Dog of the Day: A Hugged Lab Mix

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Adam Lang

No real idea what this guy is, but hey, he could be a lab mix. And he’s definitely being hugged by Autumn.

Hugged Dog

One of those dogs who loves everybody. Which seems reasonable to us: we're two people who love everydog.

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Dog of the Day: Fooooofly Wiener!

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Adam Lang

Someone’s afraid of boys! Poor pup, hope she gets over it soon. She missed out on a belly rub from me because she hid behind mom.

Long-haired Dachshund

Mistress of the sidelong glance. She's definitely not sure about me.

Long-Haired Dachshund

Note how she avoids looking at me, but makes sure to keep me in her field of view? She did that until I left.

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Dog of the Day: Fozzie the Shetland Sheepdog/Papillon Mix

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Adam Lang

What a cute combo!

Half Shetland Sheepdog, Half Papillon

I'm a sucker for dogs with ridiculous neck-ruffs.

Half Papillon, Half Sheltie

A rare moment of rest in Fozzie's otherwise totally frenetic life.

Sheltie/Papillon Mix

Aww. This pup absolutely loves to be chased. The pug in the picture was totally mystified. "You want me to what? To do what? No, I'm not getting it."

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Dog of the Day: Yorkshire Terrier

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Adam Lang

Well, you know the old saying: a Yorkie and his belly are soon snorgled. Or, ah, something like that.

Yorkshire Terrier

This pup was terrified of me. Her mom was bemused, as she apparently isn't generally like that. But for some reason I am SCAAAAARY.

Yorkshire Terrier

And, as we can see, this pup does indeed have a belly. Pity it was not snorglable.

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Dog of the Day: Corgi Action Shots

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Adam Lang

Some more shots of the super-cute denizens of Lake Creek Park. These were mostly experiments with my new camera, attempts to pan the camera with the moving dog, so as to get the dog in focus and the ground motion-blurred out.

On the down side, it appears that this has around a 1% success rate for me. On the up side, that’s more than I was expecting, given my inexperience. I don’t consider all of these ‘successes’, by any means, but I found them all at least interesting enough to post.

So, without further ado, I give you: Corgis! In! Action!

Two Pembroke Welsh Corgis

No, no, no, I said ‘Corgis In Action’, not ‘Hot Corgi-on-Corgi Action’. Sheesh!

Pembroke Welsh Corgi

This is an interesting one. Note that his face is in focus, his legs aren’t (for obvious reasons), but his butt isn’t too. As far as I can tell, it was defeated by the Corgi tendency to waddle: his head was moving more-or-less steadily, but his butt was moving back and forth so quickly it blurred. Goofy! (Wasn’t a depth-of-field issue, I had the aperture more-or-less closed all the way down to give myself a long enough shutter speed to get the blur.)

Pembroke Welsh Corgis

I can’t even begin to know how I managed to so closely match speeds with the one in BACK, when I was trying for the one in FRONT.

Pembroke Welsh Corgis

Can’t decide if I like this one or not. If the other dogs were closer, if the one with the clear face were a little clearer (so I could zoom in more), if if if. Still, it’s a really neat effect.

Pembroke Welsh Corgi

This little guy has the *evillest* expression I have ever seen on a corgi. His mom told me he was pure corgi, but I don’t believe it. He looks too much like a corgi/chihuahua to me. Sweetest little dog, loved everybody, but he totally looks like Marty Feldman, or possibly Peter Lorre.

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Dog of the Day: Dashi the Miniature Dachshund

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Adam Lang

May I introduce Dashi, the 8-year-old miniature dachshund?

Miniature Black-and-Tan Dachshund

That's a plaintive expression. I wonder what he's thinking?

Miniature Black-and-Tan Dachshund

I can tell what he's thinking here: 'Come ON, mom, let's GO!'

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Double Dog Day: Mulligan the Golden Retriever/Bernese Mountain Dog and Kaya the Weimeraner

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Adam Lang

I’ve been doing this for well over a year now, and there are still dogs in my very neighborhood that I’ve never seen before. I’d remember either of these two if I’d run into them.

Mulligan is the golden foofball, obviously, and for a Golden/Bernie, he’s an oldster: he’s going to be 13 in March! In Bernese Mountain Dog years, that’s about 130 years old. And he seems astoundingly healthy and happy, too: from looks and demeanor, I would have guessed he was about 3 or 4.

Kaya, whose name means ‘unusual beauty’, would by process of elimination be the one in the back gnawing away. She is only one and a half years old, and really does live up to her name. She has gorgeous eyes. She’s also a bit monomaniacal in the ‘food’ department… she didn’t mind me petting her at all, as long as I didn’t require her to take her attention away from her chewy thing.

Bernese Mountain Dog/Golden Retriever Mix and Weimaraner

Look at those humongous paws. Look at that ruff of fur around his neck. If his ears stood up a bit, I'd be shouting "OH MY GOD! IT'S A LION! GET IN THE CAR!"

Weimaraner and Bernese Mountain Dog/Golden Retriever Mix

He totally looks like a big foofly pillow when he sleeps.

Half Golden Retriever, Half Bernese Mountain Dog

When he's standing he looks a little less 'lion' and a little more 'adorable blond teddy bear'.

Weimaraner Chewing a Rawhide Bone

See? Kaya is monomaniacal. Also: Weimaraners have the softest ears ever. If I had one, I would quickly develop a ear-petting habit. I bet it would drive her nuts.

Weimaraner

I thought this was going to be the best shot of Kaya's eyes that we were going to get. Note the tiny eyebrows and thick lashes.

Weimaraner

...but apparently not.

Weimaraner

Close up of that face. Those eyes haunt my soul.

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Dog of the Day: Long-Haired Chihuahua

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Adam Lang

Short post today. Autumn’s coming home tomorrow and I’m getting things ready.

Long-Haired Chihuahua

If you're going to have a Chihuahua, make it a long-haired one. Poofliness makes up for a lot.

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Dog of the Day: Australian Shepherd and Corgi Mob

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Adam Lang

Another attendee of the corgi meetup. He saw all those corgis and thought, ‘Ooooh! Herding practice!’

As we can see, that didn’t quite work out as planned.

Australian Shepherd Surrounded by Corgis

The Aussie already looks just a tad bit nervous, doesn't he?

Corgi-Australian Shepherd Standoff

Standoff! The corgi all the way on the left looks like he has an extra tail. He's actually tilted way to the side... that's his left hind foot.

An Australian Shepherd Herded by Corgis.

Corgis are amazingly cooperative herders. Instincts are surprising things.

Australian Shepherd Being Herded by Corgis

He took off, but the corgis herded him right back again, around the other side of the big clump of bushes.

Australian Shepherd and a Few Corgis

Sadly, someone called off the corgis before it got any sillier.

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Dog of the Day: Corgi Horde!

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Adam Lang

Every time the second Saturday of the month rolls around, there’s a Welsh Corgi (both Pembroke and Cardigan) meetup at Mountain Lake Park in San Francisco, around 1 PM. I finally got around to showing up at one. Here are a couple of pictures. I’ll post more some other time.

(Whups, corrected the location.)

Pembroke Welsh Corgis

I think there are actually seven corgis in this picture, although it's kind of hard to pick out the seventh...

Pembroke Welsh Corgis

Is it just me, or does the guy on the extreme right look a little bit concerned? Let's see...

Pembroke Welsh Corgis

CONCERNED CORGI CLOSEUP!

 

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