What wonderful dogs and what wonderful pictures, Carl! I really enjoyed seeing all of them on you website.
By coincidence, I got a somewhat similar view of the face of a neighbor's pet, last Saturday morning. She had gotten loose--the owner was walking her two dogs, and this one got away and was bounding about, playfully, as puppies will, refusing to be caught, taking the leash in her mouth--very difficult subject, especially since I had been shooting in AV macro with my G2, and didn't take time to change the shutter speed when I changed from macro back to regular.
The second after I took this shot, she leaped up for me to pet her--but bounded away again, with the leash in her mouth, when I tried to grab it.
Her name is Murphy.
I got a more focused shot, of the other dog, Angie, and her golden coat made her a better subject, also. But it's just a conventional stance.
However, I may put Angie up here, after a bit, anyway, because she's part of the story of how I went out leaf-shooting and lucked into some great canine pictures, also.
Mary