Bobby recently won a contest called “You’re family too”  by a magazine called VegVibe , a lifestyle magazine for Vegetarians. Here is a short excerpt from his contest entry “For the first 5 years of Bobby’s life, he was passed around like a toy. (Owner >> SPCA >> someone took him from SPCA.. before he came to us) He wasn’t allowed in the house and wasn’t given his daily walk. Despite all these, he is still extremely trusting towards humans (can’t say the same for big dogs). He is the greediest Shih Tzu ever, and he eats anything and everything.” 

That last bit proved quite useful during the shoot as his “Mom” told me he would much prefer to laze around the beach if there was no food involved. True enough we started with some stationary shots to get him warmed up..

He does look quite dashing in that hat though he has other thoughts about that…

Then to perk him up, it was time to break out the cheese

Even got him to run a little

Once he took to the sea though he was quite different.. he did shrink by about 50%

He also liked chaing his little lamb around, but after one failed attempt to grab it, he ended up with a mouthful of sand and quickly lost interest..

We ended off with  a large family photo of Bobby and his friends

Congrats again on winning the contest