Dogs! Parade!
I walked over to my city’s annual Christmas parade a few days ago. The weather had been pretty crummy, but a couple of hours before the start, the rain stopped and crowds of happy people gathered to watch. There were marching bands, floats, and balloons!
And where there are people hanging out, there are dogs.
Some dogs watched the goings-on from the safety of their yards and porches.
Some dogs braved the elements wearing nothing but their birthday suits.
But many others were wearing sweaters to ward off the chill.
This dog in a pink sweater seems to have shown up in a number of photos I took.
The local SPCA was clearly in tune with the crowd, because they held a “flea-less” market to raise some money.
But not every dog was there to watch. This working dog marched in the parade.
Meanwhile, this little dog got to be carried by someone carrying a banner.
There were big crowds of people, but lots of dogs were in the mix.
All good dogs.
As silly as the sweaters look, I know from experience that thin haired breeds like dachshunds love them.
Dogs like that have so little body mass that it’s easy for them to lose a lot of heat.
These photos made for a lovely break in my day. Thank you!
They should have held a dog parade.
We have sweaters for Ruthie, but our dogs prefer to be inside, on a sofa, under a blanket. They are fast out and in for doing their business.
Not that it really matters, but in the photo of the two dogs captioned “Some dogs braved the elements wearing nothing but their birthday suits,” the Faithful Hound is a double of the tuxedo Lab on the right.
Dog parades, dog photos, bring it.
…not that you’d expect people to need reminding…but…if you do happen to be approaching a wall of uniformed types with some of those working dogs…& you don’t have a bunch of time to waste…don’t absent-mindedly talk to the dog & pat it on the head…they tend to treat you like you might be carrying something the dog might be interested in at that point…even though you’re not…& it wastes everybody’s time & the people involved don’t find it endearing
…the dog might look like it thinks it’s entirely hilarious & possibly the highlight of the shift…but that’s anthropomorphism for you
…& yes…I suppose that is oddly specific…I’m sure I don’t know why?
Jaaaaaake, did you try to pet the pretty labrador, even though it was in it’s working collar & leash, snd *definitely* not on it’s non-working portion of the day?🤗🤗🤗
Presumably, from that… suggestion at *least* ya didn’t try to pet one of the Mally-gators!😉😆😂🤣
I’m pretty sure we woulda *heard* about the shark-bite & stitches, after getting a bit too friendly with a Mal–they *are* a little bit… focused, after all…😉
Ngl, I would LOVE a Mally-gator *someday!*
Buuuuut a dog like that NEEDS basically a whole darn hobby-farm to be able to get their zoomies out, annnnd you either needa be a farmer, K-9 cop, Dog-handling soldier, or a dog-trainer, so that you can keep ‘ em with you & BUSY enough all day, for the sweet crackpot to *not* find it’s OWN “work” and get into allllll the trouble!😉😆😂🤣
Landshark ’til age 3, and then just a damn crackpot for the *next* 9-ish years *is* pretty adorable though, and the TEAM you could be, with a dog *that* motivated to be the “gooddog!” for *their* hooman would be soooooooooomuch fun!