Dog's photoshoot

I've been volunteering at the dog shelter SPCA for over a year, walking dogs and participating in their dog-mentor program. During this summer, I had also the chance to volunteer as photographer!

First, I took pictures during a Dog Behavior Workshop led by the dog trainer Dr Nee Kang (cheerfuldogs.com). I had previously helped in other of her workshops doing an exercise with Dhoby, but I think being the photographer fitted me better.

Ya hace algo mas de un año que voy como voluntaria al refugio de animales SPCA, paseajdo perros y en el programa "dog-mentor". Este verano, ademas, he tenido la oportunidad de ayudar como fotografa!

Primero hice las fotos durante un taller sobre Comportamiento de perros, conducido por la entrenadora de perros  Dr Nee Kang (cheerfuldogs.com). Ya habia ayudado en otro de sus talleres haciendo un ejercicio con Dhoby, pero creo que prefiero ayudar haciendo las fotos.

1. Nee working with Boy

And last Saturday with did a "glamour photoshoot" with some of the dogs. It was really fun!!! I had the chance to meet some of the mentors I had never talked to before, and of course their lovely mentees. Some of the scenes were specially fun, like major wearing the "army" stuff or Minty and her mentor busking at an overhead bridge.

Y el sabado pasado hicimos una sesion fotografica con algunos de los perros. Fue muy divertido!!! Tuve ademas la oportunidad de hablar con algunos de los otros "mentors" a los que no conocia, y por supuesto a todos los "mentees". Algunas de las representaciones fueron realmente divertidas, como Major y sus complementos de la armada o Minty y su mentor tocando la guitarra en un puente.

Here are some of the pictures:

Estas son algunas de las fotos:

Rover

Viking and his mentor jogging

Kaiser playing with his mentor

Major

Major and his mentor

Minty and her mentor "busking"

Cosmo, very interested on the camera

Isn't Dhoby handsome?

Dhoby and his new friend Singa

Boy is so photogenic!

Boy having a selfie taken with his mentor

day 361

This is Pancake. He used to jump a lot when you entered his kennel, but he is doing much better! And today he sat and waited until I took him the picture and gave him a treat.

Este es Pancake. Antes saltaba mucho cuando entrabas su jaula, pero ahora se porta mucho mejor! Y hoy se ha sentado y esperado hasta que le he hecho la foto y le he dado su premio.

day 354

This is Rox. I don't usually walk him, and today I had some problems convincing him to return to the shelter, and needed help from 2 volunteers and some salmon (pig liver and sweet potato didn't work) to get him back in his kennel, hehe! But I would probably would do the same if I were him.
I'm now going twice a week to the SPCA, and spending more time with Dhoby, Mera and Tasha (day 200, 165 and 298) and they are doing great!

Este es Rox. No es uno de los perros a los que paseo normalmente, y hoy he tenido algunos problemillas convenciendolo de que volviera a la protectora, y he necesitado la ayuda de otros dos voluntarios y un poco de salmon (el higado de cerdo y patata no han funcionado) para que volviera a su perrera, jeje! Pero yo probablemente hubiera hecho lo mismo en su caso.
Ahora voy dos veces a la semana al SPCA, y estoy pasando mas tiempo con Dhoby, Mera y Tasha (dia 200, 165 y 298) y se estan portando genial!

day 345

And here finally it comes the treat!
Ah, I forgot to say, these two were also adopted from the dog shelter SPCA :)

Por fin es su turno de recibir el premio!
Se me habia olvidado decir que ellos tambien fueron adoptados de la protectora de animales SPCA :)

day 305

This gorgeous husky is Fang. She has been pending of adoption for a long time, but she is still at the dog shelter :(

Esta fantastica husky es Fang. En su tarjeta pone desde hace tiempo que esta pendiente de adopcion, pero aun sigue en la protectora :(

day 300

This cutie is Luna. She was also SPCA dog, but she was adopted and is super happy with her family.
I had to walked her for a few days, and here she was patiently waiting for me to get ready to go for a walk.

Esta perrita tan guapa es Luna. Hace unos meses estaba en la SPCA, pero la adoptaron y ahora es super feliz con su familia.
La he tenido que sacar de paseo unos dias, y aqui estaba esperandome pacientemente a que me preparase para irnos.

day 298

This cute dog is Tasha. She is very shy with new people and scares when someone new approaches, but loves going for a walk, specially with another dog. I'm also mentoring her, together with another volunteer.

