The breed gallery

Each breed its own room

Anyone who portrays dogs by the day comes to know the breeds the way a portraitist knows his sitters: by the coat, the gaze and the bearing. Ten breeds, described from the workbench — each with the styles that flatter it.

Labrador Retriever

A soft gaze above an otter tail: willingness, water and endless patience.

Golden Retriever

Gold with feathering: a soft mouth, a softer nature and light that stays caught in the coat.

French Bulldog

Bat ears, a compact build and the face of a comedian who knows he is funny.

German Shepherd

Upright ears, a dark almond gaze and the bearing of an animal waiting for its task.

Dachshund

Short of leg, long of body and larger in character than any size permits.

Chihuahua

The smallest dog in the world, with the largest eyes and the firmest opinion.

Border Collie

Black and white, low to the ground and a gaze that sets a flock moving.

Cocker Spaniel

Long, silken ears, a tail that never stops and a gaze that need ask for nothing.

Jack Russell Terrier

White with sharply drawn patches, and an engine that never quite switches off.

Stabyhoun

The Frisian farm breed: black on white, calm indoors and rarer than his qualities warrant.

Your breed not among them? Every dog portrait is made from your own photograph — pedigree or not.

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