Lore Samoyeds & Art Wolfe!
On November 18, 2011, Art Wolfe, renown wildlife photographer, came to the house to film a short introduction to his latest book “Dogs Make Us Human.” So how did I get so lucky as to get this to happen? Well, I’m also a hobby photographer and was at the Digital Photography Expo in early November, justifying my attendance because of my upcoming trip to Iceland (which was great!). I went on the day that Art was speaking as I wanted to hear him. When purchasing his book and getting it inscribed, I had to say that I simply HAD to have this book because I’m a dog breeder. The series of questions that resulted from that comment went something like this:
You’re a breeder? What kind of dogs?
Samoyeds.
What do they look like?
Fuzzy white sled dogs.
How many do you have?
Five.
Are they friendly?
Yes, very.
Do they get along with each other?
Yes, except when the girls are in season then all bets are off. (said with a smirk on my face)
Where do you live?
Covington area.
Can we come and film at your place with your dogs?
Sure!
A flurry of emails back and forth to get the date set and me trying to clean the dogs up a bit before their movie debut, and it all went super well! It’s well known that movie stars don’t like to work with children and animals as they often get upstaged by them, and this video shoot was no exception. The dogs were all milling around, looking for attention and trying to shove the other one(s) out of the way. Art was bribing them with cat food and I was off camera shoving them back into the frame so you get this ever-shifting sea of white fur.
The south end of a north facing dog is Kate, Lore’s Morning Glory, who was just shy of 6 months old. Annie, her mom, was Art’s favorite and she showed off her recent scar from her spay surgery. Annie developed a case of pyometra and I had no choice but to spay her to save her life.
Oh, and at one point you get to see Morrigan (the old lady in the pack) and she was showing off her beautiful biscuit spots. Sure, Sammies are generally white or mostly white, but biscuit is beautiful too! Mo’s lovely apricot-tinged biscuit spots look fantastic on this video clip! If the imbeded clip doesn’t work, please click on this link:
