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Photographer spotlights pandemic's 4-legged unsung heroes: Rescue dogs
Doug Meehan
Anchor/Reporter
Photographer spotlights pandemic's 4-legged unsung heroes: Rescue dogs
DOUG: OVER THE YEARS PET PHOTOGRAPHER MINDY DUTKA HAS CAPTUR TEDHE IMAGES OF COUNTLESS WET NOSES AND HUNDREDS OF PAIRS OF THOSE ADORING DOGGIE EYES. BUT WHAT'S BEING REVEALEIN HER NEW PROJECT TALES OF SUPPORT GOES WAY BEYOND SIMPLE CONCEPT OF PUPPY LOVE. >> I FEEL SO STRONGLY THAT DSOG ARE ONE OF THE UNSUNHEROES OF NDICEM DOUG: MINDY SPENT THE PAST YEAR INTERVIEWING DOG OWNERS FROM THE BOSTON AREA ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE A CANINE COMPANION DURING THE PANDEMIC. THEY ARE STORIES AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF HOW THE DOGS HELPED PEOPLE COPE WITH CHALLENGES SUCH AS ISOLATION, LOSS, FEAR AND EVEN STRUCTE. >> I PERSONALLY BELIEVE ALL DOGS ARE THERAPY DO. THEY JUST HAVE A WAY OF READING PEOPLE'S ENERGY AND UPLIFTING THEM AND KNOWING WHO NEEDS TM.HE DOUG: FROM HEALTH CARE WORKERS TO BUSY MOMS AND BUSINESS PEOPLE, MINDY SAYS THESERE A STORIES OF ALL DIFFENTRE KINDS OF PEOPLE AND ALL DIFFERENT KISND OF DO.GS >> IT VARIED BUT EVERYBODY'S THEME WAS THAT THE DOG, KNOW, WAS REALLY A SALVATION FOR TM.HE DOUG: THROUGH HER PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS DOGS I MEET, MINDY HAS GROWN ACCUSTOM TO TELLINGHE T STORIES OF PET BUSINESSES AND ANIMAL RESCUES AROUND THE WORLD. BUT IAST TURNS OUT THIS TEIM IT'S BEEN THE DOGS THEMSELVES THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THE RESCUING. >> IT'S THAT OLD ADAGE YA KNOW, 'WHO RESCUED WHO'? EVERYBODY ASKS THAT QUESTION AND I ALMOST GUARANTEE YOU THAT 100% OF THE PEOPLE WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT, THEY RESCUED THEIR DOG. IT WAS AOG D WHO RESCUED THEM DOUG: IF YOU'D LIKE TO READ MORE OF THESE TALES OF SUPPORT AND PERHAPS LEARN MORE ABOUT MINDY'S WEBSITE DOGS I MEET WEAV HA LINK BOTH
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Photographer spotlights pandemic's 4-legged unsung heroes: Rescue dogs
Doug Meehan
Anchor/Reporter
There are many unsung heroes that have helped us survive the COVID-19 pandemic. But did you ever think to consider the family dog as one of those heroes?A Massachusetts photographer believes so, and she’s launched a visual campaign to help tell the stories of people who were saved by their beloved pets. Over the years, pet photographer Mindy Dutka has captured images of countless wet noses and hundreds of pairs of those adoring doggie eyes. But what’s being revealed in her new project “Tales of Support” goes way beyond the simple concept of puppy love. “I feel so strongly that dogs are one of the unsung heroes of the pandemic,” Dutka said. Dutka spent the past year interviewing dog owners from the Boston area about what it means to have a canine companion during the pandemic. They are stories and photographs of how the dogs helped people cope with challenges such as isolation, loss, fear and even structure. “I personally believe all dogs are therapy dogs. They just have a way of reading people’s energy and uplifting them and knowing who needs them,” Dutka said. From health care workers to busy moms and business people, Dutka said these are stories of all different kinds of people and all different kinds of dogs. “It varied, but everybody’s theme was that the dog was really a salvation for them,” Dutka said. Through her photography business Dogs I Meet, Dutka has grown accustomed to telling the stories of pet businesses and animal rescues around the world. But as it turns out, this time, it’s been the dogs themselves that have been doing the rescuing. “It’s that old adage ‘Who rescued who?’ Everybody asks that question and I almost guarantee you that 100% of the people when they talk about if they rescued their dog — it was the dog who rescued them,” Dutka said.

There are many unsung heroes that have helped us survive the COVID-19 pandemic. But did you ever think to consider the family dog as one of those heroes?

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A Massachusetts photographer believes so, and she’s launched a visual campaign to help tell the stories of people who were saved by their beloved pets.

Over the years, pet photographer Mindy Dutka has captured images of countless wet noses and hundreds of pairs of those adoring doggie eyes.

But what’s being revealed in her new project goes way beyond the simple concept of puppy love.

“I feel so strongly that dogs are one of the unsung heroes of the pandemic,” Dutka said.

Dutka spent the past year interviewing dog owners from the Boston area about what it means to have a canine companion during the pandemic.

They are stories and photographs of how the dogs helped people cope with challenges such as isolation, loss, fear and even structure.

“I personally believe all dogs are therapy dogs. They just have a way of reading people’s energy and uplifting them and knowing who needs them,” Dutka said.

From health care workers to busy moms and business people, Dutka said these are stories of all different kinds of people and all different kinds of dogs.

“It varied, but everybody’s theme was that the dog was really a salvation for them,” Dutka said.

Through her photography business , Dutka has grown accustomed to telling the stories of pet businesses and animal rescues around the world. But as it turns out, this time, it’s been the dogs themselves that have been doing the rescuing.

“It’s that old adage ‘Who rescued who?’ Everybody asks that question and I almost guarantee you that 100% of the people when they talk about if they rescued their dog — it was the dog who rescued them,” Dutka said.