Comments on: Canis Minor shoots for the sky

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:58:52 +0000

@ 18. The Ridger Says: On a Good Dog (Ogden Nash)

Great poem. Thanks.

By: Niall

Niall — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:28:32 +0000

Wow, your dog looks really like my dog Baxter, he also loves vertical take offs!

By: Yojimbo

Yojimbo — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:53:23 +0000

Your dog better go into a lufberry, ’cause my cats could dive on him at will

By: GoodDogTraining

GoodDogTraining — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:33:01 +0000

Too bad you’re not a little closer to Reno, where we have the High Desert Dive Dogs (H3D), with our relevantly-named website http://CanYourDogFly.com/ ! – g^2

By: The Ridger

The Ridger — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:56:54 +0000

On a Good Dog (Ogden Nash)

O, my little pup ten years ago
was arrogant and spry,
Her backbone was a bended bow
for arrows in her eye.
Her step was proud, her bark was loud,
her nose was in the sky,
But she was ten years younger then,
And so, by God, was I.

Small birds on stilts along the beach
rose up with piping cry.
And as they rose beyond her reach
I thought to see her fly.
If natural law refused her wings,
that law she would defy,
for she could do unheard-of things,
and so, at times, could I.

Ten years ago she split the air
to seize what she could spy;
Tonight she bumps against a chair,
betrayed by milky eye!
She seems to pant, Time up, time up!
My little dog must die,
And lie in dust with Hector’s pup;
So, presently, must I.

By: Daniel J. Andrews

Daniel J. Andrews — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:55:53 +0000

jcm @10 said

Why not name it Dogturday.

Dogturday. For some reason I can’t quite put my finger on, it seems like an appropriate name.

By: DaveS

DaveS — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:44:49 +0000

My dog Winston is a pug. Yours has him on flying, but I’ll be Winston snores better.

By: Plutonium being from Pluto

Plutonium being from Pluto — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:38:51 +0000

Yes, my dog can fly too – especially when chasing a patch of torch light down the hallway and into the sunken lounge at high velocity!

I also know a dog (a staffy) that can – or used to anyway – climb trees to retrieve a stick …

Plus a kelpie that flies into the water at the beach after a ball ..

@ 7. DCB Says:

With a little more practice, I bet that dog could go Pro(cyon)!

Great one – LOL.

My last dog was a staffy that I named Sirius Dogstar. My current one (a lil’ champion of a Jack Russell cross Fox terrier) I didn’t get to name otherwise I’d have called it something astronomical related too.

(BTW. Our family’s old dog which I did get to name was called Tycho after Tycho Brahe.)

My cat is named Zosma (See : http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/zosma.html ) after Delta Leonis – mainly because Regulus, Denebola & Algieba didn’t quite suit this female cat.

If I was in charge of the IAU & could change just *one* thing then I’d restore Pluto to full planethood along with Eris, Ceres, Sedna, etc .. But if I change *two* things I’d bring back the constellation of Felis as well!

Weird that there are four dogs (Canis Major, Canis Minor & “the hunting dogs” Canes Venatici) in the sky but no cats. Okay, there’s a lion, a minor lion and a lynx but they’re not quite the same are they?

By: Jordan Brock

Jordan Brock — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:20:44 +0000

Yes. Yes she can.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsparkle/501628/

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:04:17 +0000

@ 12 Kimpatsu…

It’s “Krypto”. That’s the name of Superman’s dog.

And he’s not wearing his cape because of his secret identity.

By: Kimpatsu

Kimpatsu — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:03:27 +0000

If that’s Superdog, where’s the cute little cape?
And I thought Phil was the Doctor, not Superman?
Something very strange is afoot here…

By: Inertially Guided

Inertially Guided — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:34:24 +0000

My dog flies very well…has a little trouble on the landings, but she IS 13 Years Old!

By: jcm

jcm — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:47:30 +0000

Why not name it Dogturday.

BTW, If I had a cat I would name it lynx.

By: Navneeth

Navneeth — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:03:24 +0000

I’ll wait for the discussion on Richard Wiseman’s blog before deciding whether this is an unintentional illusion, a photographic/shoppic trick, or whether your dog can actually fly (hmpf!).

By: Grand Lunar

Grand Lunar — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:27:37 +0000

My mini-pin tries to fly to catch birds or squirrels.

Also have a pup that’s a mix of something I can’t remember. Doesn’t fly, but she rolls.

By: DCB

DCB — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:48:28 +0000

With a little more practice, I bet that dog could go Pro(cyon)!

By: Louis Bookbinder

Louis Bookbinder — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:40:56 +0000

Caturday and Sundog

By: Sanja P.

Sanja P. — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:14:57 +0000

Instead of throwing the snowballs into the air we used to throw them into snowbanks. Our poor German Shepard, the excitement of the chase followed by complete perplexity when she couldn’t find the “ball” made us laugh and laugh and laugh.

I think it was our payback for all the dog slobbered tennis balls dropped into our laps in the summer time!

By: Stephen Mackenzie

Stephen Mackenzie — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:56:33 +0000

Yes.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ztephen/3672117723/

We concede to your superior verticality, however.

By: Mike C.

Mike C. — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:46:03 +0000

My dog cannot fly, but it certainly can flea.

By: CurtisP

CurtisP — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:29:39 +0000

My dog can fly as well, and she looks a lot like yours.

By: RapidEye

RapidEye — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:15:16 +0000

Nice shot Phil!
Here is one of our Border Collies after the last snow we had here in Central Carolina:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rapideye/4377074375/in/set-72157622431831994/

Dogs and snow are always fun! =-)