Exploring With Blue

Personal blog detailing the adventures of myself and my shepherd squad. Blue, German Shepherd 29/03/2016 & Scout 16/08/2021 Australian Shepherd. Find us on Instagram @exploring.with.blue

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hope is a skill

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hope is a weapon you are trained to wield

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favourite additions

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[tenaciouswritingdragon]

You cannot hide this in the tags, bestie. This is too lovely to keep a secret.

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Sigh

Been thinking about posting dog stuff here again...but I feel weirdly self conscious about it these days. Sometimes it feels easier to enjoy my dogs in our own private bubble than to put ourselves out there.

It's not adventures and walks in far places so much anymore. Life with Scout is a different kind of adventure that has been very public. I want to talk about our achievements but I also want to pretend she's a little creature that lives in my house and nothing else.

I dunno.

Cute pictures maybe instead 🤷‍♀️

[blueboyluca]

"Dogs are as capable of being clowns as people are, without question, and that is one reason we get on so well with them."

— Mark Derr, How the Dog Became the Dog: From Wolves to Our Best Friends (2011)

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Pick a nickname for Scout

scrunkly / scrimply / scrinklo

badger

bummy / bummy bumpkin

Voting ended onMar 16, 2023

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Reblogging this for the final deciding hours 👀

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Pick a nickname for Blue

Blookey

Bluey

Miss Nice

Nerg

Princess

Voting ended onMar 16, 2023

[exploring-with-blue]

Final chance, everyone! I need decisions 👏

[exploring-with-blue]

Pick a nickname for Scout

scrunkly / scrimply / scrinklo

badger

bummy / bummy bumpkin

Voting ended onMar 16, 2023

[exploring-with-blue]

Pick a nickname for Blue

Blookey

Bluey

Miss Nice

Nerg

Princess

Voting ended onMar 16, 2023

[lloonlloon]

Can’t believe I never shared these photos my sister sent me

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Oh thank god it's not just mine

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At least the neck on y’all’s still functions…

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You were saying...

[lloonlloon]

Can’t believe I never shared these photos my sister sent me

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Oh thank god it's not just mine

[exploring-with-blue]

Do you have any recent pictures of scout!! Is she big now?

I do! Sorry this has been in my inbox for a while. I'm not sure I'd ever describe Scout as big (she's 8-10kg lighter than her larger littermates), but she has been filling out lately. She is very Shaped and likes to jump into my arms for cuddles 💕

[pallidprincess]

that's fucking it. bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark

[todaysbird]

invented an imaginary affliction for my dog called scrinkleitis. it impacts her terribly whenever she is making a funny face

[fjordfolk]

okay so i'm not an expert and there are a couple of different collies but:

australian shepherd:

medium-large

pretty fluffy

may or may not have a tail (may or may not be on purpose)

ears supposed to be nice and sophisticatedly folded

comes in blacks and reds and tris and merles

sh jusht a little chonky maybe

Australian but in the sense that it's American and has really nothing to do with Australia at all as far as anyone can tell

collie:

medium-large with a side of large

either smooth coat or stupidly fluffy, anything in between is illegal

long tail (should reach the hock)

ears meant to stand on top of the head maybe with a fashionable little forward tip

comes in brown (sable) and black tricolour + merle

legs legs what's on the menu legs legs

longest snout you've seen in a while

British

shetland sheepdog:

what i have (allegedly)

see: collie, but 1/4 of the size (unless something went wrong)

but calling it a mini collie is a federal crime

the fluffier the better. needs more fluff.

colors are sable and black tri- and bicolour as well as merle

very sweet but should have capacity for evil to keep things spicy

Shetlandish (Scottish) (British) (twice removed)

border collie:

insane<3

rectangular-esque

sneaky bastard

size: approximate. ears: yes. tail: most likely. coat: usually. colours: sure

from the BORDER REGIONS OF SCOTLAND

you'll know

[nefja]

Ok, I made a Dogblr Masterlist Google doc

[nefja]

Well I just added the breeds. Don't ask me how long this took. My eyes hurt. 229 blogs. 5 are still missing the breeds because I couldn't find them. I'm gonna make some tea now.

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contingency

[fjordfolk]

What is it about wheelie chairs that make little doggies go oh 🥰 but what if 🥰 i laid so close you accidentally rolled over me 🥰 and broke all of my little legs 🥰🥰

[brighthounds]

I love having two dogs so much. I was going to write something heartfelt about it but I got interrupted by one of my two dogs.