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I see the を particle is used with the verb, but I don't know how it works in
the sentence. Is it:

わたしはこうえんでわたしのいぬのしゃしんをとりました。

Or:

わたしはこうえんでわたしのいぬをとりました。
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Using とる to say I took a picture of my dog in the park
Go with your first example. とる literally just means "take". So in your second
sentence, you say "I took my dog at the park." Which sounds as odd in Japanese
as it does in English. :)
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The former is the full sentence without any ambiguity. [とる has a lot of
meanings](http://jisho.org/search/%E3%81%A8%E3%82%8B) (including 捕る "to
capture" and 盗る "to steal"). You have to specify which とる you are using in
some way or another.

You can use the latter sentence if the context makes it clear that you're
talking about photos. You don't have to say 写真【しゃしん】(を) again and again.

> **A** : しゃしんはすきですか？ _Do you like photography?_  
>  **B** : はい。きのうはこうえんでいぬをとりました。 _Yes. Yesterday I took photos of my dog at a
> park._

And as you can see, とる has lots of kanji, and the kanji for "to take (a
photo)" is [撮る](http://jisho.org/word/%E6%92%AE%E3%82%8B), which is specific
enough. So in written Japanese you can simply write like this:

> 私【わたし】は公園【こうえん】で犬【いぬ】を撮【と】りました。  
>  I took a picture of a dog at the park.

See Also: [What's with all the possible kanji for
とる?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/17439/5010)
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