Top dog: L.A. pets at home

Stella relaxes against monogrammed Ralph Lauren linens. Stay tuned for Gray Malin house profile on Jan. 30.

Elizabeth Huettinger, Wine Director at Otium Restaurant, left, goes into her wine refrigerator in her living room while her friend Maria Garcia, sommelier at Republique, plays with the dogs at The Emerson in downtown Los Angeles.

Lisa Novick with her dog Lucy in the backyard of her La Canada Flintridge home. More photos of the garden here.

Citzens of Humanity founder Jerome Dahan’s pitbull Baloo enjoys one of several outdoor seating areas at his Santa Monica home.

Janet Shurkin and dog Mona on the patio of the family’s modern ranch home in Valley Village.

Gilda Garcia poses with her poodle Caesar in her front yard. More on her garden here.

Lola’s at home in the Carthay Circle home of Liz Dennery Sanders and husband Peter Sanders.

Lola stands on fleur de lis tiles -- a nod to New Orleans -- from Classic Tile in the laundry room.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Linda Hunt, right, with her partner Karen Klein and their dogs in the living room of their Hollywood home.

“We bought this house for Samson,” Michael Landau says with a grin as he tosses a Frisbee to the Australian shepherd in his backyard. More on the Costa Mesa home here.

Captain rests on a quartet of pavers in the Atwater home of Rebecca Rudolph and Colin Thompson.

Nesta eats a few dropped crumbs from the meal prepared by chef Michael Cimarusti in the kitchen of his South Pasadena home.

Fourteen-year-old Jay Segal plays with her dog Bubbers in the loft her father, Todd Segal, built in their 625-square-foot Highland Park home.

Remy O’Neill’s dog Alexa lies at the front of a pergola in Malibu. More on her garden here.

Priscilla Woolworth’s dog Leroy makes himself at home in the backyard near the pool in Valley Glen. Tour the house and gardens here.

Jewelry designer Amanda Keidan relaxes with her two dogs in the living room of her 1947 bungalow in Venice.

Architect Keith Weibrecht with his dog in his living room at Centre Street apartments in San Diego.

Cameron Brunner snuggles with Crosby, her cocker spaniel. Full story from 2006 here.

Jillian Choy plays with the family dog Este at home in Studio City.

Martin Fassnidge, left, and Franck Verhaeghe with their dogs Archie, left, and Freddie on the balcony of the Sierra Towers in West Hollywood.

Dogs take over the bedroom of fashion designer Johnson Hartig’s home in Hancock Park.

Tim Campbell shares a part of his dinner with dog Jack, a ridgeback-pit bull mix, as pug Chausette looks on. Full story here.

Daddy, a Catahoula Louisiana Leopard dog, relaxes in the living room of Laurie Frank’s home in Whitley Heights. Full story from 2003 here.

Charlie, a German short-haired pointer, on the rooftop terrace of the duplex designed by Don Dimster, background left.

Jewelry designer Chan Luu reclines with her dog Henry in the living room of her home in Pacific Palisades. Full story on the designer here.

Jamie Sobieski, left, and family watch tennis in their South Pasadena backyard along with dogs Ringo, left, and Hula, right.

Uffa, a German shepherd, enjoys the backyard of Robert and Giorgio Vetica’s 1928 English cottage in Los Angeles.