[tryppyn-princxly-deactivated202]

Oh dear

Hey guys. EVERYONE, and I mean EVERYONE who reblogs this post BY MAY 5TH 2019 will be getting a small monster design based on your blog theme, name, or profile picture. Let’s go.

[fallcaesar]

Santa is on strike due to global warming.  All presents this year will be delivered by Sasha the Christmas Tiger.  Milk and cookies may not be sufficient.

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

“MUST BRING PRESENTS TO GOOD CHILDREN”

“Yes good”

“AND EAT THE BAD ONES”

“Wait no”

“EAT THEM”

“sasha no”

[tolkientrash]

@burstofhope the Christmas tiger is watching

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

She is making a list

It is not easy with her paws but she is making it

[iguanamouth]

shes almost here

[miscriont]

Okay fine this is the ONE Christmas thing I will reblog before Thanksgiving BUT THAT’S IT

[craptaztic]

SASHA’S BACK ON MY DASH!

[mace-from-outerspace]

Y’all better behave, you have two months

[aseriouscomedian]

You better watch out

You better watch out

You better watch out

You better watch out

[gahdamnpunk]

ALL 👏🏾 OF 👏🏾 THEM 👏🏾

[knitmeapony]

This post goes harder than any post has ever gone before.

[ratedbamf]

Ugh the power is immense.

[the-blues-got-me-deactivated202]

IS THIS WHAT YOU CALL BIG DICK ENERGY???

[pandalandalopalis]

I just watched the fourth episode of the new season of daredevil where karen goes up to a bunch of guys who are catcalling girls and pulls a fucking gun on them and honestly

somewhere frank castle is having a fucking aneurysm

[lesbianrey]

hi i’m tolkien here are my ocs. i call them Elves (not elfs!!! if you call them elfs i will block you) they look like humans but they’re tall, live forever, and have pointy ears. that’s it bye

[meattunic-deactivated20171126]

cs lewis: are you alright with constructive criticism? i dont want to sound mean

tolkien: no go ahead i want to hear it

cs lewis: they fucking suck

tolkien: thats not constructive criticism

[lazytechsupport]

cs lewis: here’s my OC, it’s jesus but he’s a lion tolkien: Furry cs lewis: blocked

[blue-paladin-red-lion-deactivat]

Tolkien: lamp posts don’t exist in fantasy worlds Cs Lewis: ok you know what fuck you

[4setsofcorsets]

CS Lewis: I could beta for you if you want. help you trim the fat on your stories

Tolkien: what do you mean

CS Lewis: I just. you describe a lot of trees.  are trees that important

Tolkien: just you fucking wait. trees are SO important.

~and that day, Tolkien invented ents~

[tcfkag]

@urulokid

[jordisstigander]

CS Lewis: Not more trees.

Tolkien: This one’s based on you.

[kaible-deactivated20181205]

casual reminder that Lewis and Tolkein almost completely ended their friendship over Lewis having Santa make an appearance in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe because Tolkein hated it so fucking much.

[returnofahsoka]

CS Lewis: bitch

Tolkien: blocked

CS Lewis: wait unblock me i need to tell you something

Tolkien: unblocked

CS Lewis: bitch

[naydoh]

so beautiful

[luntfontanne]

big DOG energy

[adogandthedesert]

Goober. #otto #whatevenareyou

[hadesblood-deactivated20180818]

Woods or fields; moon or stars; trains or ships; early mornings or late nights; autumn or summer; Victorian or classicism architecture; wine or champagne; mountains or beaches; velvet or silk; roses or lavender; paintings or sculptures?

[bluegrasshole]

some of you have never had a customer service job and it shows

[gifbro]

[tastefullyoffensive]

Anti-drone system engaged. [video]

[iguanamouth]

[unicornempire]

I. Love this. 

Love it.

Oh my god

yes.

[defilerwyrm]

This is it, I found it, the funniest post on this entire godsforsaken website

[fivespiralsdancinginthesky]

I will never not reblog this.

[millenniallust4death]

After being reminded yesterday of the pendulum game (a tool for building a fast recall), I played it three times with Bosco at the beginning of our walks. A simple game but Bosco thinks it’s so much FUN. :)

[millenniallust4death]

So, several folks messaged me asking what the pendulum game is.

