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xchrom

(108,903 posts) Fri Oct 18, 2013, 12:46 PM Oct 2013

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The Best Dog Pictures Of The Year

http://www.businessinsider.com/best-dog-pictures-2013-10?op=1

The Kennel Club released the hounds this week. London's governing body for all things canine selected the best Dog Photographer of the Year in their annual competition, and the results are, predictably, adorable.
Out of 8,000 submissions, Roger Sjolstad from Norway won the overall "Man's Best Friend" category. He took a snapshot of his ten-year-old daughter Tea and the family dog Robbie running through a lake near their home in Oslo (at right).

"This photo was absolutely not planned," Sjolstad told The Kennel Club, "My young Dane had never been near water before this evening, so I was quite surprised when he took off into the water and he just ran, ran, ran!"

Ali Trew's adorable Hungarian Vizsla won the "puppies" category.

Look at that border collie jump. Richard Shore won the "dogs at play" category with this gem.

Paula Millard's dog knows how to strike a pose.

These dogs are the very definition of puppy love in a photo submitted by Simon Reynolds.

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The Best Dog Pictures Of The Year (Original Post) xchrom Oct 2013 OP

the last pic had me making sounds. robinlynne Oct 2013 #1

you and me both. LOL! I want one. NEW DESKTOPS! THank you, OP. You da bomb. :D roguevalley Oct 2013 #9

Thanks for posting /nt dballance Oct 2013 #2

Nice photos, xchrom. brer cat Oct 2013 #3

how to choose though? xchrom Oct 2013 #5

I have fantasies get the red out Oct 2013 #11

It would be impossible to chose just one. brer cat Oct 2013 #15

Very nice pics, xchrom. "Puppy Love" had me melting and "awing" BlueCaliDem Oct 2013 #4

my Pibble adores her sister. xchrom Oct 2013 #7

So, so wonderful Samantha Oct 2013 #6

Awwww.. OhioChick Oct 2013 #8

These are great! get the red out Oct 2013 #10

I'll add my smiling wolf dog: IDemo Oct 2013 #12

What a beautiful doggie! MarianJack Oct 2013 #13

And he knows it IDemo Oct 2013 #19

Great Photos. MarianJack Oct 2013 #14

... great pics! great pooches! great thread! meti57b Oct 2013 #16

Dogs are amazing. hunter Oct 2013 #17

These are why..... JimboBillyBubbaBob Oct 2013 #18

"I feel good!" napkinz Oct 2013 #20

Just pure joy! Phentex Oct 2013 #21

My vizsla sits like that black Great Dane does. a la izquierda Oct 2013 #22

My favorite is the 1st picture! B Calm Oct 2013 #23

All are great. Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel Oct 2013 #24

robinlynne

(15,481 posts)

1. the last pic had me making sounds.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 12:51 PM

Oct 2013

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)

9. you and me both. LOL! I want one. NEW DESKTOPS! THank you, OP. You da bomb. :D

Reply to robinlynne (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:22 PM

Oct 2013

dballance

(5,756 posts)

2. Thanks for posting /nt

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 12:58 PM

Oct 2013

brer cat

(24,576 posts)

3. Nice photos, xchrom.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:01 PM

Oct 2013

I want to bring some of them home. Thanks for posting.

xchrom

(108,903 posts)

5. how to choose though?

Reply to brer cat (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:12 PM

Oct 2013

i'm lucky -- my dogs have always come to me -- rather than me going to the pound and coming home with a moving van full of dogs.

get the red out

(13,466 posts)

11. I have fantasies

Reply to xchrom (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:28 PM

Oct 2013

About going to a rescue and coming home with a moving van full of dogs, LOL. I like to say if I win the lottery the first call is to a real estate agent and the second is to a Border Collie rescue, or Sheltie Rescue, or maybe throw in an Aussie or two for good measure, then maybe fill out the herding group...................................

brer cat

(24,576 posts)

15. It would be impossible to chose just one.

Reply to xchrom (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:45 PM

Oct 2013

Some of our best dogs have found us. Here they are caller "loafers" ..."that dog just loafered up and never left." LOL

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)

4. Very nice pics, xchrom. "Puppy Love" had me melting and "awing"

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:12 PM

Oct 2013

because it looks a lot like how my Chow, Powee, sniffs our black Pug, Elvis - the only dog among our four she actually and unequivocally loves as her own.

xchrom

(108,903 posts)

7. my Pibble adores her sister.

Reply to BlueCaliDem (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:15 PM

Oct 2013

she will sit on her and groom her.

effie -- she's a shepherd mix is uncertain of this is a good thing or not.

but petunia the pibble is pretty heafty.

Samantha

(9,314 posts)

6. So, so wonderful

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:13 PM

Oct 2013

Thanks for posting. I needed this.

Sam

OhioChick

(23,218 posts)

8. Awwww..

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:15 PM

Oct 2013

They're so adorable!

Thanks for posting.

get the red out

(13,466 posts)

10. These are great!

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:26 PM

Oct 2013

There's nothing on Earth I find to be more wonderful than dogs.

IDemo

(16,926 posts)

12. I'll add my smiling wolf dog:

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:31 PM

Oct 2013

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MarianJack

(10,237 posts)

13. What a beautiful doggie!

Reply to IDemo (Reply #12)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:42 PM

Oct 2013

PEACE!

IDemo

(16,926 posts)

19. And he knows it

Reply to MarianJack (Reply #13)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 07:18 PM

Oct 2013

MarianJack

(10,237 posts)

14. Great Photos.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:44 PM

Oct 2013

Thank you for sharing.

PEACE!

meti57b

(3,584 posts)

16. ... great pics! great pooches! great thread!

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 01:58 PM

Oct 2013

hunter

(38,317 posts)

17. Dogs are amazing.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 02:32 PM

Oct 2013

They are born optimists.

JimboBillyBubbaBob

(1,389 posts)

18. These are why.....

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 03:00 PM

Oct 2013

.....I just love me some dogs.

napkinz

(17,199 posts)

20. "I feel good!"

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 05:37 AM

Oct 2013

Thank you

Phentex

(16,334 posts)

21. Just pure joy!

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 06:59 AM

Oct 2013

These are great!

a la izquierda

(11,795 posts)

22. My vizsla sits like that black Great Dane does.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 07:07 AM

Oct 2013

He's such a nut.
I love my three strays, all mutts but the littlest, a Chihuahua.

B Calm

(28,762 posts)

23. My favorite is the 1st picture!

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 07:20 AM

Oct 2013

The little puppy and the German Shepard is good too!

Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel

(3,273 posts)

24. All are great.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 08:25 AM

Oct 2013

Daydreaming

Just posing.

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