Here's hoping for "Coco-Puffs"!

I am getting geared up for a road trip down south next week! Its been a long while since I last raised a litter of puppies and I've been planning a breeding with my great red tri bitch "Coco". She'll be bred to gorgeous working blue male that I've selected that carries my favorite working line...also a line that has already been a successful cross with this female. The male is a fantastic sire and really seems to "stamp" his offspring with his qualities. These puppies will carry some incredible old time genetics that have proven themselves in the trial arena and many ranches around the world! These lines have really stood the test of time as far as performance and health go! So.....I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that all goes well and with a little luck maybe there will be babies in a few months. I've had some really great people on my waiting list for quite a while...I'm sure they will be excited about the outcome as well. A normal litter of 8 would be nice...unlike Coco's last...she whelped 12 healthy babies and fed them all no problem. Crazy girl!

Here are photos from a few years back. The one pup in the image with my boy was one we called "Lightning McQueen". We will have to think of some fun names again!

This is NOT one of my images!!

Ok, so I feel like I am blogging way too much lately. But today isn't such a bad day to do this since its cold, snowing and the wind is gusting to 60 km/hr!! Although, I really need to go out and work 3 dogs yet this afternoon so I should keep this short. Champions train, losers complain!

I just felt the need to post this image of Lyle that a wedding photographer snapped of him, helping get the team ready for his friend's big day. I just scanned the print...sorry for the dust spots etc...but, it isn't even one of my images so do I really care?...NO!

I just had to point one thing out....IMO, it should be a CRIME to make horses look bad in a photograph!!! So, for all "y'alls" out there who are photographers, you may have heard this here first but PLEASE for the love of God, if you decide to photograph horses, make sure your images make the horses look BETTER than what they actually look like in real life! PLEASE! The only exception is if you make them look so bad that its hilarious, than that is alright with me, at least it would bring some sort of joy...laughter is good! Just thought I'd share one of my pet peaves!

Cheers,

~KF

The Hockey Dude!

Well after our cheesy little photo shoot at the rink with the team, the dude and I decided we would go home and do something ourselves. In the end I think we created something that was a bit more "him"!

R&C family shoot - I'm a sunset addict now!

I had a great time doing a photo shoot for one of my vets (yes I have a few..lol). I was soooo excited when she asked if I could so some sillouette sunset shots of her and her boy on horseback! I'm really happy with how they turned out....normally I'm not a big "sunset" fan for photography..you know, sometimes you see one you've seen em all, but this kind of stuff is FUN! Now I want to try it for all sorts of things...hmmm...what could be next?, thinkin a 6 horse hitch...OH YA!

Photographing in fields of gold...

A harvested wheat field...IMO - the perfect place for a family photo shoot! The bright golden stubble acts almost like one gigantic reflector and kids of course love to play in straw! FUN FUN FUN!

P&F are gettin hitched!

A few from the engagement shoot...

C&M Wedding...