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These two. Five days in and they are best friends. Josie was cautious (flat out not wanting any part of it) at the first meeting. The drive home was awkward; you ever sat next to a 95lbs dog in the front seat which is giving you the cold shoulder for 90 minutes. I have. Day two was better, but you could still tell she was wondering when he was going to leave. Flash to today, they are inseparable, even when they need to be. I think all we have done is gotten our dog, her own dog.
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There is a list in my kitchen of possible names for the new pup. Radar, Wilbur, Basil Fawlty, Finnegan, Toby Flenderson, Grizzly Adams, Vedder, Weegee, Quinn, David Bowie, Andre, Elvis, Fezzik, are just some on the board. At some point, Dan added Gus. Now Josie’s full name is Josephina Smalls the Great, so we had spice up ‘Gus’ if it was to be used to keep the grand gesture. Prince was considered, Prince Gustofer Fezzik the Giant, Prince seemed too much so it was changed to Sir, Gustofer – which we might have made up- was changed to Argus. Argus is when it all came together. Argus is a camera. One of which I have proudly displayed in my house, it was my Grandfather’s camera, an Argus C3 Range Finder from the 50’s. Dan gets to keep his first choice of Gus, I get to tie it to photography, and a prop for a puppy photo shoot is set. So today, Argus and the Argus went to the studio for some shots. Like his sister, he is a natural poser, when he is not falling off the box backward. Here we have Sir Argus Fezzik the Giant, weighing in just over 15lbs at 8.5 weeks old and his namesake, Gramp’s 60+ year-old camera, nicknamed The Brick, weighing in at 1.6lbs.
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So those who have a second kid know the deal, kid one, tons of photos, second kid, fewer photos. Josie was at the studio within one hour of coming home. I hope to get Gus there tomorrow. I promise to get more photo this week.
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Josie enjoyed her late afternoon walk.
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Duke came by the studio tonight, he was camera shy at first, but warmed up when the when the squeaky toys (new born props) came out. What a face.
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Happy 2nd Birthday to our sweet Josie. She’s the one that makes us all happy, yet she is the happiest of us all.
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Josie is ready for the big game. Go Pats!
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She was not too happy with the ring flash and macro lens.
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Josie is spoiled… each year since she was born, her favorite team has been in the Super Bowl. She also loves wearing hats. Great day all around.
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I will admit it, this dog will pose for anything, she lives for it. I put the scarf on, she is smiling, I say sit, she sits, I put the hat on she smiles again, I say ‘stay’, then ‘wait’ and that is what she does, this is shot number one out of 3. I have to give credit to the incredible training Josie got from Christina at Alpha Dog K9 Training in Medway. All that and… she is a bit of an attention hound.
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Berners will not come in when it is nice out, well, Berners will not come in when it is not nice out too. We have our moments, but when it is cool, she decides she is an outside dog… we have to remind her who is in charge, but I get photos first. First photo is me saying “Josie…” the second I said “Come in.”
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We decided to put the dog in the car and drive to Boston for a night of walking around the city. Sat in way too much traffic, hit the city line and it started to pour. Drove home, where is was dry. Josie got a round trip in the back seat. I don’t think she minded the waste of time as much as we did. So instead of some nice night city-scape photos you get a smiling Josie in the dailypic.
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