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Each is crowned with their very own superlative (Best Dressed, Sweetest Mama, Most Artistic, Classiest Canine, Best Personality, etc.) and the pups that make it to the annual awards ceremony are presented with a trophy and certificate. That, Porter says, is because “every dog is the best dog.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Another twist? Not every dog is an actual dog. In 2023, second place went to a tiny horse named Cupcake. (“Though she may not appear as a dog,” her profile read, “this Shetland pony is just a large ball of fur, ready to snuggle up in your lap.”) Last year, third place went to a cat named Richard. 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It’s a race for those of us who need a treat after participating in actual politics. It’s a competition featuring only the best bois, niftiest grrls and stinkiest butts who’ve spread joy in the Town this year. It’s the \u003ca href=\"https://www.lakemerrittdogcontest.com/\">Lake Merritt Dog Contest\u003c/a> and voting is open right the heck now.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There are 145 floofers on the ballot for 2026 – the fifth year of this contest — and voters get to pick three pups each, which is only right and natural because picking just one is entirely impossible. This (not so) short list has everything! There are dogs named after celebrities, like Sasha Fierce, Archie Bon Jovi and Stan Lee. There are dogs rescued from organizations like Muttville, Family Dog, the SPCA, Oakland Animal Services and the Hawaiian Humane Society. 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Soon, she was using her drawing skills to collaborate with them on posters and pamphlets aimed at helping pet parents better understand their \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/dogs\">dogs\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/tag/cats\">cats\u003c/a> by reading their body language.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13974600']That ultimately led Chin to write the books \u003ca href=\"https://doggiedrawings.net/pages/doggie-language-book\">\u003cem>Doggie Language\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (2020) and \u003ca href=\"https://doggiedrawings.net/pages/kitty-language-book\">\u003cem>Kitty Language\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (2023). With whimsical illustrations that drew on her animation experience, she interpreted signs of distress, irritation, content or excitement in body movements such as a wagging tail or flattened ears.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The books have proved so popular that some pet trainers recommend them to clients to help make sense of a pet’s difficult behavior. Chin offers free downloads of certain infographics for noncommercial use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coming out this week, Chin’s third book, \u003ca href=\"https://doggiedrawings.net/pages/dogs-of-the-world-book\">\u003cem>Dogs of the World: A Gallery of Pups from Purebreds to Mutts\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, is an ambitious attempt to introduce and illustrate every type of dog around the globe — more than 600 by her count.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is one in a slew of new books about pets, many with charming illustrations that make them especially accessible. The recent \u003cem>Medieval Cats\u003c/em>, for instance, by Catherine Nappington, features funny cat poems, sayings and drawings from the Middle Ages. \u003cem>Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of Cats\u003c/em>, due out this fall, pulls together poems, musings and sketches by the science fiction writer, who died in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking by phone from Los Angeles, where she lives with her husband and two cats, Mambo and Shimmy, Chin said \u003cem>Dogs of the World\u003c/em> was her most daunting project yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m counting on pet owners to be interested and would be happy to get non-pet owners interested as well,” she said. “Even if we don’t have a dog, we are in contact with them all the time. People looking to adopt can also learn a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13974730\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13974730\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/lili-chin-1.png\" alt=\"Two pink pages featuring illustrations of 7 dog breeds from Northern Europe.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1403\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/lili-chin-1.png 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/lili-chin-1-800x561.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/lili-chin-1-1020x716.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/lili-chin-1-160x112.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/lili-chin-1-768x539.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/lili-chin-1-1536x1078.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/lili-chin-1-1920x1347.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Dogs of the World: A Gallery of Pups from Purebreds to Mutts’ by Lili Chin. \u003ccite>(Ten Speed Press)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>A survey of the world’s pups\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Chin starts with drawings of nearly 400 officially recognized breeds, including better-known ones like golden retrievers, border collies, German shepherds, various terriers and poodles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also introduces readers to more obscure breeds: Venezuela’s official dog, the large, rugged Mucuchies; Lapponian herders; muscular white Rajapalayam, or ghost hounds, from southern India; Thai ridgebacks that are hard to find outside of Thailand; hairless Peruvian Inca orchids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13973819']And she describes other groupings of dogs, such as those that live in communities without a specific person caring for them. She argues that these dogs are not strays because the communities watch over them, often feeding them and even giving them names.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those community animals include so-called “rez dogs” that roam the tribal reservations in the U.S., free-ranging street dogs that live inside the Moscow metro and have learned to ride the trains, and various kinds of Asian, North African and European village dogs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chin mentions the dogs of Chernobyl that barely survived after the 1986 disaster because they were fed by workers visiting the exclusion zone. She even illustrates dingos from her native Australia, and the New Guinea singing dog from Papua New Guinea, a primitive local breed that lives in nearly feral conditions in highland forests.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Communication between humans and their companions\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Animal behavior consultant Emily Strong, who Chin consulted on \u003cem>Dogs of the World\u003c/em>, praised “her ability to pack an impressive amount of information into a few succinct words and simple but beautiful illustrations — making complex topics easily digestible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She has such an incredible way of clearly communicating body language signals through illustration,” said Strong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13974731\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13974731\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/dogs-uk.png\" alt=\"Two pink pages featuring illustrations of 7 dog breeds from the British Isles.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1401\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/dogs-uk.png 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/dogs-uk-800x560.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/dogs-uk-1020x715.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/dogs-uk-160x112.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/dogs-uk-768x538.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/dogs-uk-1536x1076.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/04/dogs-uk-1920x1345.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Dogs of the World: A Gallery of Pups from Purebreds to Mutts’ by Lili Chin. \u003ccite>(Ten Speed Press)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of Chin’s earliest illustration clients was the late Dr. Sophia Yin, a veterinarian and renowned animal behaviorist who developed a training method known as “low stress handling” to reduce fear, anxiety and stress in pet patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13974470']Through Yin and other behaviorists, Chin said, she came to embrace training methods that focus on food rewards and reject ideas around dominance, correction and punitive methods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is so much misinformation and so many enduring myths around dog behavior and dog breeds,” Chin said. “What I hope my work does is help offer clarity on these topics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>‘Dogs of the World: A Gallery of Pups from Purebreds to Mutts’ by Lili Chin is out now, via Ten Speed Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Do you like dogs? And \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13922004/dolly-partons-mountain-magic-christmas-special-nbc-miley-billy-ray-cyrus\">Dolly Parton\u003c/a>? And watching things that make you feel like your brain might fall out of your ear? Has CBS got a treat for you!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dolly Parton’s Pet Gala \u003c/em>combines dog fashion shows, celebrity cameos, country music, active duty servicemembers, dog puns (“Ruff Lauren,” anyone?) and an uncomfortable amount of canned laughter. It is awkward and unintentionally hilarious and formulaic in an incredibly old-fashioned way. It also contains a segment where Jessica Simpson talks — entirely out of left field — about how large her breasts are. But I’m getting ahead of myself!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMpeG0u6fQE&t=15s\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In order to fully convey the chaos that is this television production, I have broken down Dolly Parton’s rhinestone-encrusted fever dream into manageable segments. Try and stay with me as this spirals into ever-more-surreal territory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here is everything that happens in \u003cem>Dolly Parton’s Pet Gala\u003c/em>, premiering on CBS this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Dog fashion shows\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are five dog fashion shows peppered throughout this 90-minute special, with surprisingly few references to Dolly’s pet fashion line, \u003ca href=\"https://doggyparton.com/\">Doggy Parton\u003c/a>. (Not all of the pet outfits on display tonight are even in the line!)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each fashion show is narrated by Jane Lynch (\u003cem>Best In Show\u003c/em>), who introduces dogs with names like Lucille Ball, La La, Lyra and — my personal favorite — Lieutenant Dan. (And yes, in case you were wondering, that dog \u003cem>is\u003c/em> missing two legs.) Lynch offers commentary like “Here’s Lemon, in a nod to heavy metal headbangers everywhere,” and starts the “Patriotic Pups”-themed runway by yelling “Are you ready to party like it’s 1776?” (She finishes it by shouting “Dog bless America!” because of course she does.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is, for some reason, genuinely compelling television.