More from NWR May Graduation

On the Saturday morning of graduation/matriculation, I assist the photographer with taking the matriculating puppies' and their puppy raisers' photos. The photographer is terrific ~ very patient and good at what he does. My job is to position the dogs while he directs the people and takes the shots. While Ed and I were getting the official litter shot of the "D" pups - Dara's puppy raisers took this photo. Left to right are: Desi, Dara, Diora, and Durham.

Here is a family shot of the "D" litter with mom Halor and one of their two dads, Sequoia. Desi must have tired of the photo shoot since it looks like he was about to depart the photo! Left to right are: Halor, Desi, Dara, Diora, Durham, and Sequoia. The pups did pretty well, really - they aren't used to posing in group form - side by side, intact boys and girls next to intact boys and girls!

Dara's puppy raisers, Jason and Tanya, kindly sent these shots - this one is of Dara, Sequoia, and Durham. Dara, Durham, and Desi are Izzy's brothers and sister. In a totally unfortunate turn of events, Desi's puppy raiser was unable to attend graduation due to an injury. We sprung him from the kennel for official photos but didn't have much of a chance to visit with him.