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Hot Tails of Kansas City: A benefit for Wayside Waifs

Josh — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 13:00:29 +0000

We entered Banana into the Wayside Waifs Hot Tails of Kansas City contest this year. It’s a great fund-raiser for Wayside. Basically dogs compete for “votes.” Each vote = $1. Voting begins on September 25 and ends on October 28, so that’s one month to help raise money for Kansas City’s largest no-kill animal shelter & make Banana the Hot Tails winner. A win-win for both Wayside Waifs & the Solar household!

If you would kindly share this post with everyone you know as well, that would be super! Facebook, Twitter, E-mail all can be done with one click of a button, so there’s no reason not to. The animals of Wayside thank you kindly.

Since no post is complete without something to look at, here’s a promo video I shot of Banana and our kids for Hot Tails.Enjoy and thanks for any & all support we get!

Wayside Waifs: July 1

Josh — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:36:54 +0000

I know you all have fireworks on your mind, but I have cute doggies on mine. That’s because Wayside Waifs has a LOT of them, and each and every one is searching for their new forever home. These are only a few of the beautiful animals available, so if you don’t see one you like (How could you not?), check out their website for all of the available animals.

Grayson – Shepherd | Border Collie

Pinto Pony Boy – Pit Bull mix

Grunt – Pekingese

Cherry Pie – Corgi Mix

Sweetie – Chow | German Spitz

Manny – Boxer

Tula – Australian Shepherd | Retriever

Georgia – Australian Kelpie mix

Greggory – Boxer

Luci – Chihuahua

Lexi – Cocker Spaniel | Terrier

Stripe – Hound mix

Paula – Pit Bull mix

Sparky – Retriever mix

Buck – Siberian Husky

Wayside Waifs: June 21

Josh — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:52:36 +0000

Ok, so today I’m posting a ton of dogs I had the pleasure of meeting last Friday night. As usual, all the dogs (+ 1 cat) are available at Wayside Waifs. If you don’t see one you like, they have PLENTY more awesome animals looking for great forever homes.

Drew, Shih Tzu

Reann, Shepherd mix

Marilyn Monroe, Shepherd mix

Maximus, Rough Collie | Shepherd mix

Albert, Poodle

Deja, Pit Bull

Arnold, Lhasa Apso

Phoebe, Labradoodle

Bronco, Lab mix

Kate, Lab | Husky mix

Blanca, Herrier | Siberian Husky mix

Tank, Gordon Setter

Pico, Chihuahua

Titan, Akita | German Shepherd mix

Slim, Basset Hound

Apparently I picked a great day to volunteer at Wayside. Here are a few pictures taken after an emergency C-section resulted in 12 Boxer puppies. I don’t have any other details besides that. Oh, and that the boxer puppies are EXTREMELY cute

Don’t forget about our cute feline friends

Wayside Waifs: June 1

Josh — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:17:53 +0000

I sure do love all the animals I get to photograph at Wayside Waifs. I know that taking pictures for the shelter once every two weeks is just a small part that I play in getting these dogs good homes, and I wish I could do more. So, maybe you can help me out and spread these images anywhere you can in hopes someone sees a puppy and instantly falls in love. Thanks in advance for your help!

Bronco, a lab mix

Calli, an Australian shepherd mix

Chance, a Shih Tzu mix

Chief, an American bulldog mix

Devito, a Jack Russell terrier Beagle mix

Dodger, a Sheltie mix

Electra, a Retriever Blue Heeler mix

Flirt, a Shepherd mix

Hollis, a Basset Hound mix (although I don’t quite see it)

Hub, a Boxer mix

Mylou, a Wire Hair Fox Terrier mix

Penelope, a Beagle mix

Porter, a Maltese mix

Sal, a Silky Terrier mix

Sparky, a Spaniel mix

Ursela, a Cheagle (Chihuahua Beagle mix)

Wilma, a Beagle mix

Wayside Waifs: May 22

Josh — Sun, 23 May 2010 03:28:52 +0000

It’s been a month since I visited my favorite Kansas City animal shelter, Wayside Waifs. And a month is too long if you ask me. So, here are a few of my favorite doggies available for adoption and looking for a great home from Wayside Waifs.

Alamo, Cattle Dog

Bea Arthur, Golden Retriever

Bruno, Boston Terrier

Bubba, Golden Retriever/Hound Dog mix

Chance, Golden Retriever mix

Cody, Lhasa Apso

Dallon, Cocker Spaniel mix

Moby, German Shepherd mix

Mya, Lab mix

Scotty, German Shepherd mix

Snuggles, Border Collie mix

Spencer, Doberman

Tazo, Chihuahua

Yogi Bear, German Shepherd mix

Wayside Waifs: April 22

Josh — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:34:00 +0000

We all know I have kind of a dog bias here, I just think they are so stinkin’ cute, and real. They are so full of Love it’s unreal. Well, it rained, and rain is not a good thing when shooting dog portraits at Wayside Waifs, so I had to suck it up and spend the evening with the cats. And, you know what? It wasn’t that bad. Just because they are more independent than most dogs doesn’t mean they are bad, right? So, here are some of my favorite kitties that I met last night. All of them are looking for a great, loving forever home, so if you see one you just can’t live without, head on up to Wayside!

