Doting Dog Mom Gets Cheated Out of Thousands Of Dollars for "Free Professional Photoshoot", Ends In Canine Catastrophe That Fetches A Fortune

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Apr 6, 2024 12:00 PM EDT

Hey Animal Comedy-ers, do you have a professional portrait of your favorite four-legged friend hanging somewhere in your house? If so, it probably ranged anywhere from $50 - $500. But this dog mom got cheated out of thousands (yes, plural) for her senior dog's photoshoot. She saw a sign offering free professional photoshoots for dogs that offer a museum-quality picture, unframed. Well, one thing led to another and she ended up with this stunning pet portrait that fetches a fortune!

Unfortunately, it wasn't her senior doggo that fetched her a fortune, it was the other way around. Although this may have been a financial canine catastrophe, at least she got a very beautiful picture of her awwdorable fur baby. Scroll down to see more of the story and see what everyone on the internet had to say about it. The comments are commenting, and we left feeling simply howlarious!

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    Mom took our elderly dog to get a "free professional photoshoot" and got roped into paying thousands of dollars for this
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    To be fair, this does look like a very good pet portrait. If you zoom in, it looks like an oil painting, but it's actually a picture! We're not sure (we wouldn't) we would pay thousands of dollars for it, but it is at least good quality.

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    Am I the only one that think it looks wildly off center and unprofessional? I'm shocked they actually talked her into spending so much money that we don't have. It was supposed to be a free 12 inch museum quality print without frame
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    Necessary-Hotel7390. 13 hr. ago I mean it's a GREAT portrait, not just photo, but thousands? It's not that great. Sorry that happened.
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    Invictus_Imperium ⚫ 8 hr. ago Should have gone this route. I paid $125.00
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    Okay, you can see the difference in quality between $125 and thousands of dollars, but do you really need a portrait of your pet that is worth (multiple) thousands of dollars? Probably not, but to each his own.

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    zbornakssyndrome. 11 hr. ago I like it! Off center is popular now for portraits. I got my little guy's done on Etsy. It was $18. Best $18 I ever spent Lol
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    chrisgin 14 hr. ago Composition is a bit strange, but will be an artistic choice by the photographer. Paying that much to get it framed was a con though.
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    EdwardWasntFinished 9 hr. ago I'm moderately obsessed with it and feel i should never meet your mom bc we would need a warehouse for our dog photos.
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    xmgm33 8 hr. ago It's not wildly off center and unprofessional, it's an artistic choice for the composition. I actually love it, it's really well done. That said, thousands is a lot for that frame.
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    FreeAir2465.9 hr. ago This, I think, is a dry-transfer photo print. I esed to work where high-end portraits of famous persons, others are done. I'm guessing, but from the photo, it looks very well done. If it is a color dry transfer photo, as I suspect, the cost of producing the photo is difficult and maybe pricey.
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    I would ask for confirmation for the photo as to how it was produced. From my angle, it's quite good, really.
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    mmogul 9 hr. ago The picture is nice though, I like it
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    Dangerous_Wishbone 7 hr. ago. edited 7 hr. ago I think the picture looks pretty good, I think it should be common sense that people don't just give out "museum quality prints" for free, I'd expect something like this to be quite costly, however thousands for this is a real rip off.
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    Was she coerced or made to feel like she didn't have a choice but to pay for it? Like "here we already made it, and now you don't want to pay?" Sounds like it could be some sort of scam in that case. I assume it's not like her to make large purchases on impulse? I don't wanna call her a liar but maybe she went in knowing it would be expensive, but felt embarrassed for spending so much afterward that she she made up a story so it would sound as if she just "got roped in"?
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    Basic-Government4108 7 hr. ago This looks really great to me. Zooming in it looks like a photo and paint at the same time. Like it's a hyper realistic painting. I like the composition and the lighting as a portrait. It looks expensive. I would hang it very proudly if I had the money to have one done.
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    Violetthug 7 hr. ago worthit
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    • Staggerme 9 hr. ago Multiple thousands of dollars?
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    Susan Thee_Duchess 6 hr. ago Since everyone else is sharing their Etsy portraits, here's my grandma's dog Bonita
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    • Crotch-Monster · 7 hr. ago It reminds me of those mall portraits from the 80's where they lure you in for a free modeling photos, but talk you into a several hundred dollar professional shoot. That's the whole purpose of them offering you the free ones. Most people will end up spending a lot of money. For what it's worth, I think it looks great. If my Dog was still alive. I would get one made.
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    • LoveAllHistory · 6 hr. ago You know, one day soon that portrait will be something that's treasured above all else and which will eventually bring joyful memories.
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    ilovebabyblayze 6 hr. ago I love it, including the composition. That said the price seems high until I remember I paid $400 for a baby portrait of my son, who's now in his 30s...... inflation?
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    woof_meow87 · 7 hr. ago Lots of photographers pull this. I was "selected" for a free portrait session w my senior dog. Digital photos were $1,500. Cheapest print was $900. I was expecting to pay something for the photos but not a mortgage payment.
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    Jordie85 7 hr. ago I think the dog is adorable and the pic is cool! She definitely got ripped off though:(
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    Lopsided_Smile_4270 5 hr. ago I love it... Your dog looks super- regal there... It looks like a portrait of a dog that should be in an English manor. Idk if it was worth thousands of dollars but it's a cool portrait.
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    Aiden2817 5 hr. ago It's a great photo. I'd pay maybe $200-300. If she got talked into paying 1000s of dollars for it, does she have a history of doing something like this. If she's getting older she may be slipping a bit mentally.
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    LabSouth 6 hr. ago • We got a "free" photoshoot for our dogs based on donating to a charity. Turns out free just meant we didn't need to pay the photographer fee. We could buy portraits if we wanted to. No lie or exaggeration, the cheapest option started at $30,000. That's not a typo, they legit told us to think of it as a car payment.
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