The Times' Mel Melcon chronicles dogs' lives in photographs

Dogs are nothing if not photogenic, and Times photographer Mel Melcon has captured them over the years in a wide variety of situations and poses.  (Above, a rescued German shorthaired pointer named Luna meets Dando, a Rhodesian ridgeback mix.  Dando's owner brought him to an adoption event hosted by the Agoura Hills-based rescue group L.I.F.E. in order to test his responses to potential new "brothers" and "sisters."  The man later adopted Luna.)

A dog on a bike?  A dog using a water fountain like an old pro?  A dog recovering from injury being wheeled in a stroller?  Melcon's seen it all, and his dog photography is chronicled in a new photo gallery here at Latimes.com.  We highly recommend it!  Got dog photos of your own?  Submit them to The Times' photo-sharing site, Your Scene.

(Note for dog lovers: The gallery includes a photo of a dog left in a parked car, a practice we emphatically do not endorse due to horror stories like this one.) 

-- Lindsay Barnett

Photo: Luna (at right) meets Dando.  Credit: Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times

Comments

[Santa Ana Vet]

Great work Mel! The dog in the stroller gave me a chuckle :)
However, I have witnessed something even more perplexing in downtown LA. I actually saw a man pushing a stroller with a RABBIT in it. Sadly, I didn't have my camera handy.

[Lindsay Barnett, L.A. Times]

Hey Santa Ana Vet!

We've never seen the rabbit in a stroller ourselves (but we're jealous that you have!) -- however, one of our readers managed to snap a picture and we're so thankful they did!

You can see it here:
http://yourscene.latimes.com/mycapture/photos/Image.aspx?ImageID=118252&EventID=475143&CategoryID=30888&CollectionID=0&Sort=

[Santa Ana Vet]

Lindsay,

Thank you for the pic! The gentleman also looks quite dapper too. When I saw him, I thought to myself, "Only in LA". :)