Friday Fix - Breed Identification - Before and After (6/22/2012)

By Christy Hess

Poll Results from Last Week

Well the results are in (even thought the percentages are more than 100%) the overwhelming response is that people are looking for the puppy personality in photos. Yeah - those are my favorite puppy pictures!!!!

Thank you for voting.

Breed Identification

The other things that the photo is helpful in seeing is the breed. At Colorado Puppy Rescue (like other rescues and shelters) breeds and ages are our best guess based on coat, color, teeth, tail, size and feet. We use our many years of experience, books and the opinions other volunteers to help determine. Sometimes we just get it wrong or the puppy's look change drastically as they grow.

Here are some examples:

I still have no idea what Budja's breed is but what a great looking dog.

Look at how much the facial markings changed on Blake!

Spot's spots changed as well.

Koli's markings completely changed the spots on the face slid down to the back.

Tucker's mask disappeared.

Haz-Mat grew!

Sadie grew as well. I would say now that she is a Catahoula Leopard Dog.

Fritz lost that thick Chow Chow like coat!

I can't even venture a guess on Kiko - what is your best guess on breed?

Terrier of some kind? Grizzley is gorgeous!

The face on Melo really changed, almost makes me think Dane.

Be aware that even the color can change as puppies can grow. Bruce demonstrates a drastic change, but what a cutie!

I never never would have guessed looking at the puppy that Bubba was part terrier.

See all of our photo albums on Zenfolio!

If you have a before and after photo you would like to share with us - please send them to me at info@coloradopuppy.org so I can get them posted.

Friday Fix - Photo Controversy (6/15/2012)

By Christy Hess

Over the last year we have made some drastic changes to the website. Brook did a complete update and redesign and Daniel created a new logo. With those updates we also changed the way we did photos.

We started off with head shots.

But then we found you could not always tell size, or breed with just the head shot so for some we added a full body shot.

Then we sometimes added photos from the fosters outside or in a different environment.

Now we have a photo station where we catch puppies in action.

Or pose the puppies.

Or show their soulful eyes. These are what I would call the take me home look.

And sometimes they are posed and pitiful.

Please take our poll and let us know your preference on puppy pictures. Leave comments too - we want to hear from you!

When looking to adopt a puppy do you:

Friday Fix - Smiles and Special Thanks to Petco (5/18/2012)

By Christy Hess

Thank You

Want to start off with a special thank you to Art and Matt at our Petco (Colorado Blvd and I-25) for their gracious donation of 20 bags of puppy food!!!!!!!!!!! Food is something that is needed every day in a rescue so this donation is greatly appreciated and used. Our rescue, puppies, volunteers and adopters all send you a huge THANK YOU!!!!

Light an Airy Content

We have a puppy for adoption this week that has the most magnificient smile, I tried to capture it on camera last night and failed, but it got me thinking that this is a great time for me to share some special smiles.

Enjoy my PLog (Picture Blog):

"I love my bed and toys so much"

This is a pretty natural smile - like the Joker.

This one may not be truly a smile, but what a cute pic!

The following photos are living proof that running makes pups happy!

OK - so some of these dogs may just be smirking, or panting, but I do hope you enjoy the pictures and that you were able to take a break from the busy month of May and smile.