Holidays and Dogs

Dogs can’t see red! Plus 5 facts about red you didn’t know!

/ Dogs & Lifestyle

Did you know that dogs can’t see red? It’s true! Dogs are dichromatic, meaning they only have two kinds of cones in their eyes (humans are trichromatic which means 3 kinds of cones!).  The red cone is missing from dogs’ eyes which means they can’t see the color red, but instead they see grays or dark browns.  The red cone is missing meaning that dogs can’t see red, nor tell it apart from green. Instead they can see in blue and yellow tones as well as muddy browns, blacks and greys. Though, in their red color trade off dogs gained […]

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Easter Puppy Photo Ideas: How to Capture Adorable Spring Portraits

/ Dog Photography Tips

Easter is just around the corner, so Blue and I thought up some tips for you to get adorable Easter images of your pup! How to take Easter pictures of your puppy: Start with patience. Bunny ears and Easter things are new and novel, especially for puppies. Let them sniff the props you want to use and remind them not to eat them. Request a sit & place the bunny ears.Place the ears on your puppy, followed by “leave it”. Don’t worry if they brush the ears off and attempt to eat them, these are a mega weird thing to

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Happy Valentine’s Day with Kisses from Blue

/ Dogs & Lifestyle

Happy Valentine’s Day!  Yes we are 4 days early, but who can resist celebrating the holiday of love especially with a puppy or dog you love? We can’t! This is Blue’s very first Valentine’s Day! He’s 7.5 months old, sort of a teenager at times (selective hearing & command requests denied) and other times still a bumbling puppy at others. The biting is waning, his self settling is becoming better and he still loves the Young & Restless chime at the end of the show that signals lunchtime. There are days he drives me batty and I’d like to trade

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Blue’s First Christmas aka Christmas with a puppy!

/ Dog Photography Blog

Showing up on Sunday formally, celebrated on multiple days if not the month long, it’s Christmas! Wrapped presents with fun surprises inside, the tree decked with lights and ornaments and a 6 month old puppy, huzzah! If this is your puppy’s first Christmas here are some things to remember for Christmas day: Unwrapping presents is fun but… don’t let your puppy eat the paper! Overall it probably won’t hurt them, but if you don’t want other paper things to be nommed on, then keep wrapping paper away.  Leash your puppy as guests are entering or leaving, especially if your pup’s

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Jingle Paws: Keeping Your Puppy Safe This Holiday Season

/ Dogs & Lifestyle

Today, in the downtime between our food comas and frenzied Black Friday buying, let’s talk puppy safety this holiday season.  For all puppies born after Christmas 2021 until now this will be their very first holiday season! Huzzah! This also means there will be tons of new experiences and things to explore with their mouths & teeth.  First let’s talk food. (Cue the holiday baking and the meal hosting.) We all know the perils of onions, grapes and raisins, but did you know that the spice nutmeg is poisonous to dogs? If you use nutmeg in your cookie recipe don’t

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