A new rule of cuteness? What do you think?
Pug/Dach mix "Henry" is displaying what might possibly be a new rule of Cuteness. I'll let The People™ decide. This potential new rule has to do with the "eyebrow" area, because furry brows enhance the "chub" category and the "Puppy dog eyes" category.
But can it stand on it's own as "upward furbrows"?
Can. it. standonit'sown? [Shatner voice]
Only the People can judge. Oh, and sender-inner Sadie K.
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um! yes!! browsable brows!
Hmmm, the sad puppy eyes are killer - but one must define how they differ from sleepy sleeps eyes, I think!
YES!!!!
Brows are VERY cute!
Would this be a subcategory of the "Baroo?" look?
it's as if the puppy is saying "whatchu talkin about? this isn't already a rule?"
I doesn't know about brows, but that muzzlepuff is begging for keeses.
I'm not sure this rule is altogether fair. Some species of incredibly cute animals just don't have the eyebrows to be considered for this qualification! Sure, any dog that is part Pug is going to be all "up-ins" with the redonk eyebrows, but think of the kittens!
If we send in more pics of emphasized brows, maybe it will be forced to be a new category!!
A pug-daschund mix?
With the floppy kronche-able ears, the 'baroo?' eyes and the velvety fur...
Oh my yes. New rule indeed.
Brows or Baroo? That is a hard call. Brows are almost integral to Baroo.
But "therisously" who can think about that in the presence of such EARAGE?
Nyam nyam nyam nyam...
As much as I love critter-brows, I think that brows relate too much to "baroo?"
The eyebrows are a must -- there's nothing like a good furrowed brow. it says vulnerability, whcih says cute.
New Rule - Call it the worried, concerned or inquisitive eyebrows rule.
Yes! Love eyebrows on pups - they look like little confused furry people. And if we make an eyebrow rule this guy has to be included!
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2006/12/light_kronsche.html
Oh, God! So cute! Want to snorgle!!
I think I'm in agreement with shanchan and ChristyMs; this is really more an extension of "baroo?" than a new rule.
Oh, God! So cute! Want to snorgle!!
I think I'm in agreement with shanchan and ChristyMs; this is really more an extension of "baroo?" than a new rule.
Cute pup, but I'm with the "that's not a new rule" people.
I think some rule involving falling asleep (much discussed during baby-tiger discussion, below) might be more urgently needed.
I don't know. I think you ought to give us a post with several examples in order to convince us. ::hard to get::
Look his little face is so cute...I AGREE let the eyebrows be a new rule for cutness.
further evidence of brow cuteness (I may be a little biased, though).
http://s123.photobucket.com/albums/o286/blissy810/?action=view¤t=puppy002.jpg
I can't even think about whether brows should be a new rule...a pug/doxie mix?? Are we kidding??? That has got to be the cutest puppy I've ever seen!! (Of course I'll probably be thinking that of the next puppy I see too...) I really could not contain my squee..thank God I'm in my own little cave here at work!
Sarah - I luf your puddle of pooch. Wrinkly brows def = luvable
And BTW, is this mixed breed called a Pixie?!
New rule - yes! If for no other reason than to say "furbrows" more often. :)
I vote in favor of this measure, but think that "Kronschable Ears" sbould be a rule of cuteness.
I WANT IT!
I NEED to see more pictures of this little guy! NEED! My two favorite breeds together in one adorable package?! Squeeeeee!
If the rule is more of a "worried/concerned animal" one (not brow-specific), then the kitties could certainly get in on it, too.
yes, the worried look is cute.
it differs from "Baroo" in that "Baroo" involves a headtilt and inquisitive nature, while the worried look is more defined by the extreeeeeeem wrinkling of the forehead and worried brow. sarah's link is a prime example.
observe little Henry. He does not appear to be saing "baroo?" but something more like "ohgodohgod don't let it get me"
In my house this is called the Velvet Frown, but it does seem to be a very species-specific cuteness, very localized to wrinkly-faced pups. But then, Paws Up does exclude species without paws. Cute does discriminate my friends. It has to.
PUPPY DAWG EYES!
PUPPY DAWG EYES!
PUPPY DAWG EYES!
*plode*
I'm happy to add a "brow rider" to the definition for Baroo, in the Glossary...
Love the brows but maybe we should wait until there's at least three (?) photos that fit only that category? Still, the category might sit a little too close to "chub" "eye capsules" and "sleepy eyes"
Oh yes. Absolutely!! Half my dogs personality is in his eye brows. It's so funny.
This dog belongs on Frasier. Frasier would say something and then the dog would just look at him. The new Eddie. Ahhaha.
Do schnauzer brows fit into this in some way? Because I know my little schnau-schnau is even that much more freakin' adorable with them. Especially when he combs them forward in an "aw-shucks" manner.
I agree with Sven. What about the kittehs! or the salamanders!
Yes! My dog's cute brows get me every time. All her expression is concentrated there. I think she knows I think it's cute, and manipulates me with her brows. It works.
Frinkles! You've gotta call 'em frinkles!
Well, is baroo actually a rule or just a term?
As such I think we should move that the definition of baroo make some mention of the furbrows AND make a rule that if you are blatantly showing off your furbrows, it's cute!
The next time I make a homebrew I'm totally calling it Schnauzer brau.
ScruffyLove -- absolutely. See also:
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2006/12/happy_hic_new_y.html
It might be called the "Gromit" effect: almost a subset of the coy "Princess Di" head-down-eyes-up, but the expressive eyebrow element is critical.
It's very special when they lay with their chin on their paws and watch you walk by, without moving their head at all.
Baroo Brows and Frinkled Frows. I like AuntieMame's word "frinkle"
AAAAAAAAAAARGH!! Rogue apo'strophe's! Rogue apo'strophe's!! AACK!
/grammar freak ;-)
Definitely needs a new category, called it "Just Brow-sing!" *GRIN*
--TwoDragons
The Concerned Pup-- sounds like a viable category to me.
...or maybe a local pub.
OK, first, I've held my tongue long enough. I'm afraid that I don't think that this little guy fits the "your head looks down, but your eyes look up" rule because he is, in fact, looking to the side. He does, however, fit the rule I proposed many moons ago about visible eye whites being cute. Second, I do think that upward furbrows can stand on their own as a rule of cute. And third, he is sooooooooo cute. A pug-dachsie mix? I thought he was a puggle. Is he all long like a wiener dog, SadieK? I think I'm in love.