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_107990']One runway is soundtracked by KC of KC and the Sunshine Band performing “Boogie Shoes.” Another — specifically, the rock ‘n’ roll-themed runway — is soundtracked by teen guitar wizard \u003ca href=\"https://www.gracebowers.com/\">Grace Bowers\u003c/a>. Kelly Osborne wanders on a couple of times. Carson Kressley also shows up to co-commentate with Lynch and, in a subtle-not-subtle moment, tries to Jedi mind-trick middle America by staring directly into the camera and referring to “a beautiful trans …… formation.” All the while, the kid from \u003cem>Young Sheldon\u003c/em> sits in the front row chewing the scenery like a starving Rottweiler that’s just found a severed leg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I can’t not look at all of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dolly sits in for the final runway — a tribute to her most iconic fashion moments. All of a sudden, the doggy outfits come complete with fake boobs, blond wigs and false arms. Outfits from this segment include Dolly’s\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1zJzr-kWsI\"> coat of many colors\u003c/a>, some of her festival get-ups and her \u003cem>9 to 5\u003c/em> lasso outfit. While watching this, I wrote in my notepad: “This runway is my new sleep paralysis demon.” I really, really mean that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13952795\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13952795\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/glastonbury-e1708630821301.png\" alt=\"A dog in a costume stands on a runway.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1223\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dog wearing a wig. And also an outfit Dolly Parton wore when she played the Glastonbury Festival in 2014. Just go with it. \u003ccite>(CBS)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Country music: Live!\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Dolly opens the show with an absolutely preposterous rendition of “Puppy Love” that involves her barking and howling while cameras zoom in on the faces of happy dogs sitting in the audience. 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No notes if you ignore the outfits, both of which defy description.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Random celebrities, doing the least\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Here are some famous people that show up in pre-recorded-at-home videos to talk about and/or to their dogs: Margaret Cho, Neil Patrick Harris, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Bell and Kristin Chenoweth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13922004']Here are some famous-ish people who show up in the studio to awkwardly introduce a segment, even though \u003cem>Entertainment Tonight\u003c/em>‘s Rachel Smith is doing most of the hosting: Kristin Cavallari, a musical duo named Tigirlily Gold, and Billy Ray Cyrus and his Australian wife. (Who is named Firerose, by the way. FIREROSE.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is even — and I was thoroughly taken aback when this started — an “In Memoriam” section featuring recently deceased dog-lovers. These include \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13932485/tributes-angus-cloud-euphoria-oakland-osa-kehlani-zendaya-kev-choice-jwalt\">Angus Cloud\u003c/a>, Tony Bennett, Tina Turner, Sinead O’Connor, tWitch (from \u003cem>The Ellen DeGeneres Show\u003c/em>) and many more. This is kind of sweet, but also fairly uncomfortable within the context.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Dogs, doing the most\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Dogs that are service dogs. Dogs that are in the military. Dogs that do sports. Movie stunt dogs. Social media dogs. They all get a spotlight of one sort or another during \u003cem>Pet Gala\u003c/em>. 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But does the sheer cuteness of it really ever get old?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Who doesn’t want to watch dogs play all day long?” asks Laurie Johnson, the director of Florida Little Dog Rescue in St. Cloud, Florida, who has been part of Puppy Bowl for a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='news_11974882']There are some changes this year to the canine football telecast: Four previous puppy players return to be inducted in the new Puppy Bowl Hall of Fame and the show, which has grown to include armadillos, hedgehogs and chickens, will focus on dogs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’ve done this year to flip the whole script is because it’s sort of a celebration of the fact that it’s the 20th year,” says Puppy Bowl referee Dan Schachner. “We’ve decided to go all in on puppy, making it the “most puppiest Puppy Bowl ever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Puppy Bowl made its debut as counter-programming to the Super Bowl in 2005. Dogs score touchdowns on a gridiron carpet when they cross the goal line — any goal line — with a toy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The show is really just an excuse to spend time watching adorable, clumsy pups in colorful sweaters play with chew toys, wag their tails furiously and lick the camera. A deeper reason is to encourage animal adoption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We always say the same message every year: Adopt, don’t shop,” says Schachner. “There are responsible breeders out there, but it kind of defies logic that somebody who’s searching for a dog would look beyond their local shelter or rescue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the ASPCA, approximately 390,000 shelter dogs are euthanized each year and 2 million shelter dogs are adopted. Schachner says the number of animals languishing in shelters is back up after falling during the pandemic. “It’s worse than ever,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Florida Little Dog Rescue, which like all puppy groups is vetted by Animal Planet, sent seven pup players and two Hall of Fame inductees this year. Johnson, who volunteers her time, says it’s an honor that Animal Planet picks her pups year after year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13951328']“It does bring attention to our rescue, which helps some of our other dogs get adopted. But, honestly, for us, the biggest excitement is that we’re helping dogs all over the country get into homes, because rescue is not a competition, it’s a cooperation,” says Johnson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the puppies are usually adopted by airtime, since the show is filmed in the fall. But the point is to show that animals just like the ones on the show can be found in any shelter at any time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schachner also has some advice for anyone who falls for a particular pup on the broadcast: “That animal is probably likely part of a litter, right? So there’s probably siblings out there that are still up for adoption or their parents — their mom, their dad — is in the shelter looking for a forever home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Florida Little Dog Rescue was the first to send a Shar Pei to the Puppy Bowl — the pup, Wrinkles, was quickly adopted by a crew member at the taping — and Johnson says many viewers might not know that all kinds of breeds — Corgis, Westies, Doodles and Cavapoos, included — are available at shelters and rescue groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13951741\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13951741\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Screen-Shot-2024-02-07-at-11.20.39-AM.png\" alt=\"A man in a referee uniform lays down on a miniature football field surrounded by tiny puppies.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1276\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Screen-Shot-2024-02-07-at-11.20.39-AM.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Screen-Shot-2024-02-07-at-11.20.39-AM-800x532.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Screen-Shot-2024-02-07-at-11.20.39-AM-1020x678.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Screen-Shot-2024-02-07-at-11.20.39-AM-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Screen-Shot-2024-02-07-at-11.20.39-AM-768x510.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Screen-Shot-2024-02-07-at-11.20.39-AM-1536x1021.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Referee Dan Schachner with participants of the annual Puppy Bowl. \u003ccite>(Animal Planet via AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The inaugural Puppy Bowl was watched by nearly 6 million viewers. Last year, 13.2 million viewers tuned in, the largest reach for the event in five years. In comparison, The Emmy Awards telecast on Fox this year reached just 4.3 million viewers. This year’s show will be simulcast across Animal Planet, Discovery, TBS, truTV, Max and Discovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dogs are split into two teams — Team Fluff and Team Ruff — and each dog is given a nickname — like “Slick Rick” or “J-Paw” — and a specialty, like “Epic end zone dance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They are free to frolic, but may face penalties for things like “unsportlike dog conduct” and “trash barking.” Awards are given to Most Valuable Puppy and, new this year, an Underdog Award for the more introverted pup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13873945']This year’s broadcast is built on the work of dozens of volunteers, as well as 600 pee pads, 200 poop bags, 10 bags of treats, 30 water bowls and 18 cameras. The cat halftime show will also return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schachner started refereeing 13 years ago, when there were 59 dogs invited. “I’ll never forget that because I thought that was a tremendous amount of dogs to be trying to officiate in one place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That number has by now more than doubled, with this year’s broadcast featuring 131 puppies. “The scope and the size of this show from the time I started 13 years ago to now is just very impressive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The canine entries this time come from 73 shelters and rescue groups across 36 states and territories. The entrance requirements include being healthy and sturdy enough to be on the field with playmates, between 3-6 months old and having no training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t want dogs that are show dogs, that are sitting there with a trainer. We want to see them in all their puppy glory. 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"content": "\u003cp>Hey there, fellow obsessive dog owner. Ever wonder what your beloved pooch is thinking? Of course you do. If they could only tell us what’s on their minds, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, in \u003cem>Strays\u003c/em>, an aggressively raunchy, gleefully gross and only occasionally truly funny comedy voiced by Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx, we find out. Turns out our canine friends are endlessly curious about why we collect their poop in little plastic bags. It must be for something really important, they surmise. But what? And why do we keep needing more?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13933289']It’s actually one of the film’s cleverer jokes, and Foxx’s Boston terrier, Bug, has an opinion on the matter — but we won’t elaborate because it’s kinda gross. There’s a lot of gross, both kinda and mega, over this film’s 93-minute running time. Also a lot of poop jokes, and penis jokes, both canine and human. You get the picture. 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Let’s stop here to note that in this film, real dogs play the four leading canines — kudos to their hardworking trainers — and humans appear in supporting roles, including one celebrity cameo and also Will Forte as the most odious dog owner you’ve ever met.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forte’s Doug is particularly vile to Reggie, because it’s Reggie who dug up (literally) incriminating evidence that Doug was two-timing his girlfriend, leading to her exit. Doug held onto her dog solely out of spite. He never plays with Reggie or takes him outside, except to play a profanely titled “game” in which Doug drives him somewhere and tosses a tennis ball, then drives away, hoping he won’t return. But he always does.