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The best way to get a dog is to beg your parents for a baby brother, they'll settle for a puppy every time. ~Winston Pendleton

Saving Lives One Picture At A time

(CBS 11 NEWS) Teresa Berg never dreamed her photography skills would save lives.

But that changed one day when she was online looking through pictures for a shelter dog to adopt.

“You see one after another of dogs with glowing red eyes,” Berg said. “Black dogs, you can’t see any details; fuzzy, bad pictures.”

“She looked at all the pictures and she called and said, ‘Could you use a photographer?,’ recalled Kathleen Coleman with the Texas Dachshund Rescue Foundation. And I said, ‘Yes!’”

The way people saw the animals changed entirely. Berg’s pictures show animals in a portrait environment in her North Dallas studio. Their eyes sparkle with personality. Some of the female animals wear a pearl necklace which they seem to carry with a certain pride. Others appear to sport a smile or a even exude serenity.

“I think you have to make that dog look like a potential member of the family,” Berg said.

Coleman was thrilled. “When I saw what she could do with their expression and spirit I thought, “Oh! My goodness!”

What Berg’s work had done was elevate the animal to the being that connects with a human heart. Immediately, the dog rescue group’s adoption rate soared.
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