Dog of the Day: Jazz the Flat-Coated Retriever Again

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Adam Lang

This is what, the fourth time that Autumn and/or I have had a chance to dog-sit for Jazz, the sweetest flat-coated retriever in San Francisco? And this time Autumn’s down with walking pneumonia, so I get to take Jazz.  (Don’t worry, Autumn is recovering quite quickly, and is more or less back up to speed, but it still seems a little rude to have someone bringing pneumonia germs with her to a client’s house.)

I’ve posted some pictures of Jazz before, but they didn’t do her justice, so I tried to get a few more today while we were out for a nice long walk.

Black Flat-Coated Retriever Sitting And Grinning

She’s got such a great smile.

Black Flat-Coated Retriever Sitting And Looking Huffy And Offended

She also still has the puppy head tilt when I make a funny noise.

Three-Quarters View Of Black Flat-Coated Retriever's Face

Even with the little bit of grey fur, I would totally have guessed Jazz to be half her age… or less. She still dances with puppies like a two-year-old.

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Dog of the Day: Chihuahua Pomeranian Mix

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Adam Lang

I have in my notes that this pup is a Chihuahua Pomeranian mix, but nothing else about her. But I do remember her, because I was walking around near Ghirardelli Square a few weeks ago and ran across this dog, just wandering around with nobody attached to her. She wouldn’t let anyone get near her, and was super-skittish even with people who were far away. And I thought, ‘Where did you escape from?’

Nope. There were some people having a picnic about 30 or 40 feet away, and eventually I followed her back to them. Apparently she’s always that skittish, but she’s pretty good about not wandering too far.

Tan Chihuahua Pomeranian Mix In A Flowered Dress Sniffing At The Curb

Not, perhaps, my favorite style of dog-wear.

Tan Chihuahua Pomeranian Mix In A Flowered Dress Standing Among Picnic Supplies

Still, if she likes it, who am I to judge?

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Double Dog Day: Puggles?

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Adam Lang

I think these two are puggles (pug/beagle crosses) but I am not certain. They’ve definitely got some pug in them, though.

Also: you know you’ve been photoblogging for too long when you type a query into google image search, see an image and think, ‘oh, that’s cute’, click on it, and it’s from your own damn blog.

Two Black Puggles Under A Cafe Table

Puggles do woebegone almost as well as golden retrievers.

Two Black Puggles Under A Cafe Table

See? Pleading, pathetic look. Tongue out. An absolute beg-master. I suspect food changed hands shortly after this shot.

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Dog of the Day: Black German Shepherd

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Adam Lang

I was walking down Polk Street the other day, right near one of my new favorite restaurants. (Mmm, Burmese food. Not to be confused with Bernese food, of course. Or, for that matter, Bernie’s food.)  backwards, trying to catch a last couple of pictures of another dog (which I’ll be posting sometime soon). And I suddenly felt something poke me in the leg. I looked down, and it was this gorgeous fellow, letting me know gently but firmly that he was not going to be ignored, and I was not going to get away without paying the dog tax.

Affable, fearless, and not the slightest bit shy about asking for what he wants. I want to be a black German shepherd when I grow up.

Also, why I did I write this up, get it all ready, and then go to bed without hitting ‘publish’?

Black German Shepherd Smiling Up At The Camera

It’s the patented ‘German shepherd grin’. It gets me every time.

Black German Shepherd Smiling Up At The Camera

Could you say ‘no’ to a face like that?

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Multi-Dog-Day: Bow Wow/Meow Puppy Class Of ’15

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Adam Lang

So there I was, minding my own business, out to pick up some medicine for Autumn, when what should I run across but a half dozen puppies congregating outside of a local pet store for their weekly puppy class?

It was too dark for most of my pictures to come out, drat it, but I did my best for you.

Rotweiler Puppy, Australian Shepherd Puppy, And Hound Mix Puppy

They all got along great, although one of them was definitely a bit more dominant than the others.

Hound Mix And Rottweiler Playing

…and it was definitely not the Rottweiler.

Hound Mix And Rottweiler Playing

Who nevertheless was having the time of her life. (I love that expression.)

Rottweiler Puppy And French Bulldog Puppy Playing

She made new friends quick, too.

Rottweiler Puppy And French Bulldog Puppy Playing

I should’ve audited the class. How much do you suppose it costs per credit-hour?

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Sunday Switchup: Horses

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Adam Lang

Ran into a couple of these guys wandering a street fair in Oakland. No idea why, but it’s fine by me.

Two Horses On The Streets Of Oakland

They seemed friendly enough, but I wouldn’t get too close without an invitation, and I didn’t get invited.

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Caturday Supplement: Fishbowl Kitties

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Adam Lang

These two fishbowl kitties were greeting passers-by with silent but plaintive meowlets at our local SPCA.

Two Kittens In A Huge Fishbowl

They frown upon bloggers climbing into the big glass fishbowls with the kittens. Don’t ask me how I know this.

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Dog of the Day: Comet the Australian Shepherd Border Collie Mix

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Adam Lang

Comet is such a sweetie, as you’ll see from the last of these pictures (which were not, obviously, taken by me, but by Comet’s mom.) I met her at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, also known as the Hyde Street Pier. (Trivia point for you buffs: it’s the United States’s smallest National Park.) They were having a sea music festival, and she and her mom and a friend were relaxing on the pier and enjoying the music.

Tricolor Old Australian Shepherd Border Collie Mix With Great Big Bat Ears

The slight head tilt gets me every time.

Tricolor Old Australian Shepherd Border Collie Mix

I think she was a little annoyed. There she was, happily lying down, and I had to ask her to get up and pose for pictures, when she wasn’t even going anywhere.

Tricolor Old Australian Shepherd Border Collie Mix

Such a sweet face. The markings make her look a little sad.

Tricolor Old Australian Shepherd Border Collie Mix Licking A Man's Face

Tooootal sweetheart. And yes, that’s me, receiving copious smooches.

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Dog of the Day: Sable Pembroke Welsh Corgi

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Adam Lang

How could I not have known that Pembrokes come in sable? Possibly the prettiest coloration a dog can have, on possibly the goofiest and most hilarious dog in existence? (Well, aside from some corgi crosses, perhaps.)

Also, for some reason the GPS on my phone puts this picture out in the middle of the San Francisco Bay. Weird.

Sable Pembroke Welsh Corgi Sitting Under A Chair

Goofy? Check. Sable? Also check. Well I’ll be damned.

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Dog of the Day: Cocoa the Lab Mix Puppy

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Adam Lang

Apparently Cocoa’s official name includes ’85 Percent’, which makes him my kind of dog. He’s a maybe-full-lab, maybe-mix puppy, 5 months old, and did not seem the least bit bothered by his cone of shame, donned because of a little eye infection that should be about cleared up by now.

Lab Mix Puppy With Cone Of Shame Eating Something Off The Ground

Cocoa did not let the cone keep him from going after anything edible (and most things non-) on the ground nearby.

Black Lab Mix Puppy In A Cone Of Shame

I sat near Cocoa for, what, an hour or so? In that time, the only times he didn’t look this happy were when he looked happier.

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