Spring Portraits (Very Picture Heavy)

[Falconara]

I thought I would share some of the pics I took today at the VT Horticulture Garden. There are alot...so bear with me!

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More coming...

[Falconara]

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more coming...

[Falconara]

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more coming....

[Falconara]

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more coming...

[Falconara]

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And two stack shots of Leo cause I have them :p

March 18:
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s232/Ceph20/The%20Dawgs/Pictures%20of%20Leo/March18.jpg

March 24:
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s232/Ceph20/The%20Dawgs/Pictures%20of%20Leo/March24.jpg

Hope ya'll enjoyed!!!

~Cate

[NicoleLJ]

Stunning as always.
Nicole

[chocolatepuppy]

You could never post too many pics of your pups for me! ;) I just love Ruby, she is a beauty, and Leo sure is adorable! :)

[Karen]

Great pictures! Your spring is MUCH further along than ours, that's for certain! Beautiful white doggies - has they recently had baths?

[cyber-sibes]

Beautiful dogs & photos! (I am little surprised they let you take them into a Horticultural Gardens & pose among the flowers - places like that where I've lived don't usually allow dogs.)

[Jessika]

Ooooh they're SO WHITE!! And I love the cream-spotted ears on the edges!! Adorable!!

Are they so white because of baths or do you just really know how to use the white-balance on your camera? ;)

[Falconara]

Thank you all for the nice comments!

lol - Ruby recently had a bath because she had a show this past weekend...but Leo hasnt been bathed in weeks. The only time I bathe them is before shows...typically the dirt just falls out on it's own...and Ruby is pretty fanatical about keeping herself clean.

This is what they looked like a a couple of weeks ago :

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(you can tell where that off colored patch on Leo's flank came from here :p)

And this is what they looked like the next day (I dont brush/clean/wash them after getting messy like that...just towel them down)

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And Ruby looked like this Last monday (the monday before her shower)

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s232/Ceph20/The%20Dawgs/Pictures%20of%20Ruby/IMG_0125.jpg

Ruby hadnt been bathed in about 7 weeks before this friday...lol :p And like I said...Leo hasnt been bathed in a while. It's that weather resistant shepherd coat! Even whites have it :p No extra grooming necissary :p

As far as how white they are - it's the sunlight - when they are outside they are that color. Ruby has alot more cream to her coat then Leo...but they are in fact very, very white :p

It's a public university...and it's not really in full bloom yet - though I did get the blessing of one of the gardeners as I snuck on...I think it was the shirt I was wearing though.... :rolleyes:

~Cate

[beeniesmom]

Ruby and Leo are gorgeous! Nice pictures.

[wolf_Q]

Your dogs are absolutely gorgeous! Great photos. :)