This handsome chap turned up on our doorstep this morning, so I decided to do a quick dog portrait session while we tried to track down where he was from.

– Hello, is that the Mill Farm?

– Yes

– I don’t suppose you’ve lost a sheep dog have you? We found one at our back gate this morning.

– Oh, yes, the boys said they were missing one this morning

– A black and white Collie?

– Yes. Emm… do you have a bitch in heat?

– Yes, I think Skye might be.

– Ah, that’ll be Joe then. I’ll send someone to collect him.

I’ve just uploaded a gallery of the cutest puppy portaits – this is Murphy, a new dog in our village.  He’s some sort of collie/terrier cross – he’s a rescue dog, so no-one is quite sure.

Anyway he was a great subject for a puppy photo session.  Of course I did suffer the usual pet photographers problem of a lick on the lens, and then Murphy dancing on my head rather than posing for the camera.