Puppy Cake Smash

Today is my sweet puppy’s third birthday. Ok, so I know that she’s not technically a puppy anymore and that its not technically her “birth” day, but oh well. My husband found her on this day three years ago outside his work and I know it sounds cliche, but she has changed our lives. She was only two weeks old, her eyes and ears were still closed, and she had no teeth. We obviously instantly fell in love with her. I wrote a whole post on her rescue story. She was pretty tough to take care of for the first two months, and we’ve been through a lot with her since then. Because of how much we love her, I always try to do something special for her birthday.

For her first birthday, we got her a big bone cookie and got my parents dogs little cookies as well so they could have a party (again I’m so a crazy dog lady..). And last year we took her down to dog beach and then got her a bully stick. But this year its her third birthday and she’s 21 in dog years! Obviously, you can’t get dogs alcohol, but I still wanted to do something extra special for her.

I’ve been getting inquires and booking cake smashes for one year olds, and thought I want one for Sydney! So, I decided to set up a puppy cake smash. I got her a pupcake from Sprinkles Cupcakes in Westlake Village. They were the mini cupcakes, and so I made the rest of the cake, just for photos, and covered it with peanut butter. I also made the little banner for the top of the cake just with my printer and than I made the background banner with scrapbook paper.

Before, I released the beast on the cake, I had to get pictures of the cake all by itself, since it looked so cute.

Cake on top of a silver cake stand with a banner that says Sydney Fyfe

The cake for Sydney Fyfe

Then I had to get pictures of the birthday girl all by herself. I probably took way too many pictures of just her.

Black dog looking to the left with a flower around her neck

I think this one is my favorite. I’m thinking of blowing it up to hang in my office.

Black dog with a flower around neck in a pink tutu sitting in front of a fence with a pink banner hanging

You can tell her nose is going all crazy because she can smell all the peanut butter

Seriously in love with pups in tutus.

Love the close up!

How cute is that tutu!

I love how excited she looks here

Cute puppy paws.

Then it was finally time to take pictures with her and the cake (which was her favorite part I’m sure)

Black dog standing on hind legs wearing a tutu licking a candle

I wanted pictures with the number so we put some peanut butter on it for her to lick

Black dog with a number 3 candle in her mouth and a hand holding the wick

And then she tried to eat it!

Black dog in the background looking at a peanut butter cake with a cupcake on top in the foreground

Let the puppy cake smash begin

Black dog in a tutu licking a peanut butter cake with a cupcake on top

She loved the cake. Can you tell?

Because I didn’t want her to eat that much peanut butter, we took the cake away and then just gave her the pupcake.

Black dog standing on hind legs with her tongue out

Patiently waiting for dad to give her the pupcake

Black dog standing on hind legs against a person while they hold a cupcake

My lovely assistant hand delivering her birthday treat.

Black dog grabbing a cupcake out of someones hand

She just wanted to lick the peanut butter, she didn’t want to take the whole thing

And here’s the aftermath!

Devouring her pupcake treat

I love this photo. She’s such a goof

She had to lick all the peanut butter that fell on the table off

Overall, this shoot was so much fun! I would definitely love to do another puppy cake smash or any type of dog photoshoot! They are so much fun to work with and just adorable. If this didn’t convince you be sure to check out 5 reasons to book a cake smash! Be sure to be on the look out for my recent one year old cake smash sessions too.

It’s important to know what to expect in a cake smash session and how to prepare for a cake smash. If you are interested in having me shoot your dog or other loved one please visit my contact page.

Don’t forget to check out more picture of my spoiled pup.