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzwOLKTbCUw\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one day Doug takes Reggie far, far away and the poor pooch can’t find his way back. In this gritty urban setting, he meets the strays — led by Bug (Foxx). Not exactly strays, but taking some time in the streets for various reasons, are sexy Australian Shepherd Maggie (Isla Fisher), and Hunter (Randall Park), a Great Dane with anxiety issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group welcomes Reggie, who wants nothing more than to get home, and introduces him to the adventurous life of a stray. Rule number one: If you want to own something, pee on it. The other rules are too risqué to describe here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reggie’s new friends soon make him understand that his owner actually abandoned him. It’s a tough moment. “Maybe I should talk to him, since I’m a therapy dog,” says Hunter. Suddenly, though, this makeshift family is on a mission. Reggie, newly aware of Doug’s mendacity, is determined to get back home and, well, bite off Doug’s favorite body part. This is an experience the rest of the pack refuses to miss. Us, we could maybe pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13932565']Anyway, the journey will include, among other things: Reggie and Bug getting dragged into the sky by a giant (computer-animated) eagle; the pack eating a forest worth of psychedelic mushrooms and mauling bunnies while high; and everyone falling prey to a dog-catcher. At the pound, it is Reggie who inspires the captive dogs to break free with the memorable slogan: “Let’s all poop to freedom!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What ensues is one of the grosser scenes you’ll have witnessed in a while, but that’s child’s play compared to the harrowing (and somewhat tonally imbalanced) finale, a painful scene involving four dogs, one human, one baseball bat and one Miley Cyrus song (“Wrecking Ball”) which you may now want to skip for a while.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The moral of the story, if you’re a dog: Family is everything, but sometimes you find it where you least expect. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Be sure to check out our full \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/summerguide2023\">2023 Summer Arts Guide to live music, movies, art, theater, festivals and more\u003c/a> in the Bay Area.\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/27/opinion/27foer.html\">2006 op-ed for the \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, novelist \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Safran_Foer\">Jonathan Safran Foer\u003c/a> pondered: “Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness? And why does it make one feel, in the best sense of the word, human?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The answer to those questions is this: Who cares, man! Let’s just agree that dogs are the greatest and take every opportunity to hang out with them. 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There will be 20 food trucks, 12 local pet-minded businesses, pet portraits, dog training tips, a groomer, a doggy playpen and goodie bags for everyone. Oh, and if you’re reading this list even though you don’t have a dog of your own, the Summer Paw-ty is most definitely for you — there will be adoptable pooches hanging out just waiting to win you over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928438\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928438\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1210146717-scaled-e1682636289583-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"A white dog with scruffy fur licks the side of a beer glass.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1210146717-scaled-e1682636289583-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1210146717-scaled-e1682636289583-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1210146717-scaled-e1682636289583-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1210146717-scaled-e1682636289583-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1210146717-scaled-e1682636289583-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1210146717-scaled-e1682636289583.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dogs. Beer. What’s not to like? \u003ccite>(\tGetty Images/ Javier Zayas Photography)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://berkeleyhumane.org/events/pints-for-paws/\">Pints For Paws\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 3\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Berkeley Humane, Berkeley\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attending a beer-tasting that is also an auction might not sound like the smartest move in the world, but impulse bidding is perfectly acceptable when the proceeds are going to the \u003ca href=\"https://berkeleyhumane.org/\">Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society\u003c/a>. There will also be food trucks on hand if you need a bite to soak up all those local craft beers, wines and small-batch vodkas before the bidding starts. Expect live music, games and — of course — all of the dogs. Many, many, many dogs. And what could be better than that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928992\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928992\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1125216299-800x571.jpg\" alt=\"Three women stand on one foot, one arm stretched in the air while holding small dogs.\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1125216299-800x571.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1125216299-1020x727.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1125216299-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1125216299-768x548.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1125216299-1536x1095.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1125216299-2048x1461.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1125216299-1920x1369.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dog yoga (doga!) in action. \u003ccite>(K. Y. Cheng/South China Morning Post via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.pupplaza.org/events\">Doga at Pup Plaza\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 4, July 9\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Pup Plaza, San Jose\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yoga: A stress-reliever and life improver. Dogs: Same! What happens when you combine the two? Only the very best things. This 60-minute class is designed to help you deepen the bond with your dog, and leave happier and more relaxed than when you arrived. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.pupplaza.org/\">Pup Plaza\u003c/a> is part of Silicon Valley Pet Project — the first dog community center in the area and a place that only wants the best for your fur babies. Something to ponder when you’re in Downward-Facing Dog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928993\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928993\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488437182-scaled-e1683849225956-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A black long-haired Chihuahua tilts her head and looks up.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488437182-scaled-e1683849225956-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488437182-scaled-e1683849225956-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488437182-scaled-e1683849225956-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488437182-scaled-e1683849225956-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488437182-scaled-e1683849225956-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488437182-scaled-e1683849225956.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cutest Chihuahua in the whole damn world. \u003ccite>(Shannon Finney/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.meetup.com/chihuahuas/\">South Bay Chihuahua & Small Dog Meetup\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 10, July 8, Aug. 12\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Milpitas Dog Park, Milpitas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chihuahuas: Let’s face it, they’re the Donald Trump of dogs. You’re either a passionate hater or an enthusiast so fervent, you’ll get into a fight with a total stranger in the street over it. If you fall into the latter category, you should probably head to Milpitas Dog Park once a month this summer to meet up with other fellows just like you. There, your tiny, shaking babies can wag, sniff and prance around with each other while you join a crew of likeminded lovers of the microdog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928425\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928425\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1154512100-scaled-e1682632486754-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A smiling man wearing a San Francisco Giants jersey and hat bends down to pet a husky dog, also wearing a Giants shirt. Crowds of people stand to one side, observing.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1154512100-scaled-e1682632486754-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1154512100-scaled-e1682632486754-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1154512100-scaled-e1682632486754-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1154512100-scaled-e1682632486754-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1154512100-scaled-e1682632486754-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1154512100-scaled-e1682632486754.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The pre-game dog parade at Oracle Park during Dog Day, 2019. \u003ccite>(Stephen Hopson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/giants/tickets/specials/dog-day\">Dog Days of Summer (With the SF Giants)\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 11\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oracle Park, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one day and one day only, Oracle Park turns into a glorious — and fairly surreal — dog costume party. The annual Dog Days of Summer event invites Giants fans onto the warning track to parade with their pups before the game, awarding prizes to the best baseball-themed doggy outfits. Be warned that Dog Days tickets are more expensive than the average game, but try to take comfort in the fact that the experience is pretty priceless. Plus, partial proceeds benefit the very lovely people and animals of the San Francisco SPCA. This year’s Dog Days game is against the Chicago Cubs. Feel free to pretend their logo is a Newfoundland for the day…\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928994\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928994\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1243036505-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A french bulldog wearing a night-shirt sits on a chair.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1243036505-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1243036505-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1243036505-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1243036505-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1243036505-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1243036505-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1243036505-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A French bulldog. Being awesome. As usual. \u003ccite>(MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.meetup.com/mill-valley-pug-sunday/\">Pug and Frenchie Sunday\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 18, July 16, Aug. 20\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Dog Park, Bayfront Park, Mill Valley\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Do you have a dog that snores louder than your grandpa in an armchair after a big meal? Then you probably have a pug or a French bulldog. Which means you probably can’t get enough of their tiny flat faces and beefy little bods. Well, get ready to start singing “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSlLNSWAXpo\">Somewhere (There’s a Place for Us)\u003c/a>” from \u003cem>West Side Story\u003c/em> because every month, a group of pugs and Frenchies get together in Milpitas to grunt and hop around together. Presumably, the humans by their sides can do the same thing, should the mood take them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928436\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928436\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-88710759-scaled-e1682635512987-800x588.jpg\" alt=\"A woman holds up a small, mostly bald dog while raising her other arm triumphantly. A man and a woman stand nearby smiling and clapping.