best-of 2008: pets

and here are the winners in the best dog portraits category of the best-of 2008 images by kern-photo (with a link to the original blog post & commentary):

#13. lady:
dogs7_1

#12. tia:
RJK_1884_final

#11. lucky:
DSC_0100

#10. jessie:
RJK_9563

#9. max:
RJK_2111

#8. indy:
RJK_9842

#7. tonzona:
RJK_3922

#5. maggie & penny (tie):
RJK_6708

#5. maggie & penny (tie):
RJK_6727

#4. spencer:
RJK_6414_2

#3. raven & mccloud:
not_so_sled_dog

#2. bella:
RJK_2028

#1. dixie:
RJK_4722_2