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The Open GateConcrete ways to help a shelter dog, by the effort they ask

An Afternoon

Help on a shelter picture day

Adoption starts with the picture: what a picture day asks of a helper, and the three shots every profile needs.

A photographer crouching in front of a plain blue wall while a handler holds a tan dog on a short lead, treats ready

Why pictures decide adoptions

What a helper does all day

The three shots that matter

After the shoot