Denver drama {Kansas pet photographer}

You are about to get a blow by blow of a photo shoot gone bad.

Meet Reiley. A sweet, cute, eight year old Weimaraner. Well, she looks sweet here doesn't she? Pictures never lie right? Well on this night she decided to show me her mischievous, playful-drama side. What started out as an amazing, beautiful evening in Denver made a minor turn but all ended well.

Dory works at VITAHL, my friend Tahl's medical spa in Denver (previous post). While out visiting a few weeks back we went out to capture a few fun moments of Dory, her boyfriend and her dog. They are just down the street from Denver's very own Wash Park. A great park that is ALWAYS buzzing. So we met at their house, snapped a quick few pics and headed to the park with picnic basket and dog toys in tow. {Funny, side note. They live on the same street I did while living in Denver.}

Now scroll down for the full story of how this night went...

On front porch. Happy.

Made it to the park. Cute girl.

How about we run off some of this energy so we can get some good shots. She may or may not have been let off the leash. Just sayin'.

Look of determination in those eyes!

oops!

Geese in pond are much too tempting for this trained bird dog. Gone swimming.

This one is for you Dory...Crazy local woman yelling at us and telling us to "smile, you are going to be on the news". Little did she know.

She wasn't happy that the dog was in the water with nature. Never mind that she has just been seen taking the geese eggs and putting in her basket. Yes, really.

Ok.

At least a half hour has passed and Reiley is not coming back to land. Gets close but then goes back out. We are all yelling and have now drawn in a bit of a crowd. All of us concerned that she will tire out and drown.

Solution?

David strips to his boxers (and nice leather shoes) and goes in after her.

-these aren't the best photos but you get the idea. I felt a bit insensitive for taking in the first place!-

He gets out to her and starts heading back to land pushing her along when...

we hear him yell out "HELP!" The large crowd gasps!

Dory doesn't hesitate a second, throws off her heels and goes after them both. Well, I know she was going after David for sure.

A woman is yelling at her to stop as we all envision this train wreck getting worse by the minute. "GIRL!!! GIRL!!!! DON'T DO IT" Dory didn't even hear that, she just heard David's cry for help.

Oh yeah, 911 is now called.

Emergency help arrives in the form of 3 fire trucks and paramedics. They couldn't have been nicer. All 3 of them are out and fine by this point, thank the LORD! David had yelled for help because he was helping Reiley out and she gave up swimming. He couldn't hold himself and her up. She then swam again.

The paramedics just talked to them and made sure they are really ok, offer blankets and

head on out. A local vet who knows Dory just happens to be out walking her dogs and checks out Reiley. She too is fine.

We then saw the news arrive, see the man on the lower right with tri-pod.

That was our cue to get the heck out of there, quickly!

Mama and her baby.

She wanted to hug her and yell at her all at the same time.

She only hugged.

The wet walk back home. Well, David is only wet beneath. His clothes were dry since he had gone down to his underwear.

Unused basket, frisbee and such.

Back at home.

"Sorry Mommy"

Doesn't that look what is being said here?

All smiles now. Everyone is ok.

I might be mistaken but I think these two got a little closer that night.

Oh, and Dory, you are even beautiful soaking wet!

Thanks for the fun! Took me a while that night for my adrenaline to come down! Definitely made for the most memorable shoot or attempted shoot. Yeah, no charge on this one.