the one with the sweet puppies from Yorkielicious
Many times, my job is the coolest. Photographing these sweet babies was no exception. If you are interested in learning more about Yorkies, head to her website. They are so very precious and so well cared for.
Love Does,
Kristin
the one with more cute Yorkies
Two weeks old in this photo above and I'm in LOVE! I've started photographing sweet baby puppies and it's the BEST. You show up, snuggle them, photograph them, love on them and then leave and go home to your adult dog that is potty trained. What's not to love?
If you are interested in a sweet baby Yorkie, head to www.yorkielicious.com for info.
Love does,
Kristin
the one with cute baby Yorkies
Before Casey + Taylor got married this past weekend, I got to love on these sweet furry babies! Omgeeee!!!! I'm not a big yorkie fan, I mean, hello! Search the hashtag #kangatales and you will see the animal I'm in love with. Well, some of the time. But gosh! Hanging out with these sweet babies might change my mind. They are so precious!
These pups belong to Terri. She reached out to me to ask if I did pet photography, and I jumped at the chance and said yes! When Kanga had her babies I loved documenting their growth progress. It was so much fun to have babies around. Not fun to clean up the puddles, but hey, that's part of baby-hood no matter what the breed. If I stay in the blogging mode, you'll see more of these sweet faces.
Gosh, what cuteness!
Love Does,
Kristin
CLICK HERE FOR TERRI's WEBSITE
the one with Doba
I photographed a beautiful rescue dog today. Her name is Doba. I hope I'm spelling this right. She's a rescue dog that lives in Orchard Park. She's 1/2 heeler and 1/2 Aussie. Super soft and pretty and oh so loveable.
Love Does,
Kristin
the one with Nicky + Ollie, Orchard Park Pets
I just returned home from scratching these fine puppy butts! How cute are they!
the one where I photograph pets
If you follow me on social media, then you've noticed me posting a few puppy photos. Even a cat or two. I recently started working for a couple of residential magazines in Lubbock. Life at Orchard Park and Kingsgate Magazine. It's not great pay, by any means, but it's good exposure, and I get to meet all sorts of neat people. It's a good way to get out of the house, or I might just camp out in my pj's all day!
If you live in Kingsgate, Orchard Park or Oakmont Estates, shoot me an email at kristinbednarz@me.com. We are looking for families, pets, decor, homes, yards, talents, etc to photograph and there's no charge. I can give you more details.
Love does,
Kristin
PS. These two cuties? They belong to the White Family. Such sweeties!
the one with beautiful Jesse
This lovely lady, Jesse, belongs to The Hutchen's Family. I've been working for Life at Orchard Park Magazine and meeting all kinds of fun people that live there. And their pets. I wish my hair looked as good as Jesse's. Hello! She's like a young Farrah Faucet. Gorgeous long hair, beautiful legs...the full doggie package.
Love Does,
Kristin
the one with Mandy + Paul and their cute dogs
Mandy + Paul are cool. They make you laugh and enjoy yourself and most of all, make you feel accepted and loved. That's a big deal in my eyes. For one, life is way too short not to have fun when you can, and these two? Despite working hard, know how to have fun. It just follows Mandy around.
Mandy also is the world's best text messenger in the world. She's got any tween beat at this game. She uses the least amount of letters to get her thoughts across and does so in a way that anyone can understand. I have to read her messages out loud, but as soon as I do, I understand them. But they don't translate well in my brain if I try and read them silently.
They brought along their dogs for the session and a family member that could help us wrangle them. My dogs are my family, so I totally get that! They should be involved and present and among us. I seriously had to break out my "massive dog friendly skills" to get these dudes to pay attention to me and not the Lubbock wildlife. HELLO! These guys were created to roam and sniff and run. Not exactly camera aware skills if you know what I mean.
If you are thinking about your next family picture, I encourage you to bring the mutts, the fur babies, your little ones. We can plan a way to make it work.
Love Does,
Kristin
the one with Woodrow, the dog
I like it when people want their dogs photographed. After all, they deserve portraits, too. They are part of our families. I know mine is! Devin doesn't like to think so, but she is. Go Kanga! Cameron, above, belongs to that soft furry creature in her hands, Woodrow. We met earlier one morning for some pictures to surprise the other human that Woodrow loves.
Love Does,
Kristin
the one where I give up sleep
Sweet baby Kanga working with me in the office.
We are in the season of Lent. Lent is a season of the Christian Year where Christians focus on simple living, prayer, and fasting. For years, our family has given up sweets together. Not hard for Devin, he's not a girl. But Hello! Women reading this know that a girl needs her sweets. Especially the one time during that 40 days. 😳 This year we all went our separate ways and decided to do our own thing of sacrifice. I choose, as did Devin, to attend daily mass. Some of you would say, "that's not a sacrifice. It's a choice and one all good Catholics should make. It's a price ledge to partake of the Body of Christ. It's a gift."
Oh, but you see it is a sacrifice. A huge one for me who is typically in her jammies pants until 10 am.
Sleep.
