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Spring has sprung! The flowers are blooming and the weather is warming up. When the weather is nice Spence and I spend hours on the weekends lying in the front yard reading and enjoying the sunshine. Okay, I read, he sniffs around and snoozes.

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"Even the tiniest Poodle or Chihuahua is still a wolf at heart." - Dorothy Hinshaw Patent; Dogs: The Wolf Within.

This photo was such a fluke. I couldn't believe it when I saw that Spencer's shadow looked exactly like a howling wolf!

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I love my boy. He's such a goofball. As you can see by his silly happy derrr face below.

                                                    

I'm not sure what he was doing here, but he sure looks blissed out. Maybe he was thinking happy thoughts to keep his mind off the camera being in his face again.

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I didn't have the best day yesterday, but my walk with Spence at the end of the day made up for it. It was late afternoon and the light filtering through the pine trees at the park was fantastic. This photo is definitely a new favourite.

And another shot that will be included in Spencer's book.

I love using back lighting to photograph Spence. It shows off his nice lean body shape better than front lighting and makes his feathers glow.

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I know, I know. This post is late. I wish I could say the wait was worth it, but um, it would be a lie. 'Tis just a snapshot from Saturday before last when I saw Spence lying in the tiny sunpatch by the front door.

Ahahaha!

If looks could kill Steve would be busily consuming my body and this post would be non-existent. Fortunately they can't kill, they can only say "I'll get you for this, Human!".

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I'm a little bit in love with this photo. The vibrant colours, the expression on Spencer's face (apparently lounging around on the couch is a Very Serious Business), his paws hanging over the edge... And Spence is obviously getting good at this modelling thing. I orginally had him sitting up in the middle of the couch, but during the shoot he decided to move over and lie down. So I can't really take any credit for the framing in this photo. Spence followed the Rule of Thirds all by himself. Clever boy!

The other funny thing is Spence isn't actually allowed on the couch, but after I'd finished taking photos he decided that he IS allowed on the couch now. I let him sleep on it during the afternoon, but we got busted tonight when mum was sitting on the couch and Spence hopped up next to her. Oops. After she ordered him off he disappeared for awhile before coming back with her phone in his mouth which he delivered to her. What a suck!