15 Stunning Rescue Dog Portraits By Butch McCartneyThat Show Their True Personalities
Rescue dogs deserve better than the usual shelter photography. Fluorescent lighting, chain-link backgrounds, scared expressions. Those photos don’t do them justice. Butch McCartney’s portraits are the opposite. They’re artistic, dignified images that show each dog’s true personality.
These portraits celebrate rescue dogs by photographing them like they matter. Each one captures something real about the pups. Character. Soul. Presence. That’s what these pet photos deliver, and it’s what every rescue dog deserves.
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1. Whiskey – In this portrait, Whiskey was 10 months and 11 days old. Photographed February 27, 2024
2. Brownie – In this portrait, Brownie was 2 years and 6 months old. Photographed May 6, 2025
3. Pablo – Photographed December 3, 2019
4. Rescue Dog – Photographed April 18, 2023
5. Luna – In this portrait, Luna was 1 year and 26 days old. Photographed December 13, 2024
6. Cookie – In this portrait, Cookie was 1 year, 9 months and 29 days old. Photographed December 13, 2024
7. Fable – In this portrait, Fable was 3 years and 3 days old. Photographed May 28, 2024
8. Tequila – In this portrait, Tequila was 2 years and 12 days old. Photographed May 28, 2024
9. Bruiser – In this portrait, Bruiser was 1 year, 11 months and 12 days old. Photographed December 13, 2024
10. Ares – In this portrait, Ares was 4 years and 6 months old. Photographed May 6, 2025
11. Nixon – In this portrait, Luna was 8 years and 2 months old. Photographed July 12, 2023
12. Kiki – In this portrait, Kiki was 5 years and 26 days old. Photographed May 28, 2024
13. Piper – In this portrait, Piper was 9 years and 19 days old. Photographed May 28, 2024
14. Specter – In this portrait, Specter was 3 years, 1 month and 9 days old. Photographed December 13, 2024
15. Tiny – Photographed March 2, 2020
