Dog of the Day: Bella the 5-Month-Old Rhodesian Ridgeback Puppy

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Adam Lang

I choose to believe that Bella is named after Bella Wineries. (What’s that? LA LA LA I CAN’T HEAR YOU.)

By the way: if you like hockey, sounds like there’s an event for you coming up. The San Francisco Bulls are hosting the first-ever “Pucks and Paws” event this coming Sunday. Get an advance ticket, bring your dog, and you can proudly parade your pup around the ring during intermission. All pups in attendance get a free dog bowl. Pretty cool.

[Edit: Another day, another late post. WordPress has been very responsive as an organization, first suggesting that I change a setting that doesn’t even exist in my installation and then not responding at all. I guess we’ll see what happens.]

5-Month-Old Rhodesian Ridgeback With a White Spot On Her Chest

Bella’s going to be a smallish ridgeback, but even a smallish one is pretty big.

5-Month-Old Rhodesian Ridgeback With a White Spot On Her Chest

Rapid head-turn. You can tell because the ear is flopping outward.

5-Month-Old Rhodesian Ridgeback With a White Spot On Her Chest Hugging a Woman

Autumn needed a hug, and Bella was only too happy to provide.

5-Month-Old Rhodesian Ridgeback With a White Spot On Her Chest

Unfortunate placement of that woman’s foot. Still cute though.

5-Month-Old Rhodesian Ridgeback With a White Spot On Her Chest

Is it weird that I can see the veins on that ear, and I still find it utterly adorable?

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Dog of the Day: Grey Chow Mix

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Adam Lang

Didn’t get home until late Monday night, so this is going to be a bit of a lazy post. (I usually queue up my posts the night before, because my photos are all on my laptop, which I don’t take to work these days… it’s a lot harder toting your laptop to work when you jog in!)

On my way back from work this evening I ran across the cutest little 11-week-old golden retriever puppy and his 11-month-old mixed-breed friend. I got about fifty pictures, and the only one that didn’t come out blurry was a picture of the golden retriever’s back. I knew it was pretty dark to be taking pictures of things that wiggly, but I was hopeful nonetheless. I’m crushed.

[Edit: This is up almost two days late because WordPress decided not to publish it! But not to worry, it also decided not to tell me that it decided not to publish it, or why! Isn’t that nice? It didn’t publish yesterday’s either. Hopefully it will work this time… aaaand… nope! Still broken! Looks like things are going to be weird for a while. I’ll try to keep things updating regularly by hand.]

Grey Chow Mix

I am not sure I could handle that level of fluff. If I had a dog like that I would be constantly running my fingers through it.

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Dog of the Day: Heterochromatic Collie

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Adam Lang

Just ran into this gorgeous collie recently, down in North Beach. Isn’t that eye amazing?

Tricolor Collie With Heterochromia (One Gorgeous Blue Eye)

The picture almost looks stretched out vertically. It’s not. Collies are just that pointy.

Tricolor Collie With Heterochromia (One Gorgeous Blue Eye)

That eye was really attention-grabbing.

Tricolor Collie With Heterochromia (One Gorgeous Blue Eye)

Mind you, so was the rest of her. (Or him. Didn’t check.)

Tricolor Collie With Heterochromia (One Gorgeous Blue Eye)

In front of Caffe Trieste: nice place to hang out, for dogs and people. Especially in the gorgeous weather. (Sorry, east-coasters. Hope you get dug out soon!)

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Dog of the Day: Barkley the 12-Week-Old Beagle Puppy

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Adam Lang

I walked out of work on Thursday just in time to see Barkley being escorted out of the bar downstairs by a bouncer. It seems he’d been causing a ruckus… probably by means of his overwhelming cute-itude.

Blue Tricolor Beagle Puppy

I have never met a ‘blue tricolor’ beagle before.

Blue Tricolor Beagle Puppy

Didn’t take him long to get the puppydog eyes down pat.

It must be awful having a 12-week-old puppy... having to take him everywhere you go... carry him around when he gets tired... simply dreadful.

It must be awful having a 12-week-old puppy… having to take him everywhere you go… carry him around when he gets tired… simply dreadful.

