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[zith-ipeth]

I don’t know why I don’t update more, I think I just havnt been in a mood for it

I’m visiting a really good friend on the 20th, and I’ll be there for 5 days, I’ll prolly post big fancy updates on all of those days tbh

It’ll be nice

[zith-ipeth]

Dog Days Diary: The passengers of a dark blue 2006 Honda Civic

Hey freaks of nature

Todays gonna be a weird one, and a mostly plural one

Therapy these past few months has been spent trying to figure out communicating between me and my part(s), it’s been hard fought but recently I had a breakthrough of sorts…

A bit of backstory

I drive, like a lot, it’s a calming activity for me, brings me alot of joy, and peace. I find that when I’m driving my brain wanders, I can’t be distracted because I have to focus on the road, but it lets me think freely. For a while I tried to use headspace as a way to communicate with my alters, which, didn’t work really, I’d get snippets and it caused a lot of headaches. But recently I’ve been using projection, and it all clicked a few nights ago

Clover, the kid, was sitting in the passenger seat, and Margot, I think the other adult, was in the back right seat. We talked while driving for a bit, until I pulled into a church parking lot and we just, talked

Like casual conversation talked

It was amazing, and magical and I learned a lot

I think Margot might be a bird? She didn’t confirm this but she kinda looks like one, which is odd, I learned she would want to be a professor, that Clover wants to grow up to be like me.

We just talked for like an hour

If I could, somehow in the future, have them stay projected at all times, then we could talk, like real talk, and I wouldn’t have to worry anymore

During those moments, my head was clear of a static I didn’t know was there.

I think I’m gonna keep trying. Leave early for work today drive around a little, try and talk some more.

I think we’re gonna be ok…

Run fast, bite hard, bark loud

Peace, love, and gratitude

-Zith Ipeth

//Clover Brooks//

[zith-ipeth]

Shout out to those of you out there suffering from size dysphoria. I know you exist. There's very little people like us can do about it except carry the burden and collect little things that make us feel right.

Get your giant novelties and macro photography. Paint those miniatures and build yourself dollhouses. I'm here for you!

Those who yearn to touch the clouds and those who long to run with ants must stick together.

[zith-ipeth]

I am a giant, I think it ties to weight for me, but also physical size and space, I feel most at comfort and ease when I’m the biggest person in the room, maybe that comes from trauma about being trans, about being the tallest largest girl in a room of cis women, and finding comfort in that becuase I have too

Maybe I was born this way

God I wish I was 10 feet tall, I think everything would feel a whole lot better, either way I’m still a giant, 5’10 but larger than life

I was talking to my friend @zith-ipeth about how I am a Tiny, even when I'm not physically small. How even if I'm physically large I'm still a Tiny.

I've dabbled in archetropy for a while, and it reminds me a lot of "even if you're not like a scaly beast you can still be a dragon". Being Tiny has a sizeable role based component/narrative base as the identity comes from a fiction. It is from the framework of Giant/Tiny/Sizeshifter that is it's own unique thing from the community. It's a trope I guess, big and small people.

I don't know what to call it outside of kin. When someone identifies as a Giant it comes with some typical instincts but nothing necessary, it's a feeling, it's a desire to be large physically, but also knowing even without that physical largeness you are still a giant. It's body and soul. It's fabric of your existence almost. It's inexplicable joy being around others like you.

It reminds me a lot of Dom/Sub and Alpha/Beta/Omega, but I really don't know how to call it other than just g/t or a size-based identity. For me it's conceptual, it's trope based, it's physical, it's fictional, it's otherkin, it's folcinteric. It's so many things and yet on the outside it looks simple. It's my anchor. It's normal to me. It's so amazing.

[zith-ipeth]

Dog Days Diary: Happy trans day of visibility

What’s up paws and claws

Today is trans day of visibility, so I kinda wanted to talk about some gender experiences I’ve been having, and little things I’ve noted

It’s been several days since I’ve been gendered correctly by strangers, and I’ve been trying to reason out why. I’ve found the occasional “sir” and “him” as a treat is fun, but consistently it gets grating. I worry if I correct people I’ll come off as rude, but I’m realizing that I think I need to just start doing it, start being visible, showing my true colors ya feel

On a doggish note, my ears match super well with my haircut and color, and it’s making me feel ALOT of things, I’m starting to figure out that I really might be living the transpecies experience, the fur is so species affirming, and it’s doing a lot to my brain. My gender and species are intertwined, I transitioned into a dog woman, and that’s really important to me

