This 'Dad Bods And Dogs' Calendar Is Exactly What We Need Right Now
Rescue dogs, rejoice!
A new calendar for 2019 titled “Dad Bods and Dogs Calendar” by photographer Ricki Beason is just the uplifting help our furry friends need. The calendar features guys with so-called “dad bods” posed alongside pooches from three different animal rescue organizations in the the Dallas, Texas area: The Love Pit, Rescue Row and Astasia’s Angels Animal Rescue.
Sales from the calendar go to benefit the rescue groups, which worked with Beason to provide the cute pups for her photoshoots. Some of the dogs in the calendar have already been adopted.
Beason told HuffPost that she wanted to do something different from the typical calendars used to raise awareness of adoptable dogs.
“I noticed last year that there were A LOT of these ‘sexy men’ calendars and I knew I needed to make a change,” she said in an email.
She added, “I wanted to feature attractive men that look like your everyday ‘good guy,’ in your everyday ‘dog dad’ scenarios (i.e., 4th of July cookout, pool lounging, at the store) with their sidekick ... right by their side for all of their shenanigans. I want this calendar to make people laugh and smile.”
Check out some of the amazingly adorable images below.
January
Dog: Oreo from The Love Pit
February
Dog: Linus and Lucy from Astasia's Angels Animal Rescue
March
Dog: Milo with Rescue Row (with Chase), Gizzy with Astasia's Angels Animal Rescue (with Nick), Bardot with The Love Pit (with Eric)
April
Dog: Betty White from The Love Pit
May
Dog: Tux from The Love Pit
June
Dog: Kingston from Rescue Row
July
Dog: Marty from Rescue Row
August
Dog: Cricket from Astasia's Angels Animal Rescue
September
October
Dog: Woody with Rescue Row
November
Dog: Emmie with Astasia's Angels Animal Rescue
December
Dog: Brooklyn (cameo appearance for The Love Pit with Derrick), Amos with Rescue Row (with Aaron), Bianca with Astasia's Angels Animal Rescue (with Jason)
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Rohingya children watching an awareness film about health and sanitation near Tangkhali refugee camp in Ukhia.
Shot on iPhone 7
Photographer Of The Year
"Baiana in yellow and blue"
The picture was taken in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, spontaneously, after a truck drove by. The woman with traditional clothes of a “baiana” was looking after the truck, during her work break.
Shot on iPhone 6S.
"Eye to eye"
Yantai Shandong province, China
Shot on iPhone 6
"I want to play"
A young boy who lost his leg was watching his friends play soccer, and he said he wanted to play soccer if he could.
Yangon, Myanmar
Shot on iPhone 7 Plus
Abstract
"Corrugations"
Brisbane, Australia
Shot on iPhone X
"The Union of Colors"
Mall of Asia, Philippines
Shot on iPhone X
"Collapcity"
Pozna, Poland
Shot on iPhone 6S
Animals
“Django”
Carlsbad, California
Shot on iPhone 7 Plus
"0 to not-quite-Seagull-speed in 60 seconds"
New Brighton, Wirral, U.K.
Shot on iPhone 7
"Smiling Fox"
Miyagi Zao Fox Village, Japan
Shot on iPhone X
Architecture
"Rampage"
Rome, Italy
Shot on iPhone 7 Plus
"Jameh Mosque of Isfahan"
Isfahan, Iran
Shot on iPhone 7
"Burj Khalifa Dubai"
Sheikh Zayed Road Dubai
Shot on iPhone 6
Children
"Spray Fury"
Toronto, Canada
Shot on iPhone 5S
"Air"
Skate park, Haifa, Israel
Shot on iPhone X
"Twins"
Fermoy, Cork, Ireland
Shot on iPhone 7 Plus
Landscape
"Human vs. Nature"
Between Nevada and Arizona
Shot on iPhone 8 Plus
"At Sycamore Gap"
Northumberland, U.K.
Shot on iPhone 7
"The Kerid"
Kerid, Iceland
Shot on iPhone X
Lifestyle
"Mrs. Sancheski"
Alcalá de Henares , Madrid, Spain
Shot on iPhone 7
"Dreams in the basket"
Heyuan, Guangdong, China
Shot on iPhone 5S
"Enjoy the Summer "
Novalja, Croatia
Shot on iPhone SE
Nature
"Morning Fog"
Toulouse, France
Shot on iPhone 6S
"The Sand-snow river"
Rosa Khutor Ski Resort, Sochi, Russia
Shot on iPhone SE
"Serenity"
Ilulissat, Greenland
Shot on iPhone 7 Plus
News and Events
"Iftar Amongst the Ruins"
During a lull in the bombings, Syrians gather, seated on a long 1200-meter row of tables set up among the ruins of Douma, for a public Iftar, the evening meal at the end of the daily Ramadan fast.
Shot on iPhone 7
"The Heat"
Betim, Brazil
Shot on iPhone 5S
"Refugee Caravan"
Members of the Refugee Caravan 2017 climb the border fence dividing Mexico and the U.S. to celebrate their arrival in Tijuana.
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Shot on iPhone 6S
Other
"Sky Portal"
Wright Brothers National Park, North Carolina
Shot on iPhone SE
"Lo de Gómez"
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Shot on iPhone 6S
"Landing"
Sucy-en-Brie, Île-de-France, France
Shot on iPhone SE
Panorama
"Icebergs"
Iceland
Shot on iPhone 6 Plus
"Frozen Central Park"
Central Park, New York City
Shot on iPhone 7
"Sunrise in Monument Valley"
Oljato-Monument Valley, Utah
Shot on iPhone 7 Plus
Travel
"Silk Road"
Mongolia
Shot on iPhone 6S
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