Diamonds n' Pearls Pet Services Puppy Shoot

What a fun photoshoot!

One of the baby pugs!

While at a gathering at Midlands Cleft Rescue I bumped in to Nikkie, who runs Diamonds n' Pearls Pet Services. She had loved the photos I had been taking of the foster pups for the rescue and asked if I could take some of some of her pups that needed homes. Of course I said yes and then a week later I was taking pictures of their beautiful French bulldogs, their pugs and some of their senior dogs too!

It was so much fun and really pushed me out of my comfort zone, working to calm pups who are unfamiliar with you and then working out their characters and how to show them was brilliant.

I cannot wait for the next shoot!

Midlands Cleft Rescue Support

Strangely, this has come about in a similar way to the calendar for the Next Chapter Rescue. Sadly our pug Lola died in August 2024 and our other dog Pepper really struggled with the loss. We decided to get another dog to keep her company and found Midlands Cleft Rescue, set up by Becci List to take on and help puppies from breeders who don't want or struggle with the cleft lip or palate.

Bella, she has a double cleft lip and is mostly blind in her right eye but is so full of love and life.

These puppies are usually put forward by breeders who don't know how to properly care for them or are unwilling to try and care for them as they would be harder to sell. the rescue then takes the puppies on, providing around the clock care, specialised feeding and any vet visits or treatments required.

We ended up adopting a puppy that no one had applied for and found our Pudding, but this encouraged us to foster other puppies and help them find homes.

First there was Nora (originally Nova). She was an odd pup as she had been given up by an owner who felt they couldn't care for her properly and as such Nora had very little training and had never been on a walk.

The work we did training her and the pictures taken of her made her a very popular dog and she has since found her forever home

Thea came to us to foster just as Nora was ready to leave. Thea had a relatively large cleft palate meaning she needed to be regularly checked for anything that might be stuck in there as it could cause an infection.

She had very little experience of play and had never been on a walk before coming to us but we quickly solved that. She has now found her new family and is happily playing with them and going on loads of adventures!

Through all of this I was regularly photographing these dogs are providing the images to Midlands Cleft Rescue to help advertise them for adoption and it has been agreed that I will work with the rescue as a photographer and I cannot wait to help find more homes for these amazing dogs!

Next Chapter Rescue Calendar

Earlier this year I got the opportunity to work with the Next Chapter Horse Rescue to take the pictures for their 2025 calendar!

This was a bit of a happy accident., we had ventured to the charity after seeing they had a sale of donated items and wanted to help out and hopefully pick up a few items for our Ren and Rosie, I took my camera to have some fun taking pictures of the rescue horses while wandering around. We got talking to the charity owner, Shelly, and after she saw some of the pictures she mentioned their charity calendar and asked if I would be willing to take the pictures for the next calendar.

Of course I said yes and over the next couple of weekends I would walk around talking to the horses, spending time with them and watching them to try and capture their character. All of the horses in the calendar were up for adoption and the calendar would help advertise them as well as the charity.

In the end I think I enjoyed meeting and taking photos of the horses too much and supplied way more than the charity could ever need for a calendar.

The cherry on top was we ended up finding the final piece of our horse family, Sully. We weren't looking, he found us and we ended up adopting him.

Please support the charity, they are rescuing horses from difficult situations and rely on the support of donations. They try to rehome as many horses as they can but some need more support than others and have to stay with them.

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