Sonnet (19 weeks, a girl) is a chipper little trainee guide dog for Guide Dogs for the Blind. Hope she brightens your day as much as she did mine!

I’m sitting a super pair of pups in Albany, California: Henry is an eight year old golden retriever, and Dash is a scruffly scrappy little pupper (which almost came out ‘crappy’, thank you autocorrect!) with a lot of attitude. Today we went to Albany Beach and played some fetch and had a lot of sniffs, and then we went for a nice hike along the Albany Bulb, which has a very funny name but is just a little knob of land that sticks out into the water.
And then we went on an expedition to Pet Food Express, where we all three of us had baths, although only two of them were intentional.








Last time we saw Odin, he was only three, and only 60% as floofy! Now he’s seven and approximately spherical! (And no, he has not gained any weight, except about half a pound of floof.)


Look at these two! Tiny (boy, 3) is the one on the right, and is 3/4 German Shepherd. And Apple (girl, also 3) is half German Shepherd, and the other half just a bunch of different breeds. Isn’t she gorgeous! She’s also been shorn recently. I’d say ‘poor pup’ but I think even in San Francisco that might be a slightly more comfortable way to spend the summer.

We haven’t had a wheely-pup in a while, so I was glad to meet Miso, a six-year-old Maltese poodle and probably other stuff as well mix, and all around happy gal!

Arlo may still technically be a puppy, but he’s fully grown, at about eleven months old. He’s taking full advantage of his last month of puppyhood to get in as much mischief as he can, though.


I was having dinner at a nice little sidewalk cafe on Union Street when Zuri (6) walked by. It became immediately obvious that I was not the only one she charmed. I did not get the names of the other non-canine folks in these pictures, but I did get their permission to post, so here you go: canine/human cuteness overload!


Was wandering down Union Street one day and caught sight of a gentleman who had taken out his kitty for an airing. The cat seemed both entertained and quite well-behaved!
