Santa and an adoptable dog in Las Vegas

Photographer, animal-lover, and Boing Boing reader heiney shares this photograph in our Boing Boing Flickr pool, and explains that this was a shot from the Animal Network Holiday Adoption Low Cost Vaccination/chip Photo Event at Ann Road Animal Hospital, Las Vegas NV.

"This was my first time shooting anything like this, I normally only shoot poochies for their Petfinder profiles," he says. "I thought it went pretty well, certainly learned a lot, for instance, perhaps an exam room at an animal hospital is not the most conducive environment for pets to feel their most calm & photogenic."

It looks like Rocco has been adopted! Other pets at this Las Vegas shelter are still looking for homes. Apparently there's a big pet abandonment/overpopulation problem in Vegas, even more so than in other US cities.

More technical details on the shoot here.

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I’m not sure what they’re looking at, but both Santa and Rocco seem equally entertained by it.
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefan_e_jones/ Stefan Jones
  
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  - http://www.newsunsetpersonalcare.com/ Debbie
    
    lol. Anyway, that dog is a cutie. Glad to hear he was adopted, too!!