Double Honorary SF Dog Day: Obi and Aela the Rhodesian Ridgebacks

Posted on February 3, 2026 by Adam Lang

I ran into these three in Seattle (had to go look it up: ‘if it was Tuesday this must be Seattle’) and was like, “Man, you are a better man than I am if you can handle TWO ridgebacks!”

Man Walking Two Rhodesian Ridgebacks
Made my usual funny dog-baffling noise and got two beautiful head tilts from the pups and a ‘what the heck’ expression from the guy. Flawless victory!
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Sunday Switchup: Silver Falls State Park

Posted on February 1, 2026 by Adam Lang

I drove from Albany to Portland a couple weeks ago (that’s Albany, Oregon to Portland, Oregon, I didn’t jog over to the East Coast) and while I was heading up I stopped off at Silver Falls State Park. Most of the trails with waterfalls were closed due to landslides and that sort of thing, and I decided not to do the back-country trails, but there was a nice two-mile loop with two big waterfalls and several smaller ones that was well worth the trip. The two big falls have paths that go behind them, which were icy and muddy and icky and great fun, as long as you had big stompy backpacking boots like mine. One of the pictures below was taken outward through the falls, even!

Sigh. Software. Everything used to be so much quicker and easier to do in WordPress, as long as what you wanted to do was what 95% of people wanted to do. I counted the clicks back about ten years ago when they shifted from the regular editor to the block-based one, and posting these pictures would have required creating the article, then adding the text, then clicking ‘insert images’, then dragging the images to upload them, then shift-clicking to select all the images, and then selecting ‘insert’ to insert them all. Instead, everything before the image stuff takes more work, and once you get to the images, it now takes seven clicks per image. Progress is amazing, isn’t it?

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Dog of the Day: Wookie(e?) the West Highland White Terrier And Possible Future Dog of San Francisco!

Posted on January 30, 2026 by Adam Lang

Not having the best day: went and got my car this morning and discovered that someone had smashed a window in order to steal… my… travel mug. Seriously, that’s the only thing that was missing. Certainly there was nothing valuable visible. So now I get to pay a $1000 deductible on my insurance so that someone else can have a travel mug.

Amusingly, that $1000 is about what I would have spent on parking at my hotel in Seattle (5 days at $80 a day) plus Vancouver (14 days at $40 a day) if I’d elected to not use the cut rate parking. So the only really frustrating part is that I’m probably not going to have my car for most of the time I’m in Vancouver. Oh well. You can get to a lot on foot and by bus, and I’ll be working a good chunk of the time too. Maybe I’ll rent a car for a couple of days if it’s not going to be done by a week from today.

Anyway! Seattle wasn’t all bummer by any means. For one thing, I met Wookiee, a seven-year-old Westie with a lot of personality, and a lot of happy as well! Wookiee’s mom is currently prepping for an interview with a company that might be moving her (and her husband, and Wookie!) down to San Francisco, so Wookiee might be a genuine DoSF in not too long. If so, hopefully I run into him there! (His dad told me he had an instagram account, but the name he told me does not seem to be correct, and all of my google searches were in vain, so hopefully he, his wife, or Wookiee himself stumbles across this post and sets me straight!)

West Highland White Terrier
He looks, acts, and smooches like a puppy.
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Honorary DoSF of the Day: Maggie Beans the Weimaraner

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Adam Lang

I ran into Maggie Beans (2) yesterday on my ambles through Seattle. She wasn’t entirely happy with posing, because she was much more interested in leaning against my leg and absorbing scratches, pets, and hugs.

Weimaraner Looking Dignified And Droopy
A very dignified expression, don’t you think?
Weimaraner Snoot
Maggie getting all up in my business.
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Honorary DoSF of the Day: Bodhi the Australian Shepherd

Posted on January 27, 2026 by Adam Lang

I’m taking pictures of pups on my travels, so we’re going to have a fair number of honorary Dogs of San Francisco for a while. Bodhi (2) is one such, a gorgeous pup!

Tricolor Australian Shepherd Sitting On A Sidewalk
Bodhi is a very good boy, who sat quite obediently for photos.
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Dog of the Birthday: Phoebe Rae the Australian Shepherd Service Dog

Posted on January 26, 2026 by Adam Lang

Phoebe Rae is another pup that I ran into on my trip back from Indiana to San Francisco, and when I found out that she was going to be turning two in exactly a month, I committed to posting an adorable picture or two. Fortunately, that wasn’t hard to manage. Happy birthday, pupper!

Blue Merle Australian Shepherd With Ears Sticking Out To The Sides
Very cute, yes, but also maybe a little goofy-looking.
Blue Merle Australian Shepherd Looking Up
She is very, very attentive!
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Caturday Supplement: Sunny the Maine Coon Floof

Posted on January 24, 2026 by Adam Lang

Sunny (female, 6) is the store kitty at Sniffany’s, a pet store in downtown Albany, Oregon (where I spent a chunk of last week). She is a giant floof, who was alas not feeling great so we let her sleep instead of spoiling her rotten.

Orange Tiger Tabby Maine Coon Cat Sleeping On Her Side
A whole LOT of floof!
Orange Tiger Tabby Maine Coon Lying On Her Side
I didn’t wake her up, I promise. She was periodically checking people out.
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Dog of the Day: Disco the Cavapoo

Posted on January 23, 2026 by Adam Lang

I found Disco in a local favorite cheese shop, where she was being very, very good and hoping for one of the treats they keep behind the counter.

Blue Merle Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Poodle Mix
Unusual coloration for a cavapoo too!
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Dog of the Day: Keanu the Siberian Husky

Posted on January 21, 2026 by Adam Lang

Keanu is just a little husky! He’s also pretty skinny, which is a pretty funny combo.

Small Siberian Husky Staring At The Camera
He’s apparently not a mini or a mix. Just little!
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Dog of MLK Day: Betty the Belated Birthday BaDachshund

Posted on January 19, 2026 by Adam Lang

Betty should have been posted on the 16th, and that is partly my bad and partly my web site BEING bad. I think I have fixed the site now, but we shall see! (The problem was a weird one, and I still have no idea WHY it happened, or why restarting the host didn’t work, or… anything really. But for now, it works.)

Why should Betty have been posted on the 16th? Because she turned 2 on the 16th and we should all wish her a slightly belated happy birthday!

Blond Miniature Dachshund In A Travel Bag
I ran into this mellow pupper in Midway Airport, just hanging out and saying hello to everyone nearby.
Blond Miniature Dachshund In A Travel Bag
A pretty good side-eye.
Blond Miniature Dachshund In A Travel Bag Giving Puppydog Eyes
But an absolute master at puppydog eyes.
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