The Dogs of San Francisco

Sparrowday Supplement: Dark-Eyed Junco?

Posted on April 18, 2021 by Adam Lang

I’m not much of a birder, but I think (?) this little tweeter I ran into last Thursday was a dark-eyed junco.

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Dog of the Day: Kimi the Taiwanese Rescue

Posted on April 16, 2021 by Adam Lang

Kimi (girl, 4) came over from Taiwan when she was just 1. She’s still recovering from some pretty harrowing experiences, both there and once she got here: she ran away within the first week of her arriving in San Francisco and promptly got hit by a car. Poor Kimi! Fortunately she’s recovered and is doing just great, even minus one front leg. But she is definitely pretty skittish, and wanted nothing whatsoever to do with me.

Taiwanese Street Dog Rescue With One Leg Missing And Ridiculous Ears — I would describe these as the “Dobbiest” ears that I’ve seen in some time.

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Dog of the Day: Rocco the Labrador Retriever German Shepherd Mix

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Adam Lang

I ventured forth into the wide world today, in search of a vaccine (which I got!) and some dogs (which I also got!) Rocco (9) is one of today’s catch. He was very well-behaved: he didn’t try to leap up on me, but he was utterly delighted to let me pet him, and leaned against my chest and very clearly did not want me to leave. I am so looking forward to getting out and about and petting everyone’s dogs again!

Labrador Retriever Mix Standing In Front Of Trail — I should go take pictures in Golden Gate Park more often. Only got these because my public-transit route home got a little wackier than expected.

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Dog of the Day: Cuddly American Pit Bull Terrier (And Friend!)

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Adam Lang

I found a friend! (This was a while back, but I hadn’t noticed this picture until now.)

Man In Cap Hugging American Pit Bull Terrier — I’ve looked worse. At least in this one I don’t have TOO many chins.

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Dog of the Day: Score One For Possibly Scott the Possibly Australian Possibly Cattle Probably Dog

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Adam Lang

I don’t have any notes about possibly-Scott, but if I zoom in really close on his doggie tags I see ‘SCO<something> THE DOG’. The letter after the O doesn’t really look like a T but it looks more like a T than just about anything other than a reflected-upside-down J (which seems unlikely) or maybe an I (which… SCOI<something> THE DOG)? I was hoping for a minute that it said ‘SCORE ONE FOR THE DOG’ but there isn’t enough room. So we’re going to call him Scott.

He does look like a full Australian cattle dog, but he’s got a tail, so who knows. We’ll just call him Possibly-Scott.