Like I LOVE photographing puppies.

I started BARKography because I don’t have any great photos of my first dog. She’s the only dog I’ve ever owned as a puppy.

I don’t want anyone else to have my same regrets so that’s why I became a dog photographer.

I love photographing puppies so much, I offer a discount for clients who book me if their dog is 5 months old or younger. I just love all their gangly, awkward puppy-ness.

Let me introduce you to 4lb four month old Mildred Grace or “Millie.”

If you don’t know, I also have a dog walking business and one of my long time clients referred her friend to me who needed a dog walker. I have the good fortune to have Millie has my newest dog walking client (and I’m using the term “walk” loosely. ha!)

I’ve met a lot of dogs in my 15 years as a dog walker but I’m not sure I’ve ever met a puppy this small. She was soooo teeeeny tiny with a TON of personality. She wasn’t shy at all!

And I immediately fell in love.

Can I tell you the instant I met her at our consultation my first thought was: I HAVE TO PHOTOGRAPH THIS PUPPY.

I am not kidding.

And by the end of the consultation, we had a photo shoot scheduled for 2 days later and here are some of her mom’s favorites.

Before my consultation with Millie and her mom, I knew Millie was a boston terrier puppy and I knew she was 4 months old. I didn’t know she was only 4lbs.

Here’s an unedited photo to try to give you a sense of how small she was. She was not bigger than her mom’s foot and not much taller than the recently cut grass.

Now I get to see this cutie multiple times a day several days/week. She is still tiny but so much bigger compared to the first time I met her.

I love being able to provide my clients with artwork of their dogs that they’ll cherish forever. Mission accomplished.

This is a blog circle and our topic this week is PUPPIES. Next up is New England pet photographer and certified dog trainer Darlene Woodward shares 7 essential products puppy parents will love. Be sure to click the link at the bottom of each post and you’ll end up back here when you’ve made your way around the circle.