I have a huge headache, and I just spent half an hour editing a series of pictures of an awesome great Dane, and discovering, one picture at a time, that not a single one of them was even up to my relatively low standards. So… have a picture of a random unidentified puppy chewing on my finger.
Tiny super-sharp teeth. Was okay, I wasn't using that thumb anyway.
Our second Akita Inu (or American Akita in this case, if you prefer). What a gorgeous breed! And such soft fur. This one had a patch of fur shaved near the tail, probably for some medical reason, but other than that was very lushly furred.
Two more pictures after the break.
Apparently most Akitas are kind of shy or standoffish. As you can probably tell from the picture, that wasn't the case here.
Another first for this blog: an Ibizan hound. In appearance, at least, these guys are said to look like the dogs in ancient Egyptian friezes, and I can certainly see the resemblance.
Another picture, after the break. I took thirty pictures of Rue. Two of them turned out okayish. Bah.
[Edit: Turns out it’s ‘Rue’, and not ‘Roo’. Who knew?]
Look at that face. Ibizan hounds apparently always look a little worried, or sad. And look at the tail, which is tucked so far down that it resembles... er... something else. Rue does seem a little worried, or at least cowed.
Firstly, personal business: sorry for the hiatus. I was on vacation, and getting back to my hotel room exhausted at 11 PM. Admittedly, I was then failing to fall asleep until 2 AM, but those weren’t three hours where I especially felt like playing with the computer, or indeed doing anything but try to fall asleep. Despite the difficulty falling asleep (which was partially just jetlag) I feel very rested after my little break, and ready to get back to real life again. Which includes this blog. Hooray for vacations!
Secondly, site business: I realize that there are probably quite a few people waiting for their dogs to be posted here. I’m sorry, I’ve got way more of a backlog now than I did a few months ago, literally months of dogs to post. If you are impatient to see your pup up here, drop me a note in the comments of one of the other dogs (I read every single one) and let me know who your dog is and I’ll see what I can do. (At the very least, I’ll respond in the comments, so check back.)
And finally, thirdly, today’s pup. Who looks so much like a husky that you may be thinking that I’m nuts. But I am assured by Kato’s owner that she is a klee kai/shiba inu mix, and whatever she is, she isn’t a husky. How could I tell? Well… this picture doesn’t provide a terribly good idea of the scale.
For that, you’ll have to check out the additional four pictures below the fold.
Honestly, I'm not sure where the Shiba Inu is in there... this pup looks like the very model of a Klee-Kai to me.
I have lots of pictures better than this queued up, but I’m exhausted and this is a onesie, so I’m going to post it. Plus, we haven’t had an American toy terrier here before, and that’s what Autumn says he or she is.
Tiny dog. Not nearly as... bulgy... as a Chihuahua, though. Hate to see what'd happen if one got into a scrap with a cat.
Hah! Dogs of San Francisco, coming to you from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We made it to our hotel, if barely. An interesting trip so far, that started with Autumn nearly missing our flight (she got there with almost 15 minutes before they closed the doors, so maybe ‘almost’ is an exaggeration) and ended up with us bringing the hotel night clerk a paper cup with a bedbug in it and asking politely if we could have a different room, that we didn’t have to share with quite so many other… beings.
But hey, at least it has WiFi, right?
Anyway, this is Jake. Jake is almost certainly in San Francisco right now, even if we aren’t. And Jake is a ridiculously awesome dog, being half from a breed that rescues mountain climbers from certain death, and half from a breed that rescues zillions of peoples’ sanity every day.
Three more awesome pictures, after the awesome break.
I know, I know. It looks like I photoshopped the head of a St. Bernard onto the body of a golden retriever. I promise, that's well beyond my ability.
[Okay, this is strange. I had this set up to post last night, and it just… didn’t. Don’t know what the deal was. But since I’m adding text anyway: posting may be erratic for the next few days. I am going on vacation. I was going to queue up the posts for the days I’d be gone, but I’ve also been sick, so I spent that time sleeping instead. If there’s WiFi on the plane I’ll do some posts there, otherwise I may or may not get to them. Sorry ’bout that.]
Anyway, on to today’s dog. I am pretty convinced that Dilla is half boxer, but I can’t place the other half. Maybe something light and fairly big, with a long pointy muzzle… greyhound, borzoi (probably not: wrong fur), or saluki (probably not: wrong ears). I know there are other similar dogs, but I can’t think of any off the top of my head.
Also: neat collar. You can see it in some of the pictures: it has ‘Dilla’ embroidered onto it.
Five more pictures, after the break.
Autumn calls those 'airplane ears'... half or more up, but with the tips flopped down.
Sorry, feeling crappy, need to try to get a lot of sleep tonight. With a little luck I won’t end up dead sick during my first real vacation in over a year.
The first small Münsterländer we’ve had on here, though we had a possible mix a while back. And no, those are not heavy metal umlauts. I am assured by a very reliable source that her full name is ‘Madam Fiji Von Chacha.’
Incidentally, ‘small Münsterländer’ is kind of a misnomer, unless you count a dog that averages at about 45 lbs and can get as big as 60 lbs ‘small’. Me? I call that a pretty respectible Münsterländer.
I took over thirty pictures of Fiji. This is the only one where she stood still long enough that she wasn't a blur.
I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that this guy is a German shepherd mix, from the markings. If his ears were floppier, I’d say he was a shepherd/Lab mix, but I’ve never seen ears like that on a dog that was half Lab. Autumn is stumped too. So this is a ‘I’m sorry!’ to Utah’s parents: we’re just as confused by your pup as you are, but whatever he is, he’s a pretty spiffy dog. If you ever find out what he is (via one of those genetic testing things) please do drop us a line in the comments and let us know.
Oh! And please, if you haven’t looked at the pictures I posted Saturday night, go look at them and then suggest a name for the puppy!
Two more pictures after the break.
Small paws, a lot daintier than a shepherd. Maybe an Italian Greyhound for the other parent?