I first met Archie & Leo’s mom several months ago at the Helen Woodward Animal Center Puppy Love 5k event – and we just recently had the chance to get together for a photo session with her happy pups Archie & Leo! Archie is a Greater Swiss Mountain dog mix, and Leo is a beard collie/English sheepdog mix… as you might guess, they look absolutely nothing alike, but they’re inseparable best friends! From the moment they first met each other, as their mom explains, “they had no idea they weren’t actually brothers.” And it’s so funny to see them run & play; Archie is tennis-ball-obsessed and will run around fetching for hours (even fetching stray balls left behind in the bushes by other dogs!) and Leo simply wants to give his brother a hard time, so he runs around herding and barking at Archie nonstop! It’s the cutest thing to see… they each have such a distinct personality, but even though it’s the sort of thing that can’t quite be put into words, you can really tell that they’re meant to be together.

So in the spirit of brotherly love, this “sneak peek” blog post is going to be a little different than usual: I’m going to highlight these dogs’ close connection by picking images that all have both dogs posing together! We have some really cute individual photos, too… but these pups are a natural pair, so that’s how I want to introduce you to them! Here we go…!

Archie is on the left, and Leo on the right. (How gorgeous are Leo’s two different colored eyes?!)

I love the way these dogs look up to their family…

I’m so glad Archie & Leo’s mom introduced me to a beautiful new park! Debra & Alan: remember how I kept talking about the great light we had? THIS is what I was talking about! :)

Thanks, Debra & Alan (and Julian!) for a great photo session with your handsome dogs! I’m excited to show you the rest of our photos soon! :)

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