Last year, Hope for Paws asked me to photograph a pit bull mother and her four puppies that Eldad Hagar and his team rescued. I was happy to do it and actually had two photo shoots with Lexi and her puppies.This weekend, I went to The Little Red Dog's Founder's Day (TLRD fostered the puppies and mom until they were ready to be adopted) in Lake Forest and Lexi, Cooper and Beamer were there! I really don't think they recognized one another. But it was great to have them reunited.Cooper is being raised by Jennifer and Jeff Harmell, who adore him. Beamer is brother to an older, protective sister named Sydney and is owned by Mark and Denise Needham. And Lexi, who was the first of all five to be ...

I like working with The Little Red Dog so when PJ let me know there were nine puppies and a mama to be photographed, I was all in.Now these babies aren't ready for adoption quite yet... they're only four weeks old. But now they have their baby pictures all done! Mama was a sweet dog, too. I imagine very patient as well... nine puppies? That's a lot of puppies!It was 106 degrees out when we took the photos. Yes, outside. We set up our studio outside. It was hot, let me tell you. But no puppy was outside for more than two or three minutes so no one overheated. Plus, they were covered. And they all look like they just woke up from a nap... which is exactly what was going.So let me present to ...