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TAUROS IS BALLING!!!!

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what pokemon do you raise? which non-team member pokemon is your favorite???

I breed Doduo and Dodrio for commercial sales, and I’ve dabbled in breeding Tauros, but I actually found the Miltank to be more difficult to manage!

My favorites to raise though have been Tauros. Despite their large size and aggressive appearance, when raised and trained properly, they’re sweeter than Candy and more manageable than Growlithe!

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I'm opening Trick-or-Treat Inbox just for tonight! Send a Trick-or-Treat and I'll give you random stuff.

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Tauros and/or Dodrio, dealer’s choice!

Reblog this with a pokemon and I will EITHER tell you

mythology surronding that pokemon

A supernatural experience I've had with that pokemon

A cryptid variant of that pokemon

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A spooked Doduo but my left pinky off a little over a year ago.

Seeing so many wholesome rb games

Reblog this with the worst experience you've had with a pokemon

that's it thats the whole thing

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Tauros and/or the Dodrio line. I feel like it’s obvious, but if there’s any stories behind it, they’d be fun to hear.

bored asf

second rb game for the day

but as your resident scaredy-meowth- thought this would be fun

Reblog with a pokemon and i'll tell you why i'm scared of it

if i'm not scared of it i'll list reasons why other people could be scared of it

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My Stoutland was my first Pokémon. I found him abandoned behind the snack shack at a pool near where I lived, and he just started following me around.

He was already chipped when I finally got the allowance to catch him, but he’d been abandoned for about half a year by that point, so we never looked into it too deep.

Aight, I want to ask something to Rotomblr 'cause I'm actually curious.

How many of y'all had an actual, Prof-given starter, and how many just... got a random wild one?

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Heya! Never have I ever been injured by my own pokemon?

-@slowpoke-enthusiast-avery

Howdy friend!

I’ve gotten all manner of injuries from my Pokémon and Pokémon under my care! The list is long, but I’ll try and keep it interesting.

When I was just starting out, my first Dodrio Hen broke one of my legs, and would have fully ended my life had Stoutland not been there to save me.

While watching over a competitively bred and freshly evolved Arcanine that my uncle dumped on me, I got a whole bunch of burns all over as he figured out just how to control his fire.

A few years back, when helping teach a school trip about Pokémon farming and ranching, one of the kids didn’t listen when I said “don’t go into the pasture by yourself.” And they snuck off and almost got turned into a fine powder by Grouchy the Tauros, who wound up breaking a few of my ribs in confusion instead.

Just earlier this year, I actually lost my left pinky finger to a spooked Dodrio that was trying to protect itself and its chicks from a wild Raichu that someone released without considering the local ecosystem.

There’s also always a minimum of one nasty looking bump, bruise, cut, or other such blemish from generally handling aggressive Pokémon with sharp bits all over their bodies on me at all times.

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That Bewear sounds like an interesting fella!

My most interesting training stories are my Stoutland partner and one of the Tauros brothers, specifically Sweetie.

Stoutland took a bit to get used to being handled in any way other than a lapdog, but once I got him into the idea of helping herd the Doduo, he took to letting me ride pretty quick.

Sweetie took a lot of work, since he seems to have had a bit of trauma before joining my ranch. He’s still a bit skittish around new folks, but if you give him scratches under his chin, he’ll just melt into your hands and be easier to handle than anything else.

Howdy!

Never have I ever trained a riding Pokémon.

If you’ve got a story to tell, I’ll tell mine after!

Oh I've trained a few! Tauros, Stoutland, Cyclizar, Farigiraf, one oddly enthusiastic Bewear..... Honestly, I couldn't give you the full count! :D

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How about, as an ice breaker, we play a little

Never Have I Ever!

Ask me "Never have I ever -blank-", and I'll tell you the story if I have!

So, for example, a question might be "Never have I ever seen a legendary"! :D

Remember to send an ask to who you reblogged from!

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A photo of my Mudsdale and my Stoutland snuggling up together for a nap as it starts to rain outside.

Stoutland’s never particularly liked being on camera, so this is probably going to be one of the few times I actually catch him in a shot.

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Heya! How is your mudscale doin'? Heard that he was getting in a bit of trouble and feeling alone lately!

(- @pokemonranch)

He’s doing well!

I’ve been spending the last few days giving him some TLC and making sure that he knows I love him. Stoutland’s been cuddling up with him at night too, since I asked him to help spend more time around the big lug.

He still likes collecting my neighbor’s free roaming Pokémon, but I need to have a talk with them about that… the Pokémon seem fine with Mudsdale grooming them and being protective, but they already have homes and some of the neighbors have gotten mad that I haven’t immediately brought them back, so I’m still on the hunt for a few permanent herd mates for him.

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Howdy again!

I’m in sinnoh for a few days and I was wondering if I could bring the boys by for that Tauros meeting and potential adoption? Also, I just think it’d be cool to get to meet another rancher!

There aren’t too many of us in northwestern Jhoto, aside from the huge Moomoo farm.

Sure! I'm sure some of the 'mons here would love to see some new faces! And I feel the same about meeting other ranchers. Most of the ones I know live near Solaceon Town here in Sinnoh; Canalave doesn't have what you would call, a rich farm life. Mostly fishermen and Professors using the local library.

So, if any other ranchers/farmers are on rotomblr, feel free to reblog this so we can unite and maybe... have Farming-Con or something

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Here’s a photo of my current oldest Pokémon and one of my closet companions, Mudsdale! He loves to go on walks and rides around the grounds, but recently he’s taken to attempting to adopt other Pokémon that come into his immediate sphere of influence.

At the moment, we’re on our way to return my neighbor’s Dedenne, who she generally lets roam around the countryside… I don’t need a Dedenne eating up my treat stashes for when the Tauros or Doduo act right, so back home she goes!