Dog of the Day: Rascal the Australian Cattle Dog Labrador Retriever Mix

Posted on September 23, 2025 by Adam Lang

Was poking through old pictures (from 2023) and discovered Rascal, who was 2 at the time, having a day out at the beach. I love his name.

Labrador Retriever Australian Cattle Dog Mix And Woman On Pebbly Beach
I collected a few pretty rocks from that beach, too!
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Sunday Switchup: Spotty Seals

Posted on September 21, 2025 by Adam Lang

The Pacitic harbor seal varies between black with white spots and white with black spots. I didn’t know that! So apparently that’s what these guys are.

Two Pacific Harbor Seals Basking On A Rock
I wish there were enough sunblock in the entire world to let me bask like that.
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Dog of the Day: Cooper the Bernadoodle (And Bosco’s Twin)

Posted on September 19, 2025 by Adam Lang

Autumn and I took Bosco out for a hike in the Redwoods last month. We stopped for breakfast at a pretty decent spot in Montclair, where we found a dog that was the very spit and image of Bosco! In fact, they looked so similar that Bosco was mostly too busy wondering where the mirror was to have his usual hostile reaction.

But where Bosco is an Italian water spaniel, Cooper is a dilute-coat Bernadoodle, which I have rarely ever seen before. Coop is also a lot mellower than Bosco, as befits a Bernese mix.

Dilute Coat Bernadoodle
Mellow but definitely interested in both humans and dogs.
Bernadoodle Viewed Through An Iron Fence
He was very sad to see us go.
Bernadoodle Sticking His Nose Thorugh A Fence
SNOOT SHOT.
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Puppy of the Day: Taffy (Taffyta) the Approximately Spherical Pomeranian

Posted on September 17, 2025 by Adam Lang

Taffy is nine months old, and is spherical to a first order approximation, and is roughly 90% floof by unit volume. Some settling may occur in shipping. Do not squeeze.

Oh fine, go ahead and squeeze. She loves hugs.

Brown And White Exceedingly Fluffy Pomeranian Puppy Tilting Her Head To The Side
If you make the right kind of noises you can get some pretty amazing puppy head tilt action going.
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Puppy of the Day: Karl (the Fog) the Bernese Mountain Dog

Posted on September 16, 2025 by Adam Lang

As of a few years ago and a silly Twitter account, the fog in San Francisco has got a name, and that name is Karl. (Which is only fair, I mean if the rain is Tess, the fire is Joe, and they call the wind Mariah, I think Karl deserves a name too!)

And now enter this young (4.5 months) pooch, Karl the fog dog!

Bernese Mountain Dog Puppy Smiling
Berners are, I think, the owners of the most ridiculous puppy fro action.
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Dog of the Day: Bosco the Repeatiest Repeat Customer Lagotto Romagnolo

Posted on September 15, 2025 by Adam Lang

We have been posting pictures of Bosco (ten!) since 2017. Not only does he look identical to how he looked back then, he also has just as much energy and enthusiasm as he did back then. This is roughly similar to a human being having as much energy and enthusiasm at my age as he did at age 18, and is deeply, deeply unfair.

Lagotto Romagnolo
Fortunately I get to dogsit for Bosco occasionally. It helps keep me young. Well… youngER, anyway.
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Sunday Switchup: Egrets Both Great And Snowy

Posted on September 14, 2025 by Adam Lang

Admittedly I’m no expert, but I actually think that these two are different species! The one in the front has a yellow bill, which would make it a great egret, while the one in the back has a black one, which makes it a snowy (or a hybrid of some kind maybe?)

One Snowy Egret And One Great Egret In Water
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Caturday Supplement: Toulouse the Scottish Fold Siamese Mix Kitten

Posted on September 13, 2025 by Adam Lang

I was on my way home from hitting the farmer’s market and Costco and the wine store on the bus today — there’s a bus stop right near Costco and the wine store for the bus that stops 20 feet from my apartment, yay! — and I ran across this sassy little kitten. His name is Toulouse, for Henri Toulouse-Latutrec of course, and he is three months old and was on his way to the vet for some childhood vaccines. He was pretty calm, thanks to some kitty drugs, but definitely wanted to go exploring.

Scottish Fold Siamese Mix Kitten In A Bag
Toulouse was meowing up a store. Mew! Mew! Only stopped when either mom or I started petting him.
Scottish Fold Siamese Mix Kitten Head Sticking Out Of A Sweatshirt
He completely shut up when mom did this.
Woman With Scottish Fold Siamese Mix Kitten Head Sticking Out Of Her Sweatshirt
By the time I got off the bus the entire bus was going ‘OH MY GOD THAT’S ADORABLE!!! EEE!!’
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Dog of the Day: Olive the Coton de Tulear

Posted on September 12, 2025 by Adam Lang

I am not sure I have ever seen a Coton de Tulear who wasn’t all white before. Olive is a 6-year-old tricolor coton, according to mom, but apparently all her brown faded out. I know dogs go grey (like me!) but I didn’t know just one of their colors could fade. Weird!

Black And White Coton De Tulier
Pretty eyes, too.
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Dog of the Day: Umi the Australian Shepherd

Posted on September 11, 2025 by Adam Lang

Umi (6) is awesome: a story in five pictures. No need for hovertext or captions for this one, the pictures tell the whole story.

Red Merle Australian Shepherd
Red Merle Australian Shepherd
Red Merle Australian Shepherd
Red Merle Australian Shepherd
Red Merle Australian Shepherd
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