cardiffgareth wrote:
They may not be in focus but who cares - that dog is having fun!

These remind me of Ted our Cockapoo that does at this the first sign of water but with his coat it means having to bath him afterwards, He does this all the time and then in the van (I won't say it's my baby and precious) I have to make a cocoon of towels and throws to keep the interior nice and away from the mud and water!

Do you have the same problem I do?

Get a dog they said, it'll keep you company when out shooting images they said, a few YT photographers have them and look how they enrich their time out they said.

Reality is - Ted likes to jump up to say hello to you - I get wet...or muddy.
I stop to look at a scene he barks to say "C'mon, lets get going"
I compose an image, it could be fresh sand or a lovely water scene with a reflection or some nice dry rocks and at the precise moment I go to press the shutter - he'll run into the scene really happy with himself, and then jump up at me to say hi and I'm soaked - or muddy!
Low to the ground stuff and looking at the screen or the viewfinder - he'll come and jump at me as I'm low to the ground and knock me over and proceed to lick my face - or try to. I'm again wet...and muddy.

All in all - dogs and landscape photography don't mix!