Panda is six months old in these pictures (and seven, now) and utterly ridiculous.
Panda looks terribly demure in this picture. Do not believe this for a second.
This is what happens if you do. (Or if you don’t. Or if you hold still for about 8 seconds. Or if you don’t.)
Look at that face. Butter would not melt in that mouth. (Because it would be well on its way to that tummy, I’m sure!)
The little head tilt just adds another tenth of a percent of adorability to an already adorable pup.
I think the breed mix is an educated guess by the owner, but it looks logical to me. Willow was a LA street dog for a while, but was adopted a few years back. She’s six now, and has settled into her new life rather well.
Unusual ears. Don’t see ones with that one little fold in them very often.
I didn’t get any perfect pictures of Tucker, but I just had to post a picture because of the story behind his name. It seems that when he was a puppy, he would run and play and just in general be so enthusiastic about his walks that he would just collapse, utterly tuckered out, afterwards. So cute!
Tucker’s 10 now, but he’s still pretty wiggly and enthusiastic. Enough so that he’s hard to photograph.
I’m at the Maker Fair today, and forgot to post something from home, so y’all get a little something live from the fair: Duchess the 5-month-old standard poodle. She is in training for an important job, and I think she’s doing just fine. Even if she does get a little tuckered out sometimes.
I am devastated. I took a bunch of pictures of the most adorable little toy Australian shepherd, Sadie. And every single one of them turned out blurry. Every single one! But I promised that I would link to her glorious Facebook page here, and so I have. Perhaps I’ll run into her again sometime, and can try to get a few more pictures.
Fortunately, I found someone who was willing and able to console me after this terrible experience. Gertie, a 4-month-old dachshund puppy who absolutely adores having her picture taken, cheered me right back up. And despite her extremely wiggly nature, I think you’ll agree that her pictures came out just fine.
This is the one second that Gertie stood still. (Also, check out that funny-looking shadow!)
Those concerned forehead-wrinkles do it to me every time. Also, you gotta love the little collar-flower. (Ugh. Is that an intentional pun, I wonder?)
What a sweet little face.
All right, Gertie, mission accomplished. I’m all cheered up.
Jorge would like to meet you. And smooch you. No matter who you are.
Still fund-raising for the Benefit for Glenn Farr. If you haven’t already, do consider donating, or buying a Dogs of SF product from the store.
Apparently that coloration is called ‘blue fawn’. Never heard of that before. Also… those EARS…
And that little roll of skin right over the schnozzle!
Wow, lots of dog goings-on in the next few weeks.
Sunday, May 19th: ‘Animals on Broadway‘ Walnut Creek, Broadway Plaza. Pet walk, adoptable dogs, best-dressed pet contest, owner-pet lookalike contest, vendors, and so forth. All for a good cause: fundraising for Tony La Russa’s Animal Rescue Foundation.
Thursday, May 23: ‘Marina Pooch and Pinot‘. San Francisco, Chestnut at Laguna, Moscone Playground, behind the bleachers. Meet and greet for dog lovers in the area.
Sunday, June 2: The ‘Million Dog March‘ which I have already mentioned. No dog owner should even dream of missing this. (Seriously? The biggest dog walk in the world is about to happen in your back yard. How could you not want to get in on that?)
Our second Irish setter! Cricket (I love that name) is just barely ten years old, and still zipping around.
They really are beautiful dogs.
When I was younger, I had mid-back-length hair, and the wind used to blow it into my mouth. I can only imagine what it’s like to have the wind blowing your EARS into your mouth.
I’m adding ‘Cricket’ to my list of possible dog names. Too cute.
I did some shipping last week, and, naturally, the way I choose my store is ‘the one with the awesome dog’. So I was happy to meet Baobao (Chinese for ‘treasured one’), the resident Pomeranian at the ‘Handle With Care Packaging Store‘ on University Avenue in Berkeley.
My first glimpse of Baobao. That is a piece of decorative packing tape on his butt… you’ll get a better look in a second.
Baobao immediately led me a merry chase, while the shop owner watched me with a sort of bemused fascination. Which I’m quite used to.
All the way around the shop… and then right behind the counter.
Baobao (which I persist in typing as ‘Bapbap’) really likes this perch.
Silly tongue shot. Almost as good as a dognose closeup.
Have I mentioned that y’all are awesome? So far we have three donations and two purchases from the DogBlogStore in support of the Benefit for Glenn Farr. (Which, for a blog of this readership, is pretty good! I’m not expecting to be the next Bill & Melinda Gates foundation.) Please do consider a small donation or purchase if you haven’t already.
Ollie! Ollie is an adorable happy rescue dog who happens to be owned by a dog walker named Matt, owner (and, with one other person, operator) of Matt’s Mutts. They do dog walking (and cat visits, I guess?) in many of the neighborhoods that Autumn’s business (SF Pup Scouts) doesn’t cover, like the Mission and the Sunset and parts of SOMA. So I can mention him here, since he’s not a competitor, right?
Saw this pup outside a SOMA dog park. He was being very obedient but was clearly sad that he couldn’t join in the play inside the park.
This changed as soon as someone looked likely to pay attention to him. (Dad was a little distracted scrubbing poop — from someone ELSE’s dog — out of the back of his car. The hazards of being a dog walker.)
This pup makes a great ambassador for the business.
…as long as you like smooches.