I've talked about Defer, our senior-citizen Beagle/Shepherd. I have two disposable cameras floating around with a little bit of film I want to use up. I thought it might be a great idea to get some pictures of Defer. I was going to take a picture of him lying on the floor with his ears standing straight up, but as soon as I pointed the camera at him, he got up and left the room.
The same thing happened today. I was going to take a picture of him walking up the front sidewalk toward me, but as soon as I lifted the camera, he whirled around and headed away.
We've finally figured it out. He's afraid of the flash. Lightening scares him. So do storms. He equates the flash on the camera with storms.
Poor baby. It's hell to get old.
I have the opposite problem - one of the dogs comes at me and hangs out at my feet when I pick up a camera. She too, is afraid of thunder and lightning.
Well, that would be just as bad....I'd get a lot of pictures of the top of the dogs head, and my feet.