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SPOTLIGHT
How could anything good come from getting hit by a car?
Ask Mark Lukas.
While Mark lay at home recuperating, a neighbor told his wife Lisa Marie about a lost dog she had taken in, but couldn’t keep.
Mark and Lisa Marie agreed to keep Coco while they searched for her
owner. They ultimately realized their search was in vain, and that Coco
had found her new home.
Lisa Marie says, "In so many ways, Coco's arrival was a blessing.
During Mark's months of recovery at home, he learned to enjoy life,
laugh, and live again as he focused on training this very street-tough
dog, apparently the victim of cruelty and abuse, and turning that dog
into a loving, more trusting family member."
Mark and Lisa Marie brought Coco to Sutton Studios for a portrait
sitting in March. They also brought their beagle Natasha (think Rocky and Bullwinkle).
"The session was filled with a lot of laughter, and wisecracks between
us and David” they say, but it was also, "bittersweet for us, as we are
still mourning the passing of our beloved Mr. Peabody," (another
Beagle). "We wish that we had done this session while he was still
alive."
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REFLECTION & REFRACTION
 The Smell of Happiness
Have
you ever wondered why dogs get such a charge out of sticking their
noses out the window of moving cars? They may seem to be enjoying the
feel of wind in their faces, but when you begin to understand a dog’s
world, a different answer emerges.
Scientists tell us that our dogs’ sense of smell is as much as
1,000 times more sensitive and discerning than ours. Dogs experience
life primarily in terms of scents. They live in an infinitely redolent
world.
I think a dog in a moving car experiences this rapidly
changing scent-scape as we might experience a fireworks display or a
light show, where rich visuals change constantly and in unpredictable
ways.
It’s no wonder then they seem so entranced and happy.
Though I’ve met thousands of dogs, I’ve never met a dog that
couldn’t point its nose in the direction of a piece of food. Old dogs
may lose their eyesight or hearing, but providence seems to have
protected them in some way from losing their most important connection
with the world.
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