4.11.14

Mora

I can’t believe it’s already been a year since I last saw Mora! I photographed her last April when she just 11 weeks old for her first Puppy Package session – now she’s over a year old and quite the gentle giant. She is a social butterfly and was eager to greet every passer-by; babies, dogs, cats – she loves them all. She’s obsessed with fetching sticks (or a branch, in her case!), and when those aren’t available she’ll settle for a ball.

Even though she’s all grown up, she hasn’t lost those sweet, soulful eyes she had as a puppy, or her infectious zest for life. One glance and she’ll have you rubbing her belly or scratching her ears. And there’s nothing you can do but laugh when you see her impression of a bucking bronco to express her excitement that it’s playtime. I adore her.

This little guy stopped by on his way to the car and Mora begged him to play.

Mora wants so badly to be best friends with her big sister Mookie!

One of Mookie’s favorite pastimes: licking the bannister.

 

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4.4.14

Emma

Emma is an adorable 11-year-old Maltese/Yorkie mix. At first glance she looks all Maltese, but you can see a tiny bit of that Yorkie in her ears when they’re in their alert position. Even though she’s nearly deaf, our biggest challenge wasn’t getting her to look at us, but trying to get some images where she wasn’t in someone’s lap! Whenever her mom or dad would sit down, she would immediately drop whatever she was doing and hop into their lap or snuggle against them – what an amazing bond they have.

She loves to play ball, so one of her favorite games is having her mom and dad sit at opposite ends of the hallway, and they roll a ball back and forth for her. Even at 11, she runs as fast as any puppy – I couldn’t believe how spry she was. She loves carrots, sleeping on the back of the couch, and carrying her favorite toys around in her mouth. Isn’t she a sweetheart?

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3.27.14

Glaukos

Brace yourself: Glaukos is a nine-week-old Neapolitan Mastiff puppy who is so wrinkly and squishy it was difficult to stay behind the camera because I just wanted to cuddle him instead! At one point while I was changing lenses, he walked across my lap and just sort of stopped mid-way with his back end across my legs and took an impromptu nap…ridiculous!

His mom is the fabulous owner of Happy Healthy Pup, an integrative dog training company that combines training, nutrition, and holistic therapies. She is also the amazing woman who runs the C.H.A.R.M. School volunteer programs at Fulton County and Dekalb County Animal Services.

Glaukos was already 25 pounds at nine weeks, and such a love! People can’t see him without smiling, and dogs that hardly ever play with other dogs can’t resist his sweet antics and gentle ways.


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August 19, 2014 - 2:35 pm

Glaukos – seven months » Atlanta Dog Photography & Pet Portraits by Leesia Teh - […] the Gargoyle is already seven months old! I photographed him earlier this year when he was just nine weeks old, and it was so fun to see how much he’s grown. He’s already bigger than his big brother […]

March 27, 2014 - 8:54 pm

Bettina J. Allred - What a cutie pie!

March 27, 2014 - 4:55 pm

Matt Gillett - Wow, he is incredibly cute!

March 27, 2014 - 4:50 pm

Jennifer Bannoura - The butt wrinkles! I’m dead.

March 27, 2014 - 4:26 pm

Lisa Lyle Waggoner - Absolutely beyond adorable!