Zee

Smiley (who isn’t actually very smiley, but still cute)

Simba

Punkin Pie

Oliver

Splash (thanks, Rosemary for help with the name)

Luke

Luci

Joe

Hargis

Firecracker and Sugar

Ernestine

Wayside Waifs: April 7

Josh — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:12:50 +0000

It’s that time again. Time for another round of cute, little doggies looking for awesome people to come Love on them and give them a forever home. And, if you don’t see one you like in this post, but are wanting a new friend for your home, Wayside Waifs has you covered. These are just a few of the adorable animals I took pictures of yesterday. In fact, I took pictures of over 70 dogs and cats yesterday, and that’s not even close to all of the animals they have available. Also, this weekend is Wayside Waifs 3rd Annual Spring Adoptathon, and they have over 250 animals looking for good homes. So, please, head out and support an awesome shelter.

Betsy – Basenji | Shepherd mix

Bubba – Beagle | Boston Terrier mix

Carson – Rottweiler mix

Cooper – Anatolian Shepherd | Great Pyrenees mix

Eddie – Jack Russell Terrier

Ferda – German Shepherd

George – Shar Pei | Lab mix

Giddy Up – Chocolate Lab

Loretta – Black Lab

Mr. Hobbs – Beagle

Pandy Bear – Akita mix

Sammy – Cocker Spaniel

Smiley – Chocolate Lab | Retriever mix

Toby – Schnauzer

Wes – Shepherd | Lab mix

Wayside Waifs: March 17

Josh — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:54:24 +0000

Here’s the St. Paddy’s Day edition of lovable cuties looking for forever homes from Wayside Waifs. We’ll start off with a couple of un-named cats because I tend to favor the doggies.

Opie, a Shepherd mix

Lotus, a Shepherd mix

(I didn’t get the name), but he’s a Beagle mix

Santiago, a Black Lab mix

Makoa, a Golden Retriever mix

Simba, a Dogue de Bordeaux (ummmm…he’s huge)

Lexi, a Shepherd/Husky mix

Cocoa, a Chocolate Lab mix

Ziggy, a Siberian Husky mix

Kendrick, a Shepherd mix

Riley, a Hound mix

Chester, a Beagle mix

Gloria, a Lab/Pointer mix

Wayside Waifs: March 3

Josh — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:30:50 +0000

It’s that time again. Time for me to share some of the adorable animals looking for great forever homes from Wayside Waifs, the best animal shelter in Kansas City. I had a hard time narrowing down to 10 or so, so I’m sharing 20. Enjoy, and as always, if you see a cutie that’s just begging to be a part of your family, head on up there and bring ‘em home!

Ali, Boxer mix

Ash, Shepherd/Rottweiler mix

Bella, Cocker Spaniel

Bonsai, Retriever mix

Bubba, Shepherd mix

Buddy, Daschund

Copper, Great Pyrenees/Shepherd mix

Davey, Jack Russell Terrier

Fugazi, Havanese mix

Hurley, Lab mix

Lionel, Shepherd mix

Phoebe, Greyhound

Pow Wow, Papillon/Daschund mix

Simone, Kai Dog mix

Sugar and Sassy, Poodles

Teal, Shepherd mix

Tiki, Beagle

And 3 cats.

Wayside Waifs: February 17

Josh — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:17:25 +0000

I love Wayside Waifs. All the people, both staff and volunteers, truly care about the livelihood of the animals they take in. They work so hard to find a good fit for everyone who walks through the doors. And for thathankful. I’m also thankful that I can help the animals by giving them some good headshots and spread the word about all the sweet pooches and kitties looking for their forever homes.

Pickles, a Chug

Kelvin, a Pointer mix

Buddy, a Cocker Spaniel/Golden Retriever Mix

Braveheart, a Pit Bull

Claire, a Shar Pei Mix

Jazmine, a Rottweiler

Red, a Vizsla

GiGi, a Weimeramer

Lennox, a Pit Bull/Terrier mix

Boston, a German Shepherd mix

Murphy, a Beagle mix

Walter, a Lab puppy

Falcon & Miss Kitty (they’ve lived their whole lives together)

Patches

Jasmine

Brodie

Marco

Geraldine

And, just for fun. This image was taken right after Rosemary declared, “I love kitties because you can practically manhandle them and they don’t care.” I think this kitty disagreed with Rosemary’s “manhandling”