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Why are there never enough puppy pictures?

Even with hundreds of photos, dog owners feel like they missed capturing their pet's baby face as they grow up too fast. This leaves them wishing they had set up a camera to constantly snap pictures every thirty seconds during that entire first year.

Overview
People affected3 accounts across 2 forums
Workarounds found3 items attempted
Community agreement584 total upvotes

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

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    Looking back through old photos
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    Cutting the dog's fur low to make them look like a puppy again
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    Telling others to take more photos
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In their words

Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.

r/puppy1012 people · May 2026

“I feel like I didn’t get enough pictures of his baby face 😭😭 I have HUNDREDS, but now they don’t feel like enough!!!”source ↗

Guilty_Art_4208 · r/puppy101 · 571 upvotes

“ugh, the baby pictures ARE NEVER ENOUGH!!!! I wish I just had a camera set on her to snap a photo every 30 seconds for the first year of her life.”source ↗

nomaki221 · r/puppy101 · 7 upvotes
r/cats1 person · September 2026

“I wish I took more videos when mine were kittens. Its over so fast”source ↗

uumopapsidn · r/cats · 2 upvotes

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