Adopt Chester!

Chester posing for the camera.

My friends Adam and Cassandra are fostering this fine-looking dog named Chester and looking for a great home for him. Cassandra writes:

Chester is a lovely 4-year-old Tennessee boy. A perfect balance between a couch potato and a playful partner, Chester loves to cuddle with anyone who would give him attention. Other than being uniquely beautiful (our guess is some sort of Wire Fox Terrier mix), Chester is quiet and very intelligent. He knows "stay" and "sit", though sit usually turns into a "I'll just lie down so that you can rub my belly". He would love to spend time learning tricks (for food and/or love of course). Some other unique features are his natural mohawk (I know, how cool is that?) and his little puffy tail.

This bundle of hair and joy unconditionally loves humans and dogs of all ages. After just a couple of hours he was already sleeping and cuddling with his pit bull mix foster sister - a sweet and funny sight considering the fact that he's only 30 pounds while his sister is almost 60. His only Achilles' heel are cats. It's not that this Southern gentleman doesn't like them, he probably likes them too much: all in all he's a Terrier mix (and you might want to agree with him that they can be mistaken for big squirrels and who can resist big squirrels??).

Chester is now living in DC and can be seen playing around in both the Adams Mill and the 11th and Park dog parks. If you'd like to learn more about him and adopt him :) please contact Lara of K-9 lifesavers at lara.loveman@gmail.com. To see more pictures of Chester, please click here.

Thanks for that awesome write-up Cassandra!

Also, in a bit of pet and military theme, check out this comparison of baby seals and Navy Seals and this awesome series of dogs in combat (I especially love the first one).

More unexpected animal friendships.

Suzi and Moppet in FL

Moppet is younger but totally the spunky alpha.

Suzi had great model energy though.

My mom's friend Pam was pretty adorable herself.

I'm just back from a lovely two week get away to sunny Florida to visit my mom who just moved to the Villages, a giant retirement resort-like village. There are many great dogs who live the good life there with their owners and my mom was kind enough to arrange a photo session with her friend Pam and her two dogs, Suzi and Moppet. Each of the houses at the Villages has a little placard outside with the last name of the people who live there. Well, Pam's sign had two little other placards hanging off, with Suzi and Moppet's names engraved on them. I saw immediately that this was a tight-knit family and I had a great taking some fun portraits of them.

amazing.

Which animal rides better?

A few fun things for a sunny Wednesday.

from Alexis Madrigal's Atlantic Monthly blog:

"Meet a baby Javan rhino, possibly the rarest infant mammal on Earth. Biologists estimate that there are only 40 or so Javan rhinos left in the world. Scientists worry they could be wiped out very soon by human poachers or a volcanic eruption.

The video and photo below were obtained by the World Wildlife Fund-Indonesia with motion-activated cameras. The cameras have been a boon for researchers trying to find rare species in the wild. Cameras don't smell like animals and they can stay in place for very long periods of time."

Also, I want one of these dogs too!

And this post from Hyberbole and a Half made me giggle.

If you haven't already, get a 50% discounted photo session from Houndstooth by reserving a coupon on the new group deal's website SampleFLY. Click here to for more details.

A few shots from the Lucky Dog Rescue shoot at Wagtime

Aren't these dogs just amazingly cute? Isn't it awesome that we photographed them for such a good cause? I just found out that we raised $590 for Lucky Dog Rescue during our shoot two weekends ago. Thank you to everyone who came out and supported us. Also, if you didn't get a chance to make a donation before, you can always donate online by clicking here.