Methinks someone overdid it a little bit last night on the egg nog.
Reminder: the MILLION DOG MARCH is tomorrow! Come be part of the biggest dog walk in the history of humanity! How could you say no to that?
I haven’t gotten to pet a cat in some time. I will have to see if I can rectify this omission.
We may have had a Eurasier before, but that was a rescue, who might also just have been a rescue who looked an awful lot like one. Bear is definitely a 9-month-old Eurasier. They are a gorgeous breed. I knew that I was going to have trouble taking pictures (it was quite dark outside) but I just had to try, because he was so pretty.
Apparently Eurasiers were bred from chow, wolfspitz, and samoyed. I would have guessed there was keeshond in there somewhere. (Aannnd… I just found out that wolfspitz is an old name for a earlier version of the keeshond. So yup!)
Oh lordy. This fine fellow was tied to the next parking meter over from yesterday’s pup, but the two were ignoring one another. I was definitely unable to ignore either of them, but I must admit, this guy got the lion’s share of the attention.
I assure you, however big he looks in the pictures, he looks even bigger in person.
You could tell the dog people from the non-dog-people. The latter were walking around him as far away as possible; the former were walking right up to him with an awed expression on their faces.
You can guess which group I fall into.
English Massive Mastiff dognose.
Husky mix, maybe? I’ll see if I can get Autumn to weigh in on this one. He was quite friendly, but very loud.
He kind of has a little bit of the ‘Mad-Eye Mooney’ thing going on, doesn’t he?
Cade was out skateboarding with his dad (well, dad was on the skateboard and Cade was running alongside, and occasionally pulling him) while I was taking a break from my weekend dogsitting duties. And oh my god I had to stop and say hello because this 5-month-old ball of ridiculous cuteness was just utterly irresistible.
As I was walking away, Cade reached over with one paw and gave dad’s skateboard a shove and it sailed off towards me. And then he sat back and grinned. I could almost see the thought bubble over his head. ‘FETCH!’
Look at that expression. You can tell living with him would be a one surprise after another.
Those ears.
Awww… and that’s the face that would make me forgive just about any ‘surprise’ he could cook up.
Goofy husky grin. Okay, I’m sold, where do I pick up mine?
This dog-sitting thing is hard work. Especially when you’re dog-sitting two gigantic snorgly goofhounds, one of whom just wants to stay home and sleep and occasionally have her butt scratched, and the other of whom wants to run and play and eat everything not nailed down and some things that are.
I’m ready for a vacation from this vacation!
Took Jemma to the dog park. She didn’t want to stay for too long, but she did get in some solid playtime with this pit bull puppy.
Jemma proved a couple times that she could fit most of his head in her mouth.
I’m not sure what this guy is. Did a quick look online but didn’t see any obvious candidates.
Edit: I am informed by the experts at Reddit that this is a ‘variable checkerspot caterpillar‘. Which is awesome, since I have always thought those butterflies are gorgeous.
Have you ever watched a caterpillar walk? It’s fascinating. I could watch one (and have) for fifteen minutes at a time.
Lazy post today, since I’m writing a (non-dog-related) post for another blog this evening. Found this pup a couple weeks back. Good training! Mom or dad just put the leash down and the dog stayed right where he was left. Saying ‘hello’ to all the passers-by, but not following them at all.
The blue tile is very distinctive, and I know I’ve seen it a thousand times. Now if I could only remember where.
I saw this pup on Polk Street, and naturally thought she was someone I’d seen before, since I ran into that dog (Zurich) on Polk, about two blocks away. I remembered Zurich being a little skittish so I didn’t approach, which was probably good. I took these pictures from about 20 feet away, with a zoom lens, which was also probably good, because she got scared just from me looking in his direction and started barking at me.
Poor gal. It must be rough living in a city if you’re that nervous around people.
I had to actually put up a couple pictures next to one another to convince myself that this was not, in fact, Zurich.
Another person, 15 feet away, coming out the front door of Lombardi sports. Poor pup.
I retreated even further once she got all barky. I guess I don’t have a good enough feel for some dogs’ personal space just yet.
This guy looks as lazy as I feel. I can’t believe I just forgot to queue a dog up for you guys for today. I’ve been doing this every day for three and a half YEARS. You’d think I’d remember these things by now.
It was nice and cool and crisp. This pup was obviously enjoying his sun shower tremendously.