last weekend i attended the Winter Woofstock Holiday High Tea. this past weekend me and my pups attended the Winter Woofstock event. along with a couple of awesome human friends (thank you!), i also brought along my camera…but due to the overwhelming crowds and poor overhead florescents (every photographer’s lighting nightmare) i decided it wasn’t…
okay…so yes, the title is a play on a popular SNL spoof, but that’s where the similarities end. enjoy a little comic strip of Archie‘s sneak attack on Cameron. Happy Friday!
this past Sunday November 21, 2010 I attended Winter Woofstock’s Holiday High Tea event and the King Edward Hotel in Toronto. all the dogs were dressed up in holiday themed costumes, including a green veggie-dyed grinch (who took first prize in the costume contest) and a bedazzled-bummed saluki (yes vinnie, you are a rockstar)! the…
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Hi Marcia! Your photos are fantastic!! Makes me wish I’d went! Hopefully my guy will get to see santa this weekend 
my little princess is so adorable. she is on the second picture of your blog above, her name is boey. thanks a lot!
GIN Babyyyy – I am sooo proud of you :*
Fantastic photo of my dog Cooper! Truly amazing work, thank you!
My mistake, I found my Frankie William, he’s number 43. 
Thank you.
The photo’s look great, unfortunately my Frankie William isn’t in them. He made the news so I guess that’s his 15 mins. However a woman took a pic of him and gave me a card to her blog, I lost this card. Does anyone know of another blog with pics from that day? Please and thanks.
Yo! Marcia! You absolutely got my best side! Wearing the silly outfit brought me to tears though 
Denver, however looks her regal self. You’re the best! Vinnie
Marcia your work is so beautiful and inspiring. You truly have a gift with your talent of capturing memories on film. We were at the High Tea and thank you for taking wonderful pictures of our Princess.
Oh my goodness I have yet to get the cateracts out of my Bobby’s eyes in a photo! Love it! My little Pomeranian elf looks great- thanks Marcia P.S. I LOVEEEE Woofstock and want to bring my bobby there for the first time (I just adopted him 2 months ago )
they are so sweet! I love the one of Hunter!
The grinch is truly my favourite! So amazing!
Di
wonderful work and such cute doggies!!
…wait I take that back!1 I see one, i see one! And beautifully capture indeed!!!
…such great pictures…im surprised there are no pugs!! Next year..
Such beautiful happy smiling faces! Looking forward to bumping into you at Woofstock this weekend.
Marcia …… again with the AWESOME pictures …… too bad there weren’t any Tollers.
You do GREAT work girl :0)
earlier this year i started a list of goals that i want to accomplish at some point during my career. one of those wishes was to one day meet and photograph Cesar Millan, ‘The Dog Whisperer’. i had no idea that my wish would come true so soon! Cesar has been on tour in Canada…
fab pictures as usual. no surprise cesar was willing to go bare armed to pose for a very pretty girl! that man is no fool.
those dogs looked so cute…nah.
Very good job with all the pictures,i’m happy to know that Canada got to see Cesar.I hope some day i can have the chance to see him in person too!
And your blog feels like with positive energy like Cesar may say!
Fantastic pictures Marcia, I’m so sorry I missed this chance to meet Cesar.
What a shame that he could not bring Junior with him – that’s just wrong.
What an amazing tribute to this day, thank you.
that is so awesome! you are an amazing photographer! What an great experience!
The pictures you took are beautiful, it looks like everyone enjoyed the day. Congratulations on checking something off your list
What a great pleasure to photograph the day! Looks like the four legged fans enjoyed meeting Caesar.
p.s. that St. Bernard is goregeous!
Images look great!
Looked like a fun day!!! Fantastic photos!!
These are fantastic Marcia! Your dreams will all come true, I just know it!
Once again, you’ve captured the moments with your shots! Well done. And Cesar looks like a movie star, the camera, whether moving or stills, just seems to love him.
And love the shot of him outside the Mexican restaurant, that’s great.
Awesome! Congrats and well done Marce.
Great images Marcia – you have captured the very human side of a very special man. Thank you.
We need to get you out to a coursing meet next spring – you’ll get some awesome images from there!
