Dog of the Day: Chance the… Dingo Mix? Lab Mix?

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Adam Lang

The people walking Chance were happy to let me take some pictures, but they weren’t sure what he was any more than I was. He looks like he could be a Lab mix, but I’ve never seen a lab mix with Lab fur, but with ears that were 100% up. They said they thought he might be a dingo mix, and I have to say, he looks a surprising amount like a dingo. (Our only other dingo mix was mixed with Lab, so his ears were half-up.)

Anyway, he’s 4 years old and loves everyone, including babies.

Dingo Mix

Funny, the other dingo mix I took pictures of was standing on one of those yellow knobbly things too.

Dingo Mix

I have rarely run across a dog who looked as glad to see me as Chance, and yet did not leap up on me and try to lick any exposed portion of my anatomy.

Dingo Mix

Very lab-like coat, except for the white splotches on his chest, neck, and feet.

Dingo Mix

"Mom's Best Friend"

Dingo Mix

I can't get over this guy's expressions. So happy.

 

Dingo Mix

...and soooo goofy.

Dingo Mix

Oop, someone has an itch. World must stop.

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Dog of the Day: Maverick the Collie

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Adam Lang

Maverick was a visitor to our fair city, I think. Certainly I don’t see a whole lot of collies around. In these pictures he’s 8 months old.

Collie

That's the San Francisco Maritime Park, apparently. It's right out in front of Ghirardelli Square.

Collie

Collies are so pointy! In all sorts of different directions.

Collie and Friends

That's mom and dad. His shirt says "World's toughest mudder." Not entirely clear on what that means.

Collie

That's one photogenic dog.

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Dog of the Day: Marley the Lab Mix (and Jake Revisited!)

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Adam Lang

This is Jake’s friend Marley. You remember Jake, from last Friday? Yep, this is the dog in the background with the really disgruntled expression on his face.

Labrador Retriever Mix and St. Bernard

Compare and contrast. They make quite a pair.

Labrador Retriever Mix

Aw. Happy expression. And teeny bit of tonguage.

Labrador Retriever Mix

I love the little hint of grey eyebrows. Gives his face a lot of character.

Labrador Retriever Mix

Look at that ear. How does that work? It's obviously a floppy lab-like ear, how did he get it hiked up like that? Also, the floppy thing directly above Marley's nose? That's a Jake ear.

Labrador Retriever Mix

I like Marley. He has a lot of personality.

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Caturday Supplement: Ocelot!

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Adam Lang

Adorable! She totally looks like a humongous 80-lb housecat.

Sorry for the late post, but Autumn and I were out at a sea music festival, where Autumn did three performances. And sounded awesome.

Ocelot

I will probably reiterate this several times, but I cannot get over the adorable pink nose!

Ocelot

Unlike the Geoffrey's kitten, this much larger cat required no protective equipment.

Ocelot

The face and attitude were totally housecat, except at five times the length. Me-YOW.

Ocelot

The flopped paw. So cute!

Ocelot

Brave woman. Apparently no permanent mangling, though, or at least none visible, so I guess she knew what she was doing.

Ocelot

Those claws do look just the teensiest bit... terrifying.

Ocelot

That boot makes the cat look smaller than she is. That's a BIG boot.

Ocelot

Eee! (I told you I'd be mentioning that adorable nose again.)

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Dog of the Day: Jake the Drooly St. Bernard (and Friend)

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Adam Lang

As mentioned yesterday, here is Jake, the 6-year-old St. Bernard! His friend is Marley the Lab mix, who I will be featuring separately, since there are just too many good pictures of each of them to fit in one day.

St. Bernard

How can you tell the street is level? The St. Bernard is drooling out of both sides of his mouth! (Actually the street is sharply slanted here. I don't care, it's still a good joke.)

St. Bernard and Lab Mix

Look at the feet on that dog.

St. Bernard and Lab Mix

Is it just me, or does Marley look distinctly disgruntled in this picture? Don't worry, pup, we'll post some pictures of you soon enough.

