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Chronicling our adventures together 🐾🐾 Kat the human is a professional pet obedience trainer and dog sport novice. Rogue is a 4yo husky mix who loves tricks, agility, and licking anyone to claim them as a friend. Tarot is a 2yo heeler mix that loves disc, swimming, and barking very bravely before needing snuggle reassurance. Occasional cameos by Queen Cleocatra the calico cat, Soba the ball python, and our many doggy friends.

[kat-n-dog]

🗡 Action Kat's Going Rogue CGC-A TKI 🗡 "Rogue"

Siberian Husky × Border Collie × GSD

Embark • Adopted 1/17/21

🔮 Action Kat's It Was In The Cards CGC 🔮 "Tarot"

Australian Cattle Dog × GSD × Border Collie

Embark • Adopted 2/12/23

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[everythingfox]

Land dolphins

[fox-bright]

Important! Your pet's RFID chip number might have been disconnected this week.

Microchip company ceases operations, pet owners urged to re-register

The Texas-based company, Save This Life, has ceased operations and that could become an issue for pet owners.

Is your pet chipped? They should be. Do you know who made the chip?

Pet RFID chips are so small that there's really only room on them for a serial number. When your lost pet is brought to a shelter or a vet's office, they can scan the chip, read that number, and then type it into a program that draws from a series of linked databases to find your name and phone number. That's how they find you, and tell you that Silly Lilly von Wigglesbottom has gone wandering, and she's safe and sound, and would you come get her, please?

Texas-based Save This Life, which provided chips to vets and shelters all across the US, has all at once and abruptly gone dark; their database is just gone. Their customers were not given warning and so did not know to change their registration to another company. A lot of animals have basically become anonymous now.

If you don't know what company you've been using, call your vet's office and ask what pet chip number they have on file. If the chip number starts with 991 or 900164, it's probably a Safe This Life chip.

If it turns out yours is one of the affected cases, the chip itself will still be fine! There's no need to add another, or anything like that. You'll just need to transfer the number to another company, and your vet should be able to recommend the one that they like the best.

[windwardrose]

As far as I can tell there are a few different types of dog, independent of sex or breeds but occasionally correlated - including among others -

eccentric roommate (lives here. does stuff. when you're lucky you know what it is before they do it.)

dubious peasant (generally agreeable but on the verge of plotting revolt if not handled appropriately and regularly)

adorable ward (is Baby, makes up for immaturity with cute looks)

sworn knight (serve you till the end of your days. plz give task. take on quest. affirm is good dog)

confused auntie (wants you to make good life choices, mostly just sits on chairs and judges you)

No Thoughts Just Vibes (average golden retriever in my experience and also borzoi)

[riley-coyotl]

Kelpie @ 30 weeks old

[saum0-0]

guys you don't understand i love big buff horses so much

draft horses you are gods most perfectest creations

[bert-jansch]

Percheron, Brabant, Vanner cob, Clydesdale, another Brabant, and Ardennais, in order.

Some more buff horses for your consideration:

Ban'Ei

Boulonnais

Drum horse

Muraközi

Shire

Rhenish German Coldblood

[bert-jansch]

Noriker

Dutch draft

Suffolk Punch

Sztumski Polish Draft

Clydesdale

And lastly.. More Brabants, my very favourite!

[abirddogmoment]

It started lightly snowing while the sun was setting and the overall drama of the scene was off the charts 💜

[quietwingsinthesky]

we trust dogs so much they have such massive teeth and we still shove our faces near them to give them little kisses

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[smauggles]

Smaug loves to beg for showers. Most times he fluffs up and goes nuts, then other times he sits there and acts like he's just 'enduring' the shower, but if I dare stop spraying he will immediately flip his shit.

Become damp is his one goal

[easymagic]

same energy

[squidinkarchives]

Greyhound Staffordshire Dog Pen Holder, 19th Century

Source: Rochester, NY Rochester Auction House

[vidapuppen]

New dogblr game! Tag yourself for your alignment

[dogfancier]

Ch Southport Sample, "about the best dog of recent times. His body is super-excellent, while he carries an enormous coat." Rough collie owned by W.E. Mason, published 1909.

[tea-time-terrier]

Stealing this from a competitive obedience group because the answers have been fascinating. I would love to hear elaborations on methods/reasonings if you're up for it!

Do you use a bait/treat pouch?

Yes

No

I don't work with animals/see results

Voting ended onJan 16, 2025

[sandmandaddy69]

[oarfjsh]

they probably cant love me back in a human or even mammalian sense, but my goldfish with their smooth pea-sized brain have learned to trust that i will make them better when they are sick. i feel like crying about this often

[cantabilechaos]

Maybe Princess the tarantula never had anything resembling what we as humans know as emotions, but she still came out of her burrow and up to the glass when we’d talk to her and used to stare at the drawing I’d tape to her terrarium. Maybe she couldn’t even comprehend what we were, but she knew we were there to take care of her. And even if she never showed that sort of curiosity or trust we’d still love her.

[gay-jesus-probably]

Idk if Munchie the praying mantis felt love for me, but I do know he trusted me enough to climb onto my hand when offered and was comfortable with allowing me to carry him places despite me being absolutely massive in comparison to him. So that's close enough in my book.

[anarchistmemedistro]

[kat-n-dog]

Reptiles are generally primitive creatures that likely don't experience emotions like we do. But both snakes that I've had quickly learned that I was "safe"/not going to hurt them and would scoot back to me in unfamilar situations. I think that's its own form of love. Being a safe place.

[poetic-corpse]

We lost our beloved cat Goblin today. We think it was some sort of rare kidney cancer and she just deteriorated so fast. We got her five years ago on January 2nd and shes been a constant companion throughout that time. She hates the fancy food and loves watching construction outside her window. A dumpster cat we plucked from the trash, she was always there to cuddle you or smack you in the face when you cried. She traveled more than a thousand miles to start our new life in Toronto but she's unable to see it through. She will live on through us. I know I never talked about her, but she was the best cat anyone ever knew. And now, even if you never met her, she will live on through you too. I hope you get to love her as much as I did

Miss you gobs, now and forever.

January 2nd 2020 - January 6th 2025

[dozydawn]