Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone!

Easter Egg Delivery Service!

...and our black and white Sunday photo!

I hope everyone is having an awesome day!

Cats Make Great Pillows!

Happy Wordless Wednesday!

The Wreckage!

I love how Phoenix is always up for whatever. When I asked her to hop up onto the wreckage of The Peter Iredale she was happy to do it! She loves posing for me!

Does your dog like posing for photos?

Anxious For Spring!

I am anxiously waiting for Spring. I'm so sick of the rain and mucky ground! I usually don't mind the rain so much but for some reason, this year it's getting to me! This is a throwback photo of  the girls and me when we went to the Tulip Farm last year! I hope everyone is having an awesome weekend!

She's Happiest When She's Running!

Whether it's running along the river, chasing a ball or playing in the woods, Phoenix is happiest when she's running! I love photographing her when she runs. I get the best shots!

Zoe is the same way! I catch the best photos of her when she's running and free. I love these ones so much better than posed shots!

What's your dog's favorite activity?

Storm Warning!

We were playing ball at the park when these very ominous clouds appeared overhead. 

I decided to leave the clouds colored and also the splashes of pink in Phee's fleece pajamas. 

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Phoenix can Frisbee Flip!

Over the past week or so, I was finally able to teach Phoenix to "frisbee flip"! This was a trick I've been hoping to get for a very long time! I'm really happy that Phoenix is enjoying it so much. In addition to playing some disc games, like flipping and vaulting we've also done quite a bit of fetch this week, too!

I also managed to get some video so everyone can see what it looks like! 

Phoenix is so fun! I just love working with her. She's always up for anything I want to do and she's the coolest dog ever. We had a very good week for canine fitness and tricks, too!

Wishing for Spring!

We're getting a little tired of winter around here! I hope spring comes soon! 

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Phoenix's Solo Adventure!

Since Zoe hurt her paw at the park last week, we've been resting her. She seems fine now but I'm not taking any chances and I'm continuing the rest for a few more days. Thanks to everyone who have asked about her!

I spent quite a lot of time this past summer working on separation training with my two dogs so Zoe is happy to stay home and nap while I take Phoenix out. Phoenix is medium to high energy and she really needs an outlet for it. This week we've gone on a few solo adventures and it was so fun to spend some one on one time with her.

A video posted by Lauren Miller (@zoepheedogs) on Jan 26, 2016 at 5:40pm PST

One of Phoenix's favorite things to do is play on kid playgrounds. She loves sliding down the slide! So this was a huge reward for her after walking so nicely on a loose leash (at least one of my dogs can!).

A video posted by Lauren Miller (@zoepheedogs) on Jan 26, 2016 at 5:33pm PST

After the slide, Phoenix found these little cut outs and she jumped through both of them without being cued. She did it completely on her own! I had to take a video, so the video is set up so you can see.

Phoenix and I had a great time on our adventures and Zoe was fine staying home. I highly recommend spending one on one time with each of your dogs if you have a multi-dog household. It's very eye opening. Phoenix is perfect on leash without her sister influencing her. She didn't care about any of the critters running around and she was really good. It's really fascinating how two dogs walking together can egg each other on and cause problems. I love having a multiple dogs, don't get me wrong but it's nice to get out with just one sometimes!

Happy Fit Dog Friday everyone!

Reflections!

The forest is flooded and on the only sunny day, I got very lucky with some reflection photos!

I've always wanted to get photos like this! I'm so glad they turned out so neat! 

Note: These were taken before Zoe hurt her paw.

Zoe Is So Creative! Dog Tricks!

Remember the "hug" trick that I showed everyone from yesterday? If you haven't seen it yet be sure to check it out because it's so cute: National Hug Day. Zoe is using her jump over trick to get out of the "hug" position when I recalled them! I love this photo so much that I actually squealed when I saw it in my viewfinder. I hope everyone thinks it's as cute as I do!

Happy B&W Sunday everyone!

A Dark and Stormy Fit Dog Friday

Happy Fit Dog Friday everyone! This week we've had a lot of stormy weather and I was worried we were not going to be able to get very much "fit dog" stuff in. Luckily there was one day where it wasn't horribly wet and we went to a new park for hiking!

We hiked at Lacamas Lake and they have the neatest dam! The dogs were not that impressed but they were really brave while crossing it with us!

Here's a photo of the man made waterfall! The roar was almost deafening!

It was a pretty cold day and Zoe was not very cooperative for photos but we did manage to get a few pictures by sending her down the trail a ways and then calling her back. It's a bit of a trick I do to get some photos of her when she's being grumpy!

Here's Phoenix posing with the lake as her backdrop! 

 This was such a gorgeous park! I can't wait to go back another time!

I'm really hoping the weather clears up soon so we can get out and do more stuff! The dark grey days are kind of sucking the life out of me!

The dogs are wearing their Ultimate Warmers by Hurtta. A review and giveaway is forthcoming so keep an eye out for it! 

Beauty After The Rain!

I think the sky after a good rain is one of my favorite things about Oregon. We are hoping for another day like this one in the photo above. It's been nonstop raining for too long! 

How is the weather where you are?

Focused!

It's really rare that I capture Phoenix looking at something else. On this day, there was another hiker and a dog coming our way. Phoenix has to keep an eye on other dogs because they could be big and scary. Usually she will stare right into the camera for me!

The colored version is too pretty to not share. :D

 Do your dogs like to pose for the camera?

Also, I just signed up for a snapchat account and it's "ZoePheeDogs" if anyone wants to follow us. 

I'm using it as a "behind the scenes" sort of thing. :)

Hazard Pay.

Phoenix thinks that sometimes she should get hazard pay when she has to pose with her sister. 

"Nope, Zoe! I don't need my eyeballs! It's fine!"

Caught in the Act...

... of snuggling with a kitty! Sacrilege! 

Generally Zoe does not cuddle with cats. She doesn't really like them and I'm pretty sure she thinks they are pests. (Sometimes, I would agree with that last part! LOL) Anyways, if you can't tell by the look on her face she is not that thrilled about it but what is a girl to do when the cat steals your bed? 

Phoenix is actually much better with the cats! It's so funny that she's better with them because when we first got her she was really bad and spent a lot of her time trying to hunt them.

Do you have a multi-species household? Do your furkids get along with each other?

Hurry!

Phoenix was waiting for us to catch up to her! Check out those storm clouds! 

I hope everyone has had an awesome weekend!

Playful!

I love it when I'm able to capture Phoenix's true personality. She's a very happy, playful dog but she's serious about getting her photo taken so it's hard to capture her true self! These sorts of pictures end up being some of my favorites!

Do your pups like getting their photos taken?

Pesky Balls!

This is not what you were thinking! Oh no, we are talking about chuck it balls! I'm pretty sure Zoe thinks that fetching balls is dumb. Princesses should not have to fetch anything but she does it to humor me and we did train it! Every once in a while the balls don't quite cooperate with her and I get these funny photos.

 I think this one is so funny! She was really into it here!

Do your dogs fetch?

Happy B&W Sunday everyone!

Holiday Spirit!

We are trying really hard to get into the holiday spirit around here!