"Shaney's Puppies" by Artist Genevieve Esson

This drawing is a picture of puppies my dog Shaney had when I was growing up. Shaney was an Irish Setter, and very high spirited. I didn't have a park to take her to run, so I would take her to the neighborhood golf course and let her run. She would run for miles and bark like she was so happy. One year she became pregnant. Her offspring were half Irish Setter and Golden Retriever. She had eight of them. They were so adoreable. I couldn't resist not doing a drawing of them to show how precious these puppies were. The picture you see is when they were about 3-4 weeks old, sitting in their newspaper lined box. They had an eye for the camera, very photogenic and a lot of personality. We gave every one of them to friends and neighbors and kept one. They were so much fun to have, and I'm glad we could find a home for them. It's sad to think, of the way mother dog's in puppy mills have to live their lives. I wish the dog's in puppy mills could be treated as well as Shaney & her pups. Artist Genevieve Esson of St Louis, Missouri