The woman playing with Nani when I ran across her knew she was a pedigreed dog… but didn’t know her breed. I don’t even have a guess: flat-coats don’t have white markings, and she looks wrong for a border collie.
Anyone have any guesses?
Added later: Hmm… for a purebred dog, Nani sure looks an awful lot like these pups.
Well, whatever she is, she certainly is sleek. And black and white is fashionable anywhere, at any time.
The pictures of Watson that I posted before weren’t bad, but I like these new ones more. He really is one cute pup.
His dad (a friend of mine) posted a link to his previous pictures on reddit asking people to see if they could figure out what breed Watson is. It multiplied my average daily traffic by a factor of ten. The consensus was ‘chihuahua/dachshund’, but there was a very vocal minority suggesting that he had some Nova Scotia duck-tolling retriever in him. The coloration sure is similar, anyway.
Sleeping beauty.
Love that little splash of white on his forehead.
Sublime expression.
Those are my shoes. Yes, he just wandered over and rested his chin on my shoes.
I love that expression. So much personality in that dog.
Not long ago, I ran across this gentleman and his handsome canine assistant taking pictures of the bay using a large-format camera.
Man, Gordon Setters are big.
I don't know what happened to that sky. It wasn't nearly as bright out as it looks.
Wild and wooly dog. Look at the foot fluff, and the huge paws.
I know I had a blogroll set up. Did it really not import onto the new server, back in February? Or did it disappear when I updated to WordPress 3.0? I suspect the latter.
In any case, it’s gone. I’ll have to rebuild it from scratch. Bah. And I didn’t start daily backups until after I updated to WordPress 3.0…
Working on my Mad PotatoShop Skillz. Trying to figure out how to brighten an area of a picture, and darken the rest of the picture, without leaving an incredibly ugly line in between the two.
I’m open to advice, if anyone has some. I’m sure it has something to do with gradients but I’ll be damned if I can figure out what.
I lightened the bottom half of the photo, and haven't even darkened the top half yet, but you can see the odd line above the edge of the sidewalk. It gets much worse if I try to darken the top part. Suggestions?
Secret: Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs are just Bernese Mountain Dogs who visit the barber regularly.
Warning: ear floppage detected.
Hand-tooled leather dog collar with silver fittings. Yup, this dude is stylin'.
A few pictures I took back on St. Paddy’s Day, of a gorgeous ginger dog. And a corgi (don’t know what kind)/golden retriever mix… two of Autumn’s (and my) favorites.
(The pictures were accidentally taken at low resolution, so there are no higher-resolution versions to go to if you click on them. Sorry about that.)
Final verification of my theory that neckerchiefs/bandanas on dogs are the only pieces of clothing that make a dog MORE awesome.
Bonus: this dog appeared to quite like Irish music.
Don't know whether it was half Pembroke or Cardigan. Big floofy tail, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything.
Slightly late post. Busy day.
Sad pug.
I think part of the reason this pug looks sad is that the grocery store he's tied up outside of has sooo many delicious smells...
I have a soft spot for gangly, awkward dogs with ridiculous ears. Okay, okay, I have a soft spot for most dogs, but you gotta admit, this guy is really something.
Rocco loves carrots. In this picture, he is being amazingly obedient. Because I have a carrot.
This is after he ate a carrot. You can almost see the thought bubble: Where there's one carrot, there may be two!
And this is him when he discovered that I was all out of carrots. Aww... poor pup!
Neither Autumn nor I had ever heard of an English Shepherd before, but we totally fell for this gal as soon as we saw her. Apparently English Shepherds were actually bred in the United States, and are of the same lineage as collies. And they’re super-smart and hardworking and loyal and trustworthy and brave and thrifty and… oh, no, wait, that’s boy scouts. Well, many of those things, anyway.
They also make great silhouettes.
Caylee is absolutely gorgeous. I can't believe there aren't more English Shepherds around.
Cute as a button! I love the 'V' shape on the forehead.
Such a happy smile. Almost think these pups are related to golden retrievers.
Her tail looks kind of like my eyebrows: big and fluffy, and a different color on the top than the bottom.
And here she demonstrates that in addition to being a poised, ladylike pup, she is also quite capable of being a goofball.