Well, technically not Telluride. But when one of my customers from Mancos, whose plans to get a puppy sired by my dog Blue didn’t pan out, I referred her to the owner of Blue’s sister who was due to whelp quite soon. What luck! These things are meant to be. I met Charlie at 10 weeks and he seemed perfect for their family: Very social, outgoing, stable, yet quite mellow for a typical flatcoat pup. Liza and her husband both work, and they have two young kids, so mellow is a good thing when your time is limited. However, I’ve been told he showed plenty of interest in birds, so in a few weeks we are all going hunting to see what he thinks of pheasants. I brought Blue to meet his nephew and was pleased to see that when Blue ran him over (out of excitement), Charlie recovered quite quickly and remained interested in the big black maniac dog doing zoomies. He is a confident little puppy, but not overly so. My biggest issue during the session was that if I knelt down to get a shot, he immediately ran over to me to cuddle.
Meet Charlie! His nose was covered in snow for most of the shoot!
I do have to say, Charlie is not so coordinated in the snow……uh oh, looks like a face plant is coming! But he recovered quickly and looked cute doing it!
Hi Uncle Blue, watcha doing in that big hole?
Blue was busy digging a hole to China.
I told Liza to bring the kids and maybe we could get some cute family portraits or sledding photos while we were there…..we didn’t plan on Charlie hopping right on the sled! He loved watching the ground move under the sled as it went down the hill.
But some chasing was involved, too. 🙂
Liza is already starting retriever puppy training so that Charlie doesn’t learn any bad habits. He loves his itty bitty bumper!
Charlie has a variety of expressions….not sure what he was trying to tell me here, but I found it very entertaining. Did he suddenly turn shy on me? If so , it didn’t last long.
Oh, he DOES take after his uncle blue! No lessons needed! He just loved the snow, even the deep stuff.
And we”ll end with a beauty shot. And for a retriever, there is nothing more beautiful than one holding something in his mouth! 🙂 Thanks Liza for meeting me up near Telluride and can’t wait to see Charlie in a few weeks. I promise to have your gallery to you soon, and I am so sorry it took so long for this sneak peek!
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