Friday Night Photos Hot Diggity Dog Edition
Happy Friday everyone. I hope everybody is doing well. Post any photos, memes, or music you like.
Well the heat wave the rest of the southwest has been dealing with finally arrived in San Diego earlier this week. Inland from the coast where I live the temps have been in the upper 90s and are expected to remain there until the middle of next week before cooling off. Thankfully it's been cooling off enough at night to keep the house comfortable without having to run the A/C.
They say every dog has its day. These dogs were having their day Tuesday morning at Dog Beach in San Diego. There were breeds of all sizes, shapes, and colors enjoying their time running around on the beach sans leash.
"Look Ma, No Paws! I'm flying!"
The Retriever
"I'm Ready To Play"
Spin Dry
Leader Of The Pack
Flying Fido
Izzy
Airborne Beagle
Queen Of The Beach
Halfpint
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I have never heard of a dog beach. (not that it is a bad thing)
So I looked it up in Google.
https://lajollamom.com/dog-friendly-beaches-san-diego/
From the site they do seem to be enjoying themselves.
Hi, humphrey
You're right. A dog beach is not a bad thing. Thanks for the link. I didn't know there were that many beaches in the county that allowed dogs.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Hi humphrey
My neighbourhood is carved by many bays, one of which has long been designated as the dog beach. One where dogs can romp freely on sand, through the river, or in the harbour waters.
Yay for the airborne beagle
.
You’ll notice that it’s nowhere near the water. Beagles are notorious for having an aversion to water.
Sam though can’t get enough of it and her favorite thing is to find water bottles in it and bring them to me. Seriously you should see how her eyes light up when she finds one. Then she works on destroying it and leaving it all over. Charlie however used to find litter and then go bury it.
I always see something I haven’t seen before even though I’ve been walking at the cemetery for 15 years.
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Hi, snoopy
When I saw the beagle I thought of you and Charlie. I know what you mean about walking the same ground and finding something new. The hole in the tree looks like a great place for birds to build a nest.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Hi pixelators
Hi all, Hey SP!
Hope it's all good! Great doggie shots SP! One of these days I'll have to dig some pics out of a dust mop of a rescue mutzo my wife and I had for years. It birded all over America.
I am not sure what breed this dog is, but anyway...
I think it is a Marsupial Retriever.
Actually, the two standout features of the Opossum are that it is America's only marsupial, and, only really prehensile tailed mammal. This individual seems to have lost more than half of one of these key definitive features, its tail. Which would seem to me to be quite a handicap in possum world.
Anyway, I gotta fly...
Be well all!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Hi dystopian
I remember long ago, reading about how quickly possums extended their territory. It took them only 75 years to travel north from Florida to the NE, suffering only frostbite on their tails along the way. No wonder they developed shorter tails. They are a prime target here for eradication, which in my experience has been largely successful for the bird population.
Hi Janis!
Hope all is well! I did not know that about their tails freezing off. Fascinating. And considering two winters ago we had record freeze events, it seems likely that this could be what caused the loss. I have never seen on partly tailed. Nothing tangles with them generally, so was perplexed as to what might have happened. You have the best idea yet! Thanks!
Armadillo has marched north and expanded tremendously in modern times as well
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Hi dystopian
Nice shot of the Opossum. It's been years since I've seen around my way. I did not know they are marsupials so thanks for that bit of information.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Hi Social
I remember when I first learned that possums are marsupials. It blew my mind in a way, because in my mind only kangaroos and Koalas were marsupials. It seems that most if not all marsupials are from Australia, including the possums imported to NZ. I've never met a kangaroo, so I still imagine them from childhood images and stories as more motherly than possums ; ). My first direct contact with possums here was on the deck just after dark. I heard this loud hissing, and hissed back into the bush. The louder, more aggressive hissing I got in return scared me back inside!
Talk of Marsupials got my intrest up so I did a search
There are 23 types of marsupials. Most are found in Australia and 3 are found in the Americas.
https://www.activewild.com/list-of-marsupials/
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Therein hangs a tail…
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PrehensileTail
Hi Social
Thank you for the images of the freedom and playfulness of dogs.
Interesting choice of music, both lyrically and musically, including sounds both natural and produced of dogs barking and howling. It has quite a punch.
Be well and enjoy the weekend, all.
Hi, Janis
Dogs is one of my favorite Pink Floyd songs. In fact the whole album is really good. Very underrated.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Lately, Albatross have drawn my attention
A worthwhile project
I hope they have success establishing a new breeding colony.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
great albatross vid Janis!
Excellent vid Janis! Thanks! Seabirds are indeed awesome, and albatross are the pinnacle of seabirdiness. The worst thing about being in the middle of Texas is the lack of seabirds. One famous ornithologist said life would never be the same, 'for I have watched the albatross fly'. Between the cats, mice, and rats man introduced to most islands of the world where most seabirds nest, and the fisheries bycatch abuse, it is amazing so many remain.
Look up the Bermuda Petrel story. It was less than a dozen left on the islet where the rats hadn't gotten the last few. Many dozens of islands have been depopulated of their breeding seabirds via cats and rats mostly, but mice too in some places. Then toss in long-line fishery bycatch... it does not look good for the long term.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
How long?
If the youth of the world, with their desire to Iive and let live are supported, then there’s a chance of survival.
I’m sure you’ll enjoy hearing this young woman’s experience working with Albatross on the Chatham Islands.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018897375/al...