The trans species stuff is making me deconstruct a previous kinda dislike for folks who identify as radqueers, and I think I wanna sorta figure out how folks who identify that way understand themselves, so uhhhhh

If ur a radqueer and wanna talk about it (not debate I hate debate, I just like asking questions cuase I’m curious) idk hit me up

And if ur trans a dog out there

Or a trans animal in general

Or fuck it, if your transpecies

Happy trans day of visibility

Run fast, bite hard, bark loud

Peace, love, and gratitude

-Zith Ipeth

[zith-ipeth]

Dog Days Diary: Impromptu hiatus

Hey everypony

Sorry for my absence, I think I needed a break, but I’m back, ig. Things have been really good, I got my fur cut and I’m feeling more species than ever. I’ve been exploring my identity as a giant, and have been had a communication breakthrough with clover (among other alters actually)

It’s been, good. The store has been good I’m officially friends with several dogs

I’m gonna start writing more in this diary of mine

Run fast, bite hard, bark loud

Peace, love, and gratitude

-Zith Ipeth

//Clover Brooks//

[zith-ipeth]

hii, sry 4 bothering u,

Do u know of any currently active kin help blogs? A friend of mine wants help with kinsidering and all the blogs I knew of aren't active anymore

Thx!!

I actually don’t, and idk how active I am rn, I’ve kinda been in a rot hiatus lol

I mean I personal advice is that, born as humans, we remove ourselves from being animals, so tapping into what your nature is at a baseline level, and understanding yourself as a very specific animal, that being you, helps

If you find comfort in labels like go off about it, but nothing will be perfect, because no animal is like any other

Also idk, try looking up kin blogs I’m sure there’s some out there

[zith-ipeth]

You said questions?????

No.

Ramble to us about something that happened in the last hour.

HUNG OUT WITH A GIRL I JUST MET AND OMG, she didn’t get therianthropy and I tried explaining it and she was like ok so I think I get it and we watched a show and in the captions it said “dog barks” and she looked at me and said “I think the captions are broken I didn’t hear you” and I chuckled and then she was like “sorry was that offense” and like GIRL NO, SORRY UR MAKING FUN OF MY PROTECTED CATEGORY , DOG /sarcasm

[zith-ipeth]

What are your theriotypes? And how do you stay connected to your animalistic side while dealing with all the adult stuff?

Mini gear and vocals, I wear our tags, my paws, and ears when I can, I keep a leash with my charms on my belt.

Bits of vocals in nice! Bark on the way to work, howl at the moon, take “shifting breaks” at a smoking break frequency, just to go bark and move around

It’s nice!

[zith-ipeth]

you wanted questions, heres a tough one:

how are you today?

:3

GOOD! I’m hanging with a friend and cleaned up my den! I got baggy clothes and shorts finally thank god. I’m doing good

[zith-ipeth]

What is your least favorite color? Like, absolute hatred for it?

Puke green is a lame answer, my controversial answer is c0de76

[zith-ipeth]

I’m bored you all should ask me questions, as a kinda grown up Therian just living life

[zith-ipeth]

I need to post more I’ve just been in a rut lol. L figure it out.

I explained therianthropy to a girl I’m seeing tomorrow, I think she gets it, I had to keep doubling down on “I am a dog” not “I’m sort of like a dog”

But I think she’ll get it when she meets me

[zith-ipeth]

Dog Days Diary: Long time no see

Hey team

It’s been wild recently, many times I thought about giving updates, but idk, I’ve been one tired dog these past weeks

BUT I HAVE MANY GOOD THERIAN AND PLURAL BITS TO SHARE

So I’m gonna

I had psych testing, they’re evaluating how I responded to my trauma, my possible autism, and my executive functioning. It was… hard. To say the least, I got to talk to the interviewer during the section about experiencing senses, and I barked for like 10 minutes about how I smell and think about smell., they might be onto me…

They also might be on to us, several of the trauma questions asked if I’ve been feeling like two or more distinct people, and like

Yeah… duh

PET SUPPLY STORE IS THE BEST JOB EVER

I’ve gotten to know reoccurring customers, and they’re preferred types of physical and verbal and emotive affection

This one dog came in named Louis, and he was a rescue that she got after the local law enforcement took down someone’s back yard breeder hoarder dog situation. So he’s like a year old and doesn’t know how to be a dog. And like…

HES ME, IM 19 AND DONT KNOW HOW TO BE A PEOPLE

Also! One of @paracosmic-gt s headmates, June. who I’ve gotten to get pretty close too, DREW A PICTURE OF ME AND PURR!!! And I’m big! (Which I love), and purrs small! (Which purr is) AND ITS SO CUTE! YOU GUYS SHOULD LOOK AT ALL OF THOSEA GUYS’s STUFF

I’m also getting myself a nicer pair of gloves! My paw dysphoria is like gone when I have my silly gloves on, it makes me so happy!!!

