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Long Dogs walk in Guildford
Spring in Perth is magnificent. It can only be enhanced by adding 90+ dachshunds and their families. It was made especially magic by seeing some of the latest survivors of illness and injury there, and thriving. I'll be honest, not a huge fan of the number of...
Scraps and Matilda at the beach
Scraps shows baby sister Matilda the beach for the first time.
Tex and Astro
I first met Tex and Astro's parents at a Long Dogs quiz night where were all raising funds for Dachshund Rescue Australia. At the time they only had Tex, but you could tell they had the dashie bug and I was unsuprised to hear they had added Astro to their family not...
Billy the French Bulldog
Billy is six, and he is the friendliest, most easy going doggo you could hope to meet. He lives with his mum, dad and older, smarter and more sophisticated older sister, Jaja the poodle. In years gone by Jaja was a super model, poster child for pet groomers and...
Pursonality plus – Introducing Bubbles
This week I visited foster carer Naomi to photograph her two adoptable cats, Bubbles and Poppy. Naomi explained that they had quite different personalities, and that Bubbles was a bit skittish and not likely to be very cooperative, but that Poppy was usually pretty...
Groundhog Day and the New Normal
February 2nd was Groundhog day. Literally and figuratively. This time last year the east coast of Australia was ablaze. We watched the news coverage in horror. A friend reached out to me to see if I would support fund raising efforts led by Jackson McDonald for...
A gentleman’s guide to good grooming
They say the difference between a bad hair cut and a good hair cut is three days. The reality is that that our dog Smudge only just got his first good hair cut this week - at nearly nine years of age. That's on us, not him. Our boy is dog reactive, which made us a...
Sniffing out the perfect pet photographer for your dog (or cat)
Throughout our lives we engage with all sorts of professionals. We find people we like and trust. A hairdresser, a dentist, a doctor, a settlement agent, an accountant. Quite often we go to these people based on a recommendation from a friend or colleague, someone...
Dachshunds at Lake Gwelup
The first Long Dog walk of 2021 was at Lake Gwelup this morning. It was a glorious day, and it was great to get out early before the summer heat set in. I've been sporting a small injury so I wasn't able to hang around long or get as low as I'd like which was a little...