It’s been a very long week, so have a couple of kittens who look just as tired as I feel. (I’m currently dogsitting a pair of cute pups, since Autumn is out of town. They’re no trouble, mostly, but they definitely have me sleeping less soundly than usual.)
I just need a night or two of sleep this sound.
I bet this kitten doesn’t get up at 3 AM and howl at ambulances, either.
Mona is the mascot/queen/official greeter down at the Fight and Fitness Gym. Fortunately for me, she didn’t put up a fight, although she does seem very fit.
Whatever she is, she’s a pretty one.
She looks like she has the canine equivalent of a milk mustache: she looks like she got her nose stuck in a half pint milk carton.
Damn, I almost missed two days in a row! Well, it’s been a busy week. (And I’m going to be standing in for Autumn for dogsitting this weekend, so it’s looking like a busy weekend too.)
But I’d feel terrible if I neglected you that much, so here’s Cooper. No, he wasn’t named after ‘Mini Cooper’, although he is a mini-Australian labradoodle. He’s still a puppy, at 5 months old, but he’s not going to get a lot bigger than this.
Look at the splot of white at the tip of the tail.
Slightly shy look. I bet that gets all the girls. And guys. And other dogs.
A++++ dog. Would pet again.
Autumn is leaving the city for a while tomorrow, bound on her annual pilgrimage to the cradle of Irish music in the United States, the Irish Catskills, in upstate New York.
The dogs in San Francisco are going to be heartbroken when they hear. Like this adorable puppy, who I ran into yesterday morning on my way in to work. You can tell she was just devastated by the news.
Not quite sure what the cowlick thing going on there is.
I wish Autumn could have been there to meet this pup. The squealing would have been ultrasonic.
Oh my god that expression.
These two really do make a great pair.
Mojito may just be the most photogenic dog I’ve run into in months.
I hope to be seeing more of Mojito.
I’m not really sure. He looks kind of sad, though, doesn’t he?
Keeping a careful eye on me. Never know what I might do!
Like maybe walk away without petting him.
Not sure who the ‘friend’ is, but that little white splash on the tailtip sure is cute!
These two were adorable together.
I love that expression. Doesn’t he look like a coyote?
Dog play always looks so vicious. Look at those teefs!
I think I’ve used the tune before, but damn is it appropriate here. Orange eyes!
Lovely eyes, a cute little black nosie, and perfectly pokeable paw-pads: this kitty got adopted real quick, you bet!
I took pictures of Max on July 4th of 2013, so I thought I’d put them up today. He is very definitely an independent soul.
Happy big-boom day. Hope your dogs had a good place to hide from all the loud noises.
Max was named after the dog in the Grinch Who Stole Christmas. Can you see the resemblance?
He also likes to herd. A fact which was pointed out to me, but which I also learned firsthand, because he tried to herd me.
Another thing Max likes.
Hope you enjoyed your 4th as much as Max enjoys chin skritches.
This is Liberty, aka Libby, the 5-month-old pug puppy. She was running up to bigger dogs and trying to get them to chase her. It was totally adorable. (Alas, all my other pictures of her are too blurry to post.)
She sure blends into the background, doesn’t she?
I think this is Bailey, anyway. If so, he’s a 3-year-old (in this picture) rescued Guatemalan street dog, who unlike many rescued street dogs is simply in love with everyone who comes along.
This is one of those mutts that looks like he was put together out of spare parts, but still manages to be totally adorable.
Look at that magnificent tail.
You don’t see the stripey nose on dogs without a fur stripe very often. I would have bet this was a recessive red dog, but the tail has black in it. Puzzling!