Caturday Supplement: Shop Kitty

Posted on July 8, 2023 by Adam Lang

A local optometrist has had a couple of different shop cats since I started the blog. Both quite friendly.

Marmalade And White Cat
You can see the sun through her ears. Love that.
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Dog of the Day: Pooped French Bulldog

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Adam Lang

Someone is recharging. Fortunately her head absorbs the sun’s rays and converts it to 90% cheer, 9% drool, and 11% bark. (Yes, it’s very efficient.)

White French Bulldog With Black Head Lying On The Sidewalk
French Bulldogs don’t deflate when they lie like this nearly as much as the English sort do.
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Dog of Independence Day: Lou the Chihuahua American Eskimo Dog Golden Retriever Mix

Posted on July 4, 2023 by Adam Lang

The mind boggles a bit at the mix, but we’ve got pretty much all of North America from Alaska to Mexico represented here, so I guess it’s a good July 4th pup. And Lou is 3, and thus, like the United States, old enough to know better and not old enough to pay much attention.

Worried-Looking American Eskimo Dog Chihuahua Golden Retriever Mix
Just like most of my subjects, I’m not a big fan of fireworks, and I don’t have anyone to go see them with this year, so I’ll be putting in some ear plugs and going to bed early.
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Dog of the Day: Owen the Old English Sheepdog Wheaten Terrier ‘Something Something’ Mix

Posted on July 3, 2023 by Adam Lang

Owen (4) is ‘something’ all right! Never seen an English sheepdog mix with fur like that but dad says he knows so I’ll have to take his word for it.

I’m not going to comment on this whole Twitter/Elon Musk thing in general, but man, it sure has put a damper on my discoverability. I’m going to have to figure out how to share posts on Instagram or one of the new Twitter competitors or something.

English Sheepdog Wheaten Terrier Mix
This is one of those dogs that I just wouldn’t have had the slightest guess at. Very distinctive!
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Doggie Bag of the Day

Posted on June 28, 2023 by Adam Lang

I didn’t get this pup’s name but he’s one of the cuter doggie bags I’ve seen lately.

Small Black And Grey Terrier In A Yellow Shopping Bag
Cloudy (one of yesterday’s pups) got snippy at this pup when he got too close. Guard dog!
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Double Dog Day: Breezy and Cloudy the Shetland Sheepdogs

Posted on June 27, 2023 by Adam Lang

Two little (well, not all that little) Shelties for your delectation today. Breezy (black and white) is 2, and Cloudy is 14! Cloudy is a bit grumpy sometimes, but she seems to be doing pretty great, all things considered.

Black And White Sheltie And Blue Merle Sheltie In A Van
I ran into them at the farmer’s market, where they have an important job guarding the veggies.
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Dog of the Day: Honey the Australian Cattle Dog Mix

Posted on June 26, 2023 by Adam Lang

Honey is 8, and is just as sweet as her name.

Grinning Red Merle Australian Cattle Dog Mix
It’s amazing how m any new pups I run across within a block of my own apartment.
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Swineday Switchup: Piglettes!

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Adam Lang

These two are cute enough to make a man give up pork… although, to be fair, I haven’t eaten much pork in years, so it’s not a big lift for me.

I ran across them on a farm in the Santa Cruz mountains. Amazingly, though, they aren’t the first pigs we’re run across on this site, though these are the first that didn’t have pink painted toenails!

Black Piglet And Pink Piglet
They would make such amazing pigs if they never got bigger than this…
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Dog of the Day: Bentley the Pomeranian Husky Mix

Posted on June 23, 2023 by Adam Lang

Bentley is 4, but he doesn’t just look like a puppy: he also has puppy-soft fur!

Pomsky Looking Very Serious
He looks so serious. He is not.
Siberian Husky Pomeranian Mix Up On His Hind Legs
See? Look at that fluffy fur. SO SOFT.
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Dog of the Day: Rumpleminze the German Shepherd Australian Cattle Dog Whatever Else Mix Puppy

Posted on June 21, 2023 by Adam Lang

Living in San Francisco is funny sometimes. I wandered off in the direction of work this morning, only to find that there were a hundred or so police lining part of my route. I paused to see what all the fuss was about, and watched Biden drive by in the giant bulletproof presidential limo. All less than half a mile from my apartment.

Rumpleminze (3 months) was almost certainly not impressed if he happened to be around at the time, although if he was, he almost certainly did try to play with any police, onlookers, and/or presidents who happened upon him.

Be Rumpleminze.

Grinning Australian Cattle Dog German Shepherd Mutt Puppy
Rumpleminze. That’s a new one on me. But, having looked it up, it sounds delicious.
Grinning Australian Cattle Dog German Shepherd Mutt Puppy Scratching Himself
According to mom, I was ‘taking my life into my own hands’ with those sharp puppy teeth. Amazingly, unlike in many other cases, I wasn’t even NEARLY perforated.
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