Dogs of the Day: Vizsla vs. Something Fluffy

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Adam Lang

Is it just me that finds this picture hysterically funny?  Every time I look at that guy on the right…

(Edited to fix the egregious spelling error in the title.)

GNARGNARGNAR! THE TEETH, THE TERRIBLE TEETH!

GNARGNARGNAR! THE TEETH, THE TERRIBLE TEETH!

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Dog of the Day: Chow

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Adam Lang

Just a Chow, chillin’ on the grass in South Park (SOMA, SF).  I love Chow tails.  And this one was an especially friendly example of the breed.

Incidentally, anyone who knows about a dog-related event or tradition in San Francisco that they think I should post about, please drop a comment in one of the posts here and I’ll be happy to investigate.  It’s impossible for one person to keep track of everything that goes on in the Bay area…

If you've ever been to South Park, you'll know the Chow there is the best!

If you've ever been to South Park, you'll know the Chow there is the best!

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Dog of the Day: Labrador Retriever

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Adam Lang

I don’t know how I’ve gone this far in this blog without including the single most popular dog breed in the United States.  Indeed, I’d say that many people, when they think ‘dog’, think Labrador Retriever.  (Personally, I think Golden Retriever, due to two very affectionate Goldens that I lived near when I was really young.)

Just to start things out a little differently, here’s a chocolate lab, being distracted.

Talk to the ear, 'cause the nose ain't listening. (...wait...)

Talk to the ear, 'cause the nose ain't listening. (...wait...)

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Caturday Supplement: Grey Kitty In Window

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Adam Lang

I love the Macy’s Christmas display.  Walking by and watching the cats and dogs playing never fails to put a smile on my face.

This cutie was just as interested in staring at me as I was in looking at him.

You WILL take me home with you!

You WILL take me home with you!

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Dog of the Day: Boston Terrier

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Adam Lang

This poor dog was told, when he was just a pup, ‘make sure you always look both ways!’ And so he always does.

Autumn and I have a name for the smaller, squooshed-nose, bug-eyed breeds. We call them derp-derps.  And then we hug them. But gently, because if you hug them too hard their eyes pop out.

You're laughing at me, aren't you?

You're laughing at me, aren't you?

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DoggiEvent: Lafayette Park Remembrance Tree

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Adam Lang

A new kind of post for a new kind of thing: an event in the Bay Area that is dog-related.  I won’t always have pictures associated with these — for example, if the event hasn’t happened yet, and I want to encourage people to go — but this time I do.

In the neighborhood of Pacific Heights, in Lafayette Park, there stands a somewhat scraggly pine tree.  And around about this time of year, every year, it is hung with pictures of the dogs of the neighborhood, both past and present.  This tradition is the brainchild of one Ming Chapin, who was hanging a couple of dogs on the tree when I arrived.

Here's to friends, both absent and present

Here's to friends, both absent and present

(This is also my first multi-page post: to see and hear more about the tree, follow me past the break:)

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Dog of the Day: Long-Haired Dachshund

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Adam Lang

If there’s something about short-haired Dachshunds that makes me giggle, then there’s something about long-haired ones that makes me smile.  I don’t know what it is… the long hair just makes them a little less ridiculous, while at the same time making them no less adorable.

Autumn and I have a name for these dogs.  We call them Foofly Wieners.  Which clearly doesn’t make them less ridiculous, I admit.

Fooooooofly wiener!

Fooooooofly wiener!

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Dog of the Day: Shetland Sheepdog

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Adam Lang

Today’s dog is a Shetland Sheepdog, also known as a Sheltie.  And despite appearances, this pup is not being kicked in the head.  In fact, that expression is this web site’s first baroo.  (Second definition, natch.)

Shelties are awesome.

Who the baroo are you?

Who the baroo are you?

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Dog of the Day: Ceili

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Adam Lang

Today, in honor of Welcome Home Autumn day (she’s back after a month and a half in Ireland!) we post our first Golden Retriever.  However, this is not just any Golden… this is Ceili (pronounced Kay Lee.  Meaning: Irish music party!)  She’s Autumn’s dog from back in Indiana.  I have it on the highest authority that she is the most awesome dog in Indiana, and is only not the most awesome dog in San Francisco because she’s not actually in San Francisco.  (And yes, I know that this is the Dogs of San Francisco.  But I kin post my girlfriend’s pup if I wanna so there.  *ahem*)

Nonetheless, I think you’ll agree that she’s truly awesome, and I hope you’ll join her and me in welcoming Autumn back.  We’re likely to see a few pictures from Ireland up here in the next few weeks, if we ask nicely.

No pictures please!

No pictures please!

Aw, I was just kiddin'. Here, this's my party face.

Aw, I was just kiddin'. Here, this's my party face.

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Dog of the Day: Pekingese

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Adam Lang

Another speed bump!  This one a Pekingese.

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This is my best dust bunny impression

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