\" width=\"800\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-88710759-scaled-e1682635512987-800x588.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-88710759-scaled-e1682635512987-1020x750.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-88710759-scaled-e1682635512987-160x118.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-88710759-scaled-e1682635512987-768x565.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-88710759-scaled-e1682635512987-1536x1130.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-88710759-scaled-e1682635512987.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Chinese Crested named Miss Ellie winning the pedigree division of the Ugliest Dog Contest 2009, at the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sonoma-marinfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2023-WUD-Application-Packet.pdf\">World’s Ugliest Dog Contest\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 23\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds and Event Center, Petaluma\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, yes. We know. All dogs are beautiful, yada, yada, yada. Just try and think of this as an event that embraces freak flags flying and dog tongues flopping. There are several categories for pooches to enter in addition to “Ugliest Dog,” including “People’s Choice” and “Spirit Award,” and the grand prize-winning weirdo will take home $1,500. Get ready for bug eyes, bald bodies, bizarre teeth and \u003cem>tons\u003c/em> of personality. Be advised though, pawrents, that your entry form needs to be in before June 21 if you want your little darling to be in the running.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929025\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13929025\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1235587049-800x512.jpg\" alt=\"A small scruffy dog wearing a life preserver stands on a surf board in the water.\" width=\"800\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1235587049-800x512.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1235587049-1020x653.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1235587049-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1235587049-768x492.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1235587049-1536x983.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1235587049.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yes. There are, in fact, enough dogs that know how to surf that it warrants a competition. \u003ccite>(Mindy Schauer/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.surfdogchampionships.com/\">World Dog Surfing Championship\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Aug. 5\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Linda Mar Beach, Pacifica\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Floofers doing human things is a winner always, but the World Dog Surfing Championship goes next-level: these puppers are doing stuff that a lot of people can’t even do! The surfing dogs are evaluated by judges on confidence level, ability to stay on their surfboard and — this isn’t a joke — tricks. Yes, actual tricks. Like surfing backwards or doing 360-degree spins mid-wave. And, as if that wasn’t enough, they’re doing all this surfing while wearing cute little wetsuits and goggles. Absurdly cute entertainment guaranteed.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This fundraiser for \u003ca href=\"https://ilovefamilydog.org/\">Family Dog Rescue\u003c/a> is guaranteed to make you as happy as you make your pups. There will be 20 food trucks, 12 local pet-minded businesses, pet portraits, dog training tips, a groomer, a doggy playpen and goodie bags for everyone. Oh, and if you’re reading this list even though you don’t have a dog of your own, the Summer Paw-ty is most definitely for you — there will be adoptable pooches hanging out just waiting to win you over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928438\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928438\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1210146717-scaled-e1682636289583-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"A white dog with scruffy fur licks the side of a beer glass.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1210146717-scaled-e1682636289583-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1210146717-scaled-e1682636289583-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1210146717-scaled-e1682636289583-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1210146717-scaled-e1682636289583-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1210146717-scaled-e1682636289583-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1210146717-scaled-e1682636289583.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dogs. Beer. What’s not to like? \u003ccite>(\tGetty Images/ Javier Zayas Photography)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://berkeleyhumane.org/events/pints-for-paws/\">Pints For Paws\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 3\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Berkeley Humane, Berkeley\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attending a beer-tasting that is also an auction might not sound like the smartest move in the world, but impulse bidding is perfectly acceptable when the proceeds are going to the \u003ca href=\"https://berkeleyhumane.org/\">Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society\u003c/a>. There will also be food trucks on hand if you need a bite to soak up all those local craft beers, wines and small-batch vodkas before the bidding starts. Expect live music, games and — of course — all of the dogs. Many, many, many dogs. And what could be better than that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928992\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928992\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1125216299-800x571.jpg\" alt=\"Three women stand on one foot, one arm stretched in the air while holding small dogs.\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1125216299-800x571.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1125216299-1020x727.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1125216299-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1125216299-768x548.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1125216299-1536x1095.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1125216299-2048x1461.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1125216299-1920x1369.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dog yoga (doga!) in action. \u003ccite>(K. Y. Cheng/South China Morning Post via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.pupplaza.org/events\">Doga at Pup Plaza\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 4, July 9\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Pup Plaza, San Jose\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yoga: A stress-reliever and life improver. Dogs: Same! What happens when you combine the two? Only the very best things. This 60-minute class is designed to help you deepen the bond with your dog, and leave happier and more relaxed than when you arrived. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.pupplaza.org/\">Pup Plaza\u003c/a> is part of Silicon Valley Pet Project — the first dog community center in the area and a place that only wants the best for your fur babies. Something to ponder when you’re in Downward-Facing Dog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928993\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928993\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488437182-scaled-e1683849225956-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A black long-haired Chihuahua tilts her head and looks up.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488437182-scaled-e1683849225956-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488437182-scaled-e1683849225956-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488437182-scaled-e1683849225956-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488437182-scaled-e1683849225956-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488437182-scaled-e1683849225956-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488437182-scaled-e1683849225956.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cutest Chihuahua in the whole damn world. \u003ccite>(Shannon Finney/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.meetup.com/chihuahuas/\">South Bay Chihuahua & Small Dog Meetup\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 10, July 8, Aug. 12\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Milpitas Dog Park, Milpitas\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chihuahuas: Let’s face it, they’re the Donald Trump of dogs. You’re either a passionate hater or an enthusiast so fervent, you’ll get into a fight with a total stranger in the street over it. If you fall into the latter category, you should probably head to Milpitas Dog Park once a month this summer to meet up with other fellows just like you. There, your tiny, shaking babies can wag, sniff and prance around with each other while you join a crew of likeminded lovers of the microdog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928425\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928425\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1154512100-scaled-e1682632486754-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A smiling man wearing a San Francisco Giants jersey and hat bends down to pet a husky dog, also wearing a Giants shirt. Crowds of people stand to one side, observing.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1154512100-scaled-e1682632486754-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1154512100-scaled-e1682632486754-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1154512100-scaled-e1682632486754-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1154512100-scaled-e1682632486754-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1154512100-scaled-e1682632486754-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-1154512100-scaled-e1682632486754.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The pre-game dog parade at Oracle Park during Dog Day, 2019. \u003ccite>(Stephen Hopson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mlb.com/giants/tickets/specials/dog-day\">Dog Days of Summer (With the SF Giants)\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 11\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Oracle Park, San Francisco\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one day and one day only, Oracle Park turns into a glorious — and fairly surreal — dog costume party. The annual Dog Days of Summer event invites Giants fans onto the warning track to parade with their pups before the game, awarding prizes to the best baseball-themed doggy outfits. Be warned that Dog Days tickets are more expensive than the average game, but try to take comfort in the fact that the experience is pretty priceless. Plus, partial proceeds benefit the very lovely people and animals of the San Francisco SPCA. This year’s Dog Days game is against the Chicago Cubs. Feel free to pretend their logo is a Newfoundland for the day…\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928994\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928994\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1243036505-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A french bulldog wearing a night-shirt sits on a chair.