Mike Moore

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Just this guy, you know? Mostly posting pictures of Lyra the Schnauzer.

Lyra the black miniature schnauzer standing on a pebbley beach, beard blowing in the wind, with a hint of tongue poking out through the fluff
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer standing in a verdant tropical rainforest (or, to be strictly accurate, some British woodland), sticking her tongue out.
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer and Skye the west highland white terrier lying next to each other on a blanket, side by side almost like they were on a piano keyboard, as Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder may well have observed
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer standing on a woodland path, panting slightly in the heat - we've been sticking to the shade and having plenty of frosty paws in these temperatures!
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer standing on a woodland path, looking at a brown toad with a puzzled expression
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer lying on her back on a brown sofa, paws in the air. I feel the same way, Lyra...
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer sitting very nicely, gazing at the camera with a dignified look
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer wearing a rainbow coloured cooling bandana, lying curled up on the lawn, snoozing, with a purple ball abandoned on the grass behind her
Naturally dyed wool at the Chalke History Festival - various numbers of dips and combinations including woad, walnut and worts
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer sitting under a desk. I'm also sitting at the desk, Lyra is tucked under/alongside my legs and is looking up with a gaze that says "why are you holding me prisoner in this noisy (though admittedly cool) room, can't I go outside?", and my reply of "we briefly went outside for you to use the facilities and you needed an emergency frosty paw, it was so hot" is cutting very little mustard.
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer lying on her back on a sofa, paws in the air, quite exhausted after a hectic morning.
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer standing on her hind legs with her front legs resting on a radiator, looking out of a window. She is fully alert, ready to shout a loud warning if she detects an intruder. Or if there's a delivery to any house in a 500m radius. Or someone walks past on the other side of the road. Or a pigeon has the temerity to land on the lawn. Or some leaves are blown around by an unexpected breeze. You can't be too careful, you know.
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer standing in the woods drinking water from a collapsible bowl. You can tell it's a hot day because she's actually drinking voluntarily, as opposed to being chased around by a human holding the bowl trying to encourage her to drink while Lyra turns her head away as if it was deadly poison rather than water (then finds some gribbly puddle to drink out of instead)
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer sitting on a lawn, with some people verbena flowers in the foreground
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer, lying on a sofa, looking slightly discombobulated (but still adorable)
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer, artfully backlit, standing on a woodland path, poking her tongue out in a slightly peculiar fashion
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer leaping majestically over an obstacle at least a metre tall, probably a metre and a half (or, more accurately, 10-15cm, though that's still not bad for a little dog)
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer licking frosty paw mixture (yoghurt, banana, honey, peanut butter) out of a bowl. She's got it all over her beard and is going to complain vigorously when it gets all crispy and has to be brushed out, but it's worth it (probably)
Two scent kits from The Sniffer Shop consisting of metal tins with little magnetic containers that you can put a little piece of a red kong in, then hide, for sniff training.
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer splooting on the carpet, wearing a cooling bandana and licking a frozen yogurt treat. Keep cool out there, folks!
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer on an early morning beach walk, before temperatures got too silly, paddling through ankle depth water
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer standing on a beach in early morning sunlight with many other dogs and their humans in the background
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer standing on a beach, panting slightly after chasing her tennis ball, having a lovely old time.
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer sitting on a green carpet looking plaintively at the camera in a way that will shortly result in a biscuit, who could resist?
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer standing on a woodland path, poking the tip of her tongue out. Lyra is wearing a purple collar and harness, a similar shade to the rhododendron flowers behind her.
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer lying in her bed, tucked up under a fleece
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer proudly showing off her new beard decoration, some sort of twig or leafy type thing or maybe seed head, that she definitely carefully selected herself. Any suggestion that she collects random foliage by shoving her head in the undergrowth and having a good old honk every 30 seconds is clearly a wicked rumour, probably spread by squirrels or otter woodland ne'er-do-wells.
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer conspicuously not lying on her blanket but instead a nice warm bit of bed recently vacated by a human.
A web comic of a spoof table of polearms from AD&D first edition.
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer sitting on a sofa, looking quite fabulous after a neat haircut, though rather tired as it was all very exhausting.
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer lying on the floor with her back left leg tucked under her, and her back right leg extended. To sploot or not to sploot, that is the question...