I'm giving up sleep.
what did you choose to sacrifice this season?
the one with Casey's puppies
It's been a while since Kanga had her puppies. A LONG while. Her last litter was born March 17, 2013. I was diagnosed with cancer a few short weeks after and started treatment by the time the last puppy found a home. Her "puppy making" days were over at that point and I've missed having them around. So, when Casey, our neighbor and good friend told us about his toy aussie litter, I jumped at the chance to go and visit them. They are just as adorable and cute and sweet as you would think a new puppy would be! They are about 1 month old at the time of these photos. So, so soft! And oh so cuddly. I think he has a couple left that need a home, so if you are interested, please let me know and I'll introduce you two.
Love Does,
Kristin
the one with sweet Mia
We've been puppy sitting.
We've been puppy sitting one of Kanga's sweet babies.
Her name is Mia and she belongs to Coach Dilley.
We got to watch her over the weekend and had soooooo much fun! Kanga did, too, but I'm not sure Mia had as much fun as Kanga. She's looks just like her momma and in fact? I would get them confused when looking down on them because they look so much alike!
She's beautiful!
I think our neighbor also got a new puppy. So stay tuned, you may see more puppy pics!
the one with Darcee
We have one puppy left. We call her Darcee. She's a black, tri-color female and absolutely the cutest thing! I thought I would share photos only of her and see if anyone is interested.
Kristin
the one with two puppies
I haven't updated anyone on the puppies lately. Well, besides the ladies down at Heavenly Paws. They were asking about them. So they know. But we've sold 2 and have 2 left. Darcee and Big Rex are left. Darcee is a black tri-color female that I'm pretty sure will end up toy, like her momma. She's so tiny and sweet! I'm also pretty sure her eyes will stay brown or amber like her momma's. They've never been really blue one bit.
Big Rex, now, he's a totally different story. Those that have visited the puppies know that he's a whiner, but he's also the first to figure out how to escape anything. He's BIG and beautiful and just look at those eyes! He's a red merle and I'm pretty sure he's going to be pretty fluffy like his daddy. He's got gorgeous coloring and despite being pretty vocal, he has warmed our hearts around here.
Please contact me if you'd like to visit them. They have started nibbling on moist puppy chow, but will need at least another week with their momma before we can send them to their new homes.
Love does,
Kristin
the one where the PUPPIES ARE FOR SALE
She's such a good momma.
The puppies are 3 weeks old now and everyone has their eyes open. I'm officially posting my "Puppies for Sale" sign!
Here's the details.
Rex, Male, Red Merle, mini $650
Liam, Male, Blue Merle, toy $650 SOLD
Jadee, (Mia) Female, red Tri-color, toySOLD
Darcee, Female, Black, Tri-Color, toy $700
$250 is required to hold your puppy. The rest is due on pick up date, April 25th. They should be eating on their own at that point and doing great! If it's earlier, I'll let you know. If you'd like to pay cash or check, just contact me at the info below. Oh, and if you'd like to come and love on these cuties, come on by!!! They are adorable!!!!
info@kristinbednarz.com
806-789-2673
the one where I wish you a good morning with some puppy love
the one with toy Australian Shepherd puppies, 2.0
Hmm...
Not a good do to go see a vet. Only the emergency ones are on duty. $$$$
But the vet was very helpful and said sometimes it can take longer. She gave me some signs of distress to look for and told me to wait another hour or so. I waited. No puppy. And Kanga was acting different this labor. She was tossing her head back and making noises she didn't make before. That worried me.
So, needless to say, we ended up at the Small Animal Emergency Clinic and left with 4 puppies and one tired momma. Yep. C-section. Can you say CHA CHING! LOL But I'm just thankful the puppies are alive and even more so, Kanga is. Momma and puppies are doing just fine! Here's a sneak peek of them these first 4 days.
From top to bottom:
- Liam, boy, red merle
- Darcy, girl, black tri-color
- Jadee, girl, red tricolor
- Rex, boy, black merle
We are in LOVE!
So much cuteness! And they are so soft! Velvet pink noses and toes!
We keep them in a baby tub. You can see my macbook on the floor there beside them the first day. I stayed pretty close. We weren't sure how D.O.G, our other dog would react and I didn't want any problems. So far so good. But we don't leave them alone together EVER.
we were lucky
Kanga was hit by a car today.
But she's going to be OK.
I knew better. But I did it anyway. I just figured it couldn't happen to us. She's smart.
But I think she was chasing that black cat she barks at all day and she took off across the street and was hit. I immediately took her to Above and Beyond where they took care of her. She's resting and yes, will need some mending, but she's OK.
Me? Completely DRAINED.
Yes, my children mean more than this dog, but that doesn't mean this dog doesn't rank pretty darn high up there.
She's family.
I get to bring her home tomorrow pending a good report and blood work in the morning.
Prognosis is good.
But I would appreciate your happy thoughts and prayers.
Two Toy Australian Shepherd Puppies Left
And then there were two.
Just two.
Well, in all honestly, not quite yet. All four are still here. But two are going to be picked up soon and we'll be a smaller household for a while.
Kanga is ready.
I'm ready.
The rest of the family? Not so ready.
We still have two Toy Australian Shepherd puppies for sale.
Kit on the right in the photo below, and Izzie.
