BACK TO REALITY! | Cave Creek Pet Photographer

Squirt and I had a great time up north this weekend!  There's something special about waking up to see the world covered with snow... it's sooo peaceful!  Well, that is, unless you live in it all the time and have to shovel your way out of the driveway just to get to work!  Trust me on this one... I used to live in Michigan!  It's not nearly as special when you have to live with it day in and day out month after month!  But...for the weekend, it was great!

We played... we relaxed...slept in slivers of sunlight...and we played some more!  I even got a little work done!  So now...bring on 2011!  I think I'm ready! 

HEADED TO THE SNOW COUNTRY...

Well, the holiday rush is finally over and I still don't feel like I've had a chance to stop and breathe.  So, tomorrow I'm taking my little Rodent-dog and heading to Heber to spend a couple days just relaxing.  I want to play in the snow and sit in front of the fireplace... reflect on 2010 and try to decide the direction I want to head in 2011!  I'm not really one for resolutions.  I learned years ago that my resolutions seem to be doomed to failure! 

I know I want (and need) to make some changes in the new year.  I have so many things to be thankful for as I look back on the past year, but also many things I need to do differently.  The cold mountain air is good for clearing the mind... and the blazing fire is good for my soul!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Since no post is complete without a picture...here is one of Squirt taken last winter.  WHY doesn't he ever seem to get cold??

 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

I hope everyone had a chance to take a little time to spend with those that are special in their lives.  I'm very thankful for the many gifts in my life... my family, my many animals and wonderful friends. 

We spent a lot of time talking about today's paper that was packed with ads and the fact that stores were opening at midnight and 2:00 a.m. for hoards of shoppers while I will be snuggled under my covers, and it made me even stronger in my resolution to spend this holiday creating memories.  Memories 'of and for' my family and friends.  Treasures that will last a lifetime and won't be discarded when the next 'greatest' thing comes along.  

I'm a very 'visual' person and when I look back through photo albums, sometimes the only way I remember events from my childhood is through those pictures. 

If creating memories is something that's important to you too, maybe we can help!  Dont' forget our own version of 'Black Friday/Cyber Monday'.  Purchase any Gift Certificate valued at $75 or more through our website on Nov. 26th or Nov. 29th and we'll add $25 to it's value!  You don't have to get out of bed at 2:00 a.m. and you'll end up with a gift that will be treasured forever!

And just because no post is complete without a picture...

Did someone say "TREATS" ???

 

Meet the Rodent! | Cave Creek Pet Photographer

After three years of doing Pet Photography on a part-time basis, I finally decided it was time to make the leap to full time!  And since you made it to this blog you're probably wondering where the name "Rodent Dog" came from! 

This blog is named after the love of my life...my best friend...my heart!  'Squirt' is my little rescue dog that ran out in front of my car almost nine years ago now!  I had no intention of keeping him.  I would find his owner and life would be good!  Well, like many good plans, this one didn't quite work out the way I expected.  First of all, no one ever claimed him even though I had gone 'over and above' trying to find his owner.  So, I found him a home... with someone that already had six dogs!

I packed up his new leash and new bowls and put him in the car to take him to his NEW life with his NEW owner.  As we were backing down the driveway he put his head on the passenger-side seat, his butt up in the air (like the photo on the header of this blog) and looked at me with those big brown eyes.  And at that moment, my life changed!  I fell so totally in love!

So, long story short...(might be too late for that now!) he was laying in the tall grass one day with his chin on the ground and those huge ears in the air and a girlfriend looked over at him and said he looked like 'a giant rodent'!  It just stuck!  I've called him a Giant Rodent ever since!  And I mean that in only the most loveable way!