Tag Archives: North Beach

Dog of the Day: Big Poofly Malamute

Another pup from the North Beach Festival. So fluffy. This is the kind of dog that would, in addition to providing you moral support and pulling your sled for you, would provide enough fur to make about three sweaters every … Continue reading

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Dog of the Day: Ollie the Saint Bernard

Ollie is a rarity, a Saint Bernard that was adopted from an SPCA group. He’s also a ‘rescue dog’ in that he obviously goes around bringing people brandy and slobbery smooches. He’s 5 years old, and is tiny for a … Continue reading

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Dog of the Lazy Day: Some Kind of Terrier Thingie

I’m really tired, and I need bed. So here is a post from the North Beach Festival, a few weeks ago, when The National Shrine of Saint Francis of Assisi held a ‘Blessing of the Animals‘. There were literally dozens of … Continue reading

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Dog of the Day: Small Münsterländer

Autumn and I were walking along, and Autumn said, ‘Hey, that looks like a Small Münsterländer!’ And lo, it was. It’s not often I get to trot out the umlauts.

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Double Dog Day: Simba the Possible Plott Hound and Chihuahua Friend

Found these two interacting in Washington Square Park. They seemed to be having fun. Simba’s mom got him as an ‘unknown breed’ adoption, but someone who saw him said he might be a plott hound, and she looked online and … Continue reading

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Dog of the Day: Bella the 5-Month-Old Rhodesian Ridgeback Puppy

I choose to believe that Bella is named after Bella Wineries. (What’s that? LA LA LA I CAN’T HEAR YOU.) By the way: if you like hockey, sounds like there’s an event for you coming up. The San Francisco Bulls are … Continue reading

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Dog of the Day: Heterochromatic Collie

Just ran into this gorgeous collie recently, down in North Beach. Isn’t that eye amazing?

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Dog of the Day: Pub Pit Mix

This pup is the pub dog at a local biergarten-cum-thingummy. I will not mention the exact place, because they serve food as well as drink and I don’t think dogs are, strictly speaking, allowed in. However, I will say that … Continue reading

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Dog of the Day: Golden Retriever Mix

I’m having trouble with this one. Almost looks like a golden/Great Pyrenees mix or something, though the’s pretty small for that.  

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Dog of the Day: Declan the Irish Setter

Got about twenty pictures of Declan last weekend. Eighteen of them were blurry and two looked like this (only worse: this is after lots of screwing around with brightness and color.) But dammit, I want our first Irish setter, and … Continue reading

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