Esta perrita es Tasha. Es muy timida con la gente que no conoce, y se asusta cuando alguien nuevo se acerca, pero le encanta ir a dar un paseo, sobre todo si va con otro perro. Tambien me encargo ahora de su entrenamiento junto con otra voluntaria.

day 255

How well he behaves! This cute young dog is Shan, and he is only 8 months.

Que bien se porta! Este precioso perrito es Shan, y tiene solo 8 meses.

day 200

It's being a long time without posting a picture of a dog! This is Dhoby. I tried before to take a picture of him, but he didn't want to sit and wait for me to take it, until now :) He doesn't like some dogs, but he behaves very well when I walk him.

Cuanto tiempo sin poner una foto de perros! Este es Dhoby. Ya habia intentado hacerle alguna foto antes, pero no estaba por la labor de sentarse y quedarse quieto hasta que yo la hiciera, hasta ahora :) No se lleva bien con algunos perros, pero se porta muy bien cuando le paseo.

day 165

This is Mera :) It was raining so much today!!! Only the last half hour of our shift it stopped. But it's the rainy season, and it's raining a lot and there are thunder storms every day, so I guess there will be more dogwalking under the rain, hehe!

Esta es Mera :) Hoy ha estado toda la manana lloviendo!! Solo la ultima media hora ha parado. Pero es la temporada de lluvias, y llueve y hay tormentas cada dia, asi que me temo que habra mas "dogwalking" bajo la lluvia, jeje!

day 158

How can you resist those eyes?? Such a pity he has to be in a kennel.... I hope they (there are 4 more puppies!) will soon get adopted.
Ah! and Bravo (day 103) got adopted, so happy!

Como puedes resistirte a esa carita! Que pena que tenga que estar encerrado.... Espero que los adopten pronto (hay otros 4 cachorros!)
Ah, y han adoptado a Bravo (dia 103), que bien!

day 123

This is Boy. He decided to lie down under a tree shadow, isn't he cute?

day 117

This is Tommy, a young male that behaves very well. That morning there was a big storm and we had to stop walking the dogs sooner than usual :(

day 103

This is Bravo. He has such a soft fur!
I got some bad news when I got to the shelter today. Ella (the first dog on day 40's photo) had to being put to sleep because she was very sick :(

A beautiful song for today
Recuerdos de la Alhambra

day 96

And this is Wish. What a beautiful name, right?
I could not take many pics today, because it was raining pretty much the whole time! But it was hot anyway, so it was refreshing.

day 91

This gorgeous husky is Randy. I know huskies are beautiful and it is "fashionable" to have this kind of dog, but it is so hot here!! and I bet their owners do not wear a coat the whole day. Or at least, do not abandon him! Because he is not the only one, and I was told that a few years ago there were even more.
From my point of view, this kind of breeds should be forbidden in countries like Singapore and also where summer is very hot, like some places in Spain.

day 80

This is Ida, a pretty 8-years-old-female dog who has spent too much time at the shelter :(

day 61

 

This is Singa, a very playful 1-year-old dog. The problem is that big dogs have less opportunities to be adopted, since they are usually not allowed in HDB (public housing), where most of the people live.

Este es Singa, tiene un año y muchas ganas de jugar. El problema es que los perros grandes tienen menos posibilidades de ser adoptados, ya que no estan permitidos en los HDB (algo asi como viviendas de proteccion oficial), donde la mayoria de la gente vive.

day 56

This is Sau Sau, a very happy chihuahua, although he is quite "serious" in this pic, hehe!! And he walks very nicely on leash. I didn't like chihuahuas very much, but since we fostered Dora I kind of changed my mind.

Este es Sau Sau, un chihuahua muy gracioso, aunque aqui esta un poco serio, creo que no le ha hecho gracia que le cogiera para hacerle la foto, jeje!! Le gusta mucho salir de paseo, y ademas se porta muy bien.  Desde que tuvimos a Dora con nosotros veo los chihuahuas con otros ojos :)

day 46

It's not easy to walk 3 dogs and take a picture at the same time!!

No es facil pasear tres perros y hacer una foto!!