I love this guy. You really need to look at the three pictures next to one another, though, to get the full effect. (So just click on the link in the title and look at the whole post, you know you want to.)
First... the setup. (And also the cute. Aussies are smart and totally adorable.)
Autumn stared at this guy’s pictures for a good 30 or 40 seconds, and then went and got her reference book. And then spent another thirty seconds poking through it. Finally, she shrugged in frustration. ‘Let’s say he’s a small Munsterlander mix,’ she said.
I said “Um… he’s not very small. And I’ve never heard of a Munsterlander. Is that really what you think he is?”
She said, “Small Munsterlander is a breed. They’re not that small. And no, he’s probably not. But they’re great dogs, and really rare, and it’d be cool if he was one. And that’s what he looks most like.”
So, ‘small Munsterlander mix’ he is, unless someone else has a better idea. In any case, he’s a magnificent dog. Second picture after the break.
Just a couple spots on each foreleg. And check out (you can barely see it) the white stripe running down his muzzle.
I know a couple of people who seem to be personally insulted by the ‘designer dog’ craze. They talk about how many dogs there are in shelters, and how these people should just adopt one of those, and so forth. I admit to a certain amount of sympathy for the position, but at the same time… neither of these people has anything bad to say about people who get purebred dogs with papers that go back eight generations and blah blah blah. I don’t really see much difference between that and getting a puggle.
Well, except that puggles just look a little weird to me. Cute, maybe, but unlike a lot of mixed-breed dogs, they really don’t look like they could be a breed in and of themselves… they really do look like half-one-thing, half-another.
Oh well. They’re still happy and licky, and they aren’t as liable to have their eyes pop out at inopportune moments. (Another picture after the break.)
Is it just me, or does this guy have a permanently concerned expression on his face?
Another foofly wiener for you. And yes, I am quite aware that ‘douche hound’ is not another way of saying ‘wiener dog’.
I’m pretty sure this one was a girl, but damned if I can remember anything more about her. Except that she was really cute and happy. Sorry about the quality of the second picture (after the break)… I normally wouldn’t post something that looked like the dog was suspended sideways from a wall with a leash right in front of her face, but I just had to include that little tongue-curl. So cute!
Oh, by the way: Milo, the Irish Session mascot from a few days ago, now has his own Facebook fan page, so if you thought he was adorable, join the club!
Look at those ears. So ridiculous. How can you look at those ears and not want to play with them?
I have a soft spot in my heart for this guy, and not just because he’s super-droopy and a complete attention hound. I also like him because I met him on the day of my birthday party. He was in a car right outside of the restaurant that we had the party at, sticking his head out at all the passers-by and begging for skritches.
I was only too happy to oblige, as you’ll see in the second photo, after the break.
It was hysterical watching this guy craning his neck at everyone that walked past.
Milo was bound to be the dog of the day eventually: he’s the mascot of the Irish music session that Autumn and a friend of hers run at Costello’s Four Deuces (pronounced COST uh low), way out in the Sunset in San Francisco. (33rd and Taraval, Sunday afternoons starting around 4:30). The session is pretty good, some good musicians show up pretty regularly. But on the weeks when Milo is there, things really shine.
Milo is a half-basset-hound. We’re not sure what else he is: maybe Lab, maybe pit bull. Whatever he is, though, he’s a real sweetheart, and one hell of a ham. Check out after the break for a movie and a couple more pictures.
This is the famous 'puppy speedbump' position. Milo has it down pat.
What an amazingly happy and sweet puppy! This guy went after pretty much everyone’s ankles indiscriminately, with a lot of licking and nuzzling and running around in circles and just generally being a puppy. Pit bulls get such a bad rap: this guy is going to be a super-friendly dog when he grows up.
Second picture is below the break.
Such a happy expression. And yes, that's a little puppy wiener.
I haven’t the foggiest what breeds this guy has in him. Autumn hazarded a guess that there might be some giant schnauzer, just because of the ludicrous eyebrows. Or possibly some wolfhound. But god, who knows?
Don’cha love him? He looks so nice and fuzzly…
Check out this guy. Looks playful and happy, if ungroomable, in the big picture...
But check out what he looks like from just a little further away…
Is it just me, or does this dog look completely possessed and insane?
Another picture, one much less possessed and insane, but with special eyebrow-hancement technology, after the break!
First basset hound for Dogs of SF! Bassets are ridiculous: medium-sized dogs in xxl pajamas, with ears that make you think the pajamas maybe had an extra pair of legs sewn in, maybe by a mom with more love than knitting ability. I love seeing them run: often one ear gets out of sync with the other and they go bouncing around all over the place. So silly!
Is it just me, or is this guy a little bit walleyed?
I have decided that I am not going to feel guilty about missing a post or two due to pneumonia. That would be silly. I will, however, post when I am feeling up to it. And I’m feeling a lot better now.
More Keeshunds, for your viewing pleasure. These two were a matched set, but sadly I didn’t get a good shot of them together. Second one is after the break.
I love the reverse mask effect, where his head is all black but the part around the eyes.