The ideal scenario is to position you dog on the backdrop, ask them to stay and move you behind me so they look directly in the camera. Therefore, ahead of your session, it could be a good idea to brush up on your sit stays and maybe polish up some tricks such as beg or paw. When doing the sit stays, I would suggest practising asking them to sit, moving a few meters away and making some silly noises to see if they can stay still whilst random things are going on. Don’t stress too much if the pre-shoot practise isn’t perfect, sometimes all we need is a few seconds of still to get a cracking shot.