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Birderday Supplement: Red-Winged Blackbirds

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Adam Lang

I haven’t seen any of these fine beasties in the city before. And I’m pretty sure this flock wandered into the city quite recently, because they’re very skittish about people. Whenever I even got near their tree they fled.

More cats soon… Autumn got some kitty pictures for me, but I haven’t managed to get them from her yet.

Male Bi-Colored Red-Winged Blackbird (agelaius phoeniceus gubernator)

I never realized until recently that red-winged blackbirds are one of the most common birds in North America.

Male Bi-Colored Red-Winged Blackbird (agelaius phoeniceus gubernator)

Apparently these guys are a local-ish sub-species, the bi-colored red-winged blackbird (agelaius phoeniceus gubernator). The regular red-winged blackbird has a yellow stripe above the red, easily visible when they’re flying; these guys didn’t.

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Dog of the Day: Falcor the Great Pyrenees

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Adam Lang

I guess this pup was one of the participants in Project Dog. A real celebrity in our midst!

Small Male Great Pyrenees

He looks quite serious, doesn’t he?

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Dog of the Day: Whippet Good!

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Adam Lang

Meet Febbo, a 9-year-old male whippet. Believe it or not, he’s our first! How on earth did that happen?

Tan and White Whippet

None of my side views of this fine pooch turned out. Too bad, since whippets are so graceful-looking.

Tan and White Whippet

The ‘confused puppy head tilt’. I get a lot of these when I use the squeaky toy hidden in my backpack.

Tan and White Whippet

I think he might’ve been more interested in the dog treats in my backpack, though.

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Dog of the Day: Zoe the Tiny Labradoodle

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Adam Lang

Okay, Zoe’s not tiny-tiny… I mean, she’s not chihuahua-sized. But she’s a full-grown (1-year-old) Labrador retriever/poodle mix that weighs 14 pounds. That’s a whole lot of awesome to pack into such a petite form.

Cream Labrador Retriever/Miniature Poodle Mix (Labradoodle)

She looks pretty determined, doesn’t she?

Cream Labrador Retriever/Miniature Poodle Mix (Labradoodle)

Those ears look fun to play with.

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Dog of the Day: Pixie the Norwegian Fruit-Bat Terrier

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Adam Lang

Pixie is quite a rare breed! In fact, she may well be the only Norwegian fruit-bat terrier outside of Norwegia. I had been previously unaware of this breed, until her mom told me about them, but I immediately made up researched a bunch of details. For example, did you know that they were originally bred for war, and were used in the Battle of Hastings by Norwegian mercenaries, who were hired to fight against the fearsome Norman ‘batzenjammers’, who rode into battle on the backs of giant mutant fruit bats?

Whoever cropped her ears should have his ears cropped in return. It’s only fair, right?

Edit: Well, I’m not sure why significant numbers of people search for ‘Norwegian fruit-bat dog’ on google, but welcome regardless.

Brindle-and-White Norwegian Fruit Bat Terrier (Or Possibly American Pit Bull Terrier Mix)

Obviously the ears have to be cropped to keep the fruit bats from grabbing onto them, right?

Brindle-and-White Norwegian Fruit Bat Terrier (Or Possibly American Pit Bull Terrier Mix)

Perhaps the curly tail enables the dog to trap smaller fruit-bats as they fly through?

Brindle-and-White Norwegian Fruit Bat Terrier (Or Possibly American Pit Bull Terrier Mix)

And the intense cuteness attracts bats. And also dog blog photographers.

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Dog of the Day: Namo the Cardigan Welsh Corgi

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Adam Lang

Namo is apparently often found in Kiehl’s, a cosmetics-and-stuff store on Fillmore Street. His name is apparently part of a Buddhist prayer (‘Namo Buddhaya’, or ‘salutation to the Buddha’, if I’m reading this right.) I don’t know, corgis never struck me as the most serene of animals, although Cardigans are definitely closer to that than Pembrokes are.

Tricolor Cardigan Welsh Corgi

Whatever he’s named for, he sure makes a good store ambassador. He led about five people into the store. Including me.

Tricolor Cardigan Welsh Corgi

They had treats waiting for him behind the counter. Frequent visitor indeed!

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