Dog of the Day: Jasmine the Fetching Boston Terrier

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Adam Lang

Jasmine is a sucker for a thrown ball.

(Short post today, since I’m working from home, and the vpn slows everything way down.)

Boston Terrier

Here she comes!

Boston Terrier

If the ball were just a tiny bit bigger, I'm not sure she'd be able to carry it.

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Dog of the Day: Tidus the Famous Corgi

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Adam Lang

Eeee! Corgi!

And now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, this one requires a little back-story. There’s a teeny tiny little house in our neighborhood, surrounded by three to five story apartment buildings and Victorians. We’re not sure, it may even be a rebuilt ‘earthquake shack‘, which were buildings built en masse after the 1906 earthquake as temporary housing. Autumn would give a whole variety of useful portions of her anatomy to live there, especially since it has a fenced-in yard. (And, truth to tell, I probably would too.)

In this house there lives a corgi. We can see him in the yard occasionally, peering out through the slatted fence at all the exciting people walking by. When he’s out in the yard, this is all he does: he loves people-watching.

So, after seeing him there for years, I finally saw mom taking him for a walk, and of course, had to stop her and take some pictures. And that’s when I discovered that mom is a fellow student of iPhone programming, and that Tidus has his own iPhone app! It doesn’t do much yet, but she’s turning it into a game, and in the mean time it is both adorable and free, so try it!

Pembroke Welsh Corgi

Look at that drumstick. So ridiculous.

Pembroke Welsh Corgi

One ear down, one ear up. Corgi ears are so versatile!

Pembroke Welsh Corgi

Both ears back. Very aerodynamic. He kind of looks like a hood ornament.

Pembroke Welsh Corgi

Aww... such a plaintive expression.

Pembroke Welsh Corgi

Ears fully extended. I sometimes feel sorry for Pembrokes for having no tail, but dogs with floppy ears are missing out too.

Pembroke Welsh Corgi

Pembroke-as-buddha. Goofy buddha, admittedly.

Pembroke Welsh Corgi

Okay, I officially love Tidus. Where do I sign up for the fan club mailings?

Pembroke Welsh Corgi

Curly tongue!

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Dog of the Day: Boo the Great Pyrenees

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Adam Lang

This is the same Great Pyrenees that I posted a long time ago. So awesome. I talked to dad about Boo, and I think dad was having a little buyer’s remorse right at that moment (though he clearly adored Boo). Not too surprising, with a dog that can (and in this case was) tow one around quite effectively, being probably 50% heavier than dad.

Great Pyrenees

Okay, maybe not the most scenic of backgrounds, but the guy's body language is quite expressive I think.

Great Pyrenees

If I had two of these guys in my tent I'd never be afraid to go snow camping again.

Great Pyrenees

I thought this one was funny: someone appears to have a tree sprouting from his head.

Great Pyrenees

Happy dog! Also, no, that is not Autumn in the background, although she would adore that skirt.

Great Pyrenees

Aww. The dangling paw thing does it to me every time.

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Canid of the Day: Fennec Fox!

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Adam Lang

Okay, it’s Caturday, and I don’t have any cats. What I do have is a ridiculous animal with far too much in the way of ears. Perhaps that will do instead?

(Fennec courtesy of Classroom Safari.)

Fennec Fox

I've been bitten by a few dogs in my time. I would happy add a Fennec to that list if it meant I could play with him. Well, and it didn't remove any fingers.

Fennec Fox

Super cuddly Fennec action!

Fennec Fox

I spent a while adjusting the lighting on this one. It took me some time to remember that Fennecs actually do have deep black eyes.

Fennec Fox

Look into that ear. It is like a giant, deep, dark cave. An adorably cute cave.

Fennec Fox

Aww. Poor Fennec! Don't get downhearted. Everyone thinks you're ridiculously adorable!

Fennec Fox

His ears look a little gnawed on, but nothing too terrible.

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Dog of the Day: Boston Terrier

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Adam Lang

Just another day at the dog park.

Tomorrow’s post will not be a caturday supplement. But it also won’t be a normal dog-post. Stay tuned, true believers!

Boston Terrier

It's quite a bright harness, but I'm not sure it looks comfy.

Boston Terrier

The ball, on the other hand, is totally awesome. Also, look at those ear spots.

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Dog of the Day: Oscar the Anatolian Shepherd Mix

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Adam Lang

Ran into Oscar at the outdoor tables of a bar near my house, in the dark. He seemed pretty awesome, though, so I tried a few flash photos, which seem to have come out okay.

Anatolian Shepherd Mix

This is Oscar gazing adoringly up at his dad.

Anatolian Shepherd Mix

Oscar spends quite a lot of time gazing adoringly up at his dad.

Anatolian Shepherd Mix

I did get him to look in my direction a couple of times too.

