I am totally down for this: keep the kids locked up and let the dogs run free!

I ran across Olive (6) when I was on my way home from Milwaukee, in Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. But it turned out, when I chatted with her folks, that Olive was actually an official Dog of San Francisco: she’s lived here most of her life, and she was just on vacation, just like me!
By the way, I don’t mention this often enough, but if you’re visiting here looking for pictures of your pup, and I haven’t posted them yet, please feel free to leave a comment reminding me. I will treat your pup as a priority!

I have just discovered that not only did I take pictures of Jeviz, who is now 12 years old, almost exactly a year apart (August 30th, 2025, which were posted shortly thereafter, and August 25th, 2026, posted today), but I took pictures of him, and posted them, a little over eleven years before that, on July 30th of 2014, when he was five months old! He was dangerously cute as a puppy, and he grew up to be huuuuge (for a standard schnauzer) and dangerously handsome!


Gotta tell ya, I visited Milwaukee last month and it has some pretty great spots. Not least of which is Riley’s, which is not just dog-friendly, it’s dog-centric. We need more places like that around here!

I ran across Milo (9 months) on his way home from a vet appointment. Poor pup, he got neutered. He was a little bit groggy, but still surprisingly cheerful. Get well soon, Milo Bear!

Louie was four months old when I ran into him, and let me tell you what, I just about scooped him up and ran away with him. What an amazing combo, Dane and ACD!



Still kinda hate the name ‘silken windhound’, but I love Kirkland (3), so it’s all good. I also love Kirkland’s instagram page, and you will too!
No captions or hovertext today, just too many cute pictures of a pup!