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1243036505-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1243036505-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1243036505-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1243036505-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1243036505-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1243036505-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1243036505-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A French bulldog. Being awesome. As usual. \u003ccite>(MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.meetup.com/mill-valley-pug-sunday/\">Pug and Frenchie Sunday\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 18, July 16, Aug. 20\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Dog Park, Bayfront Park, Mill Valley\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Do you have a dog that snores louder than your grandpa in an armchair after a big meal? Then you probably have a pug or a French bulldog. Which means you probably can’t get enough of their tiny flat faces and beefy little bods. Well, get ready to start singing “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSlLNSWAXpo\">Somewhere (There’s a Place for Us)\u003c/a>” from \u003cem>West Side Story\u003c/em> because every month, a group of pugs and Frenchies get together in Milpitas to grunt and hop around together. Presumably, the humans by their sides can do the same thing, should the mood take them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928436\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928436\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-88710759-scaled-e1682635512987-800x588.jpg\" alt=\"A woman holds up a small, mostly bald dog while raising her other arm triumphantly. A man and a woman stand nearby smiling and clapping.\" width=\"800\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-88710759-scaled-e1682635512987-800x588.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-88710759-scaled-e1682635512987-1020x750.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-88710759-scaled-e1682635512987-160x118.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-88710759-scaled-e1682635512987-768x565.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-88710759-scaled-e1682635512987-1536x1130.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/GettyImages-88710759-scaled-e1682635512987.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Chinese Crested named Miss Ellie winning the pedigree division of the Ugliest Dog Contest 2009, at the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sonoma-marinfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/2023-WUD-Application-Packet.pdf\">World’s Ugliest Dog Contest\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>June 23\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds and Event Center, Petaluma\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, yes. We know. All dogs are beautiful, yada, yada, yada. Just try and think of this as an event that embraces freak flags flying and dog tongues flopping. There are several categories for pooches to enter in addition to “Ugliest Dog,” including “People’s Choice” and “Spirit Award,” and the grand prize-winning weirdo will take home $1,500. Get ready for bug eyes, bald bodies, bizarre teeth and \u003cem>tons\u003c/em> of personality. Be advised though, pawrents, that your entry form needs to be in before June 21 if you want your little darling to be in the running.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13929025\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13929025\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1235587049-800x512.jpg\" alt=\"A small scruffy dog wearing a life preserver stands on a surf board in the water.\" width=\"800\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1235587049-800x512.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1235587049-1020x653.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1235587049-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1235587049-768x492.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1235587049-1536x983.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1235587049.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yes. There are, in fact, enough dogs that know how to surf that it warrants a competition. \u003ccite>(Mindy Schauer/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://www.surfdogchampionships.com/\">World Dog Surfing Championship\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Aug. 5\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Linda Mar Beach, Pacifica\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"title": "Good Dogs Pull Stupid Faces at Westminster Dog Show’s Dock-Diving Competition",
"headTitle": "Good Dogs Pull Stupid Faces at Westminster Dog Show’s Dock-Diving Competition | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>As animal lovers everywhere know, the Westminster Kennel Club has never been a place where dogs could freely derp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rather, it’s a place where basset hounds wear turbans:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928814\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928814\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253154883-scaled-e1683577383188-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"A basset hound stands with its eyes closed, wearing a purple and gold coat and a gold sequined wrap around its ears.\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253154883-scaled-e1683577383188-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253154883-scaled-e1683577383188-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253154883-scaled-e1683577383188-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253154883-scaled-e1683577383188-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253154883-scaled-e1683577383188-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253154883-scaled-e1683577383188.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“At first I was afraid! I was petrified! Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side…” \u003ccite>(Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Löwchens are forced to wear assless bellbottoms:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928824\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928824\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1485796534-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A medium-sized long-haired dog with shaven hind quarters and long white fur from the knee down.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1485796534-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1485796534-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1485796534-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1485796534-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1485796534-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1485796534-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1485796534-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cold bottom, warm feet. \u003ccite>(Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Westminster Kennel Club)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And even the lowly pugs have to don bowties:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928805\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928805\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253158754-scaled-e1683576989712-800x523.jpg\" alt=\"A pug sits on a platform next to a bouquet of purple flowers, wearing a white shirt, lilac bowtie and a black hat with a feather in its band. \" width=\"800\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253158754-scaled-e1683576989712-800x523.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253158754-scaled-e1683576989712-1020x667.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253158754-scaled-e1683576989712-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253158754-scaled-e1683576989712-768x502.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253158754-scaled-e1683576989712-1536x1005.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253158754-scaled-e1683576989712.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“How did I get here? What does it all mean? What is the feather in my hat for?” \u003ccite>(Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At least the poodles get to be poodles, I guess?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928826\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928826\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253159142-scaled-e1683578089810-800x552.jpg\" alt=\"A white poodle with blown out fur lies on a platform, head resting on a large purple cushion.\" width=\"800\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253159142-scaled-e1683578089810-800x552.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253159142-scaled-e1683578089810-1020x704.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253159142-scaled-e1683578089810-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253159142-scaled-e1683578089810-768x530.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253159142-scaled-e1683578089810-1536x1060.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253159142-scaled-e1683578089810.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Oh, it’s a good feeling when you realize that someone has money. ’Cause then you don’t have to worry about them wanting yours.” \u003ccite>(Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13898819']So, what an immensely special treat that this year, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.westminsterkennelclub.org/\">Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show\u003c/a> decided to add a new activity to the competition roster: \u003ca href=\"https://www.akc.org/sports/title-recognition-program/dock-diving/\">dock diving\u003c/a>. The principal is simple:\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Dog and handler stand on platform next to a long pool\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Handler throws toy\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dog loses damn mind\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dog throws itself towards toy, regardless of water situation\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dog lands with a splash, face plastered with expressions that poodles would frown upon\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The dog who jumps the furthest wins\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>Sounds straightforward enough, but dock diving in action is quite a thing to behold. Just check out this chaos monster named Ruger doing his thing on Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt7-MWqJq2Y\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Something extra special happens, however, when you capture diving dogs with still photography. The photos that have emerged from the 2023 Westminster competition have evoked a variety of very specific moods and feelings, while also effectively portraying these dogs’ personalities in all their stupid glory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s see how this played out for some of the Very Good Pups in question.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The ‘I Immediately Regret My Decision’ Dive\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928789\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928789\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782134-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"A medium sized dog wears a shocked expression in mid-air.\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782134-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782134-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782134-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782134-768x510.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782134-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782134-2048x1361.