Dog of the Day: Bella the Australian Cattle Dog/Pit Bull Terrier/Labrador Retriever Mix

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Adam Lang

The breed amounts to a bunch of random guesswork between myself and Bella’s dad. One thing for sure, though: she’s got the outgoing personality of the pit/Lab.

(Sorry about the lack of post yesterday: I got home pretty late, and feeling a little iffy, so I decided to get some sleep instead. I’ll post a couple seal and sea otter pictures sometime to make up for it!)

Pit Bull/Labrador Retriever/Australian Cattle Dog Mix

Bella has a very human grin. A little visible in this picture, moreso in the last one.

American Pit Bull Terrier/Australian Cattle Dog/Labrador Retriever Mix

Something took a chomp out of Bella's right ear, quite a while ago. Either that or she begged and begged until dad let her get a piercing.

American Pit Bull Terrier/Australian Cattle Dog/Labrador Retriever Mix

See? Goofy grin. (Booths in the background are from Bay to Barkers. And yes, I still have dozens more dogs to post from that fine event.)

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Day in Monterey

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Adam Lang

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I’ll post a dog tonight. Today I’m taking seabird pictures in Monterey… and maybe some otters if I’m lucky.

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Double Dog Day: Chihuahua and … Something.

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Adam Lang

I’m unable to even hazard a guess at the second guy.

Chihuahua and Unknown Mixed Breed

No, his paw isn't damaged. That's some of the 'finger'-paint from Bay to Barkers.

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Seen in San Francisco: Happy Honeybee

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Adam Lang

Guess we still have a hive or two in the city. Makes sense, really: it doesn’t generally get cold enough for them to go inactive in SF, so the mites and fungi and such can’t get them nearly as badly.

This guy has some pretty full leg sacks. You can’t see it, but he also had quite a bit of pollen on him. And he came over and landed on my finger after this picture, but he got bored of that after a minute or two and flew away again.

Honeybee In Front Of White Rose

This is when I really want a good macro lens.

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Dog of the Day: Qispi the Peruvian Hairless

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Adam Lang

Someone was a little chilly at Bay to Barkers!

Mom, also shown, is a professional photographer, and one of her specialties is pet photos. If you’re interested, her name is Felicia Kieselhorst, and her site is here.

The Peruvian hairless is also known as the Peruvian Inca orchid dog, which I have to say is a pretty awesome name.

Peruvian Hairless Dog

Apparently Qispi is as Peruvian a Peruvian Hairless as you can get: she came from Peru.

Peruvian Hairless Dog

She looks a little disgruntled to me. Maybe because it’s too chilly for her to run around and play with all the other dogs.

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Dog of the Day: Izzy (Izzobel!) the Labrador Retriever Mix

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Adam Lang

I found someone waiting outside a cafe on Polk Street. Turns out her name is Izzy (short of Izzobel). Funny, I know a song about a dog named ‘Izzy’, short for ‘Isabel’ (and another named Rose). It was written by two of the goofiest songwriters in the business: Lou and Peter Berryman, and I highly encourage you to check it out if you like goofiness. It’s called ‘Ralph to Rose‘.

Labrador Retriever Mix

What a funny position. Not sure I've ever seen that one before.

Labrador Retriever Mix

This is how she stayed. Everyone stopped to pet her. She just lay there. Every once in a while she'd wag a tiny bit, but she seemed totally distraught.

Labrador Retriever Mix

Those ears are totally ridiculous.

Labrador Retriever Mix

I was taking pictures, and suddenly she scrambles to her feet.

Labrador Retriever Mix

You can guess, right? Mom came back.

Labrador Retriever Mix

Total elapsed time since mom went into the cafe? Less than half an hour. What a HAM!

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Dog of the Day: Duncan the Lab Mix Puppy

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Adam Lang

Another puppy! Y’all are gonna be spoiled, I swear.

Labrador Retriever Mix

Yes, that deflated green thing in his mouth is a ball. Well, ex-ball.

Labrador Retriever Mix Puppy

If you think those eyes are dark now, you should have seen them before fifteen minutes of Photoshop Elements.

Labrador Retriever Mix Puppy

Goofy expression.

Labrador Retriever Mix Puppy

Aww. Sad face. And yes, he did steal that ball from another dog. Like four times. (The other dog was very easygoing.)

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Last ‘Stuff About Me’ Post

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Adam Lang

Kind of *cough* forgot about this. So here’s my last ‘stuff about me’ post, offered with rather less words, and also less content! Hooray!

I Love Pomegranates

No, seriously. If you give me a pomegranate when I don’t have any in my backpack, and have not eaten one in a few days, I will be your friend for life. I can’t help it. Pomegrantes just make me happy.

I Am an Awful Swimmer

I hate putting my head in the water, because I hate getting water up my nose. Hate hate hate. It hurts, no matter what kind of water it is, and comes perilously close to making me freak out under the best of circumstances.

This means that all of my swimming is an ungainly flopping about, keeping my head above water while trying to propel myself. The only strokes that I can do properly are the ones that keep my head out of water, and most of them are hideously inefficient.

I hate that this will prevent me from ever going scuba diving, but, well, that’s life, I guess.

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Dog of the Day: Labrador Retriever Mix

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Adam Lang

Was walking down the street near my apartment when I spotted this pup gazing soulfully out of his second story window at me. Every once in a while he gave this little dispirited-sounding bark.

Is that safe? Leaving your dog in a second-floor apartment with a window open? I guess most dogs aren’t dumb enough to leap out a window like that.

Labrador Retriever Mix In Window

He looks so sad... it's almost like nobody has paid any attention to him in almost five minutes!

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(Slightly Late) Dog of the Day: Lucy the Adorable Lab/Golden Mix Puppy

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Adam Lang

To make up for the late post, here is an 8-week-old puppy that deserves all of the superlatives that I can muster. SO CUTE!

(I know the site’s been having some odd issues today. Not sure what to make of it… some places seem to have no problem, but both from home and from work it seems to take forever for me to connect. Anyone else having issues?)

Golden Retriever/Labrador Retriever Mix

The kind of face that makes you want to pick her up and hug her and tell her everything's going to be okay.

Labrador Retriever/Golden Retriever Mix

Splash of white on the chest. Not sure how you'd get that with a Lab/golden, but genes are funny things.

Golden Retriever/Labrador Retriever Mix

Look at that face. Just look at it. Is that face not totally ridiculous?

Golden Retriever/Labrador Retriever Mix

Slight head tilt = even cuter. If such a thing is possible.

Golden Retriever/Labrador Retriever Mix

How can she be an immovable object and an irresistible force at the same time? PUPPY POWER!

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