happy birthday little G

this little monkey turns one year old in about a week, so her awesome parents came out for a shoot to celebrate.

she was a fabulous little model, and held up better than I did (or mr susan, my assistant for the day). best part was holding her and getting drooly kisses. :)

adopted!

The best news of all came today. One of the dogs featured in my Shelter & Rescue Dogs exhibit was adopted yesterday from the East Valley Animal Shelter!

I'm so happy to get this news; it makes all the hard work worthwhile. I'm not sure if this dog is the only one to have been adopted as a result of the show (I know that Hearts for Hounds has gotten some referrals), but this is a really happy ending for a lovely dog who had been in that shelter for months.

Thanks to the new parents, and thanks to Javier, shelter manager, for agreeing to keep her available until the end of May.