DOGS OF LAKE MAC

The Healing Edition brings together dogs and their humans whose lives have been shaped, softened, or steadied by one another.

Some stories speak of loss.
Some of resilience.
Some of mental health, illness, recovery, or simply the quiet comfort of being understood without words.

Every story is shared gently, respectfully, and with intention.

What is The Healing Edition?

Your Healing Edition Experience

Participation Fee: $295

Your participation includes a complete photographic experience — thoughtfully designed, calm, and pressure-free.

Included in your experience:

A personal pre-session consultation
We begin with a conversation.
You’ll share your story, your dog’s role in it, and how you’d like that connection to be expressed.

A guided studio portrait session
Created calmly and unhurriedly, with you and your dog together.

Flexible, gentle portrait design
You do not need to be fully visible in your image unless you wish to be.
Some participants choose to be fully present.
Others prefer a quieter connection — a hand resting on a paw, bare feet beside their dog, or a subtle suggestion of presence.

There is no right or wrong way.
Your portrait is designed around what feels right for you.

A double-page spread in Dogs of Lake Mac – The Healing Edition
Featuring your shared portrait and written healing story.

One collector’s copy of the book
Valued at $150 and included exclusively for participants.

A $50 donation
Made in your name to a rescue or mental health charity of your choice.

Each Heart Dogs portrait is individually hand-edited in my signature painterly fine-art style before you view any images.

Because of this, every Healing Edition session is prepared with intention.

Your chosen experience path helps guide how your session is photographed and how many images are fully hand-edited and presented — ensuring each story receives the care it deserves, without over- or under-preparing.

There is no pressure to choose more than feels right.
This simply allows your artwork to be created with clarity and respect for the process.

Your Creative Process — Thoughtfully Prepared

When a Story Wants to Live On

Once your Healing Edition portrait has been carefully prepared, some participants choose to allow the story to live beyond the page.
For others, it becomes something they wish to live with every day.

Participants may choose to turn the portrait featured in the book into a finished piece of fine-art artwork for their home — the same image, thoughtfully crafted to live beyond the page.

There is no obligation.
Only an invitation.

Extend the Experience — Fine Art Collection 

Fine Art Experience Upgrade (Optional)

For those who feel their Healing Edition portrait is just the beginning, there is the opportunity to continue into a full Heart Dogs Fine Art Experience.

This optional continuation involves an additional investment of $500 and includes:

An extension of your session to create a broader body of work

Additional fully hand-edited, painterly portraits

A private design and reveal appointment

A $550 Fine Art Collection Credit to use toward artwork

Your Healing Edition portrait remains part of the book regardless.
This continuation simply allows the story to unfold further.

A Gentle Reminder

Some stories are told in a single image.
Others need more space.

Whether your portrait lives only within the pages of The Healing Edition or becomes part of your home, your story is honoured with care, respect, and heart.

Applying for The Healing Edition

Participation in Dogs of Lake Mac – The Healing Edition is limited to ensure every story is treated with the time and attention it deserves.

If this project speaks to you, you’re warmly invited to apply.

We’ll tell your story together

always handled with care.

FORM WILL OPEN IN A NEW TAB

FORM WILL OPEN IN A NEW TAB

FORM WILL OPEN IN A NEW TAB