Geocaching HQ features · March 16 and July 6, 2021
From Puppy to Internet Celebrity: Cache Gets Featured by Geocaching HQ
We named the dog Cache. I suppose I should not have been surprised when he started appearing in geocaching photographs.
Having Geocaching HQ share those photographs was another matter. In 2021, our yellow Labrador appeared on the official Geocaching Instagram account twice. Apparently, the GeoDog was developing a rather respectable portfolio.
Always Ready to Lend a Paw
The first feature appeared on March 16, using a photograph I had taken on March 7. There is Cache in the snowy woods, posed behind a proper ammo can. I am partial to ammo cans already. Putting Cache in the photograph did nothing to weaken that preference.
HQ introduced him by name and described him as “always ready to lend a paw,” then asked whether people’s pets had ever found a geocache before them. The original March feature is here.
I am not going to pretend that posing behind an ammo can proves Cache solved the coordinates or made the find. It does make a very good geocaching photograph, though. And it is fun to see his friendly face and our outings shared with the wider community.
Back for Another Feature
On July 6, HQ featured Cache again, this time lying behind a camouflage-covered container in a very green woodland setting. The snow had given way to leaves, but he was still quite willing to be part of the picture.
Both posts credited his Instagram account, @cache_the_geodog. The July feature gives him a second appearance on the official account in the same year. I think that is a pretty good start for a dog whose main qualifications include going for walks and looking good beside a geocache.
The Outings Behind the Photographs
What I like about these pictures is that they came from the same thing I enjoy about geocaching in the first place: getting outside, exploring, and bringing along good company. Cache adds his own contribution to all three.
The photographs preserve the small things too: a little snow left in the woods, a big metal container, summer leaves, and the dog who was there with us. Seeing HQ share them gives those ordinary outings an extra memory.
I can do the logging. Cache seems to have the modeling covered.
Field Notes
- GeoDog: Cache, our yellow Labrador
- Official HQ Instagram features: March 16, 2021 and July 6, 2021
- First photograph taken March 7, 2021; second feature date is not claimed as its capture date
- Photographs: Steven Pierson; both official posts credit @cache_the_geodog
- No specific cache identity is established for these photographs; none is invented
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