Holiday Pooch Portrait

Ok so as you guys have probably seen I am a little nutso for the animal kingdom, more specifically pooches! While my intention is not to create a blog about dogs, I will slip a few posts here and there when something cool comes up… like what I am about to tell you.

A little over a year ago, my husband and I decided to become proactive in the saving of those poor poor puppies that are abandoned, mistreated and uncared for and so on. We have worked with many rescues until we have found our own; Sophie’s Dog Adoption. This rescue is run by ONE woman. She is incredibly sweet and kind hearted. How did we meet Sophie?

A few months ago I heard on the radio, the story of a woman who’s been writing articles in the gazette and has created a unique project called the Underdog Club!
The goal of the Underdog Club is to counter the pet stores and puppy mills while supporting rescues but more specifically the underdogs of each rescue. The dogs that are old, ugly and unpopular. And well since I am a fan of the underdog, discovering this project made me so happy! We decided to check this out. Amongst the many rescue there, we met Sophie and ever since we have been trying to support the Underdog Club as well as giving Sophie a hand by volunteering for her.

Meant to run for a month, it was so successful that they have decided to stay open until funds run out. They are set up in a gallery on Sherbrooke Street West in Montreal. In this gallery are amazing photographs of underdogs up for sale for this charitable cause. But what makes this gallery unique is that while you are looking at some of the most amazing photography, the underdog in the photo is walking amongst you. Why go the pet store when you can stop by the underdog club and greet, meet, play and love a pooch right in front of your eyes? A rescue dog that is looking for someone to give him a second chance and in exchange will gladly love you unconditionally.

While we all wished money grew off trees, it doesn’t, and rent is being paid by generous supporters, fundraisers and volunteers. So what do you do to raise money? You come up with genius ideas…. And here is this month’s!

“Bring your dog to the Underdog Club to get his vintage-style Holiday picture taken by a professional photographer.”

Now if you ask me, this is a wonderfully fabulous idea. Our dog Mika has her appointment tomorrow at 3:15 and our other dog Clara has her appointment the following week. Frame them, scrapbook them or put them on a Christmas card, these photos will be beautiful and unique I have no doubt.

I hope, if I have any readers in Montreal (or any readers at all for that fact! :P) and are animal lover like us, will consider supporting an amazing cause by bringing their pooch down to the gallery for their holiday portrait. And if you don’t have a pooch, pop on in, meet exceptionally amazing dogs, check out the prints and maybe find something to hang on your living room wall!