On a more, plural, note, I think me and clover have found a disagreement we need sorted, one of us gets euphoria from a physical aspect of our body, one of us gets dysphoric about it. She hasn’t written to me about it but we have really good feeling transfer and it’s a lot of distress. Which is, idk, wierd, this is our first major like, disagreement and idk how to settle it.

If anyone has advice on how to like, figure this out, would love it!

She asked for baggy clothes (something I have none of) so i ordered her a really cool looking baggy hoodie, hopefully that will help her be more comfortable fronting, she’s been, absent, lately

But over all, it’s nice, my friends are dogs and know I’m dogs. It’s a wonderful way to live

Open, out, and full of fresh air

Get out there critters

Run fast, bite hard, bark loud

Peace, love, and gratitude

-Zith Ipeth

//Clover Brooks//

[zith-ipeth]

New paws just dropped

I’m planning on drawing paw prints on the toes

[zith-ipeth]

ZITHS SUGGESTIONS FOR EVERYDAY GEAR

Friend of the page, and local marine mammal @a-minke-whales-tale sent an ask in about my gear, and so I thought today I would do a run down of my everyday gear, as well as stuff that I want to get. This isn’t gonna be subtle gear, but stuff other than ears and a tail, because society often doesn’t let you do that. And I’m all about getting to live as yourself in society

this is a dog perspective, but if any of yall creatures of other species have ideas! Reblog this and throw in your personal daily gear!

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The number one thing about wearing gear everyday is safety. As much as you should wear your ears and tail out when you can, making sure you’re with friends, or in a somewhat non conservative area, isn’t a bad idea at all. I myself don’t wear my ears everyday, as much as I’m trying to wear them more at work, I need to settle in before that can start happening. But anyway let’s start proper

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LEASHES

My leash is like, my favorite piece of gear I own, it’s a simple black cloth 4 foot leash, but it has a lot of versatility. In an ideal setup I loop the handle through my belt, and clip the lead to my collar. This helps keep the tag on my collar centered but also provides a nice weight on the back of my neck

Now this is my personal favorite, but often it can be mistaken for a more kinky look (no shame if that’s your vibe) but it can make it unsafe to wear out, because of this I usually wear it with both sides connected to my belt in one of three ways

The first is great and easy, but can trip you up if you’re moving on all fours or getting up and down a lot. The second two rock, with the middle being best if you have more medium sized legs, and the last working with larger legs.

I’ve found I get no comments when I wear it like this, and it still feels like the leash is a part of me

Leashes are also fun becuase you can have different colored ones for different outfits! You can also add little charms to them, for example my “nervous rescue ask to pet me”, which I love SO MUCH

COLLAR

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The classic dogbone tag dog collar is, fantastic. It’s versatile, fun, and has so many options.

The tag I wear every day I got from my brother, it says my name on the front and a phrase in Latin on the back. The fun thing about dog tags is you can put whatever on them. Go to your local PetCo or Petsmart and just use the tag machine, make something cute, no one can stop you. If you’re uncomfortable with wearing collars, for whatever reason, keeping your tag on a simple chain rocks. That’s what my alter Clover has for her, cuase she hates the way collars itch.

GLOVES

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GO GET HANDWARMER GLOVES. This is like the most instant suggestion I can have, they make my paws feel like paws, also they are so good for the autism! I love them a lot, and they’re pretty cheap

CLOTHES

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Finding clothes that work with your markings is really affirming. I’m a maned wolf kinda. So having black fur on my paws (hands and feet) is important to me! I also like showing off my arms for the contrast of my skin against the fur on my paws. Find stuff that works for you and ur breed/species. Having a “dog like outfit” has done wonders for dysphoria

On this same vein, little bits of jewelry that are species for you. I have my “Bite Risk” bracelet. But if that’s Kandi, charms whatever, go for it!

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If anyone else has got daily canine clothes and gear they do, hit me with it! And if yall have other species affirming clothes for your non canine selves, reblog and go for it!

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Run fast, bite hard, bark loud

Peace, love, and gratitude

-Zith Ipeth

//Clover Brooks

[zith-ipeth]

Tonight I’m gonna drop my outfit for the day, and tonight’s diary update is gonna be how to do non subtle public everyday gear

Or at least how I do it!

As well as some other suggestions of stuff I don’t personally do