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782134-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Linda, I didn’t think this through, okay? Can we stop it now?” \u003ccite>(Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Those eyeballs and outstretched paws say one thing and one thing only. “Look, ma, I just wanted my toy. And now you’ve tricked me into big bathtime in front of all of these strangers. And you better believe revenge is a dish best served cold because it may not happen today and it may not happen tomorrow, but I’ll get you for this, you hear me? Eventually I’ll get you for this…”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Anya Taylor-Joy in ‘The Witch’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928790\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928790\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252783790-scaled-e1683572072958-800x538.jpg\" alt=\"A dog appears to stand on its hind legs while in mid-air. Its handler is aggressively throwing a toy in the background.\" width=\"800\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252783790-scaled-e1683572072958-800x538.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252783790-scaled-e1683572072958-1020x686.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252783790-scaled-e1683572072958-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252783790-scaled-e1683572072958-768x517.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252783790-scaled-e1683572072958-1536x1034.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252783790-scaled-e1683572072958.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Black Phillip told me to do it.” \u003ccite>(Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You know that final scene in \u003cem>The Witch\u003c/em>, when Anya Taylor-Joy starts levitating over an open fire with a group of naked witches? And she’s all poised and stoked and perfectly comfortable with her life decisions? This dog. This dog right here. Same thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Long Boi\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928841\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928841\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/long-boi-scaled-e1683580918946-800x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/long-boi-scaled-e1683580918946-800x550.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/long-boi-scaled-e1683580918946-1020x701.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/long-boi-scaled-e1683580918946-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/long-boi-scaled-e1683580918946-768x528.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/long-boi-scaled-e1683580918946-1536x1055.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/long-boi-scaled-e1683580918946.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bow (wow wow) down to the Michael Phelps of dogs, y’all. \u003ccite>(Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You can tell that this slender, majestic fella has been training for this his whole life. He’s also been watching Michael Phelps diving footage on YouTube around the clock for the last year, giving his pawrents cause for concern. “Why don’t you take a break and go play with the other dogs?” his mom would plead. “I want you to find some joy while you’re still young!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have to be a winner,” long boi would reply earnestly. “Winning \u003cem>is\u003c/em> my only joy. You know that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Kate Winslet in ‘Titanic’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928796\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928796\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782279-scaled-e1683573770757-800x523.jpg\" alt=\"A border collie in midair, front paws outstretched, hind legs tucked underneath.\" width=\"800\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782279-scaled-e1683573770757-800x523.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782279-scaled-e1683573770757-1020x667.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782279-scaled-e1683573770757-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782279-scaled-e1683573770757-768x502.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782279-scaled-e1683573770757-1536x1004.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782279-scaled-e1683573770757.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“I’m flying Jack! I’m flying!” \u003ccite>(Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Near, far, wherever you are, here’s a floofy sweetheart who still has wonder in her eyes and warmth in her heart. Might she turn out to be a door hog once she’s in the water? Sure. But while she’s floating above it, looking out on the horizon? That’s all love, baby.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Calm Down, Bruh\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928848\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928848\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488028344-scaled-e1683584970625-800x1221.jpg\" alt=\"A small spaniel leaps off a platform, its ears flying upwards as it jumps. On the platform is a man wearing a tie-dye shirt, shouting aggressively.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1221\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488028344-scaled-e1683584970625-800x1221.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488028344-scaled-e1683584970625-1020x1557.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488028344-scaled-e1683584970625-160x244.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488028344-scaled-e1683584970625-768x1172.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488028344-scaled-e1683584970625-1006x1536.jpg 1006w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488028344-scaled-e1683584970625.jpg 1258w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Chill. I’m jumping already. I’m jumping.” \u003ccite>(Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>We all know about stage moms — the parents who will stop at nothing to turn their little darlings into superstars. Did you know about dog diver daddies though? We didn’t either but, boy howdy, looks like the same thing from this angle.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The ‘Jaws’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928798\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928798\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252781839-800x492.jpg\" alt=\"A dog's upturned nose is surrounded by violent splashes of water in a pool.\" width=\"800\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252781839-800x492.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252781839-1020x627.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252781839-160x98.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252781839-768x472.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252781839-1536x944.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252781839-2048x1259.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252781839-1920x1180.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… \u003ccite>(Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Out of the depths! A boop-worthy snoot, thrashing in the water and, above all, the thrill of the hunt! … Hope you found your squeaky ball, dude.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Best of luck to all the woofers competing.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As animal lovers everywhere know, the Westminster Kennel Club has never been a place where dogs could freely derp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rather, it’s a place where basset hounds wear turbans:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928814\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928814\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253154883-scaled-e1683577383188-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"A basset hound stands with its eyes closed, wearing a purple and gold coat and a gold sequined wrap around its ears.\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253154883-scaled-e1683577383188-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253154883-scaled-e1683577383188-1020x682.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253154883-scaled-e1683577383188-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253154883-scaled-e1683577383188-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253154883-scaled-e1683577383188-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253154883-scaled-e1683577383188.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“At first I was afraid! I was petrified! Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side…” \u003ccite>(Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Löwchens are forced to wear assless bellbottoms:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928824\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928824\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1485796534-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A medium-sized long-haired dog with shaven hind quarters and long white fur from the knee down.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1485796534-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1485796534-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1485796534-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1485796534-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1485796534-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1485796534-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1485796534-1920x1279.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cold bottom, warm feet. \u003ccite>(Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Westminster Kennel Club)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And even the lowly pugs have to don bowties:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928805\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928805\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253158754-scaled-e1683576989712-800x523.jpg\" alt=\"A pug sits on a platform next to a bouquet of purple flowers, wearing a white shirt, lilac bowtie and a black hat with a feather in its band. \" width=\"800\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253158754-scaled-e1683576989712-800x523.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253158754-scaled-e1683576989712-1020x667.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253158754-scaled-e1683576989712-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253158754-scaled-e1683576989712-768x502.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253158754-scaled-e1683576989712-1536x1005.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253158754-scaled-e1683576989712.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“How did I get here? What does it all mean? What is the feather in my hat for?” \u003ccite>(Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At least the poodles get to be poodles, I guess?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928826\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928826\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253159142-scaled-e1683578089810-800x552.jpg\" alt=\"A white poodle with blown out fur lies on a platform, head resting on a large purple cushion.\" width=\"800\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253159142-scaled-e1683578089810-800x552.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253159142-scaled-e1683578089810-1020x704.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253159142-scaled-e1683578089810-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253159142-scaled-e1683578089810-768x530.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253159142-scaled-e1683578089810-1536x1060.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1253159142-scaled-e1683578089810.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Oh, it’s a good feeling when you realize that someone has money. ’Cause then you don’t have to worry about them wanting yours.” \u003ccite>(Timothy A. