Dog Pictures: Hound of the Baskervilles? Brindle Hound Dog Walking and Smiling

Can you say 'Putting On The Ritz'? Check him out... if that isn't strutting, I don't know what is! Talk about a dog that looks HAPPY! That's him! He's large, he's brindle, and some sort of hound I gather. Catahoula? I just can't tell for sure. I just love how happy he looks.

One thing I can tell you... his tail is not bobbed, though it looks like it. If you look at the shadow, you can see that he has a normal length tail. It's just looking bobbed because of the strange angle. I caught it just right, or wrong, so that it looks weird. No, I am not clever enough to do that deliberately.

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Dog Pictures: Golden Retriever Sir Boy, Black Great Dane Lady

I had the pleasure of meeting Sir Boy and Lady the day I was hanging at the Dog Park, on a canine photo safari as it were. What a trip. That Sir Boy is one beautiful dog, beautiful Golden Retriever that is. He's a big healthy one as well. It was a pleasure to meet him.

I'm afraid you can't see Lady too well, in the background there. I will have to see if I got more pictures of her. She was one stunning black Great Dane. I was very impressed by her. Such a sweet dog, and so very, very large! LOL

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Dog Pictures: Buddies

What more can I say... dogs make great buddies! This Yellow Labrador Retriever has a good friend keeping her company while she watches for the mailman!!! Her buddy is a bit of a mix, but most folks are saying he has Rhodesian Ridgeback and hound and more in him. Maybe it's time for a DNA test, eh?

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Dog Pictures: Siberian Husky Or Alaskan Malamute? Big Dog Breed Either Way!

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Here we go again with me taking pictures and not getting the 'specs' on the animal. This is a big dog, and a beautiful dog. Not really a puppy dog at all. I have, however, done my research, and I believe this is a picture of an Alaskan Malamute. At first I thought it was a picture of a Siberian Husky, but then I read more about them both.

The Siberian Husky is actually somewhat smaller than an Alaskan Malamute dog. According to the American Kennel Club, the Malamute goes to 75 pounds for females and 85 pounds for males. Of course, there are plenty of Alaskan Malamutes out there weighing more than that. Siberian Huskies go more along the range of 50 and 60 pounds, female and male respectively.

This dog looks like it weighs closer to 75 pounds than 50 or 60. But hey, I'm no carnival weight guessing pro! This is a working dog breed, that's for sure. You may have guessed this already... the Alaskan Malamute was bred to be an Alaskan sled dog. That's right, this dog was originally bred for pulling sleds in Alaska! Well, this particular Alaskan Malamute is living a LONG way from that job, in Dunedin, Florida!

If you'd like to read more about the Alaskan Malamute, check out the AKC link above, or read the entry on Wikipedia. Oh, and check out the pretty pair of Collies in the background. Very pretty.

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Dog Pictures: Cute Little Bernese Mountain Dog Puppy

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How about taking this little guy home? That is one very cute Bernese Mountain Dog puppy standing with his owner. Who's legs are the hairier? :)

I have to admit, if I had the right place for it, I would take this cute little puppy dog home in a second. But then, that's why they are so cute, right, to make sure we want to take them home? Haha.

According to Wikipedia, the Bernese Mountain Dog is also known as the Berner Sennenhund in Swiss German. They are also called Berner, Bernese, and The Little Bear of Switzerland. Cute, eh? These dogs were used to pull small carts and wagons in Switzerland. As you can imagine, that means this dog definitely qualifies as a large breed dog, and a working dog!
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Dog Pictures: Big Large Mastiff Dogs

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Beautiful, large breed animals, these two. Mastiff. Big. Large. Huge. Did I say large?
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