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main @eskapisme so that's the one that'll follow you :)

[hitmewithcute]

Am I the good boy? Really??

[lloonlloon]

I mean this in the most sincere, heart-filled-with-love way, this dog looks like a worm on a string

[pawsitivelypowerful]

Everyone passed out with dad after their adventure today.

[snowysauropteryx]

How to draw a tree shrew:

Draw mouse.

HUMAN EARS. 

[dimetrodone]

[blueboyluca]

Ondangar is not Mauru’s only dog. Mauru owns several dogs and all fulfill tasks that seem to suit their character perfectly. Okandono, for example, loves to be away with the cattle. She knows her task so well that without command she comes along when the cattle go into the bush. The dog Babille is entirely different: she prefers the presence of the women in the camp. This is not only because the good-tasting sour milk is prepared here: she also stays at their side if a hut needs to be renovated or when the women go into the bush to collect wood. The women welcome this—less so out of fear of animals, who usually avoid humans, but more out of a fear of snakes. Snakes can lie invisible in the high grass and easily bite a careless walker. Babille reliably warns them of this danger—doing so out of instinct, since nobody ever taught her this.

Just as Babille stays with the women, the young Tahanau takes care of the children. Playfully the dog is taught this responsibility. At first she accompanies her human playmates on their search for mopane worms, which are a change in the diet of the Himba. In this season the worms are plentiful and the children collect them in mopane bushes. They then roast them over the fire and let them dry in the sun for a few days before eating them. Tahanau tackles this challenge with with visible joy and of her own volition. She seems to believe she’s the worm dog of the village. Through her participation in the search for worms, she becomes more of a protector for the children. This side benefit seems to have developed completely naturally and without any prompting by humans. The Himba never force a particular responsibility onto a dog; the dog chooses its own.

— Dog’s Best Friend: Journey to the Roots of an Ancient Partnership (1999)

[streetdogmillionaires]

“she seems to believe she’s the worm dog of the village”

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

One of my favorite thing I’ve learned about animals studies is that you should avoid using colorful leg bands when you’re banding birds because you can accidentally completely skew the data because female birds prefer males with colorful bands

Apparently if you put a red band on a male red wing blackbird his harem size can double

So like you can completely frick up the natural reproduction of a group of birds by giving a guy a bracelet so stylish that females CANNOT resist him

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

This is probably one of my favorite science anecdotes! This is why it’s so important to get outside the human umvelt and consider everything from the perspective of the animals you’re working with..,

[securityunit-ese]

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uomdogs Thyme was full of energy during his assessment and completed twelve consecutive runs, showing us that he can successfully detect the frozen odour while initially trained on the dried odour. Lots of stamina and lightning footwork from this young boy! ⚡️ #goodboy#springerspaniel #pupper

This is recorded in real-time, for when I tell him to start searching and when he finds the scent. 

There’s no mistaking when Thyme finds the scent :) very important to try and make the indication super noticeable. 

One of the other dogs indicates by bowing. One scratches the container. A few others drop. My other dog, who is not a suitable test subject, indicates by freezing in a stand - this makes it hard to tell when she has found a scent versus sniffing intently.

Other indications I’ve seen that pop up include barking, sitting and in the sports world a border collie who will reverse backwards to do a rear end target! Indications can take many shapes, but when shaping remember how obvious you want it to be, do you want your dog scratching (car search volunteers might not like this), freezing in place (hard to spot from handler perspective).

Thyme drops because I think it’s cute when his ears and feet frame the target, and also because it is obvious. But, mostly it is cute.

[zooophagous]

Aster and the lights

[abarkinthepark]

Daisy

[animal-factbook]

Dog owners please be aware.

[teamvoorhees]

REBLOG THIS PLEASE

[vaspider]

This is Snopes-confirmed. Also be aware this is very common in sugar free food of many kinds. The retriever puppy who I know of who died of xylitol poisoning got hold of a pack of sugar-free gum.

[veterinaryrambles]

Always good to remind folks - if it has xylitol, KEEP IT AWAY FROM DOGS! It induces profound hypoglycemia and liver failure and is life-threatening :(

[ainawgsd]

Friendly reminder to read ALL of the ingredients if you ever give any kind of “human” food or table scraps to your pets.

[calleo]

Also be aware of keeping ‘sugarless’ candies as well as certain brands of toothpaste (some natural brands sweeten theirs with xylitol) around.

Many contain either xylitol or malitol. 

The latter isn’t as toxic as xylitol, but can still put a dog into hypoglycemia, especially if they eat a lot or are a small dog. If you do keep candy or gum around that contains these, keep it well out of reach of your dog, including off of counter tops where it might accidentally get knocked to the floor (or where a larger dog could each) by a person or a cat. 

Best to keep it in a high cabinet if you have to have it at all but, ideally, just keep xylitol products out of your house if you have dogs.

[eggcup-deactivated20180129]

damn. baby flamingo

huge fuckin foot. damn

[securityunit-ese]

Reasons to do the adventure cross country with me:

1. Take This:

2. Turn into this:

[soulpups]

it’s called ~ fashion ~ look it up

[happytripawd]

WORK IT

[medvalkyrie]

She’s beauty, she’s grace, she’ll bite your face

[medvalkyrie]

Anya and Rutabaga (Ruby)

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Hey SD and SDiT handlers of Tumblr! Just for statistics reasons, I have made a survey about how service animal handlers feel about having photos taken of them in public. Please, please take the time to fill out this survey if you are:

18 or older

have a service animal or service animal in training that does public access

If you fall into both those categories, go to the survey!

Please share this wherever you want and signal boost. I would like to use the data collected from this survey to help build awareness of service animal etiquette. 

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@actuallyservicedogs would you mind giving this a signal boost to your followers please? 

[pitfights-deactivated20201012]

Solas loves warm laundry.

[dogvines]

reminder that every day you can go here and click the purple button to donate food to dogs in need