one is already mature or not. If your GSD doesn't loose it's brain and is still fine at a year old, THEN I'd look at getting a new one. If it DOES loose his/her mind somewhat [which is ok and expected, don't fret!] then I'd wait until however long it takes for their brain to kick back in again, which could be any time after a year old.