Bellatrix & Melanie

Border Collie, Boxer, Animal Shelter Volunteer, Chronic Illness & Spoonie Everything tagged as #photography is my own work.

[trollprincess]

Do me a favor.

Reblog this if a medical professional has ever treated you like shit or fucked up your diagnosis or was just generally wrong.

[suqarbagels]

If you can teach a dog the meaning of the word no, it shouldn’t be a difficult concept for men

[erikaehm-blog]

Seriously? I’m just casually looking at local rescues and literally fuck every single one of them. I’m so sick and tired of this “only people with this this this this this this and that” attitude. “We won’t adopt dogs to apartments. You must own a house” bullshit. 

“If you don’t make x amount of money, you don’t deserve a dog” is what I hear. Also “we won’t adopt cats to houses with older cats or dogs” okay. So now I know why shelters here are always complaining about lack of adoptions. Because their screening process is fucking ridiculous.

And then they wonder why people buy from BYB. Because breeders are expensive and rescues are fucking ridiculous. 

Seriously. Out of curiosity I was looking at a husky rescue. Their requirements are insane. All of these rescues are. Hundreds and hundreds of dollars and no guarentee of even getting a puppy. 

I’m so frustrated and I’m not even actively looking for a puppy. “adopt don’t shop” yeah okay, when you make it easier to do that, let me know. 

[oliveramy]

Reason I got a breeder dog instead of a rescue. The corgi rescues close by charged $400+ for a rescue and wouldn’t adopt to apartments or people who had never owned a corgi. Along came my friend. I got a papered puppy for only $400 and the only questions she asked me were reasonable ones like “will your current dog get along with a puppy?” “Will you be able to afford him?” “Are you willing to sign a contract to send the puppy back if anything were to prevent you from taking care of him?” “What color/gender do you prefer?”

Yeah. Adopt don’t shop is a joke.

[greylilacs]

When we went to rescue my first dog the shelter refused to let me look at the hound dogs because she said hound dogs didn’t get along with teenagers. I picked out a lab mix puppy, but she ignored me several times and instead grabbed out a rotty mix and she was in a huge hurry. I looove rots, but I didn’t know how to handle one so i asked if I could see another dog and she rolled her eyes and grabbed up the dog she brought out SUPER rough and hauled her back and I just shouted out “NEVERMIND. I want her!” and that’s how I got a super dog aggressive, super resource aggressive, and once bit at my face for trying to put a harness on her. 

[oliveramy]

Hounds don’t get along with teenagers? What? Since when????

[erikaehm-blog]

Ugh that’s awful :( Also anyone who is liable to sneak food under the table is a hounds best friend…it’s okay though, I was just looking at MORE rescues who are so awesome they don’t adopt hounds to a house that has non-hound dogs 

[oliveramy]

So not only do they not get along with teenagers they can’t get along with other breeds??

[erikaehm-blog]

Nope apparently hounds are mean lazy fuckers best suited to large yarded, dogless households with only human adults.

[oliveramy]

Poor hound. Omg. They’d be so bored faerielandcorgiandbeagle, better get rid of Jim. He must hate Fae!

[faerielandcorgiandbeagle]

Oh yes, Jim just hates spending time with his sisfur, all the times I catch him cuddling her are just a lie!!

[rescuedbellsandmels]

Let me go tell Mel she can’t get along with Bella anymore or my nieces/nephews. The only thing I agree with the above is that hounds are lazy.

[flamesconsort]

I just saw a post comparing dog sports to zoophilia. I can’t reblog it (mostly because I don’t want to and partly because I blocked the user) but I am utterly disgusted that ANYONE would think mental and physical exercise for your dog is the same as that. My dog can’t consent to jumping through a fucking hoop so it’s the same as your damn disgusting zoophilia? If I don’t support your gross bestiality, I should keep my dog locked up all day because he might injure himself unconsensually? Makes total sense!

