This one would be red merle instead of blue, but otherwise he looks pretty similar to Diablito. And he’s definitely got that ACD ball-related OCD.
Another example of bandanas making awesome dogs awesomer.
These were taken using the 'real' camera: our Canon 50d. I really need to start trotting that thing out more often.
Liked this picture so much I had it sent off to a high-quality printing place. We'll see how it comes out.
Achtung! Ein Snorghund nähert!
Or, uh, something like that.
One of the iconic breeds that I think of when I think 'dog'.
It seems ‘Tulear’ is a city in Madagascar, and ‘coton’ should be pretty obvious, not only from spelling but also from the appearance of this rather ridiculous pup.
This is Bean, a 2.5 year old super-fluffy example of the breed. His mom explained that he needed to be groomed, but I think he’s awesome the way he is.
This was my first sight of Bean. I couldn't tell what I was looking at, and I still can't. Is that a tongue? Is that a nose? Where's his FACE?
That's a little clearer... he does have a nose! And eyes, and a tongue. I'm not so sure about ears though.
Aww. Happy face. And so... round. Practically spherical!
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.