Smile Like a Dog

Otis

Posted on 17. Sep, 2008 by Mark in Dogs, Uncategorized, client sneak peeks

Full disclosure here…I’m a complete and utter sucker for senior dogs. Not that I’m really that objective to begin with when it comes to pets but any sort of logic pretty much flies out the window when I run into a geriatric canine — especially one with any trace of German Shepherd in them. That’s where Otis comes in. I met him this last weekend for a shoot in Golden Gate Park at Stow Lake. When you see the pictures you’ll completely understand why he’s named Otis. It simply just fits.

Otis is originally from Massachussetts near the Cape and is used to living around Cranberry bogs so Stowe is a good West Coast surrogate for that (minus the cranberries). He likes sniffing and spooking around a lot so much of the outing was spent trying to catch him with his snout off the ground (we pet photographers just love a challange)

My favorite bit of personal info about him is that he seems to have a negative thing for Frank Zappa. Apparently, if you show him any of Frank’s album covers he barks at them. Show him anything else and you get nada. How cool is that?

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Tags: German Shepherd Mix, Otis, Senior Dogs