And now, DoSF brings you ‘A Day in the Life of a Trainee Assistance Dog’. Four more pics pushed under the divider.
The assistance dog must learn to catch sleep where he can, because he never knows when he will be called upon to take his human for a walk, or even provide a supportive cuddle.
Another shot of Milo, since he’s ridiculous.
Milo is such a ham. Also, he likes having his chin skritched... can you tell?
This guy looks a bit like another sheep dog from a while back, but they’re not the same pup.
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Somebody got shorn. Sheep dogs look ridiculous when you can't see their faces, but I think they're cuter when they've had a haircut.
Can’t neglect the old standards. This fine fellow was waiting patiently outside a Polk Street business while mom/dad shopped inside.
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A little fluffier than a regular lab. The color variation is pretty, too.
How have we never had a Yorkie on here before?
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Such a pensive pup. I wonder what she is thinking?
A new breed for DoSF: the Patterdale terrier. Not just new to the blog, either. Autumn had never seen a Patterdale before, and I had never even heard of one.
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'His Master's Voice' impression. Also, you can kind of see if you look closely: Scooby has a sort of mane. One of his parents was long-haired and the other was short, and he sort of got some of each in different places.
An akita/Australian shepherd: a combo I never would have thought of. However, they are two of the prettiest breeds I’ve ever seen. And this pup’s dad was pretty sure that was what he was.
Funny thing, though… both of those breeds are generally pretty fluffy. This guy had fur shorter than any Aussie or akita I’ve seen.
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Look at that friendly face. Someone's figured out that in San Francisco, a stranger is just a belly rub you haven't cadged yet.
This breed gets my vote for whackiest name: it conjures images of toll gates in the sky.
The usual excuses apply: it wasn’t fully light outside, the light was at a bad angle, my camera sucks, I am a terrible photographer, and so on. Some of the pictures at least turned out well enough that you could identify these two in a lineup, I think.
Their mom is a big dog-fan, who was talking about wanting to do a San Francisco dog book. The more, the merrier!
This, I think, is Cali. I can't tell for sure: my notes say that Cali is the smaller one, but none of the pictures with both of them turned out.
Assuming I'm right about the above, then that means this is Bud. Note the larger amount of white foofliness at the chest.
I ran into these two on my way to work. The first one is the mother of the second one. Their doguardian says she is pretty sure the mom is a wolf/malamute cross, and that she escaped one day and may have found a coyote, which resulted in the second one. Wish I’d gotten more pictures: the second one definitely looks coyote-ish from the side. And both of them are really friendly and happy.
Alas, I didn’t get their names.
This is mom. The amount of fluff is amazing. Also, check out those spectacles!
And this gal is just super-gorgious. That tail! Plus, you'll note that the picture makes her look like she was dancing. Yes, she really moves pretty much like that.
Lulu is a whole lot of dog! She kind of reminds me of a muppet.
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Poodles with poodle cuts are dopey-looking. Poodles without poodle cuts are awesome.