I've been a dog lover my entire life. There has always been a dog in the home since I was a child. I have spent 10+ years involved in dog rescue, and have worked with everything from newborn pups up to a 200 lb St Bernard. Have owned Shih Tzus, American Bulldog and currently have a super social Pittie named Pearl. Pearl does lots of outreach work like visiting nursing homes and working the Pet Expo. She is also a regular at many local stores including our Credit Union, Home Depot, Lowe's and most any other establishment that welcomes dogs. My time in rescue has taught me that each dog is an individual and they definitely each have their own personality. I spend time with lots of additional dogs each year doing pet holiday photo events for the rescue. The rescue has adopted out 600 dogs and I photograph at least 100 dogs a year, so I've worked with many breeds, sizes and temperaments.