Nearly eight years ago, I rescued a puppy. He had giant puffy fur, perfectly manicured white paws, and a freckled nose...and he was terrifie

Last weekend I met four of the most happy-go-lucky dogs for a photo session in Historic Downtown McKinney, about an hour north of Dallas.  T

Every Ace needs a wingman to back them up.  Surely we can all fly solo, but it is way more fun to fly as a pair!  When Fabiola reached out a

Last night we lost an amazing member of the Haute Dog family. Stig passed away peacefully in his sleep at 13 years of age. Rescued from Lone Star Bernese Mountain Dog Rescue and loved beyond words by Claire and the entire Barter family, Stig was my first client in Dallas and quickly stole a piece of my heart. When Mary contacted me to do a photo session for her fur-kids, she was concerned because Stig had always been terrified of the camera. We went slow, put away all the

Shhhhhhh! Mother's Day is just around the corner (May 8th!) and I am SO excited about what I have in the works for my mom. I was lucky enough to get a chance to photograph her heart dog, Maggie Moo, before leaving California for Dallas, and am in the process of compiling a beautiful leather-bound album of her pictures. My mom is not on Facebook (crazy, right?!), so don't spoil the surprise ;) Moo Cow was rescued as a very young pup, and has been by my mom's side ever since

Two weeks ago, I was the proud mom of four giant rescue dogs, affectionately known as The Pope Pack. Life was crazy, but to us it was normal. Doesn't everyone have a Bernese Mountain Dog, a Mastiff, a Saint Bernard, and a Great Dane under their feet in a small San Diego home?! We agreed we were "done." No more dogs! {ok maybe at least until we bought a bigger house...} All of that changed with one Facebook post describing the plight of a young Saint Bernard who had been ch