Well I didn't get my camera downloaded tonight with pictures of flowers and my dogs that I shot today, so I went into my folder called 'journalism stuff' and figured I'd post something from awhile back. This was taken during a long assignment that started early in the morning and ended sometime in the early evening. This dog was rescued from a bad situation. I photographed several dogs and cats in the bad situation as they were being taken out by law enforcement officials and animal control officers. At the end of the day the dogs and cats were washed and groomed. Overall it was a sad day, but I took this right before leaving to head back to the office and it sort of brought a bit of a smile to my face. All I could think of was this helpless dog must've been thinking how he hopes the groomer is really good with those sheers and doesn't slip. This image was never published in the paper. Meadville Tribune archived photograph by Richard Sayer