Badger is another Fetching Dogs rescue. He was supposed to be the next dog I photographed for them but he went and got adopted. He came over for a playdate with Bruno yesterday but didn’t like the rude boy so I decided to take a couple of photos of him instead. Because he’s GORGEOUS! He did two of my favourite things…
A head tilt
And a tongue poke
Badger has now gone to his new home. Good luck little man!
Our Facebook page has been a bit quiet lately and we’ve been hovering around 1990 likers for what feels like forever. I’ve been planning a giveaway for when we reach 2000, but I can’t wait any more! When we reached 1000 we gave away a collar and lead to someone drawn at random, but this time we’re doing things differently. Since we’re big fans of rescue and rescuers we’re giving back as well as giving away.
How to enter
1. Post a photo of a dog in rescue in Australia here.
Please include a link to their adoption page. A background story is optional.
2. Share the link on your wall and ask all your friends to vote for your nominated dog.
3. The dog with the most votes and the person who posted the photo will both win a voucher for a collar worth up to $150 plus postage within Australia.
Fineprint
1. Competition opens 12:00pm EDT 27/1/12 and finishes 12:00pm EDT 3/2/12.
2. Competition is open to Australian residents only.
3. Only one entry and one vote per person.
4. The dog must be in care, awaiting adoption and under legal ownership with an Australian rescue group at the time of submission. It cannot be in a pound environment.
5. You must have permission or legal right to submit the photograph. We reserve the right to seek copyright owner validation prior to awarding the prize.
6. You do not have to be the rescuer but we’d rather you had some sort of affiliation or connection with the dog in question.
7. Prize voucher is valid for six months.
8. The winner is the image with the most votes at 12:00pm EDT 3/2/12. Judges decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
9. Prize is not redeemable for cash.
Please feel free to share this on any forums or Facebook groups that you’re in.
In other unrelated news… the website isn’t working properly for some people using the latest version of Firefox on a Mac. We’re in the process of getting that fixed. If you experience issues in the meantime please use Safari instead.
by Ruth[less]
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Only Australia? We here in America LOVE your collars, Ruth!
* Lisa
Cool
Seven month old Marley has been abandoned not once, but twice in his short life. I fell in love with his photo a couple of months ago on the Renbury Farm Animal Shelter Facebook page. He was adopted along with another pup, but not long afterwards he was seen advertised on Gumtree as they decided they didn’t have time for two young dogs. I presumed that he must be a bit of a handful, but having spent a few hours with him yesterday and today his only fault seems to be that he pulls on the lead! He’s great with other dogs and very affectionate and yes, you’ve guessed it, I want him!!
The day prior to his glamour shoot we brought him to the dog park to burn off some steam before meeting Darren’s other dogs. He had an absolute blast there. Here’s some footage of him playing with Willow the Husky > http://youtu.be/yV4jowaSxMM
I got this shot of Marley running with Whiskey the Staffy [who belongs to Darren from Fetching Dogs]. He said that it looks like they’re on invisible motorbikes. They’re not invisible any more though! haha Nice Photoshoppery Darren!
Marley is available for adoption through Fetching Dogs in Sydney > http://www.fetching-dogs.com/2011/12/marley.html
by Ruth[less]
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How could you not fall in love with that face? He is a gorgeous dog and I love the dogs on bikes image, hilarious.
Marley looks like a baby Sarshi , awesome shots !
Great looking dog and he looks smart enough to learn to walk on a loose leash in just a couple of lessons. Hope he find the right forever home.
Thank you for spending time with Marley and getting these wonderful photos of him and his friend.
One of my favourite rescuers lives a few streets away and has very similar taste in dogs to me, but almost every time I offer to photograph one of his charges they get adopted before the shoot. Miss Kiwi wasn’t so lucky, but that’s ok, ’cause I realllly wanted to meet her – what with her being a Staffy, and white – my favourite combination!
