#dogkin tips

[zane-helps-otherkin]

Qimmiq/Basenji kin tips

Requested by: @rnsudio

List of tips for a qimmiq/basenji dog

For a qimmiq

Try doing quads. Qimmiqs are sport dogs, so doing quadrobics could make you feel more connected to them, you could also do any sport

Use scarfs. Qimmiqs have thick hair on the neck. So using a scarf could mimick that.

Use thick clothing. Again, qimmiqs have thick fur, so using thick clothes could mimick that.

Since this dogs are working dogs, doing some sort of cardio could help you feel more connected to them.

If you can, spend some time in the snow. This dogs are from the artic, so spending time with snow could make you connect more with them.

For a basenji

Try to get some fidgets to bite. This dogs are playful and curious and like to destroy things when little, so go wild and do the same (with some fidgets and toys).

Try to mimic the characteristic personality of this dog. Act more curious, loving, quiet, alert, energetic, confident and playful.

Try some vocals. The main characteristic of this dog is it's "bark", so trying to mimic that could help you connect with this kintype.

Try some hide and find games outside. They can be as simple as finding a red car or as difficult as finding a plant of a certain type. This dogs were bred to hunt, so doing something similar may help you feel more connected

If you want, use tight clothes that mimic your fur color. This dog's fur is not thick (like the qimmiqs) so using tight clothes could feel right. (I don't recommend this if you have species dysphoria)

Requests are currently open

[mr-weirdo-mcgee]

Things dogs do for dogkins

(also, like i have two dogs and I'm a dogkin and I LOVE copying them)

• Dogs yawn exaggeratedly. At least I think they do.

• this goes for a like of animal kins but stretching out your whole body, it's easier in bed.

• honestly I'm gonna try this tonight but sleeping without your pillows?? Hopefully it doesn't hurt your head or does something, I doubt it but I don't mean get rid of your pillows, just trying to crawl up on your bed sheets.

• sigh so randomly, like what, do you have a whole job? But yeah dogs sigh randomly and exaggerate.

All I got, maybe this was like a bit too common, like everyone knows but I hope not.

[mxmorbidmidnight]

Things that give me species euphoria

• falling asleep on the floor next to my dog

• napping in the sun

• eating miss matched scavenger sort of meals.

• brushing my tail while I’m wearing it

• instead of “making my bed” I’m “building my nest”

• pretend I’m a little critter curled up in a burrow whenever I sleep

• wearing trench coats and other longer items of clothes that can be moved like wings.

• reading up my hair all wild and walking about barefoot.

• wearing lots of second hand faux fur, so I feel all fluffy.

[sunflowertherian]

Tips for caninekin

These are just things that have worked for me as a wolfdog, so feel free to suggest things or give feedback!

1. Make a nest indoors. Use pillows, plushes, lots of blankets, and maybe some clothes. Make it comfortable, maybe make it like a “fort” so you can crawl inside, or one you can lie on if you’d prefer. If you don’t want others you live with to know of your alterhuman status, I suggest making a nest late at night, and sleeping in it until morning, then undoing it.

2. Make a den outdoors. The den can involve a nest as well! A forest, a park, a field, a riverbank, maybe even a bench. Wherever feels freeing, and feels like home. If your den is in a forest or field- somewhere private and more wild -make small alterations to suit your tastes. Claw in your initials, make a snow- or moss nest, dig a comfortable pit to lie in, or anything else. If it’s in public and, well, public, spend time there doing more discrete activities if you prefer. Maybe journal about your theriotype, draw yourself, or bring things that remind you of yourself to relax.

3. Dog stuff. You knew it was coming. Collars and chew toys, right? Well, sorta. There are also paw warmers, small accessories, trinkets to put on your backpack instead of collar, a shorter leash to make your keys more noticeable in your bag, and you could sew dog booties into clothes for extra storage. Don’t let yourself be limited to collars and toys; there are a lot more options out there- even if collars and toys are great too.

