Back in the day, most web/internet images were small in size and resolution (quality). Phone cameras and digital cameras were in their infancy and a 2'x3" 72 PPI/DPI pixel per inch was standard. The Good News is phone cameras have dramatically improved! Stand-alone cameras are now only used by professionals or advanced hobbyists.

Images taken with relatively newer phones (no older than 5-ish years) or downloaded from social media will usually work for the purposes of this gift.

No more worries about DPI and PPI and 72 or 300 and so on! We have the ability to take GOOD pictures with our phones!

Official Blissful Disclaimer; If your image was taken with an iPhone 4 in 2010 it may need to be bigger dimensions aka 12" x 12". Otherwise we will work with any photo you send us!

Ask Them Directly - Sometimes the most obvious way is the easiest. Tell them you need a picture of some dogs for a craft project or a class you're taking.

Buddy System - Ask a relative or friend of theirs (swear them to secrecy) if they have or can easily get a picture for you.

The A Friend From Work Ploy - Tell them a work colleague is considering a new dog and you suggested one like theirs and now they want to see a picture.

Honesty Is The Best Policy - Or simply tell them you think their dog is so darn cute, you want a picture of them.

Kathy Disclaimer; My team said my glib excuses came a little too easily to me. I told them, I had no idea what they were talking about!

FIRST - Check Your Phone's Camera Roll - You may have snapped a picture of them and their dog, just the dog, etc. and have it sitting in your phone waiting to be re-discovered! Wouldn't that be sweet!

Sneaky Tips!Find out if/when they go to the Dog Park and casually drop by. Snap a few shots before they see you. Then you can say you were in the neighborhood and saw them and had to say Hi!

Drop By Sly - If you have a dropping-in kind of relationship with them, drop-in and take a few sly pictures.

Take a Pic - You may choose to go all puparazzi & snap a picture of their dog when they aren’t looking. If they ask why you took their dog's photo, swear they must be mistaken, that you most certainly did NOT!

Saving a Photo to Your Computer Mac or PC

• Alert! Some people have their social media settings set to prevent anyone from downloading their images
• Find a good photo in their feed/albums on their page
• Click on the picture
• Next, click on the three dots directly under your profile pic in the upper right corner
• Select Download
• Image will download to your PC or Mac Downloads folder

How To Drag and Drop a Photo

On a PC left-click and HOLD the left mouse/touchpad button, keep holding and drag the picture to your desktop or folder you want the image to go into. Let go and the image should be where you want it to be.

On a Mac select the image you want to drag. Keep pressing the image and hold the trackpad or mouse while you drag the item to a new location. Let go of the mouse or trackpad to drop it where you want it.

If you have any issues with that method, press and hold the Option key while you drag the image. Release the trackpad or mouse to drop the item in the new location.

Email it to us at Info@TheBlissfulDog.com

Download Photo from Facebook on Phone

• Go to Facebook via the Facebook App on phone
• Tap on/open the photo in the Facebook app
• Then tap Menu (the three-dot icon)
• Save to phone (Android) & save photo (Apple)
• Then email it to us at Info@TheBlissfulDog.com. We will work with whatever picture you provide!

Download from Instagram on Phone

• From with the Instagram app find the post/picture you want to save
• Tap the bookmark icon in the bottom right corner
• Create a new collection or choose a current one
• Go to your profile and tap SAVED and the image should be there
• Then email it to us at Info@TheBlissfulDog.com

Then email it to us at Info@TheBlissfulDog.com. We will work with whatever picture you provide!

Screen Grab/Screenshots

Android Phones & Tablets

• Press Volume + Power buttons down, at the same time, for 1-2 seconds
• There's a shutter sound & and shows the screenshot

Apple iPhones, iPads & Mac

• Screenshot Entire Desktop 
• Press & hold down Shift + Command + 3 all at same time. There will be a shutter clicking sound and you'll see the screenshot.
• Screenshot an Area
•  Press & hold down Shift + Command + 4 all at the same time. drag the crosshair ⌖to select your capture. You'll hear the shutter sound and see the screenshot.
• The screenshot is saved by default to your desktop with the name ”Screen Shot [date] at [time].png.”

Then email it to us at Info@TheBlissfulDog.com. We will work with whatever picture you provide!

Larkan, our resident smooth Brussels Griffon, volunteered to explain the intricacies of screen grabbing and screenshotting.

Larkan is vexed as to why screen grab is two words and screenshot is one.