YOUR Stories and Pictures

I need help from everyone for a great idea I have.

I have been reading your stories and looking at your pictures and I realized that this is what frantic owners need when their dogs are sick. They need to see the people who are helping them and read their stories. They need to see the dogs that have survived. They also need to see the dogs that have not survived but whose owners are still contributing their knowledge to help others.

As much as is practicable, I would like to gather photo portraits of you, your dogs, your family and even the vet who you worked with to use as material for the website.

I know everyone posts everything on facebook all the time now, but I would like to be more cautious and respectful of you and your vet’s privacy.

If your vet is agreeable to being photographed they can put whatever restrictions they want on the use of this photo. My only use would be to highlight the owner and dog with the person who saved their life. I do not need to identify them by name if they don’t want that. They can be Dr. Sue or Dr. Tom and it will still be meaningful. If they are willing to allow us to post their name, ask if they will agree to let us post the name of their clinic as well.

Ideally these photos should be as high quality as possible and there should be plenty of area around the people for editing purposes. So in other words the photos should not be taken too close up. They don’t necessarily need to be taken inside the clinic. If it is nice out, sure go outside to take them.

I am going to ask Vally to help you learn how to use your phone or camera to get these high quality wide angle photos. She has access to many photographers who can help her write some guidelines about how to get these nice photos.

Don’t be afraid to go to the beach or park to get some nice photos. If you have doggie friends, invite them over for a group photo. Do your grandparents love your Second Chance dog? Then I want to see that photo. I also want to see you in these photos.

If your dog has passed, ask the vet who helped you if they would be willing to have a picture taken with you. I think this will heal everyone’s heart….

Be creative and have fun!

If these files are really huge, over 10mg, there is a good chance that my Bluehost server will refuse to upload them. Let me know by posting here that you had trouble and I will arrange something.

my best, patrice