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>So, what an immensely special treat that this year, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.westminsterkennelclub.org/\">Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show\u003c/a> decided to add a new activity to the competition roster: \u003ca href=\"https://www.akc.org/sports/title-recognition-program/dock-diving/\">dock diving\u003c/a>. The principal is simple:\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Dog and handler stand on platform next to a long pool\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Handler throws toy\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dog loses damn mind\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dog throws itself towards toy, regardless of water situation\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dog lands with a splash, face plastered with expressions that poodles would frown upon\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The dog who jumps the furthest wins\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>Sounds straightforward enough, but dock diving in action is quite a thing to behold. Just check out this chaos monster named Ruger doing his thing on Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/Mt7-MWqJq2Y'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Mt7-MWqJq2Y'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Something extra special happens, however, when you capture diving dogs with still photography. The photos that have emerged from the 2023 Westminster competition have evoked a variety of very specific moods and feelings, while also effectively portraying these dogs’ personalities in all their stupid glory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s see how this played out for some of the Very Good Pups in question.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The ‘I Immediately Regret My Decision’ Dive\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928789\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928789\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782134-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"A medium sized dog wears a shocked expression in mid-air.\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782134-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782134-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782134-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782134-768x510.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782134-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782134-2048x1361.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782134-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Linda, I didn’t think this through, okay? Can we stop it now?” \u003ccite>(Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Those eyeballs and outstretched paws say one thing and one thing only. “Look, ma, I just wanted my toy. And now you’ve tricked me into big bathtime in front of all of these strangers. And you better believe revenge is a dish best served cold because it may not happen today and it may not happen tomorrow, but I’ll get you for this, you hear me? Eventually I’ll get you for this…”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Anya Taylor-Joy in ‘The Witch’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928790\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928790\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252783790-scaled-e1683572072958-800x538.jpg\" alt=\"A dog appears to stand on its hind legs while in mid-air. Its handler is aggressively throwing a toy in the background.\" width=\"800\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252783790-scaled-e1683572072958-800x538.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252783790-scaled-e1683572072958-1020x686.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252783790-scaled-e1683572072958-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252783790-scaled-e1683572072958-768x517.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252783790-scaled-e1683572072958-1536x1034.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252783790-scaled-e1683572072958.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Black Phillip told me to do it.” \u003ccite>(Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You know that final scene in \u003cem>The Witch\u003c/em>, when Anya Taylor-Joy starts levitating over an open fire with a group of naked witches? And she’s all poised and stoked and perfectly comfortable with her life decisions? This dog. This dog right here. Same thing.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Long Boi\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928841\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928841\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/long-boi-scaled-e1683580918946-800x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/long-boi-scaled-e1683580918946-800x550.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/long-boi-scaled-e1683580918946-1020x701.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/long-boi-scaled-e1683580918946-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/long-boi-scaled-e1683580918946-768x528.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/long-boi-scaled-e1683580918946-1536x1055.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/long-boi-scaled-e1683580918946.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bow (wow wow) down to the Michael Phelps of dogs, y’all. \u003ccite>(Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You can tell that this slender, majestic fella has been training for this his whole life. He’s also been watching Michael Phelps diving footage on YouTube around the clock for the last year, giving his pawrents cause for concern. “Why don’t you take a break and go play with the other dogs?” his mom would plead. “I want you to find some joy while you’re still young!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have to be a winner,” long boi would reply earnestly. “Winning \u003cem>is\u003c/em> my only joy. You know that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Kate Winslet in ‘Titanic’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928796\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928796\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782279-scaled-e1683573770757-800x523.jpg\" alt=\"A border collie in midair, front paws outstretched, hind legs tucked underneath.\" width=\"800\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782279-scaled-e1683573770757-800x523.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782279-scaled-e1683573770757-1020x667.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782279-scaled-e1683573770757-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782279-scaled-e1683573770757-768x502.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782279-scaled-e1683573770757-1536x1004.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252782279-scaled-e1683573770757.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“I’m flying Jack! I’m flying!” \u003ccite>(Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Near, far, wherever you are, here’s a floofy sweetheart who still has wonder in her eyes and warmth in her heart. Might she turn out to be a door hog once she’s in the water? Sure. But while she’s floating above it, looking out on the horizon? That’s all love, baby.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Calm Down, Bruh\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928848\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928848\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488028344-scaled-e1683584970625-800x1221.jpg\" alt=\"A small spaniel leaps off a platform, its ears flying upwards as it jumps. On the platform is a man wearing a tie-dye shirt, shouting aggressively.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1221\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488028344-scaled-e1683584970625-800x1221.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488028344-scaled-e1683584970625-1020x1557.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488028344-scaled-e1683584970625-160x244.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488028344-scaled-e1683584970625-768x1172.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488028344-scaled-e1683584970625-1006x1536.jpg 1006w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1488028344-scaled-e1683584970625.jpg 1258w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“Chill. I’m jumping already. I’m jumping.” \u003ccite>(Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>We all know about stage moms — the parents who will stop at nothing to turn their little darlings into superstars. Did you know about dog diver daddies though? We didn’t either but, boy howdy, looks like the same thing from this angle.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The ‘Jaws’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13928798\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13928798\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252781839-800x492.jpg\" alt=\"A dog's upturned nose is surrounded by violent splashes of water in a pool.\" width=\"800\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252781839-800x492.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252781839-1020x627.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252781839-160x98.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252781839-768x472.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252781839-1536x944.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252781839-2048x1259.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/05/GettyImages-1252781839-1920x1180.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… \u003ccite>(Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Out of the depths! A boop-worthy snoot, thrashing in the water and, above all, the thrill of the hunt! … Hope you found your squeaky ball, dude.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Best of luck to all the woofers competing.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]G[/dropcap]old Rush San Francisco had a stray dog problem. Teams of snarling, scrapping mutts roamed the city untethered and reproducing faster than humans could handle. The dogs were as determined to survive as the locals who fed them scraps when there was meat to share. But they were an often-troublesome addition to city streets that were already wild by anyone’s standards. In April 1860, the \u003cem>Daily Alta California\u003c/em> reported: “We never knew a city in America so used with the canine nuisance as San Francisco. Sometimes at night, their howling is enough to drive one distracted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years after that report, the city took brutal measures to prevent the dog population from getting any larger. An ordinance was passed by the Board of Supervisors (est. 1856) that banned canines anywhere north of Ninth Street and east of Larkin. Dogs that had neither leash nor muzzle could be shot on sight by police officers, or else locked up in the pound by the local dogcatcher. The impounded pups were released only when a human companion forked over $5 (roughly $142 in 2022 money). Most were killed. The dogs that outsmarted the catcher weren’t much better off—their human neighbors were not averse to leaving poisoned meat scraps on the street to fell their numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a dark time for the dogs of San Francisco—well, most of them anyway. By some miracle, out of the anti-canine maelstrom emerged a puppy pair that the city actually wanted to root for: Bummer and Lazarus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13906656']Bummer was a black and white Newfoundland mix with ears that had been cropped unevenly. He earned his name by patrolling businesses up and down Montgomery Street and begging for scraps on a set schedule. He was understood to be uncommonly intelligent and was particularly popular at Martin & Horton’s. The saloon at 534 Montgomery, at the corner of Clay, was owned by Frederick Martin and renowned for the cheapness of its liquor. It was also frequented by the many reporters who worked in nearby newspaper offices. These journalists would go on to make Bummer famous across the city—but only after he took up with his less streetwise pal, Lazarus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lazarus was described in one paper as “part hound, part terrier and a good many parts of several other varieties.” In another, he was merely “a sleek, half-starved mongrel.” After Bummer rescued Lazarus from an attack by a bigger dog, the pair became fast and inseparable associates. Witnessing the friendship form, the reporters at Martin & Horton’s were rapt. Soon, so was the whole city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Jan. 18, 1861, Bummer and Lazarus made their first appearance in the \u003cem>Daily Alta\u003c/em> together:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Three or four days ago, a poor, lean, mangy cur [mongrel] was attacked in the street by a larger dog, and was getting unmercifully walloped when Bummer’s ire being aroused at the unequal contest, he rushed in and gave the attacking canine such a rough handling that he was glad to quit the field yelping … Every night since that, the two dogs have slept coiled up together, close to some doorway—Bummer always giving the lame cur the inside berth, and trying to keep him as warm as possible.