Vinny the Japanese Chin might just be the cutest thing you see today! He joined his humans, Alyssa and Pat, for their fall engagement session with Autumn Howell Photography.
From Autumn: “Alyssa and Pat were introduced by a mutual friend, who had been trying to set them up for over a year. After their first date, they didn’t want the night to end, and the rest has been history. They brought Vinny, their Japanese Chin puppy was 10 months old in these photos. After Pat proposed, Alyssa knew it was important that Vinny be a part of their engagement session, and I was delighted to include him.”
From Alyssa: “Vinny is a one-year-old Japanese Chin. Pat’s family (my fiancé) had multiple rescue dogs over the years. Two of their rescue dogs quickly became our ‘heart’ dogs. They were both Japanese Chin dogs, and both passed away within a month of each other unexpectedly. We were heartbroken, but that immediately started our search for our very own Japanese Chin. We ended up driving 13 hours to pick him up and left with this little four pounds of pure fluff that we now call Vinny.
He’s a complete goofball. Chins are known to be a ‘catlike’ breed. You can often find him perched on stairs or the back of the couch watching the world go by. He thinks he’s a big dog and only likes to play rough with the big dogs in the neighborhood. 
Vinny is a very investigative dog but still thinks all dogs were put on this earth to play with him and all humans to give him attention.
He starts screaming, singing, and howling if you ask him if he wants to go on a walk. When Vinny gets excited, he starts smacking the ground and runs circles around you. He is the king of the ‘chin spins,’ which is a hilarious breed known thing they do. Definitely worth a google search if you want a good laugh.
Vinny has brought a whole new light to our lives that we wouldn’t ever want to go another day without him. We couldn’t imagine engagement pictures without him in a couple of them! Vinny is the best part of us.”
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About Autumn Howell Photography: Based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Autumn specializes in family portraits as well as wedding photography.
So precious and sweet. I love the pups little bandana.
Aww! Another cute one. I love the bandana. Dogs really are like our kids sometimes!
Such a cute dog, and a lovely little family. I love that they decided to include their pup in ther photos.
How adorable! I especially love the “mom said yes” bandana. Precious!
Oh my gosh, the bandana is precious! I love it. These photos are the sweetest.
Well aren’t these photos just the cutest! What wonderful memories created! <3
Such a sweet tale of love and you’ve captured the fall colours so wonderfully.
What a cute little dog! These photos are too sweet.
All of these photos are just too cute. It was wonderful learning about this family.
I love to create memories and photography is one of the best ways to do it!
What a cute breed! We have a Shorkie (Shih Tzu, Yorkie Mix). I need to take more photos of him.
Awww I love the puppy pics. I need to get mine in the next family pic.
What a beautiful little family 🙂 I just love these sweet photography sessions of people with their fur kids!
What beautiful pictures! You have a great way of capturing families and their dogs.
These are such awesome photos. I am not familiar with this breed of dog but it sure does look cute!!
Aww, Vinny is so sweet. The “My Mom Said Yes!” bandana was an adorable touch.
That’s a cute dog. I’ve never seen this particular breed before. I absolutely love these photos too!
That is cute little dog, love to see that he is taking part in the family photos. He is good photo model also.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Japanese chin in real life. Cutest little fluffball and the photos are adorable. Thank you for sharing.