Erin Beth Photographer» dogs

meet belladonna

Erin Beth — Sun, 09 May 2010 21:12:35 +0000

Belladonna has a very special story. You see, she was a research dog. Sadly, she was used for research up at the University of Utah. In her mom’s words, Sandee says that…..”She started life out as an unwanted puppy at the animal shelter and was then taken up to the research center where she was in an antibiotic study for 1 year. They kept open wounds on her front legs and tested different antibiotic ointments on them. Even a few years later, she still can’t grow hair on those areas.” However, unlike so many research dogs, Belladonna’s story turns out to be a happy one – after a year of being subject to these experiments it took another year for her mommy – Sandee who works up at the University of Utah in another department to find Belladonna and to go through the process of getting her released from the research center and for Sandee to adopt her.

Since Belladonna’s been adopted, she has fully recovered. It did take some time however – you see, Belladonna had never peed outside of a wire cage since she was just a pup and it took a lot of learning to teach her to go on the grass, instead of a wire cage. In fact, it took a very long time for the lines of the wire cage to fade from her paws. Now Belladonna enjoys all the treats she can eat and all the squeaky toys she can chew up. She also loves the snow and loves catching snowballs.

She is one happy dog these days and it was an honor to document the special bond and the love that Sandee and Belladonna share.

Miniature Greyhounds

Erin Beth — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:12:55 +0000

What a fun shoot this was! I had to wait to post these as this was a present for her significant other! But now the gift has been unveiled and I can blog about these adorable, lovable miniature greyhounds…

For this next one, I was wanting something really modern. She has the most beautiful white fur and I wanted to get some detail shots of her body so I thought the black backround worked perfectly.

I got several shots of them together but I must say this one is one of my favorites.

Priceless

Erin Beth — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:31:40 +0000

Don’t you just want to smooch this little face? I mean…really? There are no words for the cuteness….

The Reeves Family

Erin Beth — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:40:20 +0000

OK, I guess I didn’t realize how many Italy photos I have because I still have a lot to post from our trip. However, I really need to take a break from Italy to post this session that I did last weekend for my girlfriend Karen and her husband Ryan. Karen was my college roommate and is a dear friend of mine. It was such an honor to photograph them, isn’t Maui just the cutest dog ever? Not to mention she is the most well behaved dog I have ever seen! Hope you enjoy these you guys!! More great ones to come soon!

four legs

Erin Beth — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:15:37 +0000

I had gone over to photograph Jake but I couldn’t resist little Jadya the kitty who was a perfect model for me.

I found this quote and I felt it was perfect for this post. Enjoy!

Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole. – Roger Caras