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the four years that followed, any time a slow news day presented itself, readers of San Francisco’s newspapers could expect an update about Bummer and Lazarus. (The latter named after the biblical figure who was revived after four days of death.) The stories about the duo were frequent and dramatic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dogs were hailed as heroes after they apparently stopped a runaway horse and cart. There were reports about them taking scraps to each other when they were too sick to go out and beg themselves. There were tales about their run-ins with local merchants—in particular after the pair got into a jewelry store and smashed some display cases. (On another occasion, Lazarus accidentally got locked in a stationery store overnight.) If it was a particularly slow day, readers could expect a story about the pair stealing bones from other dogs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13912567\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13912567\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/1200x0-800x569.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/1200x0-800x569.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/1200x0-1020x726.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/1200x0-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/1200x0-768x547.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/1200x0.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cartoonist Edward Jump often drew Bummer and Lazarus in the company of Emperor Norton. Norton was reportedly so angered by this image of him dining with the dogs, he broke his own cane. \u003ccite>(Public domain)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yes, San Francisco loved the dogs because of their friendship and their adventures together. But, more than that, San Francisco loved Bummer and Lazarus because of one activity they both excelled at: killing rats. And there were enough rats in the city at the time to outnumber dogs and humans combined. The businesses Bummer and Lazarus frequented for food were paid back tenfold in rat population control. Legend has it, the pair once killed 85 rats in 20 minutes. At one rat-catching contest held between Clay and Merchant Streets, the duo beat out all other competition, including pedigree dogs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13910308']One of the only people in the city not to know of the dogs’ ratting prowess—or their enormous popularity—was the dogcatcher who made the mistake of picking up Lazarus in June 1862. “If that dog-catcher had not made good haste out of the neighborhood,” the \u003cem>San Francisco Call\u003c/em> reported on July 3, 1892, “he would have been roughly handled for his zeal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within hours of the news spreading down Montgomery, Clay, Sansome and Merchant, enough donations had been collected from saloons, butcher shops and eateries to free Bummer’s BFF from the pound. But people’s relief at the dogs’ reunion was short-lived. Concern quickly spread that one of downtown’s most beloved dogs would soon be caught again. It was then that a plan was hatched to acquire permanent protections for Bummer and Lazarus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A petition was quickly written up, asking for: “The consecration of the two dogs as city property, whereby they may be exempted from taxation or destruction.” Hundreds of Bummer and Lazarus fans signed the document and then presented it to the Board of Supervisors on June 16, 1862.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The following day, the \u003cem>Daily Alta\u003c/em> reported:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A mammoth petition was presented to the Board of Supervisors last evening, praying that the public dogs, Bummer and Lazarus be exempt from the provisions of the present stringent Ordinance for the destruction of the race … At the hour of convening the board of supervisors they lay crouched at the threshold of the chamber, apparently eager to hear what was to be said and done for their benefit. If any man carried them there, it was a cute dodge to get favorable action on their petition; if they went there voluntarily, they ought to have free run of the town during the rest of their lives.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And guess what? After the hearing, Bummer and Lazarus \u003cem>were\u003c/em> granted free run of the town for the rest of their lives, safe and unimpeded by the dogcatcher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13909983'][dropcap]S[/dropcap]adly, the freedom to roam the city could not save them from the cruelty within it. In October 1863, Lazarus died after eating poisoned meat. The city mourned his loss, but mourned Bummer’s bereavement even more so. The \u003cem>Daily Evening Bulletin\u003c/em> printed an obituary titled “Lament for Lazarus,” which referred to Bummer and his fallen companion as “two dogs with but a single bark, two tails that wagged as one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bummer survived two more years without his pal. And though he occasionally took a new friend under his wing, he never bonded with another dog the way he had bonded with Lazarus. Like his old friend, Bummer died a cruel death, kicked down some stairs by a drunk named Henry Rippey. Rippey was apprehended, punched in the nose by his cell-mate and forced to pay a hefty fine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bummer was warmly eulogized just as Lazarus had been. On Nov. 3, 1865, the \u003cem>Daily Evening Bulletin\u003c/em> wrote:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>[Bummer’s] independence and the novelty of his genius took with the people, and from that day he has been the pet of everybody without distinction of party … His remarkable friendship for … Lazarus will now deathless meet its reward, and thee twain can once more walk side by side.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>After shuffling off this mortal coil, Bummer and Lazarus were both stuffed and put on display in their former haunts. Lazarus ended up in a Sansome Street business owned by one Gus Van Bergen. Bummer’s taxidermied body was purchased by a Mr. Erlenwein, who had assumed ownership of Martin & Horton’s. The dogs were displayed together at 1894’s Midwinter Fair, and donated to the Golden Gate Park Museum in 1906, but ultimately destroyed sometime in the early 20th century. 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Bayview’s Raff Distillerie makes a \u003ca href=\"https://raffdistillerie.com/gin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bummer and Lazarus gin\u003c/a>, featuring an ornate label adorned with the dogs. Even more fitting is the tribute that \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Clampus_Vitus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">E Clampus Vitus\u003c/a> (aka The Clampers) installed in Redwood Park, in the shadow of the Transamerica building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sitting right in the heart of Bummer and Lazarus’ old stomping grounds since March 1992, a plaque dedicated to their memory declares:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Their devotion to each other endeared them to the citizenry, and the newspapers reported their joint adventures … They were welcomed, regular customers at popular eating and drinking establishments on Montgomery Street. Contrary to common belief, they were not Emperor Norton’s dogs. They belonged to no one person. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Jan. 18, 1861, Bummer and Lazarus made their first appearance in the \u003cem>Daily Alta\u003c/em> together:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Three or four days ago, a poor, lean, mangy cur [mongrel] was attacked in the street by a larger dog, and was getting unmercifully walloped when Bummer’s ire being aroused at the unequal contest, he rushed in and gave the attacking canine such a rough handling that he was glad to quit the field yelping … Every night since that, the two dogs have slept coiled up together, close to some doorway—Bummer always giving the lame cur the inside berth, and trying to keep him as warm as possible.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">I\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>n the four years that followed, any time a slow news day presented itself, readers of San Francisco’s newspapers could expect an update about Bummer and Lazarus. (The latter named after the biblical figure who was revived after four days of death.) The stories about the duo were frequent and dramatic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dogs were hailed as heroes after they apparently stopped a runaway horse and cart. There were reports about them taking scraps to each other when they were too sick to go out and beg themselves. There were tales about their run-ins with local merchants—in particular after the pair got into a jewelry store and smashed some display cases. (On another occasion, Lazarus accidentally got locked in a stationery store overnight.) If it was a particularly slow day, readers could expect a story about the pair stealing bones from other dogs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13912567\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13912567\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/1200x0-800x569.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/1200x0-800x569.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/1200x0-1020x726.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/1200x0-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/1200x0-768x547.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/04/1200x0.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cartoonist Edward Jump often drew Bummer and Lazarus in the company of Emperor Norton. Norton was reportedly so angered by this image of him dining with the dogs, he broke his own cane. \u003ccite>(Public domain)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yes, San Francisco loved the dogs because of their friendship and their adventures together. But, more than that, San Francisco loved Bummer and Lazarus because of one activity they both excelled at: killing rats. And there were enough rats in the city at the time to outnumber dogs and humans combined. The businesses Bummer and Lazarus frequented for food were paid back tenfold in rat population control. Legend has it, the pair once killed 85 rats in 20 minutes. At one rat-catching contest held between Clay and Merchant Streets, the duo beat out all other competition, including pedigree dogs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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