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English Mastiff
Commission photo taken at a dog show i was working at in Nov 07.
This girl unfortunately had a very bad experience with a sad excuse of a CGC (Canine Good Citizenship) 'judge' who uncalled for threw a bunch of pans on the ground right next to her when she was just a lil pup 'n scared her half the death. Now she's afraid of men...
This photo was taken after the owner tried to get a show photo, but the poor dog fell too pieces with my dad being anywhere around. (he's the 'show' photographer, I'm the portrait photographer) - I told her to put her dog away for a short bit to calm down and we'd then take her outside and do a photo shoot where she can feel more secure.
The owner had to be standing in the photo to get a good show stack out of the dog.. n while a little reluctant at first to order a major photo edit to the photo, decided to have me remove her from the image, with a lil nudge from her friends. That night I worked on it and the next morning when I gave her the print she almost started crying, not believing this is the dog (standing so regal n proud) that was so afraid of my dad taking her photo the day before.

Before and after of the edit can be seen here > [link]

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:iconrurouna:
Oh she's beautiful, you had a great capture of the breed. I just love these big giants, they're such sweethearts :3

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~A domesticated girl thats all you ask of me
Darling it is no joke this is lycanthropy~

M&M Always
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:iconkaytanaphoenix:
Thank You :D She was an absolute sweetheart! I fell in love with this dog :)

I wish I could have photographed the big brindle Mastiff that was at that show as well! He was a funny dog! I got to watch him n his owner play with a toy right in front of our photography set-up... if I wasn't so busy I'd taken some candid shots of them

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:floating: Heaven doesn't want me and Hell's too afraid I'll take over :devilish:

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:iconrurouna:
Awww! That's so sweet!

Ohhh my gosh that would have been amazing. I have had two english mastiffs, including my boy now, and a neopolitan. They're such amazing dogs :3


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~A domesticated girl thats all you ask of me
Darling it is no joke this is lycanthropy~

M&M Always
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:iconkaytanaphoenix:
Oh wow! Got yourself quite a handful of em dontcha?! :XD: I've got a Dutch Shepherd myself (Photos found in my gallery) and would like to get a Great Dane some day :) but I want to have my house in the country before I get the dane so he can have a big yard 'n lots of room to run!

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:floating: Heaven doesn't want me and Hell's too afraid I'll take over :devilish:

Photography Account: ~KaytanasFreelance
:iconrurouna:
Hehe we're dog lovers here in our family xP Mom being a K9 handler and my step dad being a K9 officer. So yeah, we've had our fair share of doggies :P
Ohhh those are such beautiful dogs, that's amazing!
Awww that'd be awesome! I wish you luck!


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~A domesticated girl thats all you ask of me
Darling it is no joke this is lycanthropy~

M&M Always
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:iconkaytanaphoenix:
Nice! I've grown up in the dog show world. My mom has been raising and showing misc breeds literally the entirety of my life, she currently has Norwegian Elkhounds, Norwegian Buhunds and Norwegian Lundehunds. But I grew up with Belgian Tervurens, that's what got me wanting the Dutchie.. she's my baby for sure! :) I couldn't imagine not having a dog, hehe.. when I get my country house I'll probably have about 4 of em, I looked into an Australian Cattledog mix the other day that was an absolute sweetheart that was up for adoption but he had a waiting list on his adoption.. Probably for the better! My brother would kill me if I brought another dog home, Kilala is a handfull enough some days, haha

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:floating: Heaven doesn't want me and Hell's too afraid I'll take over :devilish:

Photography Account: ~KaytanasFreelance
:iconrurouna:
Oh my gosh that sounds like paradise hahaha. My mom was a K9 search and rescue handler, and my step dad worked for the police force here for the K9s as well. So I've grown up with dogs my entire life. But gosh, I would be in heaven to be around that many dogs.
And I can relate, I couldn't stand myself if I didn't have a dog to cuddle up beside me. We've had four at one point (We're at three at the moment), and it's a little crazy, but if you have the room for it, then it's amazing. :3
Awwww yeah, that's good, it's always nice to hear that a dog is going to a good home. It's so sad what some people can do to them.


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~A domesticated girl thats all you ask of me
Darling it is no joke this is lycanthropy~

M&M Always
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:iconkaytanaphoenix:
Mu Kilala is a shelter pup, 'n she is the best dog ever! - I expected to need to rehabilitate something, 'n she was just flawless, the only thing I've ever seen her skiddish over is she doesn't like the hatch coming down from my moms van.. which I can't really blame her for, she rides wonderfully int he car, crate trained, doesn't care about loud noises, loves kids, wont hurt other animals, just is a big bully, lol... shes amazing!
I've been around quite a lot of dogs at one time because of my mom.. when growing up she had a litter of Tervuren pups (15) and a litter of Shipperkies (6, I think it was) and about 8 other dogs... all very well taken care of... living with my brother and the 1 dog is the least I've ever been around.. its kind of nice some days, but other days I wish she had a full time play buddy for when I'm busy working and can't play with her as much as she'd like (I've never known a big dog with so much energy! haha) ... other times I'm happy its just her.. she's so smart, 'n she problem solves so much that she's amazing to have as a single pet.. one of her fave pass times when she's bored n I'm busy is rolling her ball down the stairs so she can chase after it by herself, haha... 'n she learned that if she gets creative with her sitting up trick and gets uber cute with it she gets just about anything she wants.. the other day she sat up while sitting her butt on one step and had her hind legs on the step below it, she wanted her toy my brother was playing keep-away with her and doing that got her toy back... it couldn't have been comfortable by any means but she still did it all of her own free will! haha.. n she learned the word 'Cookie' ... hah, all I have to do is ask if she wants a cookie n she runs to her treat box waiting for whatever trick I'm gonna have her do :XD: n she gets all pouty when I have her balance a treat on her nose n catch it :XD:
I really couldn't have asked for a better dog :) she's most definitely my baby!! Most occasions like having a 3yr old kid :XD:

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:floating: Heaven doesn't want me and Hell's too afraid I'll take over :devilish:

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:iconzenakita:
proud and gorgeous animal. 2 of my neighbors have them. I almost got one myself.

Love the pose and the look of the shot. Just would have loved to see more light on the face.

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