But since they didn't have a baby on hand, they had to use the next best thing: their dog, Snuggles.

"She said, 'Oh, I wish I had a baby to do a newborn shoot with you,'" Clauss recalled to BuzzFeed.

Clauss' Huntsville, Ala., studio , Count It Joy Photography, was already all set up after doing a newborn shoot earlier in the day, and Jan remarked that she wished she could have her own photo shoot.

Then Jan had a flash of genius: "We should just use Snuggles!" she said.

"Snuggles was so comfortable with it," Clauss said. "She started falling asleep and snoring. ... It was all we could do not to laugh and wake her up."

And it turned out Snuggles, a Jack Russell terrier, was a natural in front of the camera.

The trio, who are all photographers, with Jan and Chase specializing in weddings , have been best friends since they moved next door to each other.

Clauss said the picture below was her favorite because "it's just really simple and really sweet. she was really asleep, wrapped up like a newborn."

The photos recently began to make the rounds online, and Clauss said that she has already been contacted by someone hoping to have a similar photo shoot with their own dog.

But the photo shoot with Snuggles was special because they "had a good relationship already," the photographer said.

"I don't know how it would go with like, a German shepherd that I've never met before. I don't think I'm going to be wrapping that thing up," she joked.