An Afghan Hound in the grooming tent at the 147th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in Queens, NY on May 8, 2023. (Photo by Peter Fisher for The Washington Post)
A goggle-wearing dog is strapped to a motorcycle driver's back as they wait at a stoplight in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, October 9, 2024. (Photo by Fernando Vergara/AP Photo)
The Sugar Plum Fairy, Katherine Free, left, dances with the dog, Pig, during the Birmingham's Ballet “Mutt-cracker”, a rendition of the famous ballet “The Nutcracker”, in Birmingham, Alabama, December 8, 2016. (Photo by Brynn Anderson/AP Photo)
A fireman pulls a woman and her dog to shore, by a row of houseboats on the river Seine in Paris France, Wednesday June 1, 2016. The Seine River has overflowed embankments in Paris as floods hit or threaten cities and towns around France. (Photo by Jerome Delay/AP Photo)
A participant holds his dog as colored powder is thrown into the air during the Color Run in Lausanne, Switzerland, 12 September 2015. The international 5km running event is inspired by the Hindu Holi spring festival of colors. (Photo by Valentin Flauraud/EPA)
A British photographer has captured the hilarious expressions pulled by dogs as they go for a run. From popping eyes to lolling tongues, Nick Ridley from Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire has managed to perfectly pause the pooches in time as they pull a host of funny faces in the great outdoors. The 56-year-old uses a fast shutter speed and lies on the ground snapping away as the dogs run towards him in order to get the perfect shot. Here: A Dogue de Bordeaux. (Photo by Nick Ridley Photography/Caters News Agency)
A dog waits to be blessed by a priest outside San Anton Church in Mijas, near Malaga, Spain, January 17, 2017. Hundreds of pet owners bring their animals to be blessed every year on the day of Saint Anthony, Spain's patron saint of animals. (Photo by Jon Nazca/Reuters)
A performer takes part in a night parade to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong Friday, February 16, 2018. The Lunar New Year this year marks the Year of the Dog in the Chinese calendar. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)