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Pink Floyd Dogs: 5 Rare Photos for International Dog Day
Yesterday, August 26, 2026, was International Dog Day, and if there’s one band whose history is quietly full of dogs, it’s this one. From a howling Borzoi that made it onto film to a German Shepherd waiting on the steps of Abbey Road, here are five photos of Pink Floyd dogs and the men who loved them.
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Five Photos of Pink Floyd Dogs
1. David Gilmour at Abbey Road, April 2025
Gilmour standing in the doorway of Abbey Road Studios with his black German Shepherd on the lead, one of those images that says more about the man than any interview. The photo was taken by his wife and longtime lyricist, Polly Samson. Fifty-odd years after Pink Floyd first walked through that door, the studio is still part of the routine. So is the dog.
2. Roger Waters and Sean Evans, January 2020
Waters mid-argument, hands moving, a Chihuahua parked on his knee and a Pomeranian on Sean Evans’s. Evans is the director behind Roger Waters: Us + Them and the co-director of The Wall film, so this is almost certainly a working session, just one with two very small dogs in the room. Photo by Kate Izor.
3. Nick Mason and Annette Lynton
The Floyd drummer is famous for collecting cars, but this one shows the rest of the collection: Mason and his wife, actress Annette Lynton, outdoors with a black Labrador, a miniature donkey in a blue rug, and a spotted pig wandering into frame. A very English kind of chaos.
4. Syd Barrett with Steve Marriott’s dog
A young Syd in a courtyard, ball in hand, an Alsatian eyeing him from the right. The dog belonged to Steve Marriott of the Small Faces and Humble Pie, the same household that later gave Pink Floyd their oddest credit. When Marriott left for a US tour in 1971, his dog Seamus was left in David Gilmour’s care, discovered a taste for howling along to the blues, and ended up on Meddle.
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5. Richard Wright with Mademoiselle Nobs
The best-known dog in the Pink Floyd catalogue. Nobs was a female Borzoi owned by Madonna Bouglione, daughter of circus director Joseph Bouglione, brought into a Paris studio in December 1971 during the Live at Pompeii sessions. Wright holds the microphone to her muzzle while Gilmour plays harmonica, and “Seamus” becomes “Mademoiselle Nobs”. She sings. Genuinely.
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Dogs, pigs, sheep, the Floyd animal roster is longer than most bands’ back catalogues. If these photos put you in the mood, our Animals collection and Pink Floyd t-shirts cover the artwork side of it, and a poster keeps the story on your wall year-round.
Happy International Dog Day from OtherBrick: here’s to Seamus, Nobs, and every Pink Floyd dog who ever sat through a rehearsal.