St. Bernard

That tongue is the size of my entire hand. And his head is ginormous!

St. Bernard

While I was taking pictures of Marley, Jake rolled onto his back with his feet in the air. And then, when I tried to take pictures of that, he rolled back again. Hmf.

St. Bernard

Dogs sure do stand up funny sometimes.

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Dog of the Day: Petunia the European Staffordshire Bull Terrier

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Adam Lang

I would have sworn Petunia was a puppy, she was so little. But apparently European Staffordshires are built small, since she’s 5 years old. (I ran into her on 9/11, at the San Francisco Ghirardelli Chocolate Festival. And no, I didn’t give her any of my chocolate.)

Petunia is affiliated in some way with a Toronto dog charity called ‘Paws 4 the Cause‘, which helps dog owners with high veterinary bills.

I’ve got a treat that I’m going to try to post tomorrow or Saturday: a super-drooly St. Bernard named Jake. I may have gotten too many pictures of him… it’s taking quite a long time to sort through them all, find the decent ones, and then edit them. Hey, there are worse problems for an artist to have than ‘too much material’.

European Staffordshire Bull Terrier

Pretty collar! Petunia is every inch the lady.

European Staffordshire Bull Terrier

I think Petunia was a teensy bit overwhelmed by all the noise and people. Which is fair enough: so was I.

European Staffordshire Bull Terrier

Aww. Don't worry, pup, you'll be going home soon.

European Staffordshire Bull Terrier

I think this is someone's 'I need a tummyrub' expression. Or, at least, that's the effect it had on me.

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Dog of the Day: Sophie the Short-Haired Brussels Griffon Puppy

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Adam Lang

A puppy, in celebration of Autumn’s triumphant return to San Francisco! Sophie’s 11 weeks old, and quite a squirmy handful.

Short-Haired Brussels Griffon

Apparently short-haired Brussels griffons are the result of a cross with pugs. I can see that.

Short-Haired Brussels Griffon

I can't tell whether that face looks grumpy or whether there's a little smile in there somewhere.

Short-Haired Brussels Griffon

Now *that's* grumpy.

Short-Haired Brussels Griffon

PUPPY BELLY!

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Dog of the Day: Charlie the Pug

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Adam Lang

Headline: A Pug Is Goofy. Details At Eleven.

Pug

Charlie's 7, but, as with most pugs, tends to act like he's about 7 months, at least around people.

Pug

Judging from this expression, the word 'pugnacious' was derived from... well, from this expression.

Pug

Is anyone else reminded of a frog?

Pug

He's curly at both ends!

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Dog Nose of the Day: LabraSchnozzola.

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Adam Lang

I probably post way too many goofy dog nose pictures. I can’t help it: they make me smile. (A little short on time today, but there’ll be more of this fine fellow coming up sooner or later.)

Labrador Retriever Nose

So ridiculous.

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Dog of the Day: Labrador Retriever Mix

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Adam Lang

Ran into this guy down at the Ferry Plaza. He’s got to be a mix: his fur was a gorgeous mahogany, which I’ve never seen on a Lab, and was also slightly variegated. Plus his ears were a lot more ‘up’ than you see on Labs, and he had a little patch of white fur.

He also had the most amazing whine that I’ve ever heard. This didn’t sound like a dog whine at all… it was more like a human crying. And he was doing it a lot… seemed like he wasn’t sure whether his person was going to come back out of the Ferry Building for him or not. He only stopped whining when someone stopped to pet him, and then only for as long as the petting lasted. It was devastating. If that were my dog, I’m not sure I would have been able to leave him. Which probably means that I’m too much of a sucker to have a dog.

Labrador Retriever Mix

The color in the picture really doesn't do him justice... his fur was this beautiful variegated brown-shading-to-almost-black color. I should have looked closer: it could even have been brown fur with darker-brown tips.

Labrador Retriever Mix

There's one 'up ear'.

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