FAIL: Doggie Christmas Photos

 I think it's safe to say that my dogs are nothing like their mother and they do not enjoy photos.  They're much more like their father, except he cooperates and smiles for them...sometimes.

I don't know about you all, but put my dogs in front of a camera and they don't listen.  Taking photos of them is harder than trying to lick your own elbow (did you just try??)  

Actually, I take that back.  Yadi is perfect (95% of the time) when it comes to photos.  Grab a treat and she'll sit, stay, and hold your eye contact for as long as you want.  And sometimes, she'll even give you a wink!

Vino, on the other hand, turns into an antsy asshole.  Camera comes out and all commands go to the wind.  Ask her to sit and she'll sit, but the instant her butt touches the ground, she's back up.  Ask her to lay down and she'll do it, but in a Sphinx position, which is far from cute.  She won't put herself into a relaxed "down" position.

And for some reason, Nick thought bringing the bathmat out (which they LOVE to lay on and we never allow it) would be a great idea.  Not only did it not work, but it made the photos look even worse.  

Vino finally got fed up with us and just turned into a dead reindeer and Yadi followed suit.  She refused to stand up or sit up.  Thanks for nothing, assclown.

We nixed the dogs by themselves because we were getting pretty frustrated.

We thought, "Why don't we each take a dog and get photos that way."
Another bad idea.  

You put a headband on Yadi, in this case reindeer antlers, and she looks like an idiot.  Ears go straight back against her head and she thins her face out so badly. Her face/head strongly resemble a greyhound.  And I'm sorry if you like or own one, this is just my personal opinion, but those dogs are not cute.  So I'm not too fond of these Yadi/Nick pictures.

I thought photos with Vino would be easier.  Just sit on the ground and she's all about being in your lap.  I forgot to take into account that she hates when you FORCE her to do anything, so of course, she put herself into that stupid Sphinx position.  All of them.  Awful.  Not that I'm not a gem in all of their either lol

Then she went into her "I love you so much I just want to eat your face" phase.  

Not cute.

We managed to get one decent photo, but like always, Vino looks beyond pissed off.  She has a very stoic look to her, which bothers me, because if you've met her, then you know she's the sweetest, most loving dog there is.  Seriously, everyone who meets her wants to steal her.  Or they leave wanting a Vizsla.

We really failed this year.  When we could get both of them to lay down, neither would look.  The tile was more interesting.

I think they knew our plan was to wrap this around them so they didn't want to cooperate.

But then we called it quits because when Yadi is finished behaving, there's no more hope.

Yadi says "I'm done bizznatches!"

Caught Flour-Snouted

Yadi has always been a curious pup.  However, for the first two years of her life, she's never bothered us when we were in the kitchen.  But lately, she's decided to take her Honey Badger mindset into the kitchen.  She certainly doesn't give a shit about anything.  

Hot baking sheet?  Sure, let me just put my nose right on it.

Dough on the counter?  Sure, I'll put my snout up there and try to lick it.  

Sadly, Vino hasn't taught her the Ninja ways of the kitchen and it's pretty obvious when Yadi has gotten into something.  

Like when we were baking cookies....

"I promise, I wasn't doing anything wrong, guys."

Really, Yadi?  Didn't think we'd notice?  Honestly, she just didn't care.  As you can see in the photo above, even with my standing right there, she's still staring down those cookies, plotting how to get them.  Thankfully, no dough was consumed.  With no wrong doing, how can you be mad at that flour covered face???

So then we decided to have a little fun and give her a "treat".  (Anything is a treat to this girl...even air.  I kid you not.  Hand her air and she "takes" it from you and chews it.  Sometimes, she's not too smart.)  

So why not give her flour?  Add more to it. Nick dropped teeny tiny bits of flour, which you can just barely see, as she tried to catch it and eat it.

Then Nick decided it wasn't fair that Vino's head wasn't covered in flour so he smeared some all over her.  Yadi, being a great big sister insanely obsessed with food, decided to clean it off for her.  

So there you have it, my honey badger of a dog, caught flour-snouted, yet looking insanely adorable while doing so.