Sunday Switchup: SeaOtterpile!

Posted on October 5, 2025 by Adam Lang

Some more pictures from my 2023 trip. These cuties noticed me and wondered if I might want to come swimming.

Group Of Sea Otters Looking At Photographer, One With A Baby
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Double Dog Day: Sonbahar and Drogon the Anatolian Shepherds

Posted on October 2, 2025 by Adam Lang

Oh man! Sonbahar (a girl, the name means Autumn) and Drogon (a boy) are two awesome pups! They’re working dogs, livestock guardians and herding dogs for a farm somewhere out there. They’re out there doing work every day, which must be what keeps them so young: they’re 13 and 11, over 100 pounds of muscle apiece, and they’re in amazing shape!

Anatolian Shepherd Looking Mischievous
This is Drogon. The expression says it all.
Smiling Anatolian Shepherd
This is Sonbahar. The two of them are among the most social, people-friendly Anatolians I’ve ever met.
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Dog of the Day: Benze the German Shepherd

Posted on September 30, 2025 by Adam Lang

Benze is two, and has his own instagram account: BenzeByTheBay (which he shares with his kitty-sister Macha). Maybe when he grows up a little more he can become a dog blogger like me!

German Shepherd Looking Mildly Sarcastic
I did a fair bit of running in circles around Benze trying to get him to look in my direction. When he finally did, I got this expression. Okay, I’ll take it!
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Dog of the Day: Atticus the Giant Schnauzer

Posted on September 29, 2025 by Adam Lang

Every time I see a pup like Atticus (2) I think ‘There really ought to be more giant schnauzers around’. They’re big enough to be fun to wrestle, they’re smart, they’re not as hyper as some other medium breeds cough golden retriever cough, they’re not quite as, ah, ‘idiosyncratic’ as huskies… I dunno. I just like ’em. If someone offered me one, and an apartment to go with it, I would snap that offer up in a millisecond.

Black Giant Schnauzer Smiling
Atticus was described as ‘a little shy’. Emphasis on ‘a little’. Warmed up in under 20 seconds.
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Bunday Bewitchup: Alexis the Just As Great

Posted on September 28, 2025 by Adam Lang

I ran across someone walking her cute little bun a few days ago, and it turned out to be the little sister of Alex the Great!

Little Brown Rabbit In A Baby Carriage
She’s a lot littler than Alex, isn’t she? That’s because she’s only eight weeks old!
Little Brown Rabbit In A Baby Carriage
Bet she’s going to grow up to be a therapy animal just like her big bro.
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Dog of the Day: Boo the English Bulldog

Posted on September 26, 2025 by Adam Lang

Oh NOOOO! I was going to post Boo on her third birthday, but that was the 29th of AUGUST and not SEPTEMBER. Oh where can I hide my face?

English Bulldog Under A Table Sticking Out Her Tongue
We have had a ‘Boo’ before on our site, but that wasn’t an English bulldog, it was a Velvety Land Hippo.
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Dog of the Day: Cyrus the Basenji

Posted on September 25, 2025 by Adam Lang

Cyrus (6) looks very serious, doesn’t he?

Basenji Looking Demure
Been a while since we’ve seen a full basenji round these parts.
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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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