The Civilized Hound

09/02/2026

Due to the heat this week/weekend, I am rescheduling Sunday's portrait sessions! Everyone who booked has been contacted. I will instead be moving these sessions to OCTOBER 11th! I do still have a couple of time slots available if anyone else is interested!

08/31/2026

Had a great time at the iPaws Happy Ratters event in Maryville this weekend! I'll be working on sorting photos and getting them uploaded as time allows throughout the week! I hope to have the first of the gallery requests up starting tomorrow evening, if all goes to plan!

08/26/2026

Happy National Dog Day! ❤️❤️❤️

- The Civilized Hound

08/23/2026

Only four spots left!

I am officially opening reservations for my portrait sessions at Forest Park in St Louis on September 6th! Limited spots available, so reserve yours now!

8 AM - RESERVED
8:30 AM - RESERVED
9 AM - OPEN
9:30 AM - OPEN
10 AM - OPEN
10:30 AM - RESERVED
11 AM - RESERVED
11:30 AM - OPEN

08/20/2026

If my math is right, I photographed a total of 69 dogs over the weekend at The Big Flood event. Of those, 90% of owners have already requested galleries! I'm roughly five galleries short of the halfway point, and will be continuing to work through them as quickly as possible while maintaining the level of quality I strive to provide. Still waiting on yours? Feel free to check out the other galleries that are already live! Want to know where you're at in my queue? Just shoot me a message and I'll be happy to let you know how many are ahead of you!

View all galleries here:

08/18/2026

The photos from the Memorial Throw are now up. They are at the following dropbox link, as I am unable to make photos free on my typical image hosting site.

These photos are completely free, it does not feel right to charge for something like this. I sobbed while watching the throws, and cried even more while sorting and getting the photos up. The Memorial Throw was like nothing I've ever experienced. The air was full of sorrow, and then so full of love with every throw. I could feel the dogs there and imagine them launching themselves off the dock as each bumper and toy made their way into the water.

Thank you so much for letting me document this beautiful memorial event. I have so much love for all of you.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/rceizbsikrxa0gdlhksu9/AMeAqbsUYM1q89hRtTH3SsI?rlkey=no5bcc0ncsq4p81siq59hksc3&st=49mjd6la&dl=0

08/18/2026

I'm so honored that several of my photos are being used on the Happy Ratters website! Happy Ratters has quickly become one of my favorite games to play with my dog, and it's just as fun to photograph! If you've never heard of it, you should definitely check out their newly updated website, here: https://happyratters.com/

08/17/2026

I don't typically share completely unedited images, but I am beyond thrilled with how these photos look straight out of the camera!

With events I do minimal editing (remove distractions, adjusting lighting, straightening...) but I thought it would be neat to share some photos straight out of the camera. These are a few of my favorites from Saturday that especially caught my eye while sorting!

08/17/2026

Thank you, everyone at Youngblood's Natural Animal Care Center & Massage for an amazing dock weekend! Though, I do want to lodge a complaint about the event theme, "The Big Flood" bringing literal floods 🥲🤣

This photo will definitely be in my top ten from the weekend, even if it isn't quite as sharp as I'd like it to be! Look at Buppy walking on water during his Eclipse jump😍😍😍

Tonight I am working on transferring photos, and hope to start uploading the first of the requested galleries tomorrow evening, or potentially Tuesday.

If you haven't requested your gallery yet, please feel free to do so, here:

https://form.jotform.com/252214549780056

Galleries are always completed in the order they are received. Any galleries I do not receive a request for will still be done, after the requested ones, in alphabetical order by dog's name. ☺️

I am also going to figure out how to make all of the photos from the Memorial Throw completely free. I will let everyone know once I have those completed and figure out the logistics of that (my normal photo hosting site doesn't let me list anything as free).

08/15/2026

Day one of diving at Youngblood's "The Big Flood" event is done! Enjoy this non-diving photo that I'm absolutely in love with from today!

Request your gallery here: https://form.jotform.com/252214549780056

Photos will start being uploaded approximately 24-48 hours after the END of the event.