Georgeaversary!

April 3, 2019 marked one year since a curious little man we call George, found us! A wild, intact, not-house-trained dog—turned diva, who wears a sleep mask, cannot be disturbed after dark, and turns his nose up at anything less than the best meats and cheeses lol weaseled his way right into our hearts with his huge happy heart! Being a medium sized, male, hound, he was not at all what either of us were looking for in a "new" dog after losing our little Lexi, but apparently the universe knew exactly what we needed, and it was him, with that handsome face, and flashy legs—fitting seamlessly right into our lives. He’s super smart—smart enough to know when he doesn't want to listen, or stubborn...whatever you wanna call it lol and of course doesn't mind modeling at all. If I'd only known when Nick sent me that first picture captioned "Hey there's a dog out here" how much I'd love this boy. If it were possible, he’d wake up smiling and singing, *queue the morning guy’s song on Friends "Morning's here! The morning is here! Sunshine is here, The sky is clear! “ and he is one of the happiest, if not the happiest dog I've known, and he makes me happy every. single. day. He is so purely sweet, and it’s so sad to think he lived the first three-ish years of his life not knowing love. We’ve done all we can to make up for it too! Last summer he went along on a three state camping adventure, road tripping through 7 states, then in September he got to visit the gorgeous sparkling waters of the Emerald Coast of Florida when we went on a family vacation to Santa Rosa Beach, with plenty of canoeing, hiking, dog-friendly restaurant outings, and dog park fun in between! He’s been spoiled beyond measure, and he deserves every bit of it! Even if he is a stinker and runs the neighborhood any given chance. But we’re working on it, and he’s getting better and better at everything we ask of him, and learning domestic life. We finally made it south, calling Charleston, SC home, and hopefully he’ll handle the storms ok, the compromise he doesn’t understand is he won’t have to be cold very often anymore lol Everyone he meets seems to love him too, and there's no shortage of dog lovers around here!

The following photos are some of my favorites from the last year, and then his anniversary day at Wannamaker Dog Park! Yesterday we got out for a mini shoot down at Waterfront Park, so check back soon for a blog featuring those images!

And if you want to see more of what daily life has been like with George, there is a highlight on my personal Instagram @laceyschuetz and he has his own @thetruegoldenhound, but I’ve slacked on it with the move.

Year One with George:

This was the first hike we took him out on, at Hanging Rock State Park in NC

This was one of my favorite spots in NC, along the Yadkin River, well technically in it here, it felt like being in the jungle. This was his first official photoshoot :) And this is still one of my very favorites photos of him!

Dog park fun! Catch him if you can!

June 21, 2018 Officially Summer of George

Occasionally I get one of him winking lol ;)

When he was still learning High Five! I love this one so much.

Learning Stay for that model life

He looked so pretty in the light, I grabbed my camera

and this one is one of my absolute favorites... once he got that itch scratched

Exactly what I wanted to create, and the sunset is real :)

Camping in Ohio

Camping in Oconee, SC July, 2018

New sequins and natural light

Sunrise on the Emerald Coast of Florida

Our last morning in Santa Rosa Beach

The boys looking Handsome as usual

And the chaos of the family photo with no help, or tripod lol

I had to create some images around the property before we left, and this turned out so much better than I even envisioned!

George of the Jungle

Squirrel watching

High Fives are easy now!

I took portraits of George to mark 6 months with us, but I never did anything with them :/ This was one of those, and one of my top favs here!

Another from the 6 month session, and another of my top favorites! So cartoon like, I love it!

Location scouting for fall photos in WV, October 2018

Somehow we missed xmas photos? I'm not sure what happened there, but here is a snowy one!

1.5 miles down LongPointTrail overlooking the New River Gorge Bridge in WV. It isn't great quality, it was dark when we got there, & not enough light to get focus, however, I still really like it, & it shows me the potential if I have what I need!

Sunday Funday at Sandstone Falls WV

More Snow! He looks so caricature like lol

Set test

More set test! So handsome, another top favorite

He's such a good sport, I woke him up for this Valentine test

Brotherly love

These 2 are from our last Sunday Funday in WV before we left my parent's. I love this photo so much, I cried when I finished it. The pure joy in his face! Love love love!

Deer watching

There will be more from this day in another blog! The day Yuna came to play while we were in Missouri last month!

I'd been eyeing this spot at the Missouri apartment all week, and made it a point to get a photo there before we left, and it turned out so good!

There were a few dogs at Wannamaker Dog Park on George's Found Ya Day, but I didn't get photos of everyone. The labradoodle is Max, and the lab pictured, other than the very last one of Jake, is Tucker, who looked just like young Jake, and was even wearing a similar color collar! It was a little trippy to see! We had to end the fun when George started to get a little limpy, but he's ok, I think he just over did it a little. This was his little celebration :)

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