12/11/09 - Apollo. Berkley, Michigan. Apollo and Zues (below)  are our two purebred Newfoundland puppies. Zues weighs 160lbs at 1 year 9 months and Apollo is catching up quickly at 57lbs at 4 months old. Despite their size they are quite the cuddling, lap dogs. Every night Zeus climbs up on my overstuffed chair to cuddle with his mama (human, of course). Zues and Apollo have the best personalities; they are 100% Newfie temperament! Sweet kind, gentle, loving, and very intelligent, they are both quick to learn and very sensitive. (Continued. See Zues below.)

12/11/09 - Zues. Berkley, Michigan. (Continued. See Apollo above.) Like other Newfoundland's, when they look into your eyes, often for lengthy periods of time, they contain such a longing-loving-whole hearted look, it is as if they are looking right into your soul...I'm sure you can see that in their portraits! In addition to their sweetness, they are also quite the goof-balls, often playing tricks on each other as well as mom and dad (myself and my husband)! Pet Picassos went beyond our expectations with their professionalism, dedication, and quality. I highly recommend them and look forward to using their services in the furture. The beautiful canvas portraits Pet Picassos produced of Zues and Apollo hang in our family room and truly bring more warmth and love into our home.

11/19/09 - Scarlet. Dallas, Texas. Sisters Roxy and Scarlett love to play together tumbling around the ranch or swimming in the lake retrieving! When they've worn each other out, they are so photogenic in the Texas sprintime bluebonnets!

11/19/09 - Roxy. Dallas, Texas. Sisters Roxy and Scarlett love to play together tumbling around the ranch or swimming in the lake retrieving! When they've worn each other out, they are so photogenic in the Texas sprintime bluebonnets!

11/08/09 - Gus. Dallas,Texas. This photo of Gus was taken after one of his many swims in the lake.

10/20/09 - Cody, Wyoming. Captain Ahab, Starbuck, and Stubb of the S.S. Pequod. These boys haven't set foot on dry land in over six months, caught up in their obsessive search for the great white whale. Something tells us they would be just as happy to find the great white milkbone.

10/09/09 - Piper and Cub. Greenwich, CT. they arrived special delivery as a surprise gift from my wife for our 5th anniversary. I still do not know how my wife coordinated this surprise but they have quickly become a part of the family. Two of a kind, they never separate and one always is after the other.

08/22/09 - Aesop and Peaches, Muscle Shoals, AL. Life was starting to get these two down, so they took a vacation to see the world's largest ball of yarn. No rental cars or uncomfortable kitty-carriers for them - they're traveling first class in a USPS mail truck.

07/29/09 – Goldie. Overland Park, Kansas. She can’t stand pen time, and she generally greets us with this expression….which is her way of laying the guilt trip on very, very heavily. My mother in-law is Jewish and the two things I have noticed about Goldie is her love for Chicken Soup and her ability to lay on the guilt trips.

07/24/09 - Cave Creek, Arazona. Lucius, Emperor of Kittycaca, Master of the Southern Hairball Regions. Accustomed to a life of wealth, luxury and power, Emperor Lucius rules over his kingdom with an iron paw. Be sure to bow when you cross his path, or it may be the guillotine for you!

06/12/09 – I believe dogs are some of the best companions but I prefer my animals to remain off the furniture and on the floor. However Sammie, my 8 year old dog, seems to not like that particular rule. She believes my guest bed is her bed. There was one point in time, as a young pup, she would be off the bed before I got home but as the years went on she became more and more bold and believed more and more that this was HER bed. Today I often I catch her relaxing on my guest bed and I have gone soft; I do not tell her to get down anymore, my guest bed is now HER bed.