Service Dog Photography | Connecticut Photographer

A few posts back (on Sarah’s maternity post) I mentioned that I volunteer my time doing service dog photography sessions for The Exceptional Sidekick Service Dogs. I realized that I could only find a couple of the adorable puppy sessions on my blog. So today I am here to correct that.

This organization and these puppies mean so much to me. I hope to one day be a puppy raiser, but until my family is ready for that, I get to help out by photographing them.

Service Dog Photography | Piper

This post is going to have a few different sessions in them. First we’ll start with adorable Piper. She has the same name as my daughter and is just as cute as can be! Piper came in for a “newborn” puppy photography session. I’ve done a few of those. Some harder than others.

a service dog photography session. A black lab puppy wears a purple headband and is on a purple backdrop. She is training to be a psychiatric service dog.

A black lab puppy wears a purple headband and is on a purple backdrop. She is training to be a psychiatric service dog.

a service dog photography session. A black lab puppy is sleeping and wears a purple headband and is on a purple backdrop. She is training to be a psychiatric service dog.

A service dog in training puppy is photographed on a purple blanket.

Baron | A Special Service Dog

This next service dog I photographed, unfortunately has a sad story. I photographed him as a puppy with his brother and sister. Shortly before he was to be placed with a family, he was diagnosed with cancer and died shortly after. You can see the article here in the Newtown Bee.

A photo of a yellow lab who is a service dog in training. He is outside on lush green grass, staring into the camera.

A photo of a yellow lab who is a service dog in training. He is laying outside on lush green grass, staring into the camera.

The Hamilton Crew

As I mentioned, some pups are easier than others. There was actually 6 in this group, all named after Hamilton.

a yellow lab and two black lab puppies are sitting in a white crate.

Two Cute Service Dogs in Training

Although these two cuties made me work hard for not much of an outcome LOL.

A yellow lab puppy is posing in a bowl with a blue blanket.

A yellow lab poses for his photoshoot on a green blanket.

two yellow lab puppies fail their photoshoot

Service Dogs | Back to School

This was my most recent session for the service dogs in training. Since it was the end of August, and these pups are being trained as psychiatric service dogs that help teens and adolescents in school, what better than to do the photo shoot in a school!

two service dogs in training sit at school desks in a classroom. There is an open text book and an apple on the desks.

two service dogs in training sit at school desks in a classroom. There is an open text book and an apple on the desks. There is a third dog behind the puppies at the teachers desk.

A black lab puppy poses in a high school hallway.

The Most Special Service Dog Photography

I have to end this post with my most favorite image ever. This also happened to be beginners luck as I call it. Was never able to replicate this amount of puppies sleeping together since.

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