Category: Tails of a Dog Photographer
Join Cheryl Ertelt as she relives thoughts on her days as a dog photographer. It is a work in progress, drawing from old emails to friends, journal entries as well as her memories and ongoing experiences.
Dedication
This book is dedicated to my first cat Charky, who I got when I started my first job after college. He and my 3 other cats, Mouse, Minx and Suede were my only pets when I began specializing in dog photography in 1998. For years I had told myself I was not home enough to have a dog. Charky was 14 when I began to rethink my priorities. Unfortunately he had no tolerance for a dog in the house. If a dog came to visit, he would launch himself from a stool at the dog, flipping in midair to hit the unsuspecting dog with his back claws. After he ‘marked’ the dog, he would ‘mark’ the house as well. I decided it was not fair to get a dog while I had Charky. He died in 2004 at the age of 20.
Dedication
This book is dedicated to my first cat Charky, who I got when I started my first job after college. He and my 3 other cats, Mouse, Minx and Suede were my only pets when I began specializing in dog photography in 1998. For years I had told myself I was not home enough to have a dog. Charky was 14 when I began to rethink my priorities. Unfortunately he had no tolerance for a dog in the house. If a dog came to visit, he would launch himself from a stool at the dog, flipping in midair to hit the unsuspecting dog with his back claws. After he ‘marked’ the dog, he would ‘mark’ the house as well. I decided it was not fair to get a dog while I had Charky. He died in 2004 at the age of 20.