RIVIERA DOGS

Here's another dog at the Arabian Horse Show in Menton - there seemed to be almost as many dogs as horses! I posted a photo of a Shar-p...

This dog walked past with his owners as I made my way up to the Old Town of Menton. He is a cross between a Chow Chow and a Pyrenean Shephe...

The horses were wonderful and you can see photographs of them on the Menton Daily Photo blog. However, so were the dogs and here is the fi...

This kind gentleman allowed me to photograph his dachshund in Monaco - just outside the Hôtel de Paris. These two, man and dog, seem a very...

This dog is helping his owner sell 'stuff' at the Vide Grenier in the medieval hill village of Gorbio. Eventually tho, if you look...

This lovely Bassett Hound was proud to pose for his photograph at the entrance to Sospel: a beautiful mountain village 20 kilometres above M...

There a vide grenier on in Gorbio village today. Literally, 'empty the attic' - it's what we'd call a Car Boot Sale or a Ju...

I'm a sucker for an American cocker spaniel and this one is a cutie. Funny haircut, but who cares and he's nice and cool for summer...

These two Wire Fox Terriers were tied up, waiting for their owner outside Carrefour, the supermarket in Monaco. The young one thought it g...

A shot like this makes us realise how large we must be to a little dog. Here he is waiting with his family - wonder if he got a lick of ice...

The owners are having separate conversations but plainly the dogs are not.

This dog is a breed called a Porcelaine - one of France's hunting dogs. Seen here outside a stylish shoe and bag shop in one of the ind...

Every year on the 1st May there is an enormous brocante in the streets of Menton and every year it gets more and more crowded. This owner h...

This little cutie is not taking as much interest as his owner in what is going on. In fact, a crowd has gathered for the National Day of ...

Taken in one of the main squares of Menton, this little dog waits quite happily for his owners to make a call.

More visitors to the Monaco Dog Show.

Taken in the beautiful garden of the Clos du Peyronnet in Menton, this little Jack Russell is having fun hunting amongst the pots. This w...

This dog is not a Riviera dog. He was entered at the Monaco Dog Show, and comes from Normandy. No matter, he was a Riviera Dog for a day...

This lovely cocker spaniel is owned by the lady who looks after les toilettes at the Circus in Monaco - this time, not for the circus, but...

I wonder if this lady is Scottish. She could be, dressed as she is in tartan to complement her Scottish breed: a West Highland White terrie...