Chihuahua Week - Day 2...

Day 2 of Chihuahua Week! Meet Puppy #896, our 12 week old chihuahua mix girl. She's curious, sleeps through the night, is active and loving and she fits in a mailbox. Do you know someone she would be perfect for?

I'm curious and mischievous so I can keep you on your toes. I'm very active and not a barker. I'm I like to sleep either in your bed or in your lap.  I'd love to go home with you.





 I'm the perfect size for going places with you... and, a little dog  mean little piddles.

I'm affectionate and generous with my kisses.

Watching everyone else find a home at our last adoption event.

Friday Fix - 6-27-2014 - Professional Photos

I am an amateur photographer who is always looking for new ways to raise funds for Colorado Puppy Rescue and have fun at the same time.

I found a fundraiser for another rescue where a professional photographer was donating all of the money paid for photo sessions to the rescue. I thought I would go check it out. I paid $75 for 1/2 hour session for my dog and myself. There was an option of $120 for an hour for multiple dogs/family members. What I found out after the session is that this photographer is charging a ton of money for the resulting photos and because I was only booked for 1/2 hour my dog didn't really have time to settle down. I bought an adorable pink pearl necklace and I had to ask over and over and over again to be able to put it on. To top it all off, I have to setup another session to "view" the resulting photos at the photographers studio.

I really want to do a photo session for Colorado Puppy Rescue, but would like to schedule hour long sessions (so we can have some fun) and include two digital or printed photos. All photos from the shoot would be available on the website and could be purchased separately. Would you be willing to pay $75 for a photo session with me? Let me know by leaving a comment or emailing me at funds@coloradopuppy.org! If I get enough interest I will work on getting it scheduled in August.

OK - onto other fun things. If you can't already tell, puppy/dog photos are my obsession lately. Everywhere I look I see photo props. One of my friends told me about a Groupon - of course I jumped on it.

Used it in a couple of photos this week and think it is going to be a great photo prop.

If you come across anything that would make a great prop for puppy photos, please let me know! I am constantly in search of capturing the perfect puppy photo. Here is my favorite from this week:

Have a great Friday and I look forward to hearing from you. If you ever want to take a look at all of our puppy photos, they are available along with our alumni and before/after photo albums. Please check them out at http://coloradopuppyrescue.zenfolio.com/

The CPR Haps (9/28/2013)

So I find that I am not able to get my blog published on Friday nights, but I do seem to have time and energy on the weekends. So I am going to try to publish weekly, but the day is still to be determined.

Last week was BUSY!!!!!! One of our girls had her baby (Ellie) earlier than expected but everyone is doing well. We had our Alumni Reunion last Saturday - what a blast! I have had requests to do another one in March, that might be too much, but I am hopeful that we can make it an annual event. If you haven't see the pictures check them out on zenfolio.

Regarding Zenfolio - I am working to get ALL of the puppy photos that I have online so if you would like to have a copy of your puppy photo, it will be available for download for a $5.00 donation. During the cold winter nights I will be working on scanning all of the Polaroid pictures as well so look for those online in the coming months.

October is a super busy month! We have birthday's galore and have to start working on getting the calendar ready for 2014 - gives me a great excuse to do my favorite thing....look at puppy pictures!

I want to rename my blog but am not sure what a good name would be. Can you please enter in comments with your suggestions?

No blog of mine is ever complete without a couple of.....you guessed it.....Puppy Photos!

Thinking this should be our new logo

Love the Rockies

The eyes say it all

This photo makes me want to just hug this pup!

Love my new whiskey bottle photo prop.

What a sweetie!

I want to rumble!

Pardon me...do you have any grey poupon?

This puppy makes me smile.

Hope you have a great week.

Friday Fix (8/29/2013) - Alumni Reunion and Walk

By Christy Hess

It is ALMOST time!!!! Our Alumni Reunion and Tails Trails Run/Walk is just around the corner (September 21st!). I am so excited!!!! Many of you have already pre-registered, but if you haven't, please click on the hyperlinks above to get to the registration forms.

The Tails Trails Run/Walk is a fundraiser just an hour before the reunion. It will be a beautiful walk around the lake at Clement Park and EVERYONE is welcome to join us, we would just really appreciate it if you can pre-register so we know you are coming.

Photo Site

At the same time I am happy to let everyone know that our photo site is up and running. To give a little background, we get a few emails a week from adopters asking if we can send them puppy photos. Of course I love puppy photos and have no problem sharing them, but thought that it would be great for the rescue if:

1. I could make them all available so people wouldn't have to send an email to get them.
2. Have them posted so everyone sees how adorable our puppies are.
3. Have all photos including alumni photos on one site.
4. Raise a little money to help the rescue bring in future adorable puppies.

So photos have now moved to coloradopuppyrescue.zenfolio.com. Check out:

1. Alumni Photo Album
2. Before and After Album
3. Mystery Mix Album - hoping everyone guesses on breeds for this one
4. CPR Videos
5. Puppy Photos and Videos for 2012 (downloads available for donation)
6. Puppy Photos and Videos for 2013 (downloads available for donation)
7. More to come (ie: Reunion Album)

If you have a puppy from a previous year and would like to get your puppy photos for a small donation, please email me at funds@coloradopuppy.org.

So we are talking thousands of photos, how do I find my puppy's picture? Each of the photos are named with the year and puppy number. So for now if you are looking for photos for puppy 546 in 2013 type 130546 in the search bar:

Soon I will be making it so the puppy number will be all you need. If you have problems finding a photo - feel free to email me.

Please let me know if you have any question or suggestions!!!! Would you like a blooper album?

Have a great long weekend. I know what I will be doing - working on updating the alum and before and after albums!!!!!!

Friday Fix (7/19/2013) - Flipbook2

By Christy Hess

Thank you to the wrangler for helping me get these shots - I think I had Keri run a mile that day, but it was worth it.

This series makes for a great flipbook - scroll through them really fast.

Hope you enjoy - have a fabulous weekend.

Friday Fix (7/5/2013) - Props Gone Bad

By Christy Hess

Hope everyone had a fabulous safe fourth of July!

As I have explained in the past, we try to give all of the puppies that come into the rescue a "glamour shot" to really showcase them on our website for potential adopters. The problem is that it doesn't always go as planned. Thought I would share a couple of my favorite photos of props gone bad.

Hope you enjoy! Have a great weekend.

Friday Fix (6/28/2013) - Alumni Siblings

By Christy Hess

In case you haven't heard - we have opened up pre-registration for our Alumni Reunion and Tail Trails Run/Walk. If you haven't registered, please click on the picture below.

I will be sending out sibling emails starting this weekend. So when someone registers, I will be sending an email to the siblings to see if they can attend too!

Speaking of siblings, do you know how hard it is to get puppy photos with multiple pups? Having more than one looking cute for the camera is nearly impossible, but we try. Here are some no so successful pictures of siblings for the last couple of weeks.