New foster dog - pics

[Crazyland]

Picture taking is the easy part.

Getting them to hold still for the picture usually isn't. lol

Grass makes a great background. Simple and makes them stand out.
Or a simple whitewashed wall, outside.
The more light the better.
Remember to get on their level. You are trying to capture them not everything around them.

Chula already is a stunning pup. So the pictures should easily turn out amazing.

I love headshots.
As an example.

 

[JustAChickenLittle&More]

Very nice looking canine you got there.

 

[GalloFino]

Beautiful pictures! I had a feeling green (grass) might be her color. I'll have to take her to a park and see what I can do for her. Most of the ones I've taken of her so far end up making her look a little....feral.

 

[jerseygirl1]

OMG - what stunning dog

 

[SilverPhoenix]

Awww, she's darling!

Best of luck with her--I'm sure she'll find a wonderful home soon enough! In the meantime, have fun with her. I vote for more pictures! Fostering dogs is so much fun and such a rewarding thing to do. I may be heading down to a shelter sometime in the next few days and picking out a foster dog myself.

 

[Crazyland]

lol Thank you.
I am sure you will have fun taking lots of pictures of her.

Also putting a bandana on the dog for pictures make them look a bit more approachable. A friend has a dark sable GSD like Chula and she always has him wearing one.

 

[GalloFino]

I'm about to leave to pick up Chula after her sterilization. They were also x-raying her bum leg and hips at the same time. Here's hoping there's no dysplasia, and that they are going to be able to re-set the leg down the road, after she recovers from the spay.

She's a real sweetheart and has really been coming out of her shell...mostly in good ways! It's time to get this girl her own Kong, though, as she's really beginning to look for things to sink her teeth into.

 

[kla37]

Hope there are no major problems, she's pretty! Good for you!

 

[MomtoSyd&Emma]

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how did the xrays turn out?

 

[GalloFino]

The good news...Chula's hips are beautiful.

The bad news, the distal (knee end) of her femur on her bum leg has a strong curvature, it looks like it was fractured right above the knee joint and it's healed on its own with a curve to it that affects the use of the knee. The doctor said the ligaments in the knee may or may not be blown as well. At any rate, at this point it's all stabilized with extra bone and cartilage and she doesn't appear to have any pain in it, she's just lacking the flexibility in it to use the leg normally at a walk, or at all at a trot. He said that at this point there isn't anything he can do to improve her use of it. There aren't any specialists here, but maybe after we get her other issues sorted out, I'll see if I can get her x-rays sent to the nearest big city and we'll get a second opinion.

Her biggest problem at the moment is that she's had some complications from her spaying. One blood vessel that just did not want to stop bleeding, even after they re-opened her up and cauterized it a second time, and it also appears that she may be having a reaction to her stitches and we may have to take them out and re-stitch her with a different material. The bleeding is now under control thanks to a well placed shot of adrenaline, and we're now waiting to hear back regarding a blood draw for a platelet count, clotting time test, etc.

She really, really hates being a cone head.

Here's hoping that things get smoother quickly!