Caturday Supplement: The Wonderful Thing About Tigger

Posted on November 11, 2023 by Adam Lang

It’s been a while since we’ve had a Caturday Supplement. And I’m currently living at a nice little spot in Monterey, while I wait for my apartment to be revamped, and this nice little spot has two cats! One of them is terrified of me, and I have mostly only seen her backside, and that very briefly. But Tigger, here, he loves people, and is quite happy to have another one to beg for petting. Unlike many cats, he actually likes tummy rubs, albeit only in moderation.

Too many good pictures for captions or hovertext. Just admire Tigger’s floofy magnificence.

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Dog of the Day: MAD DOG!

Posted on November 9, 2023 by Adam Lang

There’s a shop in Monterey, and one in Carmel-by-the-Sea too, called ‘Mad Dogs and Englishmen’, a reference to an old saying and/or an old song. They rent electric bicycles that include provision for your canine companion, whether it be via a basket as below or with its very own sidecar. I think that it is unutterably spiffy, and hope to at least see a couple of pups in sidecars before I leave the area.

Man With Small Terrier Mix In Pink Goggles In The Basket Of His Bicycle
Honestly, if you could rent a dog to go with the bike, I’d be all over this.
Small Fluffy Black And White Terrier Mix With Pink Sun Goggles On
Totally mellow pup, quite at home being fussed over by everyone who walked past.
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Dog of the Day: Wishbone and Clover the Picardy Spaniels

Posted on November 7, 2023 by Adam Lang

No. Way. I didn’t just run into an entirely new breed for the blog down here in sleepy Monterey, did I? It sure looks that way: Wishbone (8) and Clover (5) are Picardy spaniels, and apparently our first two. Amazing. Still finding new breeds after 14 years!

Brown Picardy Spaniel and Blue Picardy Spaniel Sitting
Mom was somewhat embarrassed to note the amount of drool on Wishbone (the ‘blue’). How he managed to get it up to the top of his head is beyond me.
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Puppy of the Day: Frida (Kahlo) the Dachshund

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Adam Lang

I feel like Frida Kahlo should be the name of a Chihuahua, or a Mexican street dog, or something like that, rather than an 8-week-old dachshund puppy. Nevertheless, I think we’ll allow it.

Dachshund Puppy Sticking Her Head Out Of A Dog Carrier Backpack
Poor pup hadn’t been vaccinated yet, so she couldn’t come out and play!
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Dog of the Day: Lewis the Leonberger

Posted on November 3, 2023 by Adam Lang

Ran into a one-year-old Leonberger today. Lewis has a lot of style.

Bought a used monitor for my trip, since the one I was planning on bringing down here… well, I did something dumb that is not interesting enough to explain. Anyway, bought a nice 28″ used monitor for $40 off Craigslist, set it up next to the nice keyboard I bought off of Craigslist for $20, all attached with a bunch of cables that I had lying around or bought off of Craigslist. And one new mouse.

The mouse doesn’t work.

Leonberger Sitting
Lewis was very well-behaved… briefly.
Leonberger Looking Goofy
Mom looked like she didn’t weigh as much as Lewis. That makes for an … interesting do g walking experience.
Leonberger Sitting
Lewis was very well-behaved… briefly.
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Dog of the Day: Otis the Basset With So Much Skin OMG

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Adam Lang

Otis is apparently a ‘European basset’, which means he has twice as much skin as a regular basset? I dunno. I just know he is very, very saggy.

Very Saggy Basset Hound
When I was around six, I had hand-me-down footie pajamas from a cousin that looked a little like that.
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Dog of the Day: Gertie the St. Bernard

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Adam Lang

Gertie, 2, is just as gentle a giant as you might imagine. Good thing, too, since if she leapt up on you, you’d know it!

Man With Large Female St. Bernard
She might look a little sandy. She apparently was out at the Carmel beach earlier, but she wasn’t wet… just very, very drooly.
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Dog of the Day: Sky the Pomeranian Husky Mix

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Adam Lang

I walked up to Sky’s dad and said ‘Wow, that’s a petite husky! Or is she still a puppy?’ And he told me that she was a fully-grown Pomsky, which, well, wow. For a Pomsky she’s huuuuuge! Skinny, though, under all that fluff.

Large Pomsky Looking Slightly Silly
She definitely seems endowed with the husky sense of humor.
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Dog of the Day: Georgie the Goldendoodle

Posted on October 19, 2023 by Adam Lang

I have been remiss in my posts. So sorry! It’s complicated being a vagrant migrant temporarily displaced person, and taking care of a giant ball of goof and love is a task too! But I will soldier on.

Today, say hello to Georgie (10), a pup I ran into earlier today myself. She is actually a San Francisco resident, though she, like me, has been temporarily displaced to Berkeley due to complications with her living arrangements, to whit her folks going off on a cruise without her. Shame on them! I bet Georgie would have been delighted to come along.

Posting from my phone, which doesn’t seem to allow captions or hover text? Anyway, I got several good pictures of Georgie seated, but I think this one captures her essence better: broad, gentle smile, broad, gentle wag.

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Dog of the Day: Lulu the Mutt

Posted on October 16, 2023 by Adam Lang

I am dog-sitting! I’m in a lovely house in Berkeley, conveniently a block away from a hospital (just in case I klutz it up!) and two blocks from an apparently-very-good Ethiopian restaurant. We’ll try that in the next couple days. And I have a great friend: Lulu, who is a very smart, super-hyper or super-asleep, ultra-cuddly, awesomely-cuddly mutt.

I slept in a king-sized bed with her last night. I got up to go to the bathroom, and then watched her get up, stretch, slide under the covers down to the foot of the bed, turn around three times (thus wrapping all the covers entirely around her and leaving NONE FOR ME), and then lie down with the apparent intent of going to sleep this way. She also started out on the entire other side of the bed from me and sloooowly migrated over until I woke up with her under the covers, cuddled up next to me. She is just a total goofy cuddle-monster.

Pretty Dog Sleeping In A Sunbeam
I’ve been taking her out for an hour-long walk in the mornings, and then letting her get a bunch of back-yard time in in the afternoon, and it seems to be keeping us both nice and mellow for the most part.
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