To snag homes, shelter pets get glam makeovers

[Liberal_in_LA]

Teresa Berg, a Dallas-based portrait photographer, has worked with local rescue groups since 2007. She took this photo of shelter dog Heidi the dachshund.

To snag homes, shelter pets get glam makeovers

Photographers are helping homeless animals get a new chance on adoption

“Most of the rescues and kennels take very basic photographs that are not good for facilitating adoption. The dog looks mean when he’s not. The description was just their names,” explains Pearson, who wanted a rescue dog. “You need something to go on.”

She then saw these doggie portraits on the Dallas-Fort Worth Dachshund Rescue Foundation site. “You can really see the dogs,” says Pearson, who initiated a 12-page application for adoption.

Photographers, like the one who took those portraits, are setting up photo shoots with ownerless pets to capture their personalities — and help people looking to adopt an animal to connect with their pictures.

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[TwilightGardener]

1. That little wiener dog in the photo is irresistible. How can someone NOT adopt her??

:loveya:

[hamsterjill]

2. Hey - whatever helps!

One day may I live in a country where "no kill" is the norm and not the goal.

[Wait Wut]

3. Awwww.

The "after" in the "before and after" shots cracks me up!