The day I've been waiting for - the 6 week old visit arrived yesterday. Actually, it was a 5 week old visit for us, because I'll be leaving for California tomorrow, and won't be around to see her at 6 weeks. The breeder was nice enough to let us come visit her early. Last time we visited her, was at a week old, she didn't even have her eyes open, or was able to hear us. But, we still picked her out that day.
As soon as we pulled up and walked up to the pen, I knew which one was my puppy almost immediately (because of the white on her chest). The litter of puppies were all so cute! Wagging their little tails as we walked up, wanting all kinds of pets.
I'll be honest. The breeder had sent me pictures of her weekly, and in the last batch of photos, I had been noticing one of her eyes looked a little strange, like it wasn't aligning up with the other eye. After googling this problem, it lead to me thinking it might be a medical issue that I'll need to address.
First thing I did was pick her up and look at her eyes. They looked normal to me! That in itself made the trip up there worth it. Definitely a worry off of my shoulders, so I was happy. She's so adorable!
Before we left, my photographer friend taught me some basics on how to use my Nikon D3200, because I had no clue how to use it for nicer-photos. I am so grateful for her time in teaching me more about my camera, because it really made a difference in the quality of them! (Can you believe I actually shot all these photos in manual mode?!) Of course, I know I still need a lot of practice, but these looked so much better than what I was taking before!
I was REALLY paranoid about her eyes. I wanted to look at her from all angles to see her eyes. Tyler had told me to not worry about the eyes, that it was probably just the angle of the camera. I wanted to make sure. But, in actuality, even if she did have something going on with her eye, I'd probably be just as in love with her as I am now. I am already very emotionally invested in her.
Anyway. I look at this photo and already see a wise soul in there. I think all golden retrievers have that look.
Probably my most favorite photo of them all. Tyler held her so I could get pictures of her, and when she started chewing on his face, I just went and snapped photos as much as I could, and this was one of those in that series. Definitely doesn't look like she had just been munching on his chin, right?
I was also following her around with the camera, taking as many pictures as I could, of every moved she made. I know she's going to grow so fast, I didn't want to miss anything yesterday. I also won't be seeing her for 3 weeks, when we pick her up. I wanted memories and photos to bring home with me. We were probably with her for a good 45 minutes. I took about 100 photos yesterday.
Bonus video! Please don't mind the shakiness, my ugly voice, or the fact that the camera was zoomed in way to close, and not focused enough the whole time. I'm practicing my photo skills right now, not my video skills!
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