Here’s some handsomedogs history!
When I joined tumblr, I followed a few dog blogs that seemed to only post cute or funny dog pictures, pictures that were blurry, grainy, out of focus, and just not that great of quality. The photos were never tagged with what breed the dog was, or if they did, they were wrong. I also found that a good quality picture of a dog makes them look more stunning, more handsome.
I decided to create a blog called handsomedogs, where at first, only high quality images of pure bred dogs were displayed. After 3 months, though, I began adding in mixed breeds. I started getting submissions, and would accept every single one. No matter what. But just last year, people started to complain about the quality, and encourage me to not be so nice and actually start refusing bad quality images. I also used to give terrible dog training advice, and talk about things I knew nothing about. Fortunately, after being called out a few times, that didn’t last too long… I’m a tad bit more educated now 😉
I have, and had, a great deal of folllowers that have been around since the beginning who i greatly appreciate! oliveramy, fib, dianaoftheword, wolfidy, hellhoundstooth, assbaka, comelycanines, hellocute, crustified, electricalivia, and many more. I remember getting my first messages, my first debates, my first submissions… and these guys were around to keep it going.
I had 1k followers after 4 months, and thought it was the coolest thing ever.
After a year I was interviewed by 11questions here: http://11questions.tumblr.com/post/24885337753/handsome-dogs-and-gorgeous-cats (my responses are no longer the same to those questions, btw, that was 2 years ago!)
And a month later I was on the radar and gained 4k followers in one day, and received 300 submissions. There was a time where I had to close submissions and only open them for short period of time, people…
2 years ago / 60,385 notes
I was on the radar again after a year and a half,
and a few days later decided to start the very first handsomedogs photography contest (which now has been held 7 times!)
Handsomedogs has never done this before, but I think it would be cool to hold a photography contest. Its just for fun, no prize or anything, just recognition and if you have any photography site or tumblog you’d like to promote.
1 year ago / 42 notes
After 2 & 1/2 years we became handsomedogs.com. And the same month we raised over $600 for a rescue organization.
Thanks to your generosity, we were able to supply CHAINED Inc. with a dog house, a dog crate, 2 tie-outs, 4 bones, and 12 bags of dog food! If you didn’t get a chance to, you can donate to this rescue group here!
I have lots of fun with this blog and with all of you! I have more followers than I can count, and have spent probably a little too much time on here than I should. But I believe it is all worth it 🙂
Here’s to another 3 years!