Of course you can name them whatever you wish.
Izzie and Kit seem smaller than the other two. When I was bathing everyone this morning, I got a good look at their wet bodies and these two have shorter legs. I'm thinking they will most definitely be toy in size.
Izzie, below, has really settled into a sweet puppy. She loves to cuddle and when you pick her up, climbs up to the nook under your neck and settles in. She would LOVE to lick your nose and neck but is simply content to lay. I love that. Kanga still loves to do that.
She's still very energetic, but does sleep quickly. I noticed that yesterday when putting them all into the kennel before I left for work. Within seconds she had found a spot to lay, belly down, legs out and instantly went to sleep.
Sure, she whines when we leave the room. But not for long. And she's eating her food just fine. And this may be TMI for the blog, but when she "tinkles", there's less tinkle than some of the others. Which also makes me think toy. You know, smaller bladder.
Here eyes are still bright blue, however the right one has two colors. A darker blue and a bright blue. I think her daddy had that as well. Not sure. I will have to ask his momma.
Kit is still the leader of this pack! Which is so darling since she was the last one born and the runt of the litter. She too is smaller than the rest, but her and Izzie are about the same size. Her eyes are still blue, however, I honestly think they will turn amber. Who knows.
Her fur is still soft and getting thicker and thicker. And I love that her nose has the one spot like her momma! So cute!
She follows me EVERYWHERE going from room to room exploring and fearless. She loves to run and jump and play! She's the first to eat and nurse still, but I also find her the last to fall asleep. I think she's afraid she will miss something.
She's super quick to pick things up.
I started clicking my nails on the hard floor when I want their attention and now she will come to where I'm sitting and crawl on my legs for a cuddle and a scratch. You can watch her little face relax when you scratch hard behind her ears and she even gets still and just sits.
But if something's going on, she's off to explore!
She's eating well.
Drinking water and loved her bath! I think it's more the scratching and the rubbing than anything.
I list them in the paper today. So I expect them to sale quickly. If you'd like to purchase one, Kit is $600 and Izzie is $750. Someone asked me why the difference. It has to do with the markings and their coats. You can read more about Toy Australian Shepherd Puppies, HERE.
Toy Australian Puppies for Sale
We have two puppies for sale. The females are left.
They are exploring the house and moving around and developing their little personalities. So cute! I thought I would talk about them a bit and give you the link to their facebook galleries. They've had so many visitors and people interested in them. They are eating soft food on their own, but still nursing on momma 3-4 times a day. She's losing patience though as they get bigger and their teeth get sharper! I can't say I blame her. It's so taxing taking care of babies.
If you are interested in seeing these precious babies in person, just contact me and you can come sit on the floor and play. That's what I do a good part of the day.
I hope this helps those of you interested in making a decision on your favorite pup. Read under each photo posted for their description and make sure to click their facebook gallery link. I'll post more photos on Monday.
Thanks!
This is Kit.
She was the last one born, feet first and the smallest of the litter. The first week of life, I let her latch on first to get going and maybe catch up with her litter mates. It's worked! She's been the first one to stand, to walk on the slippery floors, to start a fight, the first one to start everything. She can really be a handful at times.
I'm not sure if she will be toy like her momma or miniature like her daddy, Ty, There's really no way to know. But if I had to guess, I'd say toy. And her hair will probably lay flat like her momma and grow long. Kanga normally has a skirt all the way around her. And her hair is very soft, like a bunny.
Her eyes will most likely turn amber. They were bright blue up until this week and now they are getting darker.
If you are looking for a highly energetic smart dog, Kit is for you.
CLICK HERE for a link to her facebook photos.
SOLD!!!!
Above, is Charlotte.
She has thick, soft hair and definite blue eyes. She's Gorgeous! I think the's the lady of the bunch and wired much like her brother, Hooey. She's very laid back and soft under the coat. She eats calmly and plays a lot although she is never the one to "start the play fighting" if you know what I mean. She loves to be cuddled and is cautious about trying things out. She usually follows her sister's lead.
I think she will be miniature in height, like her daddy and have a longer, bushy coat that seems fluffy compared to Kanga.
If you are looking for a laid back dog that enjoys a good cuddle, Charlotte is the one for you.
CLICK HERE for Charlott'es Facebook Gallery.
Oh, Izzie! You spitfire of a pup!
You know how puppies will act wild and start hopping and barking and just moving around like crazy? That's Izzie! She's the first to wake up and the first to latch on. She has the markings like her sister Charolotte, but definitely smaller in size, but NOT temperament! She's wild! She barks, growls, snarls, and moves like crazy.
She does love a good cuddle, but not for long. And you have to watch her closely because she always seems to be stuck somewhere she shouldn't be. Her and Kit were the first to wander out of the nesting room, my office. And the first to greet you when you come in the door. She loves a good chase and a good scratching.
I definitely think her eyes wills stay blue, and I think she'll stay toy. But there's no way of knowing for sure. And her fur might go flat like Kanga's and silky. Her face is absolutely ADORABLE! She's the "teenager" to Charlotee's "lady" if you know what I mean.
Definitely fearless and ready for adventure!