Olivia came bounding straight to me when she showed up for her shoot at the trailhead in north Scottsdale. Cuddles and treats with a stranger were the only thing on her mind. Behind that cute little Frenchie block head and gigantic smile, you would never have any idea that she was fighting mast cell tumors. And that’s how I wanted to keep it.

When your client requests cool, fun, candid shots, ya know they came to the right place! And with names like Wall-E and Wile-E, I had a feeling it was going to come naturally. And to boot…this session was with a pair of Pugs! Oh yeah!!!

Meet these almost identical couple of pups! We spent the late afternoon playing in their grandparents’ backyard. We ran around, did some posing, and (most importantly) got to play

Millie, Toby, and Pepper were quite the Oreo triad! Two big black pups sandwiching a precious little cream doggo. Lol!

Sadly, the sweet cream filling of this particular cookie hasn’t been having the best time and, at only 6 years old, has been diagnosed with cancer. Ugh. This is Millie, a very mom-attached cutie