Internationally-renowned, award-winning animal photographer Illona Haus created scruffy dog photography inc. as the province's premier pet photography business in 2007 ... the first of its kind in Canada ... and, still today, continues to serve clients across Ontario, the US and the world. Based in Kitchener, Ontario and photographing exclusively animals for almost 20 years - both commercially and for private clients - Illona is considered one of the world's leading and most influential pet photographers.
To learn more about scruffy dog photography, its creator, history, and the scruffy dog experience, feel free to browse through the menu above, and scroll over a decade's worth of blog entries below!
Please drop me a line! I'd love the opportunity to capture stunning, creative, one-of-a-kind photographic memories of your 4-legged loved ones to treasure in artwork for a lifetime, and show you just what makes the scruffy dog experience second to none.
okay, everyone … i know this is a photography blog … so what’s a video doing here? well, i simply can’t resist.
like me, you’ve probably seen this one before — with over four million hits on youtube, who hasn’t? — but i swear, even if you have seen it, it’ll still put a huge smile on your face. and if you haven’t, well, enjoy!!
i LOVE this dog’s spirit! (and do watch the whole thing … the best segments are around 1:20)
now, are we all ready for snow? cheers!
this entry is a little late … it’s hard to keep up and unfortunately not every shoot ends up on the blog … but i’ve been meaning to share these two for a while.
meet Laser …
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… and Crystal.
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and don’t let those white hairs fool you … she can keep up with wild brother Laser just fine.
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these two crazy dogs belong to vet Lisa Burgess, who takes care of my girl matea and her acupuncture needs. you can find Dr. Burgess’s link at the bottom of the blog. during our lovely fall outing with dogs and kids, i had a blast with the entire pack, even though at times i didn’t know which way to point my lens, there was so much going on. because of privacy issues, i’m sharing with you here only the dog segment of the shoot … and Laser had antics enough to keep us all entertained. from fetching potatoes in the recently plowed field …
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… to soaring over the yet-to-be-harvested soy bean fields.
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Crystal was a doll … keeping me company on the deck afterwards …
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even wild-man Laser enjoyed some quiet time …
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but mostly, Laser was all about his boy …
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i loved watching these two interact …
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thanks, Lisa, and thanks kids … and Laser and Crystal … for a very memorable afternoon. see you soon!
as some of you already know, the scruffies (and the not so scruffy Aslan) — being true carnivores — have been thriving on a natural, species-appropriate diet for almost 7 years now. this undertaking is not done lightly. it is well-researched, carefully planned out, analyzed, and — as such — is respected by my vets. they see the health in my dogs.
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raw-feeding is just one of the several dog-related topics that frequently come up in conversation during a lot of the scruffy dog photoshoots, and i do my best to educate based on my experience and my research. however, because of a recent rash of inquiries into raw feeding as well as the potential dangers of vaccinations, i’ve added two new pages to the scruffy dog blog.
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i simply can’t respond to everyone’s inquiries and often i feel as though i’m spinning why wheels trying to supply different individuals with the same information over and over again to start them on feeding a species appropriate diet or helping them understand vaccinations.
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so, the pages are up … and they can be found at the bottom of the blog under the “about” column. or you can follow these links:
i hope this helps at least a few people get started on the right road. YOU are your dog’s advocate, their voice and their guardian. no one cares more deeply for your dog than you do, so why should you put their well-being and life in the hands of others without researching first? know the facts. take control of your dog’s health.
I’m so thrilled to see someone getting this message across. My pup was over-vaccinated so I recently started educating myself on the whole vaccine issue. I found a wonderful vet (Dr. Beltran) who supports my thinking. I want to switch my dogs over to a species appropriate diet but I found myself having a lot of questions so I formed a yahoo group in the hopes of attracting some knowledgeable Ottawa raw feeders. Here’s the link if anyone is interested in joining. I sure could use all the advice I can get!
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TailsHahahaha love it!! We dont get snow here 🙁 but I always wondered what my dogs would do if they saw snow 🙂
There’s another video of a cat’s first encounter with snow, the talking is a bit annoying (“KITTY KITTY KITTY KITTY”!), and its not as funny as your vid, but the ginger cat is cute 😛
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwvMhSwUNqY
DenisI hadn’t seen that one yet. Hilarious! That is definitely a lot of snow. I was loose my basset hound in there for sure. Thanks for sharing.
MargaretPlowing and jumping through the snow like that is a TON of work! Yet Bailey is still happy and doesn’t look a bit winded. I wonder if he slept well after that workout? (I’d be exhausted!!!) I went snowshoeing a couple years ago in snow a bit deeper than that, and wow! that’s a lot of work! It was fun, but both my brothers and I, and the dog, all took a nap afterwards. 🙂