Canadian photographer Amanda Richter compares rescue dog with a wonky face to a “Picasso masterpiece”
Meet the adorable dog with a lopsided face who is compared to a Picasso masterpiece and has celebrity fans including Amanda Seyfried.
Amanda Richter, 34, fell in love with stray Brodie, 5, when she saw him on a rescue page.
The German Shepard, Mastiff, Pitbull terrier and Rottweiler mix was bitten by his mum as a pup – leaving him with a wonky face and partially blind in one eye.
But the photographer from British Columbia, thought Brodie was “perfect” and loved that he looked a bit like “a Picasso masterpiece”.”
“He’s a spunky little guy. He makes me laugh,” Richter said. “He’s a bundle of energy and care-free. I get the comment a lot that he looks a lot like a cartoon dog that we used to draw as a kid. He’s not perfect but he is still loved. It’s not about what’s on the outside. That dog has the biggest heart. He’s perfect to me.”
Amanda knew she had to get Brodie as soon as she saw a post on him by Old MacDonald Kennels in Alberta, Canada.
Brodie’s jaw was partially fused shut but it didn’t impact him.
“He has no clue that he is different,” Richter said. “He’s full of life. He wants to play all the time. He’s very smart too,” Amanda said.
Amanda shared Brodie online with the account @bestboybrodie and one of her followers sent her a rescue dog with an uncanny resemblance to him.
“They are soulmates,” Richter said.
Three-year-old Raven, a Husky and German Shepard mix, came to join the family in February 2022 after being rescued from Fuzzy Texan Animal Rescue.
“Brodie was terrified of Raven at first,” Richter said. “Raven was from an abusive home. She was petrified when I got her. Eventually they warmed up to each other. Now they are inseparable. They play together. It’s such a brother-sister relationship.”
Brodie’s celebrity followers include Leona Lewis and Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump.
“I think it’s hilarious,” Richter said.
She hopes sharing Brodie sends a message and encourages others to rescue dogs that are not “perfect.”
“Being not perfect is OK. I hope people will go and rescue dogs that are not perfect,” Richter said.
