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November 2, 2015

Does the Camera Add Ten Pounds to Pets?

At home we affectionately call Penny our “Mini-Ridgie” or “Runty-Ridgie.”  The breed standard for female Ridgebacks is 70 pounds and Penny’s fighting weight is closer to sixty pounds. Yet everyone who meets Penny in person after only seeing her on the blog says the same thing –  “She
At home we affectionately call Penny our “Mini-Ridgie” or “Runty-Ridgie.”  The breed standard for female Ridgebacks is 70 pounds and Penny’s fighting weight is closer to sixty pounds. Yet everyone who meets Penny in person after only seeing her on the blog says the same thing – Rhodesian Ridgeback, blog, puppy, adventure, chicago

“She seems so much bigger in photos.”

It’s certainly not a matter of expertise. Even John, Penny’s breeder, said the same thing. Over the weekend I thumbed through my catalog to see what leads everyone to that same conclusion.

Rhodesian Ridgeback, blog, puppy, adventure, chicago

I think it’s partly Penny’s never afraid to stand front and center

Rhodesian Ridgeback, blog, puppy, adventure, chicago

Penny’s also mastered the art of making herself look big in order to match up with Eko

Rhodesian Ridgeback, blog, puppy, adventure, chicago

And quite often her head is above his in photos

Rhodesian Ridgeback, blog, puppy, adventure, chicago

But on the rare occasion she does stand still, you see Penny doesn’t loom quite so large

And while everyone else, including Penny herself, may think she’s a towering torrent…

Rhodesian Ridgeback, blog, puppy, adventure, chicago

Eko is always there to keep her head from getting too big

I’m interested to hear from others who share photos of their pups online. When people meet your dog, do expectations match reality or is there one comment (about look/size/personality/etc) which everyone makes?

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