The last direct report regarding the original project I found was from March 2019, but from the interview above I assume it's going as well as possible at these times. I think every form of life has been compromised because of covid responses.
https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/3243-eight-translocated-chatham-albatros...
Yes, this is Dog....
In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is declared mentally ill for describing colors.
Yes Virginia, there is a Global Banking Conspiracy!
It is interesting to consider
what is the product of evolution and/or intelligent design.
Hi, Moonbat
Thanks for all the great memes.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
We've got them here in the slowly sinking Sandbar
Peninsula.
You are talking to a Numero Uno Dawg Person, Sp. I grew up with a German Shepherd and a Scottish Terrier. Had Dobermans for 30 years (BTW, they are NOT demon dawgs). My final dawg rodeo stars 2 Beagles, male and female. The female is fixed. That's a great looking Beagle in your pix. Beagles and Dobes have 3 things in common: short-haired, very smart, and STUBBORN. Long live dawgs in my book of life.
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
Very enjoyable thread, photos,
and commentary as aiways, you all. Plus, I am such a dawg nut. LOL. Sure beats watching and dreading climate catastrophe iffen you arsk me.
Rec'd!
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
Hi, orlbucfan
When I was growing up we had a dog. It was a mix of Maltese Terrier and who knows what. He was very lovable and loved to play but he wasn't very bright.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
I was thinking of my 3 beagles this morning
and laughed at how much they liked escaping from the yard and taking themselves off for a jaunt. I can leave the gate open and Sam just wanders out in the drive but rarely goes farther than that. Charlie would have been off for hours. Only way I’ve kept mine in is with a solid fence. Do yours wander? Stubborn is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of beagles. But life would have been diminished without them!
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Oh my god snoopy, you hit
the nail on the proverbial head. Did our Beagle pups wander????? Are you kidding? Our female is named after Houdini cos she was one top notch escape artist as a little puppy. Our male isn't fixed like she is now. Breeder's advice cos of their size, and you have to watch the weight as you know.
We've got the holes plugged under the fence now. Eagle (their names are Eagle and Kipp) will slither out the gate if you don't watch him. Kipp really doesn't bother now that both are grown. She's the Alpha dawg, fixed or not. LOL. I gotta repeat, they are smart and stubborn. But, you know that. 
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
Dusty Dawg, my 1st beagle would climb up a slanting 2x4
in the fence and jump into a tree, jump down and come around to sit on the front porch. And I watched Charlie actually climb a chain link fence to get into the alley. Just up and over licitly split .
One time she did that she ended up with 90 stitches on her tummy.
One night I got home really late and Dusty was gone..heard the phone ringing and it was my grandpa asking if I was missing a dawg. Somehow she found his house 3 blocks away and got into his yard then bayed till he woke up and let her in. I don’t think I ever walked with her to his house so we just couldn’t figure that out.
You got to love their determination to get out of their yard and go wandering. They’ve never dug their way out under the fence though like yours have. One time I went looking for Charlie and there she was just walking up the gutter on her way home and the look on her face when she saw me was priceless! Busted!
Charlie never got put on a diet, but she was only 8 when she left, but yeah the other 2 got porky in later years. I will get another beagle before I shuffle off this mortal coil, but for now just having too much fun with Sam.
You should post pictures of your 2 critters. I’d love to see them.
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I would do the pics if I wasn't so cyber-challenged,
but alas, I am. Eagle looks just like a Beagle postcard; Kipp Houdini is gorgeous, mostly black and white with honest-to-god Nefertiti eyes. She has black ringing her eyes very similar to the Egyptian queen's. She can be a sneaky brat, and they are both spoiled rotten. LOL. Pet Sam for me--love your Beagle tales. I hope the Great Salt Lake is getting fully replenished.
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
If you have photos of them on your computer
I can help you post them. Once you do it’s funny how easy it is.
I was surprised that beagle puppies are black and white when born. I thought the first one was broken when Dusty had her first batch.
Mine have all been the 12 inch beagle and I usually got the runt. I assume that yours are also 12 inchers? The one up above looks to be a 15 inch one.
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So some beagle puppies change colour
and others don't?
Yes beagles are born black and white
and then the brown comes in as they age. Here’s Charlie as a puppy and older.
You can see the black is still fading in both pictures. The white is permanent.
And fully grown and starting to turn white on her neck.
You can see how Dusty had her older coat when she had her puppies. I saw my brother’s beagle when she was 8 weeks old and had already had a lot of brown on her so I didn’t know that they were born black and white. Live and learn.
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Thanks for illustrating the knowledge snoopy
I think you should add "live and learn' to your siglines ; ).
Yes jb, Beagles are tri-colored: white, brown and black.
They are black and white at birth. Snoopy, mine are the smaller ones, 13". I agree with you that the one in Sp's pic is a 15"er. I do have pics of the bratty twosome on my computer. If you can walk me through on how to post 'em, I will. Thanks for the kind offer.
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
grew up on the farm with mostly big dogs
Great Danes, Saint Bernards and some Setters.
The large fem Dane used to accompany me in the forays out
thru the fields to watch me climb a big oak tree then do
her sniffing around stuff. Loved that dog.
One of the best employers I ever worked for
had a grandfather who raised horses and Great Danes. He said they were good dawgs, but not real smart. My fave Setter is the Gordan Setter, but you don't see them down here.
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
Have posted this before — an Arlo Guthrie dawg song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPeTRFxs5JY
Hi, lotlizard
Thanks for the Arlo Guthrie tune.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.