Photo essay

Dog Days are Over

“Never work with children or animals,” as the W.C. Fields saying goes. Well, we did. We gathered up dogs of Tauranga and just look at the result. Handsome, smart, funny — these pooches have it all in spades.

Retrodoodle Sid licks his cute chops.

Earl, a miniature Italian greyhound, and his regal air.

Ivy the Boxer ponders one of life’s mysteries.

Koda the dachshund with those heart-breaking eyes.

All hail the elder statesman Gypsy, a Staffordshire bull terrier.

Airedale terrier double take: Hank and Mako.

First published in issue 33 (April/May 2021) of Our Place magazine.

Photography by Jay Drew