I’ve always thought it was a bad idea to drive a pickup with a dog in the back. Dangerous! But the dogs sure do see to love it.
There are ALMOST no strip malls in the entire city of San Francisco. This is one of the very few.
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Dog of the Day: Chihuahua Puppy
Ran into this pup (among others) at a puppy training class. He was the littlest one there.
A little shy. Glad his dad is getting an early start on socializing him.
I think he’s going to do just fine.
Double Dog Day: Two Foofly Wieners!
I did not get their names, because I ran across these two tied up outside the Crossroads Cafe. But they sure did have a lot of personality.
There was definitely a bit of an ‘us against the world’, ‘defending our corner’ kind of vibe here.
Like I said… lots of personality. I want to see more of these two.
I love the expression on the fawn one’s face.
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Tagged Embarcadero, Foofly Wiener, Miniature Dachshund, SOMA, South Beach
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Dog of the Day: Bailey the Poodle
Bailey’s 14 years old! He doesn’t get around so well any more, at least not after the first couple of miles, so mom got him a very special halter/suit/carrier. Seems like he’s not wholly sold on it, but I think he prefers it to not accompanying her around at all.
He still gets his exercise… this is just for when he gets tired.
Sweet pair.
Dog of the Day: Nico the Repeat Customer Pembroke Welsh Corgi
Oh my GOD it’s NICO!! He was ridiculously hilariously adorable when I ran into him almost exactly one year ago. (July 3rd, 2013, to be exact, when he was 4 months old. Go. Go look at the pictures. Trust me, you want to. It involves the spotty puppy belly OF DOOM.) And now he’s… still ridiculously hilariously adorable. But bigger!
His eyes are obscured by shadows… but somehow I think it makes him look like he’s wearing sunglasses. For that extra-cool corgi look.
Nico may be a year and a half old but he still has all the puppy energy.
Is it just me or do the eyebrows make him look devilish?
Such a cute grin.
They really do have cute behinds, too. Especially when waddling.
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Tagged Nob Hill, Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Polk Street, Repeat Customer
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Caturday Supplement: SPCA Kitten
Dropped by the SPCA, and what did they have but more kittens! This one played with me for like five minutes, with me popping a finger up above the frame of the window and him batting at it through the glass, before I took these pictures. As you can see, he found something else to amuse him quite quickly.
One of the things i love about kittens is watching them amuse themselves. Hours of entertainment.
Very very focused.
The newly rebuilt SPCA adoption center really is nice. If you live in SF you should drop by sometime and check it out.
This one has the ‘please adopt me’ face down pat.
Dog of the Day: Tyrael the Labrador Retriever Puppy
Tyrael is five months old! (Well, almost.) And he tried SO HARD to hold still for me, but he just couldn’t keep all that energy in.
Note what part is the blurry bit. Tyriel is a real wagger.
This pup definitely wasn’t particularly interested in having pictures taken.
No comment. Too busy hugging.
Dog of the Day: Edward the Bedlington Terrier
I caught this (10-year-old) pup doing a little window shopping. Seems like Henry isn’t the only dog who wants a hat.
This is out in front of Goorin Brothers in North Beach. It’s where I’ve bought several of my hats.
I always wonder whether Bedlingtons with the classic cut have actual binocular vision or not.
This is our third Bedlington. Wonder how many there are in San Francisco?
I wouldn’t have guessed at his age, He seemed quite peppy!
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Double Dog Day: Henry the Pug and Baby the Chihuahua Mix
I dogsat last weekend, and it was for these two little monsters!
Actually, they were quite well-behaved, aside from trying VERY VERY hard to push me out of bed all night. And that wasn’t because they were mean, it was because they wanted to cuddle closer and closer and closer. But they were surprisingly methodical about it… one of them climbed under the covers and lay pressed against my knee, and one climbed under the covers and pressed up against the side of my chest. And then they just pushed, very gently, all night.
It’s funny… somehow I caught Henry looking kind of ill-tempered. He normally looks delighted.
Baby likes spending a lot of time curled up like this. It’s quite adorable.
Henry was very interested. (Besides chocolate, there’s nuts and dried raspberries in there.) But he must be well-trained because he never even looked like he was going to try to get up onto the table. And obviously it wouldn’t have been hard.
When I get a long time alone with a dog, probability approaches 100% that I will try to make them wear one of my hats. Henry didn’t even mind.
I think he looks pretty good in it, really.
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Tagged Chihuahua, Mixed Breed, Near Home, Pug, Russian Hill
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Double Dog Day: Two Unknown Mix Puppies
I recently visited the SPCA to donate some things to them. (I already donated the money from last year’s t-shirt sales… these were some donations of towels and chew toys and stuff). While I was there I saw these two, patiently waiting to be adopted. I’d say hurry over, but I suspect they’re probably already gone… they were too adorable to stay for long.
You can just see them using their Jedi mind powers on everyone who walks by.