Dog of the Day: Murphy the Pembroke Welsh Corgi

Murphy (just turned 1) is my friend, and your friend, and the friend of everyone on the train.

Happy Pembroke Welsh Corgi Sitting And Grinning

BART is, technically, closed to dogs. A rule that is sometimes gently nudged aside by an adorable coldwetnose.

Red And White Pembroke Welsh Corgi Lying Down And Wiggling His Ears

I love the blurry ears. You can almost hear them wiggling.

People On BART Admiring Corgi

Everybody looks at a corgi. Just… everybody.

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Dog of the Day: Australian Shepherd

Had (minor) surgery today. Went well. Feeling crappy, but that’s sort of to be expected. Shouldn’t last long, either.

I didn’t have time to get this pup’s name, since his dad was in a big hurry. I did have time to take fifty-odd pictures, almost none of which came out non-blurry. And one of those few just HAD to be this one:

Blue Merle Tricolor Australian Shepherd Peeing On A Concrete Planter

When I *started* taking this picture, he was sniffing.

Blue Merle Tricolor Australian Shepherd With Blue Eyes

Someone was rather nervous about me at first.

Blue Merle Tricolor Australian Shepherd With Striking Blue Eyes

I need you to look closely at those eyes. That’s not because of the camera or anything like that. They actually look like that. Click on the picture, look at them even closer. They are AMAZING.

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Sunday Switchup: A Rose By Any Other Name

Purdy!

Pink Rose

Not only pretty… these smelled very, very strongly… almost dizzyingly.

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Caturday Supplement: Serval

A special bonus from SLOTHFEST 2017!

Trivia question from the woman who runs Classroom Safari: “Servals do not eat sloths. Do you know why?” And the answer: “Because they would have to be really good swimmers to get from Africa to South America.”

Serval Sitting On Floor

According to her, this serval is pretty much unique among the species.

Serval Rubbing Cheek Against Woman

Not only did he do this to her, he also just randomly wandered up to a few people he didn’t know and rubbed against them as well.

Serval Looking Over His Shoulder At Woman

I was not among those happy few. Maybe next time.

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Dog of the Day: Daisy May the Australian Kelpie Mix Puppy

Just a cute little puppy with thirty pounds of happy in a twenty pound body. Mom didn’t know what breed she was, but I am guessing there’s some Australian kelpie in there somewhere.

Adorable Black With Tan Points Australian Kelpie Mix Yawning Hugely

Big yawn!

Adorable Black With Tan Points Australian Kelpie Mix Smiling At The Camera

The bestest of girls.

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Dog of the Day: Zelda the Australian Cattle Dog

I’ve heard legends of this dog! It is said that she is an awesome Aussie, aged 3.

Red Merle Australian Cattle Dog

Those sad eyes get me every time.

Red Merle Australian Cattle Dog

She was a very, very good girl, all the way there.

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Dog of the Day: Sofie the Tervuran Shepherd, Revisited

So I ran into Sofie and her dad, and I thought her name sounded familiar. And it turns out that yes, I ran into her before… back in 2010! She’s still around and kicking, at age 13. And distributing happy smooches to passers-by.

Thirteen-Year-Old Belgian Tervuren Shepherd

I also found out I got her name wrong last time. It’s ‘Sofie’ and not ‘Sophie’. Fixed now.

Thirteen-Year-Old Belgian Tervuren Shepherd

She’s all smiles.

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Dog of the Day: Irish Setter Puppy

Last Milwaukee post. This poor pup was getting a little more attention than he could really handle at six months. He was being very good, but he was preeeetty pooped by this time.

Irish Setter Puppy On Table

Very obedient dog. Well trained even at this age.

Irish Setter Puppy Being Petted

Then again, unless they’re actually running and grinning they always look sad and pooped.

Irish Setter Puppy And Woman Gazing Into One Another's Eyes

Mom was not the only one receiving puppy smooches, by the way. *ahem*

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Sunday Sloth Switchup: SLOTHFEST 2017!!

On Saturday, Autumn and I went to a Sloth festival. I was somewhat hesitant to advertise it on here, because I wasn’t actually sure there would be anything interesting going on there. They were advertising sloth-based art and ‘sound healing’ and some kind of magic healing massage that doesn’t involve people touching you at all, which, well, that’s not my kind of thing.

But it turns out, well, they had a sloth. Among other beasties. And I had my nose licked by it.

Anyone up for slothfest 2018?

(PS: The lighting was HOOOOORRRRRIBLE.)

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Dog of the Day: Husky

Pretty pup!

Husky With Beautiful Markings Waiting For Tacos

I feel like the markings on his forehead should mean something. Sergeant Dog, maybe?

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