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Dog of the Day: Stella the Miniature Australian Shepherd Puppy

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Adam Lang

She’s eight months old in these pictures… that means I can still call her a puppy, right? I think she has the most ‘up’ ears of any Aussie I’ve ever seen.

Today’s pictures are a lot of studies in ‘almost’. The one I really like is the last one in the list, but even it has an ‘almost’ attached. Not shown are another two dozen pictures that had ‘almost’ enough light to be tweakable into something recognizably canine, and a dozen more that had ‘almost’ enough shutter speed to make Stella anything more than a blur.

Miniature Australian Shepherd

Had to crop this one down, because I *almost* got all of her in the frame, but missed the feet.

Miniature Australian Shepherd

This one is 'almost interesting'. A lot of my pictures are like that: 'cute dog, so what?' Well, the blog is about dogs, but I like to see if I can get decent pictures too.

Miniature Australian Shepherd

And this one... I was ALMOST able to zoom out enough in time to catch. It still works... almost.

Miniature Australian Shepherd

This one has a whole set of 'almosts': almost all of her in the frame, almost fast enough shutter speed to capture the movement, almost held the camera still enough... and it's still almost pretty.

Miniature Australian Shepherd

I absolutely adore the woman's expression, which is approximately the same one I had when I first saw this pup. (Except mine was 'eee!' instead of 'ooo!') But I'd still like it better if I'd managed to catch it from an angle where you can see the dog's face too.

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Dog of the Day: Dee-Dee the Chihuahua Pug Puppy

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Adam Lang

I’ve actually run into Dee-Dee (12 weeks old here) twice. The first time, I took these pictures. The second time, I didn’t even recognize her, even though it was only a week or so later. Why? Well, it’s obvious, isn’t it? I went into brain-overload-too-much-cuteness mode instantly upon seeing her.

Incidentally, she supposedly has a Facebook page, as ‘Dee Dee the Chug’, although I am unable to find it so maybe it was removed. (On the internet, no one knows you’re a dog until you tell them, but once you tell them, Facebook doesn’t think you have the right to your own web page.) Or maybe it’s just set private.

Chihuahua Pug Mix

Just at the age where running often results in an accidental somersault or two.

Chihuahua Pug Mix

Mom was quite good at getting the pup's attention. I was impressed.

Chihuahua Pug Mix

While I was taking pictures, Dee-Dee had a sudden attack of cute-face. Well, cute-ER.

Chihuahua Pug Mix

The tag says '866-60-FOUND www.idtag.com' and an ID number. Not a bad idea.

Chihuahua Pug Mix

I can't decide if her face looks like a Chihuahua-y pug or a puggy Chihuahua.

Chihuahua Pug Mix

Not shown, a few seconds after this picture: Dee Dee licking my ankle.

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Dog of the Day: Nash the Luscious Garage Dog

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Adam Lang

No, Nash isn’t luscious. Well, I guess that depends on your individual interpretation of the term. He’s an awfully cuddly happy dog, and he sure is cute. But he’s also the unofficial official workplace dog and mascot of the place I take my car, Luscious Garage.(If you don’t want to read an unsolicited testimonial, feel free to skip my next paragraph. And no, I didn’t get a discount for plugging them… I just think they’re great!)

It’s an awesome place, and I highly recommend them. They mostly service hybrids (and in fact service San Francisco’s fleet of hybrid taxicabs during the night hours) but are willing to take work on other cars (like my Acura Integra) as well, and they’re very good at what they do. They’re also very, very environmentally conscious, to such an extent that they don’t use paper documents at all: everything is emailed to you, and when you need to sign something, you sign a whiteboard and they take a picture of your signature. Pretty cool. Plus, they’re a woman-owned business (pretty unusual for a garage) and they’re quite accommodating of emergencies and special requests.

And they have a garage dog! (Or, at least, the bookkeeper has a dog she brings in when she’s there.) How could you get more awesome than that? Nobody’s sure what Nash is, but to my eye he looks part Catahoula, or maybe even ‘mostly Catahoula.’ He sure is 100% cuddly.

Catahoula Leopard Dog Mix

This is him inside. Look at the happy face!

Catahoula Hog Dog Mix

The wall on the left is part of the grassy-mural-thing on Luscious Garage's new location. Quite pretty.

Catahoula Leopard Dog Mix

I think this is his determined expression. In this case, he was determined to get me to scratch his back, whether I was busy with a camera or not.

Catahoula Leopard Dog Mix

That's the happy face again. Nash is just a ray of sunshine.

Catahoula Leopard Dog Mix

Goofy. Also, cute socks!

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Dog of the Day: Rally the American Hairless Terrier

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Adam Lang

New breed, UKC only acknowledged them since 2004, and I don’t think the AKC does yet. Trivia note: some American Hairless Terriers have full coats! Silly. Clearly not Rally though.

American Hairless Terrier

He definitely needed that jacket.

American Hairless Terrier

He's not actually hyperactive... it was just dim outside, so long shutter speeds.

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