Wednesday, March 27, 2013

The Dogs of Crofton

I have been so darn busy the past couple of weeks with some writing and photography obligations that I haven't had time, energy or inspiration to blog (though some of the projects I'm working on will also provide fodder for future blogs).  However, in the course of photographing local events for the newspaper, my camera sometimes has a habit of drifting away from the subject matter to snap a frame or two of the dogs in the crowd.  And no matter what is going on in Crofton, there are always dogs present.  I don't know all their names, but I sure love their faces.  So here's a few dogs of Crofton that you may not have seen on this blog before:


Linda's dog
Pomeranian
Photo by Jean Ballard (c) 2013


Linda's other dog, Buddy
Pomeranian
Photo by Jean Ballard (c) 2013
Rex
Smooth coated collie
Photo by Jean Ballard (c) 2013

A senior dog in the crowd
Photo by Jean Ballard (c) 2013


Cooey
Senior pitti
Photo by Jean Ballard (c) 2013

Cooey's "little" brother, Fausta
Boxer
Photo by Jean Ballard (c) 2013

Puglsey the pug
(not actually a Crofton dog, but a Chemainus dog visiting Crofton)
(and no, his mom isn't strangling him - his tongue always hangs out like that!)
Photo by Jean Ballard (c) 2013

Pugsley shows off his incredible tongue!
Photo by Jean Ballard (c) 2013

And I'll finish with a couple of shots of one of my favourite young neighbours:

Huli
Original English Bulldogge
Photo by Jean Ballard (c) 2013


Huli:  The things I have to do for my fifteen minutes of fame!
Photo by Jean Ballard (c) 2013



My favourite photo
Photo by Jean Ballard (c) 2013


4 comments:

georgia little pea said...

So many dogs in Crofton. You know I'm quite biased. When I visit a place and it has a lot of happy dogs, I immediately think it's a good place.

Love the 2 seniors! Especially the GR(?), what a sweet face. I wonder if the pug's owner ever gets people telling her she's strangling her dog. We used to get random strangers telling us Rufus was thirsty because he had a very long tongue too, that always hung out.

Happy Easter! X

Anonymous said...

What no picture of us at the opening. Our feelings are hurt Auntie Jean.


Hugo and Tanner

Jean said...

Dear Hugo and Tanner. I'm so sorry! I did take pictures of you, but they didn't turn out very well. I think you should tell your mama not to be so social - her human friends were always blocking the shots of your handsome faces.

Anonymous said...

Now we feel better and we will tell mom to stop gabbing so much.

Hugo and Tanner.