Monthly Archives: August 2017

Dog of the Day: Ears!

Howdy from Amtrak! I’m training from St. Louis up to Chicago today, and am procrastinating from work (which is how I’ll be spending most of the train ride) by posting a picture. I met this pup on the light rail … Continue reading

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Dog of the Day: Mushu the German Shepherd

There ARE dogs in Milwaukee! I ran into a couple just a block from where I’m staying. I got dozens of good pictures of Mushu (6 months old and named after the character from Mulan) but I am so busy … Continue reading

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Dog of the Day: Eebee (Isabel) the Basset Hound

I put in about four miles of walking today, and for a while I thought I was going to run into not a single, solitary pup. Finally, though, and fortunately before it got dark, I did run into Eebee, who … Continue reading

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Dog of the Day: Pungsan Dog

A new breed for us! I took these pictures on my trip northward for July 4th, and just remembered they were on my DSLR memory card yesterday while I was packing for another trip.* Apparently this pup is a Pungsan … Continue reading

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Dog of the Day: Orson the Newfoundland Dog

If last Friday wasn’t enough Newfie for you, how’s about Orson? Named of course after that famous theatrical personality, Orson from Mork & Mindy. I kid, I kid. He is, of course, named after the similarly solemn and noble Orson … Continue reading

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Pack-Bear of the Day: Brown Newfoundland Dog

I wonder what they would have thought in the Old West if they’d seen this fella tied up to a hitchin’ post outside of a sa-loon.

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Dog of the Day: Deflated Labrador Retriever

Nanananananananana… BART DOG!

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Dog of the Day: German Shepherd

Poor pup. Abandoned alone outside of a store for (at the time I took this picture) almost a whole minute. The pathos!

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Dog of the Day: Payton the Australian Shepherd

I hear Payton (boy, 9 years old) has some obscure sports figure named after him. Why the goggles, you ask? Funny thing: it seems that Payton has a skin disease that is turning all the fur on his head white. … Continue reading

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Dog of the Day: Bird Dog

Bird dog both for the shop window that I always see her in and for the ears, which make her look like she might fly away if she weren’t so sad.

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