Smitty is six years old, and is the more recent shop dog for the Russian Hill Upholstery store, after Doc and Dolly retired. And it’s amazing I haven’t run into her before this but I usually don’t get out that way on weekdays, and Smitty and her owner are closed on weekends. Terrible!
Dante the INFURNAL. So ridiculous. Seven months old, making trouble wherever he goes.
Google says Shan Zhu (1) is probably named after a kind of fruit. Maybe? She’s definitely sweet, though!
I knew I had seen this pup before, but I couldn’t for the life of me figure out where. It took me simply ages to realize that he was the star of an old 1970s cartoon. (It wasn’t his fault that it was… kind of dreadful. He didn’t write the scripts!)
What’s he doing these days? Well, he has his very own web site, Hershey Tries Things. It’s much better than the old TV show. Most of the time he doesn’t have hair like that, alas.
Now you might think from the first picture that Swenson is a full-grown golden retriever, and if you did I wouldn’t blame you. But actually that’s Swenson, the nine-month-old long-haired miniature dachshund puppy behind that huge smile and pokey snoot.
Odie (4) is also known as Odie On Fifth. I don’t know if that’s Fifth Avenue or Fifth Street, but it’s definitely First Class.
Can’t tell if these two are English mastiffs or bullmastiffs, nor whether the one looking at the camera is grey, black (in direct sunlight), or dark/brindle (which is what I think the closer one is). Maybe we can get Autumn to chime in? Or maybe one of you out there can tell me?
Blade (2) is a vicious, evil, terrible… hold on… I’m just getting a message that the staff at the hotel Blade and his dad are staying at have given Blade the nickname ‘Butterknife’. Apparently he came into the hotel, licked everyone in sight, got into the elevator, and (never having ridden in an elevator before) instantly wet himself the moment it started moving.
Ah, well, fortunately Blade is not employed to protect his dad from LITTLE MOVING ROOMS.
Clapton is thirteen years old, and he’s doing great! His back legs aren’t working quite as well as they used to but he still gets around the park just fine. He does have trouble walking long distances, though, so dad got him some assistance of the best kind.
Also included is a bonus completely bewildering picture.
Rip (3) is named after a character in Yellowstone, which is a show that I have not had the pleasure of watching. But if the main character was a dog this cute, I’d be on it like cute on pups.
