Thank you so much!!

He was the best dog, and also the cutest puppy!

THANKS! Lucy turned 3 on the 10th. We celebrated with atrip to the dog park with Cosmo & Gunny.

One thing to try with dog photos:  get down at eye-level, like your pic #3 (hey, you're covered with dog hair already).  And get close, really close, like pic #6 of Ricky. 

The tele zoom really helps for this, and it makes your subjects more comfortable/candid because they don't have a camera stuck up their nose -- but remember that telephoto magnification requires much more light, and it magnifies hand shaking too. 

Kodak's #1 Tip was "Get Close"; they say too-distant subjects is the #1 fault in amateur photography.

Don't be afraid to dive into the camera manual; these things are complicated, but fun; and it really helps to know how the thing works.

There are a lot of online tutorials that'll greatly improve your photography (mine too; after perusing these, I've decided to do some homework):

http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=38/13915/39/317/10032&pq-locale=en_US

http://photoinf.com/General/KODAK/guidelines_for_better_photographic_composition_lines.html

re "@John - Your wife is beautiful, and I enjoy her postings on mycorgi. It took me a while to put the 2 of you together, but I'm a bit slow!"

???  I'm a bit slower than you are, 'cause to the best of my knowledge, my wife Lori hasn't posted anything on Mycorgi.  She does do some FaceBook stuff (takawolffie).  You're not confusing our lovely daughter Carina?

Both of your pup's are beautiful dogs, I work night shift so enjoy pictures. My girl I don't think is considered a Tri-color though as she only has a black mane in the front.

I've seen the ball bounce before as Jazmin does that...she gets all excited and just can't hold back anymore...she was taught to lay down though to wait for the ball.

Thanks for taking a look at Jazmin though, I'll tell her you said " Hi" when I get home ;)