Spring Portraits (Very Picture Heavy)

**Falconara** · 04-01-2008, 02:59 PM

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

More coming...

**Falconara** · 04-01-2008, 02:59 PM

more coming...

**Falconara** · 04-01-2008, 03:00 PM

more coming....

**Falconara** · 04-01-2008, 03:00 PM

more coming...

**Falconara** · 04-01-2008, 03:01 PM

And two stack shots of Leo cause I have them

March 18:

March 24:

Hope ya'll enjoyed!!!

~Cate

**NicoleLJ** · 04-01-2008, 03:08 PM

Stunning as always.
Nicole

**chocolatepuppy** · 04-01-2008, 09:12 PM

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** · 04-01-2008, 09:21 PM

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

**cyber-sibes** · 04-01-2008, 09:27 PM

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** · 04-01-2008, 09:27 PM

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** · 04-01-2008, 11:02 PM

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 :

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

)

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)

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

Ruby hadnt been bathed in about 7 weeks before this friday...lol

And like I said...Leo hasnt been bathed in a while. It's that weather resistant shepherd coat! Even whites have it

No extra grooming necissary

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

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....