{"id":7639,"date":"2011-11-03T09:03:52","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T08:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/?p=7639"},"modified":"2011-11-03T09:11:54","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T08:11:54","slug":"finley-lally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/archives\/7639","title":{"rendered":"Finley & Lally"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m still working on my photos from the south of France, the sheer number of them intimidates me and makes me put it off.\u00a0 My own fault, of course, but I will get there eventually.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no secret that I love taking photos of animals<\/a>, and also that one of my favorite parts of visiting my in-laws is their dogs.\u00a0 I have such a soft spot for these animals\u2026 not just because they are beautiful but because they are so incredibly well trained.\u00a0 It makes me want to ship Bailey<\/a> and Pixel<\/a> off to the south of France for boot camp with my father-in-law!<\/p>\n

You may remember last year when I posted about their dog Timo<\/a>.\u00a0 Well, sadly a few months after our visit he became very ill again and had to be put to sleep. I wept like a baby when I heard it so I can\u2019t even imagine what it must have been like for my in-laws.\u00a0 We weren\u2019t sure that they would get another dog, but after they gave themselves some time to grieve they decided they did want to get another dog after all.\u00a0 Their other dog was quite lonely without Timo and they felt that they were up to bringing a puppy into the house again.<\/p>\n

Enter Finley!<\/p>\n

\"Finley\"<\/a>
\nNot as much of a puppy by the time we got there, at least not physically, but definitely still a puppy by nature!\u00a0 He was so playful, he loves to play fetch and play with is toys and my goodness does he love to cuddle!\u00a0 He loves attention, and you just can\u2019t help but give it to him because he\u2019s mastered the puppy dog eyes, big time.<\/p>\n

\"Finley<\/a>
\nThere is no resisting that face. It\u2019s just not in our genetic makeup to have that kind of strength.\u00a0 I challenge even the most hardcore dog-haters to spend a day with Finley and not give into that stare.<\/p>\n

I also love him because he\u2019s willing to model for me.\u00a0 I took so many photos of him, which I will post later when I get to them, but I had to share the ones I have done so far.\u00a0 If you think these <\/em>are cute, wait until you see the rest.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to do it in small doses because it would be cruel of me to overload you on the cuteness all at once.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure you could take it.<\/p>\n

\"Finley<\/a>
\nI have only one complaint about these dogs\u2026 and it\u2019s about Lally.\u00a0 I love her, she\u2019s so docile and gentle. Ok she may not look it in the above photo but that\u2019s Finley\u2019s fault, he\u2019s always tormenting her.\u00a0 Honestly, she has this way about her that makes you just love her.\u00a0 Every time she looked at me I imagined her as one of those dogs in a Disney film, the ones with the soft and warm voice of a mother or grandmother, ya know?\u00a0 The one that takes care of all the other Disney dogs.<\/p>\n

Notice I have no photos of that look?\u00a0 That is where my problem is with her, she\u2019s so camera shy!\u00a0 Every time I try to get near her with the camera she gets up and walks away.\u00a0 I\u2019ve tried getting my in-laws to command her to stay, and even that doesn\u2019t work. She\u2019s all like \u201cNo paparazzi please!\u201d.\u00a0 It\u2019s very frustrating!!<\/p>\n

I still love her, but it\u2019s my life\u2019s mission to get a beautiful portrait of that dog.<\/p>\n

I think this is enough cuteness for you all for today, but stay tuned because there\u2019s more where this came from!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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