The Dogs of San Francisco

Dog of the Day: Beatles Haircut Old English Sheepdog

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Adam Lang

Sorry for the lack of effort, yesterday and today. I’m feeling totally enervated (blame pain and codeine, and bad news.) So: have an Old English sheepdog, shaved short except for his Beatles haircut.

The bad news: Autumn’s family dog died last night, about a month after she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and about three weeks after what was thought to be a successful operation to remove it. Nobody’s quite sure why, but even while she wasn’t able to keep food down, she was still happy to play and solicit petting up to the last, so I guess at least that she didn’t suffer too badly. I’ll try to scrape together enough pictures for a memorial when Autumn gets back.

Old English Sheepdog Shaved Except For Head

I don’t know what possessed mom or dad to give him this haircut, but I think it’s hilarious. I just hope he doesn’t get picked on by the other dogs.

Posted in Dog of the Day | Tagged Inner Richmond, Mountain Lake Park, Old English Sheep Dog | 4 Comments

Dog of the Day: Roxie the German Shepherd/Malamute Mix

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Adam Lang

Roxy is a dog of considerable resource. It says here in the notes I have on her, along with ‘4 years old’. I have no idea what it means, so you can imagine whatever you like. I’m sure whatever it is, it’s awesome.

Incidentally, my tooth is feeling better. And by ‘feeling better’ I mean ‘they pulled it out and threw it away.’ So yay, now I get to venture into the wonderful world of dental implants. I can hardly wait the ten days until my next appointment. Thank goodness for codeine.

Black and Cream German Shepherd/Alaskan Malamute Mix

This picture and the next one are the product of having a squeaky toy in my backpack, and squeezing it where the dog can’t see.

Black and Cream German Shepherd/Alaskan Malamute Mix Tilting His Head (Baroo?

Love the head-tilt. She just can’t quite figure out how a HUMAN can squeak like that.

One guess what’s in that hand.

Posted in Dog of the Day | Tagged Alaskan Malamute, German Shepherd, SOMA | 1 Comment

Dog of the Day: Ginger the Dogue de Bordeaux

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Adam Lang

We’ve seen Ginger before, although she was a lot smaller then. But no less cute.

She looks like I feel right now. I have a toothache, ugh. I haven’t had one of these in a couple years, and I used to get them on a monthly basis, so I guess I should feel happy, but oddly enough, the thought isn’t terribly comforting. Oh, and several different dentists said that it’s nothing that anyone can or should do anything about. Whee. Wonder if I can get some pain medication without waiting several days for a dentist’s appointment.

Young Tan Dogue de Bordeaux (aka French Mastiff)

This was during a very brief moment of diminished hyperactivity.

Posted in Dog of the Day | Tagged Dogue de Bordeaux, Inner Richmond, Mountain Lake Park | 6 Comments

Dog of the Day: Tate the 4-Month-Old Puggle Puppy

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Adam Lang

Tate just wanted to get away for a second, so he could come over and investigate me and my camera some more.

Puggles are one of the most popular designer mixed-breeds in SF, behind labradoodles and goldendoodles.

A little motion blur in there. Even with mom holding on tight, Lola’s a tough (wiggly) subject!

Look at all those forehead wrinkles.

Posted in Dog of the Day | Tagged Beagle, Mixed Breed, Near Home, Pug, Puggle, Russian Hill | 2 Comments

Dog of the Day: Either Blaubaer or Blauber the Leonberger

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Adam Lang

Unusually enough, the confusion about Blauber/Blaubaer’s name isn’t from my poor note-taking skills, it’s because his parents have a little disagreement about the spelling themselves. You’d think they’d have had time to come to some agreement (Blauber on MWF, Blaubaer on TThSat, and Lulubelle on Sunday?), given that he’s already 6 years old, but hey… sometimes you feel strongly about things. Especially things as awesome as Blaub(a)er.

If Leonbergers are supposed to look like lions, I wonder why the black face?

Happy face!

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Dog of the Day: Mimi the 11-Week-Old Belgian Malinois Puppy

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Adam Lang

Mimi is a ridiculously-adorable-and-nearly-perfect-in-every-way puppy. I ran into her down in the Mission Bay area, though if I recall correctly you’re more likely to see her near Alamo Square Park. She was out socializing, and being socialized, and proving that her training is going really well: mom accidentally lost hold on her leash and she immediately started running towards the street. Mom shouted her name, and she skidded to a halt (literally!) and turned around and looked, like, ‘What? Oh! Mimi! That’s me!’

Apparently she’s going to be a show dog, so if you see a dog named Mimi win the Golden Gate Kennel Club Dog Show (or, for that matter, the Westminster Dog Show), you can say you saw her here first. (Dammit, I should’ve gotten a paw print autograph!)

11-week-old Belgian Shepherd/Belgian Malinois Puppy

I am pretty sure Mimi’s mom will be dropping by here. Maybe if we as REALLY nicely, we can see some pictures of her when she was even littler!

The forehead wrinkles make her look so worried. It’s okay, pup, everything’s going to be all right.

11-Week-Old Belgian Malinois Puppy with Owner

Oh god, look at those puppydog eyes.

Posted in Dog of the Day | Tagged AT&T Park, Belgian Malinois, Mission Bay, SOMA | Leave a comment

Dog of the Day: Vladimir the Siberian Husky/German Shepherd Mix

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Adam Lang

Aw man. Vlad has more awesome than any one dog deserves.

White German Shepherd/Siberian Husky Mix with Blue Eyes

Vlad was pretty clearly loving the weather. It was chilly outside but quite sunny, and that seemed to suit him just fine.

Vlad was very attentive to his dad.

Look at those eyes. Ice blue.

Slurp!

Posted in Dog of the Day | Tagged German Shepherd, Mission Bay, Mixed Breed, Siberian Husky, SOMA | 7 Comments

Site News: New Tee Shirt Design, The Cats of San Francisco

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Adam Lang

Just in time for Caturday evening, I’d like to announce a new tee shirt design for our store, for all of you cat lovers out there. The Cats of San Francisco: they’re here, they’re cute, get used to it!