Incredible Dog Portraits To Make You Smile Today

These are no ordinary pictures of puppers and doggos.

Elana

• Published in Animals
• July 14, 2020

Dogs are the total package. Dogs are silly, sweet, funny, and smart, and as far as one photographer is concerned, dogs are also fantastic models.

Well, in reality, dogs may be good models, taking stunning portraits of dogs is actually just for a good, or great cause! Check out why these incredible dog portraits are worth the buzz.

Boise, Idaho based pet photographer "Unleashed Fur" has been in the business of pet photography since before it was a booming industry. They said they got their start in photography, "way back in the film days," and in 2002 a little 5lb chihuahua named Hercules transformed photography for them.

"Herc was the goofiest dog I've ever met and I started taking photos of him and everything blossomed from there. His tongue hung out of his mouth for the better part of his life and he was the impetus to my pet photography journey, this is his legacy."

For the last ten years Unleashed Fur has also been volunteering with the Idaho Humane Society, and they recently began providing stellar pet portraits of animals up for adoption. This practice has been proven time and time again to help animals find their forever homes faster!

"I know that I absolutely get all the feels when I look at photos of my dogs from 10 or 15 years ago. I want people to have photos that make them smile from ear to ear and wag their proverbial tail!"

"This is Moo. She's a double merle, which is the result of breeding two merles and causes a very high chance of being deaf, blind, or both because they lack pigment where it would normally be."

Jade

Katrina

Socks

In an interview with Buzzfeed, Unleashed Fur said that they had, "always wanted to do photos of the shelter animals out of their cages, but until the Idaho Humane Society was able to build a new facility, it just wasn't feasible."

Gandalf

He's totally a magical dog.

"Dainichi trying to taste the rainbow of skittles."

"Chief, right before a storm."

A seriously lovely photo of an awesome dog.

Bon Bon

What is Unleashed Fur's favorite part of volunteer work? They told Buzzfeed that it was, "getting to meet all the new dogs every week and then watching them get adopted."

Cola

Banana

Banana is a dapper dog in that adorable bow tie.

"Welcome to the Dainichi and Emmett show. Here we go. Yes those are empty TP rolls."

River

"We live in a time where photos tell the stories of our lives and our pets should be included."

Eliljah

This is a good dog.

Paws

Daisy

Who doesn't love a dog's smile?

Nicholas

Unleashed Fur is encouraged by their growing popularity on Instagram, too. They said:

"I've heard from many people that they have shared my photos because they liked how cute they are. More shares = faster adoptions."

Ajax

This dog mustache you a question.

Charlie

Zoe

Currently on Instagram, Unleashed Fur only has a little over 1,400 followers but it can't possibly stay so low for much longer!

Olive

Skylar

Nanook

Relatable dog is relatable.

Snow White

Lilo

Mossy

"Don't worry no dogs were harmed in making this photo. I digitally painted Emmett's face on, he only had to wear the lion's mane and look cute. That's easy for him!"

Rex

Sven

"Look how cute Jester is..."

What a sweet, lil dog!

Always Dream Big.

Elana