This weekend we volunteered to help out the Ratbone Rescuers take Santa photos at PetSmart in Federal Way. As much work as it was, we had a lot of fun and made a lot of memories. Along with the many, many dogs there were also a few cats, a couple of rabbits, a ferret, a parrot and a hedgehog that came to sit with Santa. It was wonderful to see so many people who truly care about and take care of their animals and it was great to help them record special memories of their pets.
Two special stories that made it worthwhile: One was a man who came to get Santa pictures of his golden retriever puppy for his wife who was just deployed to Iraq. She will miss seeing the little guy's puppy days since she won't be back in the States until February 2009, so he wanted to send her the Santa photo. Another special moment was photographing an elderly dog who has recently started having seizures. Her owner didn't think she'd make it another Christmas and wanted a special Santa photo to remember this one. The little papillon fluffed out her ears and posed for the camera and the photo came out wonderful.
PetSmart pays rescue groups $5 for each photo sold and in the two days we ended up making over $700. That's going to be able to save a few dogs so the time was well spent.
The photo above is of Frodo and Santa. He was not at all happy about being in PetSmart, let alone sitting on some stranger's lap, as you can tell by his tail.
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