4. Listen to your theriotypes calls, and replicate them. Be it yipping, howling, snarling, barking, or laughing, replicating the sounds while listening to them can be soothing and make you feel included. If you cannot join in, listening to the noises can be soothing in and of itself, as well.

5. Wear affirming clothes. It can be clothes that somehow involve your species (like a graphic t-shirt), clothes that are the same color as your fur or body, or that just feel like the correct clothing. I tend to like looser clothes that are very neutral, but other may prefer clothes that make them look like themselves more. Patches are also wonderful for clothes and accessories. Choose a pair of old jeans and just go to town with patches, sewing, and painting; it feels great. You can also decorate your bag for school with pins, drawings, and similar items.

6. If you can or want to, do quads! Not only can you walk around like your theriotype, it’s also a shockingly good workout. Just make sure your form is good and you don’t go too fast, as to prevent injury!

7. Yarn tail time! Make an accurate one to your body size if possible, or make a smaller tail to hook onto your backpack.

8. Forage stuff to eat, or to decorate. From edible flowers like dandelions, to wood sorrel, to maybe even mushrooms if you have the knowledge, there are a lot of things you can just eat outside. Eating wild grown foraged items, either on their own or in a salad or similar, feels freeing in a way hard to describe in my experience. You can also gather twigs, pine cones, nuts, and similar items to make things out of, or make your room/den more comfortable!

9. Draw paw prints of your specific theriotype. Try to make it as accurate as possible. Draw it on paper, on your pants, on your palms, or on your shoes- anywhere you like. They are your paws, and it can feel safer when you can visibly see your correct paws type, in my experience.

10. Shake after getting wet. This is also something that’s a-ok to do in public, which I really enjoy. Coming in after it has rained, getting out of the shower, or drying off after swimming in a lake- it feels great!

11. Make treats. No, not necessary dog treats. It can be chunks of shaggily cut bell pepper, pieces of meat to gnaw on, and other treats that don’t feel “human”. It can be the classic “seeds and peanut butter shaped as a dog bone”, or a whole cucumber that your tear apart. Use it as a reward for doing good, or just eat it when you want to.

12. If you like gnawing, get a chew stim toy. It’s less harmful than most other things you could be gnawing on, and works quite well for molars!

13. Claim some territory. It can be your house, or a place in the forest, or your room. Allow only those you want to to come in. Chase out creatures you do not want in. Create a marker along the edges of the territory, for example a specific cloth color tied on trees, if needed.

[rayraywildkinhelp]

activities for a coyote/wolf therian for anon!

make a den! you can make your den in your room, outside, in a pillow fort, or even in a closet! put cushions, blankets, plushies, or anything in it that you prefer

go on a nature hike! this can help you connect with nature to feel like yourself. you can interact with things but make sure to leave the trail as you found it

learn vocals! there are lots of good tutorials for canine vocals on youtube you can learn from!

go to a dog park or shelter! it may help you connect with your theriotype to be around and play with animals of the same type

watch the moon! you can even howl at it!

hope this helps! :333

[a-dog-with-different-paws]

Ok so my mom knows I do quads but I'm trying to subtly drip hints I'm a therian, I just told her I was gonna go do quads "and act like a feral animal"

I know this is probably a stupid way of doing it so does anyone have any ideas how to hint at the idea I'm a dog/deer therian?

[animal444]

God I’m so itchy I can’t stand it! I’m scratching so much my skin is all red, growing fur sucks..

[cheesecake-the-chicken]

OK I GOT IT TO WORK https://youtu.be/QG-raS9lIME?si=iX_QEHQk6Cd_pWFQ

reference: https://youtu.be/8QMAWpuzGdE?si=tTxnYmjORoO-mm4x

thank you @eysoule for requesting! feedback is welcome and askbox is still open (again no guarantees) if anyone wants to request a tutorial! love you guys, hope the link works!

[xsatanic-panicx]

What made you realize you were otherkin?

