I’ve decided that if I had any more dogs then undertaking a project like this would require more people.

I stopped by a local playground yesterday to do some basic conditioning and balance work with the dogs. Two minutes into working Kolt, I decided that I had found the *perfect* spot for posed pictures of both dogs – a feat that I do not often attempt.

Here’s why….

The goal is to get out, grab some treats and the camera, put both dogs in a “stay” at the right spot, bribe them with treats and be done in two minutes with a picture like this –

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Instead, they end up trying all sorts of weird positions. Like it’s not possible to just sit or stand there and look at the camera. Seriously, just stand still, stare at me, get treats. If you’ve ever tried taking pictures of any child between the ages of about 2 and 15 then you probably understand what I mean.

Nope, can’t make it easy…

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I finally get one dog situated and staring nicely and the other is distracted. Or unsure of the soul sucking camera (even though camera = treats, it’s still quite suspicious)

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Then they both get distracted. To be fair, I think there were kids playing a quarter mile away. BUT I HAD TREATS!! And good ones at that.

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Umm, person, you’re getting in between us and out distraction – not cool!

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We did finally end up with this. I’ll take it.

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Obviously, the above was not challenging enough. Or something. Because I just had to try another *perfect* spot!

This was the attitude that I got. They must both have cooties or something -“you want us next to each other? and touching each other??? Ugh!”

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But they eventually humored me enough for this –

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And this!

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I’m glad I got the pictures. The dogs, well, I think they liked the treats.