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Nashville Dog Photographer – Top Dog Competition

As you know, this past weekend was Brown Dog Foundation’s Top Dog and Top Cat Competition. Benny was a contestant, but sadly didn’t take the crown. However, through the wonderful clients of Adrian Hitt Photography, he raised right under $1100! All of that directly benefits the foundation. Thank you for playing a part in saving animals’ lives. Here are a few highlights from the evening:

Benny proudly wearing his medallion!

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On the right, he is hanging out with Laura as I photographed the event.

All of the great sponsors!

Webb, the “kissing” country hound sold kisses for $1 to benefit Brown Dog. And this guy was just too handsome to leave out!

Meet Finnbar the pug! He deservingly won the crown by raising around $5500! He represented a pug rescue you should definitely check out: Music City Pug Rescue

Katie took 2nd place by raising a little over $3000. Such a good girl.

One vendor I have to mention is Primm Springs Foods. They provided the vegetarian option for the event and oh my – so delicious! She made their patented soysage quesadillas and freshly squeezed lemonade. It was fantastic. You can purchase the soysage at The Produce Place, Wild Oats or Whole Foods. Check out their website for recipes!

And a big thank you to these two ladies for the running the entire evening: Carol Smock, founder of Brown Dog Foundation and the lovely Deanna Lambert of WSMV Channel 4 news.

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Lauren - June 12, 2009 - 9:59 am

Such fun!

Monica Lucas - June 20, 2009 - 11:07 pm

LOVE Benny with his Medal!!! Awesome Job!! Nothing to sneeze at!! We need to see some family pictures of Benny AND his “people” (both of them). We’ve seen Benny and dad, and Benny and mom…but not Benny and both–we need to get someone to be able to work your camera and get a session of YOU three!! Give me a few pointers and I would LOVE to take some for you to have and share!! (depending on how my couple of shots today turned out!! hehe)

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Nashville Dog Photographer – Vote for Benny!

Tomorrow night is the Coronation Pawty for Nashville’s Top Dog and Top Cat Competition! It is an annual fundraiser for the fantastic organization, Brown Dog Foundation. Brown Dog provides financial assistance with vet bills as an alternative to euthanasia. You can click here to see the dog photography I did for Carol Smock, founder of Brown Dog. As you may remember, any sessions that were booked during April and May had $50 donated to the foundation to help raise money for Benny’s campaign. All of the proceeds go to Brown Dog to help dogs across Tennessee who have fallen ill.

As mentioned, there is a great Pawty going on tomorrow night at The Farm at Natchez Trace to celebrate the work of Brown Dog and to crown Nashville’s Top Dog and Top Cat. The party is from 6-8p and will have BBQ, live music, doggie treats and kissing booth and a silent auction. If you’d like to purchase tickets, click here to get them in advance. Of course, we’re hoping Benny raises enough votes to take the crown! They are still taking last minute votes (each vote is $1) until midnight tonight. Here is Benny’s page if you are interested! If you can’t make it tomorrow night, but would like to know whether or not Benny gets the crown, follow me on Twitter as I will be updating from the event. Okay, enough about that – time to see some recent photos of the dog of the hour!

Benny doesn’t go far without his favorite rawhide. This is always his toy of choice.

Chillin’ in his favorite place – the backyard!

Benny loves Laura. Every time she comes into work he curls up by her desk. Here he is hanging out at her feet…

You can catch Benny doing this everyday – he’s on patrol for the neighborhood. Protecting us from dangerous squirrels, bunny rabbits, chipmunks and UPS. On the right is just too funny not to share – a bird pooped on his head and I just had to photograph him in all of his humiliation.

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Brian (Benny's Dad) - June 5, 2009 - 2:10 pm

That’s my boy!! These look incredible!

dave - June 5, 2009 - 7:46 pm

i love benny!

dave - June 5, 2009 - 7:56 pm

oh yeah, and great photos of course.

Jessica Rayborn - June 8, 2009 - 8:15 am

your dog is so full of expressions. i’m sad that while i was in nashville i never got to meet him personally.

Emily Beaty - June 10, 2009 - 8:18 am

Awhhhh Benny is SO cute! I love these!

Monica Lucas - June 11, 2009 - 10:33 pm

Bird POOP!! Priceless!! I absolutely LOVE THIS!! SO glad you posted that!! (probably despite thoughts that you shouldnt) That is HILARIOUS!! And Benny is like–WHAT THE??

Nashville Dog Photographer – Toby the French Bulldog

To say that I had a good time with Toby and his parents would be a complete understatement! We met up late in the afternoon, hit several locations and shot for a few hours. Toby kept us laughing the entire time with his typical Frenchie antics. He’s still a puppy but is such a little lover boy. Before this dog session, I had never photographed a French Bulldog but am absolutely in love with this breed. I wanted to dognap him and leave with him in my camera bag.(One of these days I just might actually do that, especially if we don’t get a second dog soon!) Frannie and Brent – thanks so much for such a good time. I can’t wait to share all of the photographs with you!

Such a good looking couple, right?

And I just had to share this one … check out his skull and cross bones dog tag!

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Nashville Dog Photographer-Wednesdays with Laura

Animal Awareness

In follow up to Adrian’s post about the amazing work of Bonaparte’s Retreat, we wanted to share information about other animal issues and products that our caught our attention this week.

As the summer days encroach on the lovely spring weather, it is important to make sure your dog stays cool too. Woof Report, an informative daily newsletter, just sent out information about the dangers of leaving dogs in cars. “When it’s 85° outside, the temperature inside a car – even with the windows left slightly open – can soar to 102° in 10 minutes, and reach 120° in just a half an hour.” And dogs can not withstand these temperatures, even for more than a minute. The United Animal Nations has a great website, My Dog Is Cool, with additional information and safety posters you can download and print to post in your community.

For fun, here are a few doggie products that we couldn’t resist sharing!

If you’re not into doggie doors or don’t have one, check into the Ultimate Dog Door, an instant screen door that works for people and dogs! This easy-to-install screen has a magnetic closure that hooks at the bottom to stay in place.

It might take some time to get used to wearing a ring with “spay” or “neuter” engraved on it, but it shouldn’t be too difficult knowing that the ring carries a strong message. The artist, Metalsmitten, creates these rings to encourage people to spay and neuter their pets and adopt from animal shelters. “Spaying and neutering are important steps in ending the cycle of companion animal overpopulation that results in the euthanasia of millions of unwanted pets.” Thank you Metalsmitten for your creativity and dedication to such an important cause!

If you haven’t checked out Mod-Dog, you are missing out on some fabulous modern dog art. There are prints, cards, jewelry and much more. We were particularly drawn to the French Bulldog print below…which is also a hint for Adrian’s upcoming dog post. Enjoy!