The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.

March 3, 2017 2:52 PM

Dog Breath Photography is the place to go for great pictures of good doggies. Owner Kaylee Greer "is fueled by the joy, whimsy and unrelenting happiness that is so uniquely canine." Many more pictures can be found on her blog. [The pages on both sites are quite large, datawise.]
posted by Johnny Wallflower (12 comments total)

Nice pictures, though I am resisting the urge to optimize the page because 80MB+ is pretty egregious. It would cost you at least $1.31 to load it in the US on a mobile plan. (Most of the images failed to load in WebPageTest due to time, so it would probably be higher)

When I am down I look at the local shelters' recent adoptees page. "Look at that cool dog" gets mentioned a lot, I highly recommend it.
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 3:09 PM on March 3, 2017 [2 favorites]

Greatest Dog Picture as far as I'm concerned because the dog so resembles the best dog I ever had. He name was Lollypop and she DID occasionally pose like that.
posted by oneswellfoop at 5:16 PM on March 3, 2017 [9 favorites]

THE TITLE IS TRUTH 🐩
posted by Celsius1414 at 6:44 PM on March 3, 2017 [1 favorite]

They're good dog photos, Kaycee.
posted by TheNewWazoo at 11:06 PM on March 3, 2017 [3 favorites]

This is my family now
posted by FirstMateKate at 3:12 AM on March 4, 2017 [2 favorites]

Nice pictures, though I am resisting the urge to optimize the page because 80MB+ is pretty egregious.

As much as I am loathe to suggest it, this might be one of those times that a gallery dump onto Imgur or another photo hosting platform makes sense, if those platforms resize and/or optimize photos.
posted by filthy light thief at 6:36 AM on March 4, 2017 [1 favorite]

Is there a simple way to do that for a non-owner of a site?
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 7:34 AM on March 4, 2017

13/10
posted by lescour at 10:04 AM on March 4, 2017

Gorgeous doggy goodness - that was a heart-healing set of photos. Thanks for posting!
posted by hilaryjade at 11:24 AM on March 4, 2017 [1 favorite]

❤️
posted by Mickiann at 8:58 PM on March 4, 2017

OK, I'm kind of jealous how good those photos are. It did send me on a tangential Google search on "how to photograph a black cat" because he often just appears as a black blob unless the light is absolutely perfect.
posted by Harald74 at 10:41 PM on March 4, 2017 [1 favorite]

When I got close to this sweet boy, I noticed something remarkable. His body was thin, beaten down and worn from the years of a life of abandonment. His mangy, unkempt fur was falling out in small chunks, and his body was riddled with ticks and parasites. I looked at Sam, and he looked back, and we both mouthed ‘oh my god’ in each other’s general direction. There must have been two, maybe three hundred ticks covering this sick and tired boy. But despite it all – despite all of that physical devastation and sadness that this dog must carry everyday – there was a sparkle in his eye. I looked at him and I was blown away. There was something there. A soul. A soul that I could see. A glimpse into the heart of this brave little dog. I looked into those big, wet eyes and I got lost in there – I fell in love over and over and over again. To me, this dog became the face of my mission. The face of my purpose there in Costa Rica. To bring to light the struggle of millions of abandoned animals all around the world. He was the face of the forgotten. He was the face of the ones who have been left behind. I thank my lucky stars every day that our paths crossed – because this dog, single handedly made my mission and my purpose in this life clear. I am here to find the ones like him – to tell their stories. To give a voice to the voiceless. As he scampered away from me, into the brush behind the broken down bar – I felt a stinging in my throat, knowing Id likely never see him again, and knowing that those eyes just changed my whole world forever.

Apologies for the massive quote dump, but this woman is my new heroine. Thank you for sharing.
posted by invisible ink at 12:39 AM on March 5, 2017