I always knew I wasnt.. entirely human. It wasn't until I found the term otherkin (ironically, in an otherkin hate video where they claimed they all otherkin were "faking it for attention.") that I connected the dots :)

[mxmorbidmidnight]

How I motivate myself to do things as a nonhuman

Doesn’t always work, in fact it often doesn’t however it helps to think of everyday human things in a more creature way.

• cleaning: fixing my nest

• food shopping: hunting, same goes for eating regular meals. Leaving my room = going out to hunt

• bathing: connect with water based aspects of my kin types/forms

• going on walks: scouting my territory.

• getting dressed: helps me represent my shape shifting. Putting on my jewellery, makeup and clothes is like putting on my skin.

• self care tasks such as teeth brushing, you can imagine as if these tasks were being done by a carer onto an animal (where you are the animal).

• I like to call things by different names, my room is my nest, hands are my claws, showering is taking a bird bath, sleeping is taking a cat nap, hair brushing and nail clipping is grooming, etc.

[touch-starved-lurker]

if you’re looking for the feel of a tail but not looks… cardboard tubes, rope, and a belt are Awesome. very feeling. such sensation!

[custom-emojis]

A catkin and dogkin emoji with phantom ears/tail!

Feel free to use in your servers and if you like what I do, maybe send me a tip? | or join my discord server to see emojis ahead of the queue

[Please read my Carrd before using my emojis]

[punkeropercyjackson]

Catkin Miles Morales headcanons because it's canon(Meows is his 8311 Variant).Anti therians DNI idc about your sheltered opinions

Warrior Cats kid and it was the pipeline to his catkin awakening(many such cases)

Started off identifying as just catgender until he settled into his identity and got comfortable with identifying as otherkin too

Is a therian out of a mix of unmaskable autism/audhd and loads of trauma coping

She's a trans catgirl(transmascfem and a black femme)

He/she/they/sol/sparkle/strawb/crayon/paw/claw/meow/purr/cookie/glitter pronouns

And not related but these are made with dreadhead Miles in mind

Meowing vocal stim,light visual stim,milk safe food and rubs and scratches do wonders for his sensory

Trained herself to land on her feet both for Spiderman reasons and lightening species dysphoria

Owns at least 3 cat ears hoodies and her collection is growing

Dreams of herself as Meows on multiple occasions and gets sad when she wakes up

But her and Meows are instant besties when they meet and she's overjoyed Meows is canon instead of her just hoping for nothing

She goes crazy for cat shaped food in general but her favorite is cat shaped grilled cheese sandwitches and she perfers to eat them with canned strawberry milk

Her species is Munchkin Cat and she gains a supernatural white streak in her hair and fangs out of spider mutation as Spideruniversal validation

Breakcore,Lo-Fi chiptunes and Pop Punk fan

Mixed media art noob yet does it like a master

Plays Animal Crossing very hardcorely and collects all the cat villagers and her goat is Kid Cat

Hobie diy's and thrifts therian items for her and also just general cat themed/based goodies,including an ears and tails set,a Meows plushie and a ceramic cat mug

Hobie is also a therian,hence why he's so good at it,and he's dogkin specifically and his type is great dane.Punkflower is dog x cat dynamic but literally <3 Punk subculture's acceptance towards nonhuman identities only made her even more happy to go pastel punk/afrosolarpunk

Miles dosen't do cat puns often but Hobie does and it's his way of flirting with them and Miles is enchanted somehow.Their song is 'The Lovecats' by The Cure

They also made matching cat and dog hair charms and Hobie convinced Miles to dye their hair like he did Gwen but they said they only would if he did too so they did eachother's dye jobs(Miles' was split down the middle pink and Hobie's was blue dip tips)

Hobie contrary to assumptions refuses to dunk Miles in water against her will and actually shoved Pavitr into the water for trying to when the Spiderfam was at the beach and then took her to get ice cream as an apology

She sends him tiktoks of cats and dogs as a duo like 'Us🥺?' and he always enthuthiastically agrees

