the dane + dane mascot

Miss Olivia the Great {Dane} has inspired many wonders, none the least of which, is dane + dane photography.

Ever since the eerily serendipitous way that Olivia wriggled into my unsuspecting life, I have been a firm believer in destiny. Since that fateful April morning in 2004, not only has my love for her triplicated daily, but she has taught me many a lesson about life, devotion, patience, unconditional love and of course, dog.

Olivia, like most of our beloved pets, is the epitome of all the reasons I have a career as a pet photographer. She's quirky and authentic, she's sweet and gentle, she's playful and eager to please, she's affectionate and soft... She's represents most everything I wish I could be {minus the toilet drinking of course}...

Everywhere we go, Olivia is mistaken for a freakishly oversized Dalmatian, a baby cow, a small horse or some science-project combination of all of the above.

In actuality Olivia is a Harlequin Great Dane. Yes, she is 100% Dane. Her birthday is February 8th, the same as mine, which makes us both Aquarians. When Olivia is not at dane + dane studios hard at work, she enjoys taunting and chasing her miniature dachshund buddy "stewie", chewing on anything made of fur, containing a squeeker or tasting of cheese, sleeping (in strange yoga-like positions) for epic periods of time on anything soft, attempting to catch flys with her gigantic mouth, bark-bark barking about just about every little thought that crosses her mind, enthusiastically licking all the unsuspecting faces she can reach, surfing any counter-type space for anyting resembling meat or covored in dressing, and of course, finding time for a jog, some half-fetch and a healthy dose of sniffing at Westcrest or with her other Great Dane friends at Marymoor on the occasional Sunday.

Anything else you may want to know can be summed up by this T-shirt

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