I was pretty sure I’d seen this guy before, and indeed I had. Only last time I saw him, he had this amazing goofy grin on his face. This time he looks… serious.
I was sitting next to him and playing with his ears. This is what he looked like while I was playing with them.
And this is what he looked like about five seconds after I stopped.
Shortly, thereafter, mom let him off the leash and he went off to meet some friends.
Warning: ridiculous underbite ahead!
The ear floppage is pretty funny too.
So gangly!
I must say, I love that collar. Bow Wow Ruff Woof to you too!
Dunno. Up ears, long body, short legs, black coloration (with a splash of white). I’d say he was a black German shepherd mix, but the face looks more Lab-like to me.
Anyway, cute!
Edit: Buster’s dad checked in below, almost two years after I first ran into Buster, and filled me in on his name. And the more I look at Buster the more I think maybe black German shepherd, not lab. Those ears, man. Those ears.
What Autumn likes to call the ‘Noble Dog Pose’.
When a dog gets that expression, I can only imagine that he is pining for his food bowl.
If I had Photoshop, instead of Elements, I would totally edit out that damn bush in the foreground.
I wouldn’t normally post something this blurry, but it shows how long he is, where none of the rest do.
Better watch out… someone’s keeping an eye on you.
This is the kind of stalker I could learn to live with.
All right, so Dixie’s mom checked in in the comments section, and it turns out I got just about everything wrong here. First off, Dixie’s a she. (Which is funny because I could have sworn one of my pictures had… well, never mind.) Second, she’s an Australian Kelpie mix (they think), and not a Rottweiler mix. She lost her leg to cancer, but fortunately it didn’t spread, so she’s been happy and healthy for a couple of years now, and is around eight years old.
Plus, she has a blog! How awesome is that? Here: http://dixileta.blogspot.com/
C’mon, Dixie’s Mom & Dad, the latest post on her blog is nearly a month old! Get back to work! 🙂
(Incidentally: not even a single comment on yesterday’s baby seal picture? Hmf!)
From the great storyteller, Gamble Rodgers: "It takes a compassionate man to covet a three-legged dog. And it takes a sorry son of a gun to name that dog 'Flat Tire.'"
And, from the immortal Frankie Laine: "Rollin' rollin' rollin', Though the streams are swollen, Keep them dogies rollin', rawhide!" (Or doggies. Whatever.)
Did you know seals can open and close their nostrils individually at will?
He’s only eight months old, but he’s already a big fella! His name is the Italian version of Ulysses/Odyssus, but it doesn’t look like he had any trouble finding a home.
(Is anyone else reminded of Sweetums, the muppet?)
Widest tongue ever.
That’s a lot of happy. Lucky there’s a lot of dog to contain it.
Big tongue, big nose, big mouth, long ears… everything about this pup is oversized.
That’s definitely a Sweetums face right there.
Okay, I’ve seen some impressive mixes in my time, but… Chihuahua/German shepherd? And the mom was the Chihuahua? Oy, just thinking about that makes parts of my body that I don’t even have hurt.
That said, Abiba (7 months old, the name means ‘Beloved’) is clearly a totally awesome pup. So cute.
This honestly looks like some kind of Japanese anime German shepherd puppy. So ridiculous!
Not sure what the weird glowy effect is from the ball.
I don't think he's going to get much bigger than he is now.
Yes, the ball is slightly too big for his mouth. Watching him chase it is hysterical.
What an unusual little guy. How likely is it that random breedings of three breeds, two of which don’t generally get blue merles, would end up with a blue merle as the result? To add to this confusion, the little guy has eye trouble, which is really common in merles… but it was due to an injury that lost him an eye, not due to genetics. (And his other eye works just fine, and he seems like a super-happy pup.)
Awfully cute. (And yes, blah blah bright sunlight blah blah. *sigh*)
You can definitely see the Chihuahua in there, and the Pomeranian is obvious. Not so sure about the dachshund.
Aww. I get the feeling that even if he didn't have the gimpy eye, he'd still be winking at me.
Finally! I’ve been hunting for these guys for ages. They are so awesome: one of the first retriever breeds (along with the flat-coated retrievers), and ridiculous looking, with the squared-off retriever body and the poodle-like coat! Plus they’re super-rare, and it’s always cool to run across a rare breed.
Nash’s dad, it turns out, is one of the founders of a pet supplies company that is based in San Francisco, called Luxury Pets, and Nash may soon be one of the spokesdogs of the company. Go Nash!
(The last three pictures I got from Nash’s dad, although the one with the white background was taken by a professional photographer.)
Aww. Sweet face! Looks like a Lab expression.
Big yawn. Nash has great pearly-whites...
...as you can see! VICIOUS DOG! EVERYBODY RUN!
Yup. Vicious. Evil nasty vicious... cuddly... dog.
The ever-popular 'canine speedbump' pose.
Aww, sweet puppydog eyes!
Plaintive gaze. Wonder what he's thinking? (Also, see? I'm not the only one who has trouble bringing out detail on black dogs in the sun!)
Pretty contrast.
All I can say is, whaaaaaat? How did this professional photographer turn Nash BROWN?