I ran into Posey (10) a little while ago, and said, “Oh, is that a fox terrier?” No, it was not a fox terrier, it was a Lakeland terrier. When I went to post her I said, ‘I’m not sure I’ve ever had one of those before, let me look!” And now I feel terrible because I not only had a Lakeland terrier before, I had that Lakeland terrier before! In my defense, though, the first time I saw her it was roughly 140 years ago, which is to say, pre-COVID.
I got SO MANY pictures from the dog surfing championships! And SO MANY of them were of the face a small child that was inexplicably being held up on someone’s shoulders BACKWARDS and jiggled back and forth a few dozen feet in front of my camera. If you’re going to hold your child up, you could at least let them watch the dogs surfing? I dunno.
Also a lot of them were of people’s cell phones which they were holding up over their heads. And most of the rest were out of focus — did I mention I reeeeally need to replace my lens? — or over or underexposed. That last was intentional, I used exposure bracketing.
Anyway, I’ll be posting them gradually, but to start with let’s see Koa. Koa was the champion in 2024, and it wasn’t hard to see why: she was easily the most enthusiastic pup. As soon as they started heading down towards the water, she started barking her head off and trying to rush them, and she did not stop barking the entire time she was surfing. Just so much happiness she couldn’t keep it in. She is also a cancer survivor and eleven years old. And, frankly, an inspiration to me. If she can surf, maybe it’s not even too late for me!
Can you believe that I totally forgot about getting the photos from my 2023 trip off of my good camera until I went to the Dog Surfing Championships yesterday? Man I stink.
Ran into this kitty again last weekend!
Meet Biscuit! He’s six, and very very talented.
I thought I’d posted some pictures of Kona (8 months, boy) before — I know I’ve taken some! — but it seems not. However, there has been a Berner named Kona before… in fact, he was the Dog of the New Year in 2015! Those are some big shoes to fill, pupper… but I think you and your champion side-eye game are up to it.
Milo (4) is a SUPER friendly Japanese akita. I’m so used to them being standoffish. Not Milo!
Oliver (2) is the Bernest doodle that ever doodled a Bern!
Freya will be one year old in August, and she has had a ruff life! She wasn’t treated very well when she was younger, and consequently she’s very timid and very easily overstimulated. Mom adopted her later on and is working with her to get her used to the world. It’s taking some time, but mom’s good at this stuff: if I recall correctly she works with animals for a living. So Freya is in good hands.
Two truths and a lie: Linc is four years old, not a puppy. Linc has puppy-soft fur, so soft you just want to bury your face in it. Linc is a purebred fluffmuppet.
