Discover Dogs 2012 Pictures

Here’s some of the dogs I photographed at Discover Dogs at Earls Court last Saturday. It was good to be back there again and I managed to meet up with some of the lovely people I’d been corresponding with over the year. This is a great event to go to if you’re already a dog owner or are thinking of getting a dog as 200 or so breeds are there on show. Enthusiastic and knowledgable breed owners are there to fill you in on everything you need to know about their particular breeds. I’m always intrigued to see so many different dogs all together; tall ones, short ones, fat ones, thin ones, lively ones, docile ones. They’re all there. I even managed to see a few that I recognised (and photographed) from last year like Vinnie the Dogue de Bordeaux and Bobby the Schnauzer. One dog I didn’t get to see however (although I know he was there because he was tweeting) was Lucky the Chihuahua. I did a dog photo session with Lucky a month or so back and some of the pics can be found after this post and on my Facebook page.

I’m also going to give a mention to the person with the best hair of the day, namely Bridget Orlando. She was photographing the poodles at the same time as me so I just had to get a shot of her with her closely-cropped, pink spotty hair. Bridget is an artist who paints people and animals – her dog portrait gallery has some lovely images – check it out.

Gizmo, Shih Tzu

Hugo, Australian Service Dog/Labradoodle (left) and Oscar, Labradoodle

Rascal, Jack Russell/Norfolk Terrier X

Rascal, Jack Russell/Norfolk Terrier X

Lyra (front), Cairo (left) and Cuba (right), Italian Greyhounds

Megan, Lowchen

Megan, Lowchen

Megan (right) and Sherry, Lowchen

Freddie, Lhasa Apso

Freddie, Lhasa Apso

Buddy, Mastiff

Ollie (front) and Tasha, Manchester Terriers

Sasha, Norwegian Bohund

Sasha, Norwegian Bohund

Nina, Pug

Nina, Pug

Silas, Standard Poodle being photographed by Bridget Orlando (Pet Portraits)

Silas, Standard Poodle being photographed by Bridget Orlando (Pet Portraits)

Silas, Standard Poodle being photographed by Bridget Orlando (Pet Portraits)

Maddy, Parson Russell Terrier

Bobby, Schnauzer

Finn, Welsh Corgi (Cardigan)

Finn, Welsh Corgi (Cardigan)

Flint, English Springer Spaniel

You better watch him – he’ll have your sandwiches!

Flint, English Springer Spaniel

Star, Smooth Fox Terrier

Star, Smooth Fox Terrier

Dilys, Welsh Terrier

Dexter, Wire Haired Daschund (left) and Dodger, Jack Russell X

Dodger, Jack Russell X (right) and Dexter, Wire Haired Daschund

Southern Golden Retriever Display Team

Ollie, Southern Golden Retriever Display Team

Elvis, Basenji

Priscilla, Basenji

Ralph, Basset Griffon Vendeen (Grand)

Ralph, Basset Griffon Vendeen (Grand)

Norman (left) and Nelly, Chinese Crested

Vinnie, Dogue de Bordeaux

Norman, Chihuahua under the legs of Vinnie, Dogue de Bordeaux

Norman, Chihuahua under the legs of Vinnie, Dogue de Bordeaux

Vinnie, Dogue de Bordeaux

Anya, Keeshond

Quesa, Italian Spinone

Winter, Italian Greyhound

Winter, Italian Greyhound

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