Kiwi is available for adoption through Fetching Dogs in Sydney. Her PetRescue profile is here.
by Ruth[less]
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Since I’ve done ten facts about all my other dogs I thought it was about time I did Bruno.
1. Bruno is foster #4 and foster failure #3
Technically I kind of knew he was never going anywhere, but I had to tell Dave he was a foster until he fell in love with him too. I broke the news to him in Ireland after several tequilas but I did promise that if he didn’t fit into the pack I wouldn’t insist on keeping him. Luckily he fitted in way better than I ever could have imagined.
2. Bruno’s a lover not a fighter
If you were walking your dog towards us in the street you’d be forgiven for thinking that Bruno is another one of those dogs. But the screaming and lunging isn’t aggression, he just REALLY wants to play with every dog he meets. We’ve had him about six months now and I think he’s improving, slowly but surely – the screaming has turned into a whimper and the lunging is more like a happy dance!
3. Bruno’s another contender for the army
Angel may have perfected the commando roll, but Bruno’s an expert at the commando crawl! Until I stop thinking it’s cute and funny I don’t think we’ll ever be able to compete in an obedience trial – he adds a crawl to all his drop stays.
4. Bruno’s part rabbit
He LOVES carrots. He’ll stalk me if I’m eating one and will persist until I give him a piece. It’s a pain in the ass because then I have to give the other three a piece too [in the name of equality] but they only half eat theirs and leave a right mess for me to clean up!
5. Bruno had an owner
I found out a couple of months after we rescued Bruno [and his sister Juno] from the pound that their owner knew they were there. He was on holidays and his friend was supposed to collect them but no one ever came. I know that Renbury Farm would have made numerous attempts to reunite them so I don’t feel bad. Obviously he didn’t love them, so they’re both in a better place now. His loss.
6. Bruno doesn’t need expensive toys
The most high value toy for him is a sock. He knows not to steal them though, cause he’s a good boy… mostly!
7. Rude boy
Poor Bruno loves nothing more than to play, but the vast majority of dogs he’s met have taken an instant dislike to him. We think he wasn’t socialised as a pup because his doggy manners are terrible. His greeting is to run straight at them and jump in their face while trying to play biteyface! He really is an acquired taste. Luckily my dogs like him and he has a few buddies that don’t mind playing rough, so he does get to go on dates occasionally.
8. Bruno the redecorator
We don’t know what the hell he gets up to when we go out and leave him in his dog run, but when we get home it looks like a freak tornado has passed through there! The first day that he was given a paddling pool he kindly pulled his blanket out of the kennel and put it in the pool and then dragged his trampoline bed over and put the back legs of it in the water too. I wish we had surveillance cameras down there. I bet Bruno TV would be quite a hit!
9. Bruno’s a model dontchaknow?
Only a matter of weeks out of the pound and his stage Mom [me!] had already lined him up a gig as the cover star of Urban Animal Magazine. He was so good at his shoot, working the camera like a pro. I knew then that I’d picked a keeper for sure!
10. Bruno the clown
There are so many things to love about Bruno, but the main one is the fact that he makes us laugh allllll the time. He’s comedy gold! One of my favourite things that he does, because I know he does it purely to make me laugh, is his squishy crate face. If he’s put in his crate in the back of the car and we stand around talking before driving off, he’ll stick his face up against the bars with a deadpan expression and then slide down so he’s got a pig nose and his teeth are showing. It’s too funny!
This is the first photo of my 52 weeks of Bruno project. I never finished Chopper’s 52 weeks and he’s the good model, so time will tell if this projects suffers the same fate!
by Ruth[less]
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Love it. Bruno, you are a star!
LOVE THIS!!! bruno is just gorgeous! wish you guys were closer to me so i could get you to do some shots of my furbabies!!
Ruth,
With photos like yours and and a face like that, how could anyone not love Bruno?
Amazing photos (as usual) – and a gorgeous dog 
Angela
UK
Thanks everyone!
by Ruth[less]
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