Or in this case, persuading. It's not as easy as it looks. Rosie will quite happily doze like this if I'm sitting still, reading, or working on the PC. She'll look so peaceful and content. But make the slightest move, or even just look as if you're about to move, and she's gone. From dozing dog to a black 40mph missile in the blink of an eye. Don't even think about grabbing a camera. She'll be gone, sitting waiting by the back door for some new adventure.

To get this shot required a little cunning. I was sitting on the bed fitting a new strap to the camera - one that doesn't say "EOS DIGITAL PLEASE MUG ME" in big letters. Rosie was dozing. I pointed the camera at her. She tensed. Then relaxed again. With the camera to my eye I gently half pressed the shutter release. TZZZZT ZTZ. She tensed ready to run again. Aggghhh! These non USM lenses are so loud! After a while she was dozing again. I got some shots. I can just about hold 1/40 sec with this lens, but each time the mirror flipped back, her eyes were wide open, blurred on the picture. Eventually after 10 or 11 shots I got this one. Eyes still half closed. Rosie, dozing. Persistance beats 8 frames/second and a 40 shot buffer every time.

Of course, right now, she's nowhere to be seen. Sitting by the back door I expect!

Update: Here's the other one, also caught dozing today...