Dog of the Day: Pack Pomeranian

Someone’s not entirely sold on the backpack, but if it lets him come into the office every day he’s willing to put up with it.

It’s pretty amazing: every time Google rolls out a change to their search algorithm, it results in their search engine sending fewer and fewer people my way. I’m literally down to 1/4 what they were sending me two years ago, even though I have a bunch more content and quite a few more external links. It really seems like they are simply getting less and less interested in content that is created by end users, for end users. They’d rather send people to web sites that poach my pictures illegally and use them to sell flea and tick products, or indeed simply use them to get people to load a thousand web ads.

Not sure I like where this ‘internet’ thingie is headed, when we delegate all of our responsibility for determining that to Google. Maybe it’s just me.

Man Strapping Pomeranian Into Backpack

I don’t have any notes on the pup, but I’m pretty sure he’s 11 or 12.

Man With Pomeranian Strapped To His Back

The guy is being such a drama queen! That dog weighs less than my laptop.

Pomeranian In A Backpack

Needs doggles.

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Bunday Special Edition

Autumn sent me another picture of the evil Adam-attacking bunny. Seemed like an appropriate subject for today.

Nearly spherical!

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Caturday Supplement: Grey Tiger Tabby

Guess where I got these pictures?

Grey Tiger Tabby Cat Snoozing

Most of the kitties were pretty active, but this one seemed just plain tuckered out.

Grey Tiger Tabby Cat Snoozing

His nose is black and pink!

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Dog of the Day: Evan the (Possibly McNabb) Border Collie

I ran into Evan in a post office about a block away from that cat sanctuary I’ve been talking about so much. He was an absolute gentleman and a credit to his breed, McNabb or no.

McNabb Border Collie Sprawled On The Floor, Grinning

You can tell just by looking at his goofy expression what his sense of humor is like. Sure enough, he sat on my foot and grinned at me, utterly unrepentant.

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Dog of the Day: Boo the Velvety Land Hippo

Autumn is babysitting Boo, who has been identified by his owners as a velvety land hippo. And who are we to question?

Boo has some hip problems, the result of being stuck in a concrete-floored shelter for two damn years, but mostly doesn’t let that slow him down.

Totally game for the stairs.

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Dog of the Day: Mac the Nice!

Mac (8) is a red short-haired border collie, a breed that originates from up around Redding, CA, not so very far from San Francisco. And at least one of his owners is from near SF originally (not sure about the other.) And I ran into him with his family out in Wyoming. Small world!

Mac used to do a lot of herding. And he is, even as I post this, on his way back to the farm he herded at. You know. Just to keep a paw in.

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Sunday Switchup: Deer, Deer

Rawlins, Wyoming appears to be the deer capital of the world. I have gone cycling to various places six times and seen deer every single time. For a place with so much hunting equipment in the local Walmart, they sure aren’t scared of people.

Two Fawns Eating Grass In Someone's Front Yard

Mom and dad were not too far off. Dad was a rather nice six-point buck with velvet still on his antlers.

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Caturday Supplement: Monorail Cat Is Offline For Repair

Another kitty from the caboodle I captured at the Friends Forever Auburn Cat Sanctuary. She is the ruler of all she surveys, and suffers herself to be petted only occasionally and for short periods. And yet I like her. Because she’s got cat class, and she’s got cat style.

Calico Cat Flopped On Stool

Or should that be ‘she’s got a fat… gut, and she’s got cat style’?

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Dog of the Day: German Shepherd, Roaming Wyoming

I’m currently in Rawlins, Wyoming, staying at a campground for the holiday weekend. I have an electric bicycle which I’m using as a ‘dinghy’, which works out well for the most part. If I need to buy something big, I can drop by a Costco or Target in the Lummox, and if I just need to go somewhere for fun, or if I need to shop for a few things, I can take my backpack and hop on Batty. That’s the bike’s nickname. His full name is, of course, ‘Dingbat’.

Anyway, that’s what I did today. And I saw this majestic pup in her personal limousine and just had to share her.

German Shepherd In The Back Of A Pickup Truck Under A Gorgeous Sky

Did not go over and pet, as much as I wanted to. I’m pretty sure she would have been fine with it, but I’m not so sure the owner would have.

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Dog of the Day: Goofy Work Chihuahua

Almost a year later, and I still cannot remember this pup’s name.

White Chihuahua

Not the friendliest of pups. One of the few I’ve run into multiple times but who has never warmed up to me, no matter how hard I tried.

White Chihuahua Looking Extremely Grumpy And Sleepy

I have been having a lot of trouble getting to sleep. This looks a lot like I do in the mornings.

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