"Dogs used to mate with other dogs rather casually in my day," wrote Alexander Woollcott, "and the results were discouraging to the American Kennel Club, but entirely satisfactory to small boys who liked puppies." Woollcott was of course referring to "mixed breed domestic canines"—otherwise known as the mutt. This whimsical tribute to favorite unpedigreed dogs shows man's (and woman's) best friend in a colorful variety of guises, settings, and poses: dogs fetching sticks and lounging on human furniture; dogs playing in water and being pestered by kittens; dogs reclining with human friends and trying to amuse themselves with shoes or the contents of trash cans. In other photos a golden retriever mix rests in a bed of dried leaves; a watchful brown hunting dog hunkers down in a frosty field; a Benjie look-alike appears to be fascinated with a crab on the beach; and a pooch that looks suspiciously like an Australian Cattle Dog, perches on the saddle of a long-haired pony.