Challenges and Metaphors of the Black Dog

When you like communicating and sharing, having a black dog may be tricky. You want to show off the young animal, share the emotion. But the black dog is difficult to photograph. If the light is not right, your picture shows a dark shadow with imprecise outline.

In what direction is the tail or the head of the animal in this picture??

Of course, you can play with the settings, lightening things up, but then you get a grey puppy in the midst of a washed out surrounding.

Plus, the model is fast and does not get that she should stay still for a short moment for posterity (and the popularity of the parents on facebook).

Here, two seconds ago, there was a puppy exquisitely laying on her bed

So since she is difficult to show in a photo, I imagine how else I could represent her.

Of course, if she was a dragon from the “How to train your Dragon” series , she would be a Fury. Isn't the resemblance uncanny? 

If she was an underwater creature, she would be a sea urchin. I grew up swimming in the Mediterranean Sea and know all too well the painful encounter with sea urchins, when you step on them while swimming, just the day you did not wear your plastic sandals. 
This is quite the experience with Denali. She rushes over you, all tenderness and love, and after a moment of cuddling, she nips at you with her needle-like teeth!

So it is not that easy to share images of our dragon-urchin. But I have to admit: living with her and seeing her grow is a joy. You will have to take my word for it.