Trek Golden Retriever Puppies

Trek Golden’s litter photo 2025

This will come as no surprise but one of my favorite things to do as a dog photographer is photographing puppies.

As a dog lover, I LOVE PUPPIES.

As a photographer, I LOVE PUPPIES.

Photographing them is so much fun too. They’re curious, entertaining, and adorable. That’s a fun combination for this photographer.

I have a friend Courtney Higgins who is a golden retriever breeder and I photograph her Trek Goldens litters.

It’s a tough job, I know. Someone has to do it though, right?

Her most recent litter had a cow theme so when she reached out to schedule the photo shoot, she mentioned she wanted to do it at her next door neighbor’s farm because they have cows.

I mean… a cow themed litter of golden retriever puppies and real cows! How could it get any better?

Well it did because I happened to have a Zoosnood bull knitted hat and I brought it along.

Going in, I thought I’d photograph each individual puppy with the cows in the back of the pasture. I’d photograph each of the 5 puppies and then photoshop them all into one photo.

Of course our #1 goal was to keep the puppies safe and the cows comfortable. I didn’t want the cows to feel like we were encroaching on their territory. Although they were curious!

When we got to the farm, we saw a Honda recreational vehicle. Once we saw it, we knew what we wanted to do: a photo with the puppies in the Honda, dog mom Lemon beside it and the cows in the background.

The first photo above is actually a combination of 5 photos. It took me about 5 hours to create it.

Here are a few other favorites from this shoot.

The photo shoot lasted about 45 minutes and yes I wish it had lasted longer. I mean of course I wanted to photograph the puppies longer. Wouldn’t you??

Photographing puppies is So Much Fun!