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Fall Fun
Fall seems to be a good time for Chico to find stinky, gooey stuff to roll in. Last weekend, he came back from somewhere spotted from head to tail with a black, gooey, SMEEE-eee-ELY substance spotted all over him from … Continue reading
Chico and I are reunited
Actually, we have been back together for a couple weeks, but it’s taking me time to catch up with everything. Julie had taken him from my house to hers when I was leaving, and she came here with him a … Continue reading
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Double dewclaws
They say it is a trait common to all French herding dogs, news to me. This doggie had not only dewclaws on all four feet (which I am told is rare), but on the hind legs, there were double nails. … Continue reading
Dog class with Bags
It’s complicated, but my travels in Turkey didn’t quite work out the way they were planned and I ended up spending some days in Amsterdam. One of those days was a Saturday, and I went with Christina and Bags to … Continue reading
Doggie body language
Canine body language is something I am still don’t fully understand. Here’s a lovely little set of drawings that are, as far as I can tell, pretty darned accurate. Thanks very much to my friend Sandra for sending this my … Continue reading
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Kyrgyz shepherd’s dogs
We met these guys one day. They were out with their owner, watching the flocks, and when he joined us for lunch, they did too. They stayed quite respectfully at a distance until we finished. Then they got the leftovers. … Continue reading
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Istanbul street dogs
There are, in the small part of own that I have seen, plenty of dogs on the street. They hang out in parks, and outside restaurants, on the grounds of Topkapi, and generally around open spaces. They don’t seem to … Continue reading
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Factory dog
This pup was at small “factory” in Samarkand that makes paper from mulberry bark. I saw a number of dogs with ears clipped off like his, one presumes that it is done in puppyhood, like other cosmetic procedures (tail docking … Continue reading
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Virtual Dogsitting – Whole Dog Journal Blog Article
This is an interesting blog post I just read. The author and a friend used Skype to monitor the barking (actually, their non-barking) of the friend’s dogs. A tidy application of an existing technology. Virtual Dogsitting – Whole Dog Journal … Continue reading
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Outside mosque in Nurota
OK, this is only marginally dog related, but the image as a whole pleases me.
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Can I Bring the Dog? 