Dog of the Day: French Bulldog/Holstein Mix

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Adam Lang

Our first dogcow!

White French bulldog with black spots

Graze, boy! Graze! There's a good dogcow.

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Double Dog Day: Old Home Day!

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Adam Lang

In the last week, I’ve run into four dogs who have been featured on DoSF. Not only that, they were all memorable enough dogs that I knew them right away. Given the sheer number of dogs in SF, and the relatively small number I’ve posted, and my totally awful memory, this is pretty unusual for me, so I’ve decided to celebrate by posting new pictures of two of the encore pooches. (The other two, sadly, I literally met in the middle of the street, while crossing in the opposite direction, hurrying to work. I took the time to tell the woman walking them that I had posted them, but I didn’t have time to take any more pictures. Aw, well, they got a pretty good number the first time.)

The first encore pooch for today is Wallace the Chihuahua mix:

Wallace the Fluffy chihuahua mix.

Look at that tail, and the coloration. Maybe he's half Aussie?

The second is this gorgeous (we guessed) golden/collie mix (although now that I’ve seen a couple of golden/collie mixes, I have even less idea what he is.)

Fluffy reddish-golden dog of indeterminate provenance

I've looked at a lot of dogs in the last nine months or so... I still have never seen a stare quite like this guy's.

Welcome back to DoSF, pups.

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Dog of the Day: Corgi/Foxhound mix (?)

Posted on August 12, 2010 by Adam Lang

We’re not sure about this dog. I’m sure I talked to a guardian (or at least the person who was walking him at the time) but I can’t remember if they didn’t know what breed he was, or if I just forgot to write it down. In any case, our best guess is corgi mixed with some kind of hound, Autumn says maybe foxhound.

One more picture after the break.

Corgi/foxhound mix

I have six or seven pictures of this guy, and in every single one, the tail is a blur. (Of course, in a few of the, the rest of him is a blur too.)

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Dog of the Day: Uni the German Shepherd/Italian Greyhound/Shar-Pei/Yorkshire Terrier

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Adam Lang

Wow. This gal is just about as mongrel as they come. (We didn’t guess at her ancestry: his guardian told me they had had her genetically tested, and ‘German shepherd/Italian greyhound/shar-pei/Yorkshire terrier’ was the result. Half German Shepherd, and various amounts of the others, I think.) And she’s one heck of an awesome dog.

[Edited to fix the gender. Mea culpa, as usual.]

One more picture, after the break.

German Shepherd/Shar-Pei/Italian Greyhound/Yorkshire Terrier mix!

Well, you can certainly see the German shepherd. Both in appearance and in attitude. And she's quite fast, so Italian greyhound isn't that huge a surprise.

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Dog of the Day: German Shepherd/Australian Shepherd Mix

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Adam Lang

Autumn’s back! (She was gone for a few weeks for a festival back East, and then was back for around a day and a half (and I saw her for a few hours) and then she was gone for a festival a few hours from here. She actually got back on Saturday.

So, in celebration of her safe return, here is a picture of her hypnotizing a cute German Shepherd/Australian Shepherd mix. (We’re guessing about the Aussie part.)

Autumn and a half-German Shepherd/half-Australian Shepherd

Autumn is quite accomplished in the field of canine hypnotism. She can bewilder-a-beast at fifty paces.

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Dog of the Day: Molly the Australian Shepherd/Labrador Retriever Mix

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Adam Lang

What a mix: smart as a whip, happy as a clam. You can see just how happy from the pictures: this isn’t just a dog that doesn’t need Prozac, this is a dog that is Prozac.

Also, I don’t know what is up with the name ‘Molly’. This is the third dog we’ve had so far on here with the name Molly, and I don’t think we even have another name shared between two dogs.

Two more happy pictures, after the break.

Happy Australian Shepherd/Labrador Retriever mix

An expression I am more used to seeing on goldens. It reminds me of Doug, the golden retriever from 'Up': I have just met you AND I LOVE YOU!

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Dog of the Day: Rajko the Rhodesian Ridgeback/Gordon Setter

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Adam Lang

Neither Autumn nor I would ever have guessed that this guy was half Gordon setter, but apparently he is. Gordon setters are big super-long-haired dogs, none of which have been posted on DoSF. There’s one we see on a regular basis, but he’s always in a dog grooming store, and it’s so tough to get a decent picture through the glass.

Anyway, doesn’t this guy look powerfully built? Far as I know, neither Gordon setters nor ridgebacks are generally that muscular. Y’gotta wonder… maybe a pit bull snuck in while the Gordon setter was out for a walk one day.

One more (somewhat blurry) picture after the break.

Rhodesian ridgeback/Gordon setter mix

The ears were super-soft. And he didn't seem to mind me petting them.

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Double Dog Day: Nikita and Sandy, a Pair of Pits

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Adam Lang

A couple of American Pit Bull Terriers for you today. Two sweeties. And dammit, I forgot to ask their names. Oh well. [Edit: hooray, their mom found the blog and told me their names: Nikita and Sandy.]

Another picture, after the break.

Two American pit bull terriers

These two weren't just sweeties, they were also remarkably well-trained. They responded individually to commands after their names, and responded quickly and completely.

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Dog of the Day: Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Adam Lang

Not 100% sure about this guy… could also be a regular King Charles spaniel, aka an English toy spaniel. I’m not as clear as I ought to be on the difference.

Is it just me, or does this guy look seriously disgruntled?

Second picture after the break.

King Charles cavalier spaniel

The 'ruby' ones (that's this color) are so pretty. But aren't cavaliers' ears usually flooflier than this guy's?

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Dog of the Day: Mancha, the German Shepherd/Catahoula Leopard Dog Mix

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Adam Lang

Oopsie. I appear to have gotten my notes mixed up back in mid-June, and posted the wrong name and breed guess for this dog. It turns out the real Mancha is the guy on this page. And if you’re familiar with Catahoula leopard dogs, you will see the resemblance right away with this guy, but not so much with the one I mixed up with.

Sorry about that, pups. Hope nobody was scarred by the experience.

Two more pictures, after the break.

Catahoula/German Shepherd mix

We found this guy happily basking in the sun in the middle of the Sunset district. If you know San Francisco, you'll know just how unusual that is.

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