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oh forgot to mention - got another one >:)

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As someone who had rabbits for a total of 8 months I agree.

I did my best for them but aaaaa

They were harder than dogs imo

Like I waited fire hundred years (until I was out of school and an adult) to get my first dog and while that was fully the right choice for me and I wouldn't have done it any different it is... funny... to me when dogs are hailed as Hard Mode pets. Can they be? Sure. Are there considerable social and societal reasons why being a failure as a dog owner is different from being a failure as a hamster owner? Of course. But of all the different pets I/we've had over the years, I'm a better dog owner by far. I would be a terrible owner to a guinea pig. I'm a pretty okayish owner to a dog.

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Drove in shifts with my dad for my first dog, I think it was a total of 18 hour round trip?? Luath, the rescue. He was on almost the other end of the state next to ours.

Tuuli, the ethically bred dog, ironically was much closer at like an hour and a half round trip 😂 he was like...two-ish cities over.

dogblr 🙋 what is the furthest you guys have driven to pick up a new puppy? what was that like? would you do it again?

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Ashen's official win photo 🥰🥰 I love this dog!!

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Attoning for the sin of somehow not posting photos of the Squidge this year??

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Tuuli vs Luath begging for food.

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Stealing this 👀 I wonder if I could get it to be a nintendogs lofi mix that'd be funny

Weird dog training tip,,,

When you want your dogs to know when to calm down/take a nap. Start them on a specific song/musician and only play then when they sleep /start to nap. Literally works every time. Now they know if I play music while cleaning it's time for them to nap 😭

Buck (the mal mix I'm boarding rn) is already learning this and is taking a nap when music comes on. Lol,,

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"PLEASE THROW."

"Why are you holding the camera instead of THROWING?"

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Yeah

silken windhounds are the best goodest girle cryptids

-brush pen drawing (4/26/25)

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Verhoef-Verhallen, Esther J.J. The Dog Encyclopedia, by Esther J.J. Verhoef-Verhallen, Firefly Books Ltd., 1997, p. 34.

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Oh hey random storytime:

My mother had a dog of a fairly unusual breed, the kind breed whose existence I hadn't even heard of before the breeder became a family friend. This specific dog was a zero brain cell masterpiece specimen, so while he was fucking stupid, he had an impressive enough pedigree that it would have been a waste to not take him into dog shows, maybe win a few prizes and have him sire pups.

Anyway, this one time we were at a smaller dog show, not really an amateur one but definitely not a huge international event. It was held outdoors on a football field(?), and not only was my mom's dog the only one of his breed in the show, they had somehow completely forgot to include him in the show's schedule. We had come all the way over here to show off a dog that didn't have a time, judges, or ring for him anywhere in the plans.

So while my mother isn't the type to Demand To Speak To The Manager when something doesn't go her way, everyone was in the agreement that the fuck-up was on the show runners' side, and they were very apologetic about such an unprofessional mistake. And they did manage to find a show ring with a slot to squeeze him in, just before the next breed was about to start.

So they made a quick announcement in the ring just before the scheduled breed was going to start, and into the ring went the breeder and mom's dog. And while they were doing their little lap, surrounded by a mostly quiet, uninterested audience, I heard some random kid's faint voice asking

What happened to that one?

And it suddenly hit me how funny this whole situation must look like with no context. Mom's dog or his whole breed were not on the printed out leaflet schedule of the show, in this specific ring or otherwise. If someone showed up now, or somehow otherwise missed the announcement (which wasn't even broadcasted in any way, just yelled out over the crowd by one guy), holy shit they would be confused.

The dog breed that was booked on that spot was samoyeds. My mother's dog was a peruvian inca orchid. Imagine being at a dog show in the right place at the right time, 100% expecting to see one of those fluffy clouds on the left, and out walks the motherfucker on the right.

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i don't even think one has to go as far as to unravel the whole idea of breed, registry and stud books, because i know for a fact that in other animals one has managed to have all of these things without going fckn batshit

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English and Welsh Springer Spaniel Fact File Cards for Breed, Temperament and Routine

From Dogs Of The World Atlas Fact Files

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In high school I knew someone who insisted every chocolate border collie had rough collie mixed in.

You know...

A BREED THAT DOESN'T CARRY CHOCOLATE.

This just in from person I was arguing with on Reddit…ticking present on a dog = border collie mix

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Seven is a lucky number right?

😂

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For more context I fell in love with this puppy the day he was born and have not been able to stop thinking about him

Case in point

Aaaaaghhhh

The boxes? Ticked

A boy ✅

Lure drive ✅

Good structure (pick puppy!) ✅

Happy temperaments in parents ✅

Biddable ✅

Food drive ✅

Color I like ✅

All I need to do is move out 😭😭😭

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After giving up for a bit the fever is back (photo taken by his breeder)

Uh

WHAT DO I DO

I need this little alien in my life so bad 😭😭😭

(bizarre context I had a gut feeling it might not be the right choice but that went away so. Aaa)