Play hard and then crash

They are either On, or OFF, aren't they?! This was the scene on Monday after working on the photo shoot with the Brittanys for a while. The Puppies had had a BLAST zooming about in an ex-pen, in the studio, doing all things they were't "supposed" to (having a Great Time!). Carla of Hunter's Heart commented and said it was probably the most fun these puppies had had in all their 8-week lives. What an awesome time!

Posing for photos.
Not posing for photos: but going over and kissing the photographer instead. 
Licking and then perhaps also just a tiny bit...biting her ear.
Getting tangled in her lovely long hair. 
Smelling her clothes: does she have cookies?
Tasting the camera strap. 
Licking the lens.
NOW: Getting a toy, playing tug with the photographer. 
Tasting a treat. Yummy! 
Going back to business.
Posing some more. Or not. 
Running away again. Having a GREAT time. 
Running and playing until...

Well, it takes its toll. All that exploration, all that newness of a new place. New smells. New experiences. Being a Super Model.

Crash and Burn. Just like that. On the spot.
It's hard work, man.

The Cuteness Factor

Oh what a bundle! I had the great joy of photographing a whole litter of nine 8-week old Hunter's Heart Brittany puppies just the other day. It was so much fun, the puppies were wild and crazy and awesomely fantastic - 
looking back at these images one does have to really ask and wonder "Were they EVER that still?"
:-)

Toward the end of the shoot, they crashed completely and were all zonked out in the ex-pen set up right in the studio. I admit, I was pretty exhausted, too :-) IT's not completely un-complicated to photograph busy puppies. Ha!

But what little treasures. The cuteness factor; no denying it.