See ya
Lin
if you’re a dog lover living in Ontario you may already know the heartbreaking saga of Ginger, the pit bull. the recent court decision, to have her death sentence reinstated, has upset many (me included). you can view the official court document here. on Friday November 12, 2010 i attended the ‘Protest Walk for Ginger’…
was ginger saved ?
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Prints and digital files are now available for purchase. Please see the link above to visit the gallery. All proceeds will be going towards a project I am working on to help bring more attention to this horrible breed ban situation!
Marcia,
EXCELLENT shots for a wonderful cause! I am glad you have great passion in your work as well as sharing it with others and spreading the word. Your pictures say a 1000 words and i am sure it has touched many hearts. GOOD FOR YOU!
Great pictures! Thank you for sharing! I too could not believe that Ceasar was not allowed to bring Junior on his tour in Ontario. A man who is trying to help all dogs and their owners to be better citizens. The Ontario government should hang their heads in shame. Good luck to all those who have devoted their time and effort for these beautiful animals.
Amazing pictures…very touching
Brilliant blog – amazing images as to be expected from you the dragging leash was a tear jerker.
[...] (SIDE NOTE: i was devastated and embarrassed that Cesar was unable to bring his dog Junior on tour with him to Ontario, because of our pit bull ban. just last week, i attended a protest in support of this issue). [...]
Incredible shots! The one of Ginger’s person dragging the leash and collar is heartbreaking, truly an instance where a picture is worth a thousand words!
It was great meeting you Marcia! Thanks for shining a positive light on this protest and it’s supporters. The dogs all look beautiful in your photos
This is one of your most powerful blogs, yet, Marcia! Thank you so much for giving a voice to the voiceless. I feel so sad for those poor dogs and especially for Ginger. It’s because of the ignorance and cruelty of human beings that these dogs are put in this position in the first place. It’s not their fault! There should be a bill passed to ban stupid humans from being allowed in public places without a muzzle!
captivating pictures marcia! Thank you for the support and above all else capturing the true essence of all of our dogs, varying breeds and the united front we provide. (also wanted to know about purchasing a few prints;) and if you had any other of my two )
As always, you did an amazing job at capturing the dogs’ essence. They are truly beautiful animals.
What wonderful and poignant pictures. Thank you. This law is preventing my family from moving back to Ontario from the Caribbean-we have a 9-year old pitbull.
Thank you so much for coming and documenting the day in pictures. If a picture is truly worth a thousand words, you wrote a book.
You captured the day for us with your very real, unique and creative talent. Thank you.
Marcia, thank you so much for caring, supporting and creating awareness for our beautiful bullies. It was so kind of you to attend the protest and share your gifted talent with everyone by way of this blog and your beautiful photos.
Your talent is only exceeded by your heart:)
Amazing pictures! Wow!
I was wondering if I could purchase a print of one?
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Wow Marcia great pictures! What a great event and cause! I hope they change this legislation. Too many good dogs have passed on that didn’t deserve it.
Karen Friesecke - I was there over the weekend, helping a vendor man her booth. I remember that Dobie with the leg warmers, she was so cute
Christine Bode - P.S. Congratulations on your wonderful Cats in Canada cover!!
Christine Bode - Great photos, as usual, Marcia! Logan’s legwarmers crack me up! I honestly wonder sometimes about what they must think when their humans dress them up like that…especially the ones that dye their fur. Not sure I’m agreeable to that, but it does make for some interesting sights and photos. I honestly don’t think I could resist giving Little Dude lots of love either because that cute face of his is irresistible!
I just wanted to share that when I was at the summer Woofstock this year I ran into the staff from the Kingston Road Animal Hospital at the emergency hospital booth and they are absolutely fabulous people! I used to live 5 minutes from their hospital on Kingston Road at Victoria Park and they remembered me from when my Springer Spaniel/Terrier cross, Geldof, had surgery there in early 2004. Because of their expert care, my very sick dog (he had a bacterial infection and a blocked colon), lived another 2 1/2 years to the ripe old age of 15 1/2. I spent $5,000 on Geldof that year but it was worth every penny to have that extra time with him. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend the staff at Kingston Road Animal Hospital!