I broadly break down the recall process into four pieces:

dog disengages from the environment or activity of interest

dog spins around to face the handler

dog sprints directly back to the handler

dog comes close enough to the handler so that she can grab the dog’s collar or cue a second command

The first step is probably the hardest for most dogs so you want to reinforce this behaviour with as many games as you can think of.

In the pendulum game, you are rewarding for the first three steps of a recall. You need large heavy treats that you can throw and a safe, large outdoor space (preferably a natural corridor to limit the dog’s direction choices). I prefer to play this game off-leash to give the dog maximum choice (offered behaviours are always strongest) but if you need a long line for safety then use one. I prefer My Mighty Wolf treats because I can whip those fuckers at least twenty feet. 

Play the game at the beginning of a walk so that you teach the dog that you are more fun than the environment and to encourage the dog not to bolt off into the distance the second the leash is unclipped. 

Let the dog off leash/out of the house. When your dog is a few steps ahead of you, turn around but keep watching him and mark (YES!) the instant that he chooses to disengage from the environment and notices you. Toss a treat ahead of you so that the dog has to run past you. When he stops to eat the treat, turn around and walk briskly in the opposite direction. Mark and then toss the treat ahead of you as soon as he notices you. In the first session, quickly work up to only marking the turn around; I try to capture the spin around on the haunches. Tossing the treat far ahead of you activates the prey drive and you’ll quickly get a dog that spins on his haunches and hauls ass towards you. I’m throwing treats in the snow so Bosco is doubly rewarded because he has to hunt for the treat quickly because he knows that I’m getting away (ie. Bosco has a very high hunt drive). This is FUN FUN FUN for a workingline GSD. After three sessions, occasionally, don’t mark the turn around but instead, mark offered eye contact when the dog reaches you. “Hey human, I turned around, why aren’t you marking me?”. This is how you can start shaping offered check-ins (ie. if your dog is choosing to check in with you then he is voluntarily disengaging from the environment). End the game before the dog gets bored. 

I cue “Done” after six to eight treats (Bosco is 93lbs) and then walk back to the house or truck to get a casual toy (ie. teaches that going to the house/truck doesn’t mean that fun time is over). Bosco gets to freely carry this toy on the walk and he chooses to check in with me during the walk (ie. auto check-ins). He is rewarded by playing the still mouth game with me (ie. a game for a piece of the retrieve that Bosco finds FUN FUN FUN). So, I don’t check out on a walk with Bosco and talk on my phone; it’s one long party where I’m rewarding Bosco for offering to engage with me.

Clear as mud? :)

[hellhound-wrangler]

Thank you for sharing this! I just tried it with Ripley and (although my marker timing still kinda sucks) we had a great time. She really loved hunting smelly salmon treats in the deep snow and she remained optimisticlly engaged for the rest of the walk. We’ll definitely make this a regular part of our long line walks.

[millenniallust4death]

I am happy to read that you enjoyed the game! You can run straight backwards in the beginning to help make getting the correct marker timing a bit easier.

Bosco knows the game so it’s a lot of spinning and running fun at the beginning of a walk. When I unclip his leash, he immediately offers attention to initiate the game since I’m more fun than running off to sniff stuff on his own.

[thelazypetowner]

I need to do this. :1

[adogandthedesert]

me: *stands up from the couch slowly and quietly

dogs: jump to their feet in anticipation of me going to do something cool

me: goddammit

[heathens-and-kings]

“I want to speak to a manager,” the middle-aged woman said in her stern I-used-to-be-a-soccer-mom-ten-years-ago voice, looking down at me over the top of her Gucci reading glasses.

A wicked grin split across my face and the gates of Hell opened up behind me, releasing a gust of hot wind that whipped my apron around my body and forced the woman to shield her face. Demons came forth, dancing around in flames with songs of, “She wants to speak to a manager. Did you hear that? She wants to speak to a manager!” before erupting into earsplitting shrieks of laughter, none louder than my own cackling.

I took in the woman’s look of utter horror before my eyes rolled back into my head and I growled,

“I am the manager.”

[owawaaa]

a thing for one of my favorite posts on this site

[adogandthedesert]

Thursday evenings are for being overly competitive #catan #catanexpansion #iwillfightallofyou

[securityunit-ese]

I bought these on impulse some point in the past year and never used them?? So:

BAD IMPULSE CONTROL GIVE AWAY

One large floatable retrieving toy One medium dental ball thing

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[adogandthedesert]

Oooo. Rope toys :) Otto’s current favourite type of toy