A Few Recent Shots of Henry

I recently trimmed the hair on Henry's head and neck, and he looks much more cocker-spaniel-like now, with his little domed head showing a bit better (and I've even trimmed his eye-lashes). Before, he was definitely a bit of a scruff-bag. There's still some work to do (his coat is a never-ending battle!), but I think he's looking quite fine at the moment! As a result, the camera is on him quite frequently. Here's a few recent shots; he just looks so sad in most of them.

He's recently started making a strange noise to me in the afternoons, after dinner, before he goes out to play with his dog-friends in the park ("dog club"). He goes rao-rao-rao and eventually almost howls - it's his way of saying "I want to go out and play, right now!". I uploaded a couple of videos of this on youtube (here's the first, second and third - he's looking particularly scruffy in the first couple!), but here's some photos of him in action - pursing his little moosh! He gets quite croaky and very sad-sounding, so he always gets a good cuddle afterwards (and his play in the park with his friends and his favourite green ball).

I just got a new wide-angle lens and of course the first subject I had to try it out on was Henry, my little muse. Not the most flattering angle! No doubt there will be more...

Dog of the Day - 23rd July 2013

Today's Dog of the Day is the beautiful Monty, a solid black cocker spaniel who is nearly 4. I tried a while back to get a good shot of him, but sometimes he is quite vocal, so his mouth is was moving! Finally managed to snap him while he's talking to me but not moving his head!

Dog of the Day - 17th March 2013

More horrible weather! So the camera has been left at home yet again (I think I'm becoming a fair-weather dog photographer!). But I have plenty of worthy dogs from previous occasions! Today's Dog of the Day is Chloe, a golden working cocker spaniel. I was surprised to learn that she is a worker, as she has the long silky coat and low-set ears of a show-type, but her owner assured me that she is from pure working lines. She didn't look at the camera, but had a little sniff of Henry (in the background, as he often is).

Dog of the Day - 15th March 2013

It's been a bit grey today. Was having a bit of a try-out of a new lens (a 19-35mm Cosina kindly donated by a friend!), but any dogs captured with that just look like a distant speck.

So today's Dog of the Day is a dog I saw on our walk yesterday morning. It's an orange roan cocker spaniel, the colour of Henry's mother. I haven't spoken to the owner, so no idea of name, gender or age. Quite a cute mop on its head though and very prancy gait!