Psalms 68:6 "God makes homes for those who are abandoned; He makes free those who are bound with chains." Friday, 7:51 AM - “Reggie” and I had to get out early this morning! I love the longer days, but summertime poses a challenge to the animal shelter photography. Summer means longer daylight hours. And longer days mean higher volume of animal intake and fewer shady hours to photograph them. The lengthening springtime days trigger most animals to come in season and begin breeding. Then after those 64 days of gestation, puppies and kittens are coming in waves into the shelter. That means a bunch more animals to photograph than we experience in the winter. Summertime also means that kids are out of school and outdoors. This, coupled with the longer daylight hours for strays to roam, means more calls to animal control and thus higher intake. All of these impounds means more heartworm testing, more vaccinating, more photography, and more posting. Preferring to shoot in the shade, I’ve got to get started early in the summer! In the other months, I have until around 10:00 AM to photograph the dogs outdoors. But in the summer, the sun spots pour through the trees and the open shade is lost by 8:30 AM. So, it is busy, busy, busy all summer long. But the rewards of seeing the dogs make into into new homes is worth the extra effort! And “Reggie” the Black Labrador didn’t mind coming out the shelter earlier in the morning…. He really needed to use the bathroom! "Reggie" the Black Labrador was surrendered by his owner to the Walton County Animal Control shelter in Monroe on June 19, 2018. He was photographed and placed on www.waltonpets.net for adoption or rescue. He was sponsored by pledges from Lane, Anne, Alice, Jason, Lorraine, Barbara and Heidi.
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