Autumn and I ran into a few dogs when we were out hiking last Sunday in an area known as ‘Little Yosemite’ (the day after my birthday!) One was a gorgeous border collie, one was another cute mix, but the most striking of them all was this one, who was rescued from the streets of Taiwan.
It’s a shame I forgot to record this guy’s name, because it means mom and dad will be less likely to run across the pictures, which came out gorgeously, of a gorgeous dog!
The funny thing is, I saw the pup and took some pictures, and he ran up to me and sniffed at me and let me pet him. Then he took off and wandered around some, with me taking pictures, and then walked by me, not pausing this time to let me pet him. And the mom and dad said, “Oh, he’s really skittish, he won’t let you pet him, oh, look, he’s being all friendly to her!” as the pup walked right up to Autumn. And I thought, ‘you just watched him walk right up to me like 2 minutes ago. Did you just forget about that instantly after it happened?’ Kind of funny.
I am an absolute sucker for that coloration. I don't even know what it's called, besides 'mottled'
The head-tilt happy-face also gets me every time.
That's the proud mom and dad, of course.
Immediately after this picture is where I paused to pet the dog. Hence the significant change of background thereafter.
Quite unlike my usual pictures' backgrounds of random cars, brick walls, and the legs of passing people.
Caught him mid-leap.
Man, if all Taiwanese street dogs looked this pretty, people would be lining up to take one home.