Jefferson and Rio were hella confused but had the spirit,even if took them a fair amount of time to truly understand how to go about it.They call them their 'Gatito' and do whatever they ask to make them feel more comfortable in their skin and surprise them with stuff like the cat tree and cat themed stationery they gifted them and telling them cat facts they learned

Arcades and cat cafes are tied for their biggest hangout spot.Them and Hobie go to both as dates and their parents started going to the latter with them as family trips and Jefferson has so many punch cards

Watches Creamheroes as their comfort show and draws fanart and even creates memes and fanfic

They've also drawn catsonas for every single one of their important people as her ultimate show of love

[a-dog-with-different-paws]

What are you doing for deer self-care?

I'm not sure what to do entirely, I mostly do quads and that helps with my dogkin but for my deerkin I'm not really sure, I started eating apples pretty frequently because I found out that deers like apples, I have started thinking of walking on my toes to try and emulate the hooves feeling (????) but I'm not really sure

If anyone has any tips that would be appreciated :,D

[coins-for-the-moth]

Tamenity

[taa-men-uh-tee]

※ Tamenity is an identity umbrella that encompasses several labels and areas of identity.

Tamenibeing as a term under the alterhuman umbrella describes an individual who feels that something has interacted with and/or affected their current (alter)human identity. Said identity did not fundamentally change as a result of it, but it is undeniably affected to a relevant extent.

It may, for example, feel like one's identity was stained, dyed, or decorated by the interaction.

Tamenous experiences can occur in this world as well as exomemories etc., and can be annotated positively or negatively.

This encompasses experiences such as (a non-exhaustive list):

- A human that makes contact with a supernatural being and feels it influenced their human-ness, but did not make them non-human.

- A human daydreamer who, because of their daydreaming, feels they have had experiences beyond the typical human scope, but are still human.

- An introject who was a cat in their exomemories, and when they became part of a plural collective, their cat-ness was affected but they are still a cat.

- A dogkin individual who has spent a lot of time with cats and has taken on cat habits, but isn't a cat in any way.

Terms to describe one's Tamenity may be constructed as Tamen[species] such as Tamenhuman, Tamenwolf, or even as Tamen[specific ID] i.e. Tamencatkin.

It may also extend to more broad categories such as Tamenfictive and Tamenotherkin. If preferred, **Tameni-** can be used as the root instead. 2. Additionally, Tamenigender as a neogender identity describes the same experience as outlined above applied to gender, where something has interacted with and/or affected one's current gender identity without causing it to fundamentally change.

This may be applied to specific identity, for example Tamenigirl or Tamenxenic. 3. The concept of Tamenity may further be applied to other areas of identity like orientation.

※ Etymology: From the latin tamen meaning "despite" or "still", referring to the persistence of a previous identity.

※ Notes: Posts with alt flags, a detail of the symbol and possible subterms will probably follow - I was a little too excited to get this out there.

※ The flag is supposed to be the blue sky that reimerges from the night sky. The star is the Tamenity symbol.

※ If anyone wants to make specific Tamenous subterms and/or flags, they are super welcome to do it (please tag me!!). Rules from my intro post apply

⊂⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⊃/ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\⊂⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⊃

Image ID: A flag with two chevron-shaped gradients on the top and bottom. These gradients, from the edge going inwards, have a black stripe, followed by a dark blue stripe, then a mid-blue stripe. At the center, the flag has a sky-blue color. In the center is the Tamenity symbol, a large eight-pointed star with four long and four short spikes, also in a sky blue color, with black stains on its tips that seem to be dripping down. at the center of the star is a smaller star in a very pale blue.

[baristas-kin-cafe]

How do kin tips work?

Ah, good question. Basically, it's advice on things you could do to lessen that "kin dysphoria", or to feel more connected to your fictive or kintype. As an example, I might suggest making a pillow fort if you're a dogkin, like making a den. Or, a robotkin could try programming or opening up an old electronic device to look inside. They'd be more specific depending on the source, but it's generally like that!