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer standing in a field with some buttercups in front of her and lovely blue sky
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer lying on a blanket in the middle of a three seat sofa z thankfully with the whole thing to herself rather than having to share with those humans who take up far too much room
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer curled up in bed (her upstairs office bed, not the downstairs living room bed, or the main kitchen bed, or the secondary kitchen bed). If only those humans would let her have a little snooze!
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer sitting in the woods looking rather soulfully at the camera
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer standing in front of a patch of small blue flowers, smiling in the bright sunshine enjoying a nice spring walk.
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer standing on a woodland path, delicately extending the tip of her tongue quite adorably, possibly in a bid to dislodge a dry leaf stuck in her beard after she shoved her face in a pile of undergrowth for a good honk.
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer lying on a sofa with a long-suffering expression on her face that says "I don't know what on earth you're doing but you seem to find it hilarious and frankly I'm too tired after charging around the lounge chasing an octopus to protest". Lyra has a plush octopus toy sitting on her head, arms draped around her. Octopus is probably Lyra's favourite toy as his head squeaks *and* half his arms squeak and you can grab loads of different bits which is brilliant.
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer lying on a sofa, eye almost closed, quite exhausted after a long day of walks
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer sitting on a plush dog bed (verdict: lovely and comfy) with some items in front of her from her welcome hamper: a toy turtle (excellent squeaky fun!), a bag of peanut treats (nom nom nom!), and a bottle of dog wash (hey! What do you people think you're playing at!) Fortunately the dog wash was not required.
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer standing on a sea wall, beard flapping in the wind, with a look that seems to say "this is all very scenic, but you'd better keep a firm hold of that lead or I might end up in France!"
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer sitting in front of a haze of bluebells with a happy smile on her face (or panting slightly, as the sun has actually come out for once!)
One of the pictures from the April page of the Schnauzerfest calendar that looks a lot like Lyra, but we're not quite sure!
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer standing on a woodland path with a few bluebells just starting to come out behind her
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer standing on a woodland path looking away from the camera; her human was waving a treat around which briefly attracted her attention but there was something far more interesting behind her.
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer gazing longingly at a dog cake being held by her human; the human is being very unreasonable and breaking off little pieces of cake at a time rather than just letting her scoff the whole thing down, much to Lyra's displeasure.
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer sitting on a sea wall, gently backlit by the sunset, looking curious and inquisitive at the new sights and smells she's experiencing at the seaside (especially fish and chips, if perhaps there's a little bit of fish going spare for her dinner...)
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer lying in her bed enjoying the sunshine
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer inspired by Hugo's bold fern-in-beard look to show off her own take, a slightly less impressive bit of dead leaf in her beard.
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer standing in a patch of tulips. "You know these are actually daffodils, right?" says Lyra. "I do know that, but I can't think of any songs about tiptoeing through daffodils" I told her. "Well personally I would have just described how stunningly gorgeous I look rather than any of that nonsense" she said, which is a fair point but too late now.
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer looking fabulous as sunlight filtered through the trees catches her fur making her glow with an otherworldly beauty (or, less poetically, a small dog in the woods)
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer lying on a brown cushion with her nose tucked under a gray striped blanket. She's woken up, had her breakfast, been on a short walk, and is now conveying that the humans can leave her alone thank you very much, there's some serious power napping to be done to recover from all the weekend walking.
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer, three years ago, lying on a bed, illuminated by the sun with an artful shadow accentuating the glow in her eyes and general fluffiness. Or something.
Her Most Worshipful Majesty Empress Lyra of the Woods looking especially resplendent in purple, gracing her squirrel subjects with her presence (not that the ungrateful little blighters stuck around, they all ran up trees, dammit!)
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer lying on a sofa making adorable snoring noises, quite exhausted after a very exciting morning going on a schnauzerfest walk and meeting the very well behaved and not grumpy Hugo
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer lying on her back on a blanket. She's looking incredibly dignified with her paws up in the air and a corner of blanket slightly draped over her failing to preserve her modesty, probably quite annoyed at being disturbed for a photograph but too comfy to really protest.
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer, about six months old, sitting in front of a bookcase looking slightly overdue a haircut but nonetheless entirely adorable.
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer standing on a woodland path poking her tongue out. Lyra has been reliably informed that her humans are very poor at accurately describing her in alt text, and would prefer: Lyra the breathtakingly beautiful black miniature schnauzer regally surveys her subjects, majestically licking her own nose in a supremely impressive manner.
Lyra the black miniature schnauzer standing on a path in the woods gazing wistfully info the distance
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