What an adorable dog! Zoë is a dorgi: a dachshund/corgi mix with a very sweet temperament and an inquisitive nature. Autumn took these pictures; sadly, I never got to meet Zoë.
Second picture after the break.
A dog that sees every passer-by as a possible source of treats and/or cuddles.
We’re not sure what this guy was, since it’s been a while since we took the pictures, and none of them were much clearer than this one. But I think this one’s awesome anyway. It helps to know that this guy was galloping through the water and up onto the sand, chasing the globs of sea-foam that the wind was whipping right up the beach all the way to the dunes. He was having the time of his life.
Ah, there's nothing quite like the smell of wet dog in the morning.
Today we have a venerable pup: a 13-year-old Akita. (Akita life expectancy is generally considered to be 10 to 12 years.) She seemed like she was moving a little slower than she used to, but she was still alert, happy, and had a fair bit of stamina… when I saw her, she was on her way back from at least a mile walk along the beach, and she still had plenty of pep left. Also plenty of curiosity: she spent a fair bit of time investigating me.
She was a lovely girl, and obviously well-loved. I hope to see her out on Ocean Beach many more times to come.
Another couple pics after the break.
Look at that happy face. Kieko is such a sweetie.
One blue eye, one brown. And such a sweetheart, she didn’t want to let me leave. Sadly, the close-up dog-nose picture didn’t come out very well. It was of her saying ‘what’re you doing playing with that thing, come here and play with ME!’
Two more pictures after the break.
Look at that happy expression. This gal gets lots of love.
Atticus is the dog of a coworker of mine. Such an adorable dog… he loves everybody, and everybody loves him. And he’s sharp as a tack, but he’s also just a bit willful: the first time I saw him, he was all excited, and he decided he didn’t feel like sitting. He’d do any other trick, but he didn’t sit until someone took out a dog treat. And then, as you can see below, he was delighted to sit, for just as long as the treat was on offer.
Two more pictures after the break.
He's obviously well-trained, and I bet when he isn't meeting twenty new people he is very obedient.
They don’t get a lot more ridiculous than this. It actually took me about 30 or 40 seconds to realize it was actually a dog, and that’s after I had seen several of these online. (And one Puli puppy, but they look rather different.)
I asked what kind it was, and the owner said it was a ‘Hungarian Sheep Dog’, so I thought maybe this was something different. According to wikipedia, though, that’s just another term for Puli, so whatever.
Still ridiculous.
A new breed for us here at Dogs of San Francisco: the German wire-haired pointer. I love this guy, and not just because his eyebrows look a lot like mine (although his are a little less colorful.) He seems to have just enough of an attitude to be fun, without having enough to actually annoy his friends. This is a delicate balance, especially in dogs. (Cats get rather more latitude in this case.)
Close-up portrait after the break.
Does this guy know how to pose, or does this guy know how to pose?
Autumn and I have a name for this position, which we’ve stolen from other corgi-fanciers: ‘bunny butt‘.
It's pretty rare to see an adult, decent-sized dog in this position. Also hysterical, and awesome.
I always thought Chows (and Chow mixes) were cool-looking, but most of them tend to be standoffish, and sometimes they’re even mean to other people. This guy, though? This guy loved everyone who walked by.
I’d draw some kind of parallel here, and make comments about prejudice and so forth, but I suspect that most of us have that lesson pretty well down pat, so I’ll just enjoy the pup instead. (A couple more awesome pictures after the break.)
One super-goofy doggie grin, coming right up.
Back East, I never saw giant poodles at all. If I saw a poodle, it was small or toy, and generally looked like bleached topiary.
The big poodles are just awesome. As long as you don’t let someone with a set of clippers near them.
A poodle in its closest-to-natural state. Note the long-ish fur, the lack of poofballs, and the somewhat sarcastic expression.
They still do look a little silly when they are going for the 'noble, statuesque' look, though.