I learned something new on Twitter yesterday/this morning. Apparently, if your avatar on the internet is of a dog (oh, hey Digby, Mosely, and a couple dogs I happened to photograph at dogshows) you are a flaming racist. Obviously, I don't subscribe to this theory - I've always thought a dog avatar meant you loved your pet/thought the pic was ( Read more... )

Yup, that time of year again. The biggest dog shows of the year in the area came to the State Fairgrounds this weekend and of course, I went. It didn't go smoothly - usually I park at the light rail and walk in the back, and I've never been asked for an admission fee. But I knew I was going to have a lot of bones and such forth this time as I was ( Read more... )

...and Disqus appears to have eaten it. Nine times out of ten, I write a long post anywhere, I copy it before I post it. This time, I didn't. And my nice long ranty post disappeared into 'moderation'. (I was posting to 'The Lost Battalion', the open thread on Ta-Nehisi Coates' blog over at the Atlantic. Hence the 'Horde' from the other day, ( Read more... )

Like the ones I met at the dog show today, including some rare breeds. Today was the first time I've encountered Beaucerons & Norwegian Buhunds, and the second time for Icelandic Sheepdogs. There were others but I didn't get to see them. Anyhoo, piccie time!


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OK, so I'm a day behind on the Westminster Show and it was impossible to not know which dog won. But I'm quite fond of Working & Sporting dogs, loved seeing those groups, and I swear I've met the handler of the BiS Deerhound and quite possibly Hickory herself before. There can't have been that many deerhounds I've run across, and Hickory's based ( Read more... )

Let's see if my photos feel like working now...

( A whole lotta doggie photos. )

Yes, I finally finished watching the Westminster Kennel Club show last night. I was mostly very pleased, since the Non-Sporting judge didn't pick a poodle (a miracle if there ever was one) and several of my favorite breeds won their groups. I've always liked whippets and dobermans, and I'm very fond of Brittany spaniels. How could you not love that ( Read more... )

And I'm sharing too, darn it.


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Yep, it's Independence Cluster weekend. I went today and went wild with the camera. For the second show in a row, not very well. I've got this awesome camera which takes incredible pics anywhere but at a dog show. At a dog show, half the pics are out of focus and another quarter are bizarrely tinted. Yes, I did change the setting to 'Dogs & Kids' ( Read more... )