Evocative Photography ∞ the Calgary Pet Photographer

04/14/2024

good to know when trying to explain/identify your puppy’s ears . . . 😉 ∞

THE WILD AND WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLLIE EARS

08/14/2023

Love never ends . . . :)

Love never ends…

“My last thoughts,as I drifted off, were as always, of the boy.”

W. Bruce Cameron, A Dog's Purpose (A Dog's Purpose, #1)

08/08/2023

Pippa? Daisy? Jake?
could this be your pup? ;)

This time with feeling!

04/27/2023

love SpaDays! ❤️🐾

01/02/2023

Sam says… happy new ear!! ;D ∞

https://evocativedogphoto.com/blog/happy-new-ear-january-1st-2023/

Evocative Pet Photography the published professional dog and pet photographers in Calgary Alberta Canada

12/25/2022

Merry Christmas to All! 😀 ∞

https://evocativedogphoto.com/blog/merry-christmas-to-all-5/

Evocative Pet Photography the published professional dog and pet photographers in Calgary Alberta Canada

12/25/2022

‘Twas the Night before Christmas . . . 😀 ∞

https://evocativedogphoto.com/blog/twas-an-evocative-night-before-christmas-6/

Evocative Pet Photography the published professional dog and pet photographers in Calgary Alberta Canada

12/12/2022

laughed just a little too hard for this one… 😉

I burst out laughing when I read this, with apologies to Chihuahuas. Because, we could substitute a lot of other breeds in there, right?
(this is a clinic in Maryland!)

08/22/2022

a good article on more accurately finding out dog years to human years…FYI: there is math involved (that includes a natural logarithm). 😀

https://www.dogster.com/lifestyle/dog-years-to-human-years-whats-the-latest-math

The 7:1 ratio is out. There’s new research on how to convert your dog’s age to human years.

04/17/2022

Happy Easter =:3 and an important message from Andy . . . 🙂 ∞

https://evocativedogphoto.com/blog/happy-easter-3-and-an-important-message-from-andy/

Evocative Pet Photography the published professional dog and pet photographers in Calgary Alberta Canada

04/14/2022

good information for pet guardians and all that work with our furry friends . . .

It's extremely important for pet guardians to learn and understand stress signals and body language. Dogs WILL do their best to avoid conflict, and show us this through body language. It is their voice. It's when these signals are ignored or worse, punished, that dogs will escalate quickly or go directly to a bite. They feel they have no other way to escape, give space, or protect themselves. Never punish growling, because that is usually the last warning and a bite will follow. "Punishing the growl is like taking the batteries out of a smoke detector" (Dr. Ian Dunbar) Stop and figure out what we can do differently, set up the space differently, when your dog is comfortable are there some new things we can teach to help them? I've added another post with five handouts to show stress signals and body language.

02/23/2022

is anyone else going to try to teach their dog to read? 🙂

Dogs can be taught to read up to 20 words, but it takes a bit of work to do it.

01/05/2022

Happpy New Ear!! 😉 ∞

https://evocativedogphoto.com/blog/happy-new-ear-january-1st-2022/

Evocative Pet Photography the published professional dog and pet photographers in Calgary Alberta Canada

01/01/2022

It seems this didn’t post on Christmas Day so . . .

Merry Christmas to All! 😀 ∞

https://evocativedogphoto.com/blog/merry-christmas-to-all-4/



Looking forward to posting Happy New Year tomorrow! ;)

Evocative Pet Photography the published professional dog and pet photographers in Calgary Alberta Canada

12/25/2021

‘Twas the Night before Christmas . . . 😀 ∞

https://evocativedogphoto.com/blog/twas-an-evocative-night-before-christmas-5/

Evocative Pet Photography the published professional dog and pet photographers in Calgary Alberta Canada

11/11/2021

Lest we forget . . . ∞

https://evocativedogphoto.com/blog/remembrance-day-november-11th-2021/

Evocative Pet Photography the published professional dog and pet photographers in Calgary Alberta Canada

09/25/2021

truth… 💜

❤️
Living with a very old dog means feeling your heart sp*eding up every time you see them a little more stiller than usual and approaching with the fear that they have stopped breathing.

Living with a very old dog means being aware that some of the things you'll do together may be the last.

Living with a very old dog means thinking ′′ this is their last summer ", ′′ this is their last July ", ′′ This could be the last morning".

Living with a very old dog means they bark at any noise at any time, not because they know what they are barking at, its they feel they need to bark and let us know.

Living with a very old dog means, you have to lift them up into the truck, the bed, the couch, the stairs.

Living with a very old dogs means putting off commitments because it's important to be close to them.

Living with a old dog means we trip over them because they are so sound asleep they don't hear us approaching them.

Living with a old dog means accidents in the house, its ok they don't mean to do it.

Living with a very old dog means feeling guilty because you know you could have done more, giving them more runs, more travel, more hugs, more caresses, more everything.

I would like to say that living with a very old dog also puts us in the face of our own death, fragility, vulnerability.

Living with a very old dog means we got to experience life with a very old dog, which is one of the best joys on earth!

07/29/2021

it’s hard to believe that so much time has passed since you bravely went on ahead of us . . . but Happy Birthday at the Rainbow Bridge, Butler!
p.s. we’re sure you can hear us singing to you . . . and holding you like a baby. :) ∞

https://evocativedogphoto.com/blog/happy-birthday-for-jake-at-the-rainbow-bridge-2/

Evocative Pet Photography the published professional dog and pet photographers in Calgary Alberta Canada