Ginger
A beautiful little “love sponge” rescued from a nearby native reserve. Here in Southern Alberta, we have several groups commited to saving dogs from an abusive life of starvation and misery.
Ginger`s new life is a love story, as you can see. It`s amazing how quickly she adopted us as her forever family …
Winner of the Rescued Pets group “Show Us the Love” challenge and featured in February, 2009.
f/3.2; 1/60 sec; ISO 800; Pentax *istDS2 w/ FA 77/1.8 Limited
Ginger belongs to the following groups:
"Tone It Down"! (3/day - No [EXPLETIVE] color allowed!), All Pets Great and Small, Ebony and Ivory, Everyday Life, First Things, Live, Love, Dream: , Mans Best Friend's (Dogs only), Mood & Ambience - Strictly Photos, Nuts about MUTTS *2 PHOTOS per day*, Our K9 Friend 1 image a day (Dogs only), Paws n Claws <3 per day><Domestic cats & dogs only>, Pets Are Us ~ 2 per day, Rescued Pets and Speaking Photos (Storytelling) - 2 per day - Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints

Kristal
beautiful!
Arie Intveld replied
Thank you, Kristal. This little one`s life started out a misery but now she walks tall and wags her tail constantly! Ginger has adopted us as her forever family very quickly.
Mark Chapman
Nice shot
Arie Intveld replied
Thank you, Mark.
JayneLogan
This is a lovely image and story, darlin’. You sure can see the love in her shadowed eye …
Arie Intveld replied
Thank you, Doll. For me, this image depicts reciprocated love and trust. Ginger and the two of us are so lucky to have found each other .. your Irish luck at play again!
artist4peace
lovely…........
Arie Intveld replied
artist4peace, thank you.
Hans Goepel
Wonderful, beautiful,beautiful and Wonderful
Arie Intveld replied
Wow .. thank you! I sense you really like this image, Hans. To me, this is what the magic of photography is all about .. a brief moment full of emotion and feeling that I was fortunate enough to capture and share.
Joanne Bradley
Beautiful b & w shot showing how close you are to Ginger!
Arie Intveld replied
Thanks so much, Joanne. As heart-wrenching as dog rescue can be, this is the reward. The poor dog and we humans are both the benefactors.
Marjorie Wallace
A beautiful image. I love this tender moment.
Arie Intveld replied
Thank you, Marjorie. How fortunate Jayne and I are that these tender moments happen several times EVERYDAY!
Kate Eller
Congratulations on your win. This is just a beautiful example of love between pet and owner.
Arie Intveld replied
Thank you, yimusjane. I’m just happy I had a camera in my hand to capture this moment.
EmeraldSun
Beautiful image & story!
-Congrats on your challenge win!!!!-Kudos to Ginger, too!!-BIG hugzz—Bea :D))XXXArie Intveld replied
Much appreciated, EmeraldSun and loads of kisses from Ginger!
Terri Chandler
Congratulations on the Challenge Win! Awesome capture and well deserved! xo
Arie Intveld replied
Thanks so very much, Terri.
jpryce
Congratulations! Such a tender moment captured…
Arie Intveld replied
jpryce, thank you for the kind comment.
Emily Peak
Congrats on your WIN sir! :)) Awesome moment!
Arie Intveld replied
Thanks, Emily!
Joanne Bradley
Congratulations on the challenge win, well deserved with this exceptional b & w portrait of friendship!
Arie Intveld replied
Thank you so much, Joanne. Phew! I’m overwhelmed by all this attention.
FelicityB
Congratulations on winning the challenge, and I just love the expression “love sponge” – adorable dog and story!
Arie Intveld replied
Thank you, FelicityB. “Love sponge” indeed .. isn’t it amazing how a bit of kindness, even-tempered attention and love can turn life around instantly for any sentient being.
FelicityB
Absolutely, 2 and 4 legged!
* RoyAllenHunt *
Congratulations on the win in the Rescued Pets group. Beautiful tones in this very affectionate photo. Love the use of the term “forever family”.
Arie Intveld replied
Roy, thank you for the kind comment.
mlynnd
Very beautiful image. Congratulations!
Arie Intveld replied
Thank you, Lynn .. much appreciated.
Sandy Sparks
Congratulations darlin.
Arie Intveld replied
Thanks so much, Sandy.
Dayonda
Congratulations on winning RESCUED PETS GROUP’S Show Us the Love Challenge of 6 Feb 2009!
There’s nothing like a lab.
Arie Intveld replied
Thanks, Dayonda. I agree there’s nothing like a Lab .. our Buddy (see my image “Knackered”) is half Lab. We call him our “lab test” .. he’s high-energy and quite a handful!
kodakcameragirl
Congratulations! Wonderful shot!
Arie Intveld replied
Thank you, Diane. Happy to see you’re doing your part to support Kodak .. I still love the look of Kodak Tri-X developed in Rodinal. Those were the good ol’ days .. days that are all but gone (sniff).
Sandra Chung
Congrats on the win! That is a very heartwarming photograph.
Arie Intveld replied
A lovely compliment, Sandra. Thank you.
shaneran
congratulations on winning the challenge and being featured in Rescued Pets !!
This is an absolutely wonderful image …. and so perfect for the challenge ! The love between these two !!
Arie Intveld replied
shaneran, thanks so very much.
Cindirelli
This is what it is all about! The love that is shown by both is outstanding and the story, with a happy ending, is awesome. Bless your heart and hers, so happy you found each other! Congrats on the well deserved win!!! ~|}:)
Arie Intveld replied
Thank you, Cindirelli and amen to all you say in your kind comment.
Tracy Lanski 12 days ago
What a beautiful moment!
Arie Intveld replied 5 days ago
Thank you, Tracy. All our moments with Ginger and our two other rescues are wonderful!