[faerielandcorgiandbeagle]

Unless you are throwing your dog through the hoop, or beating them for not doing it, I am pretty sure they are consenting. Any dog I have ever watched do agility is so excited to get in there and do their thing, you have to try to stop them from doing it not force them to do it! If your dog doesn’t love agility you will know it early on and I am sure wouldn’t continue because it would be frustrating and no fun for either of you. So this persons comparison is dead in the water.

[rescuedbellsandmels]

Bella hates agility. (Ironically enough for a Border Collie) The only way she will do agility is if I have like fried chicken on the other side of a tunnel or something, and not even then. Bella does not want to do agility, which means we don’t do agility. Because when we try to do agility she lays in the floor or sits by the door with her no face on. She 100% understands that I am asking her to jump over that jump. And she is 100% refusing to it. So we don’t. Because she doesn’t like it. There is literally no way to force her to do it. Blegh. There is just no comparison between the two things.

[shepherdsteps]

Do any of your dogs like to watch tv? And if so, what do they like to watch?

Bear likes pretty much everything on the cooking channel except for Guy Fieri.

[ourshepherdpack]

I pretty much watch exclusively cartoons and then animal cops. Jasmine will watch sponge bob from time to time. She barks at the barking dogs in the animal planet show. Jinx doesn’t give a shit haha.

[alipynckel]

Maverick is my movie watcher. He likes The Princess Diaries 2, and The Dark Crystal.

[ciaraskellington]

Anything Disney, and Ciara watches. Also, big explosions and gun fire.

[galactic-companions]

Kenobi LOVES Criminal Minds, and enjoys other shows that are similar.

[lunaofthenorthwind]

Luna likes to watch animal documentaries with fast moving animals, however, her favourite programme is “Too Cute” as she gets really excited about the puppies’ cries and whines (it’s the cutest, she does the full shepherd head tilt and I melt). One time, we were watching Garfield 2 and she kept growling whenever he came on, who knows why.

[gatorthepyrador-deactivated2015]

Oooohhh Gator loves Too Cute too!!!! We haven’t watched it in a long time but he always used to tilt his head back and forth at them like “what is that? What’s wrong? Why are they crying, Mom? What do you smol lil bb’s need??” :P

Also, my brother is like obsessed with Cops and Gator always watches that with him hah

He sometimes cares about dogs barking and sometimes not. One time though I was watching some Alaska show and all the sled dogs (I think huskies) started barking and howling and Gator bolted his head up out of a sound sleep like “WHOA WHAT THE HECK WHY DOGS GOING CRAZY!?”

And also Gator sometimes takes cars very very seriously. Like they’ll honk or slam a door or whatever and he BOLTS upstairs or to the door, just barking his head off. Like he legitimately thinks that there is a car outside. LOL

One time a long time ago I was watching PBS Nature or some shit and I think there was a jaguar or maybe it was winter and a lynx or snow leopard or something, definitely a predator, and then later birds, and Gator came darting in from the other room and literally stood in front of the TV growling. Lmfao

[rescuedbellsandmels]

Melanie does not like tv.

Bella watches tv and likes cooking shows (especially anything with gordon ramsay in it. he yells a lot so it keeps her attention) , animal planet, shows about elephants and sometimes tennis if she’s in the mood.

[seoulsistersue]

Ok so it’s between these two~ the one on the right is more gender neutral I guess! Husband can’t seem to decide….help!

[rescuedbellsandmels]

peach! the grey looks dull while the peach looks happy

[lunaofthenorthwind]

I made the mistake of owning a white dog and now I pay the price.

[gatorthepyrador-deactivated2015]

At least you can see the dirt though. Try having a black dog that jumps in a cranberry bog irrigation channel (aka gross, stagnant, muddy water, more mud than water) and you bathe him and are satisfied he’s clean when the water runs clean BUT THEN you take him inside and towel dry him off AND THE TOWEL IS STILL MUDDY! D: cause that actually happened to me last year lmfao but with a white dog, they’re probably impossible to keep clean and get muddy daily so that would suck D: Gator I just don’t know he’s dirty. I guess ignorance is bliss????? Though his newest thing is rolling in the sand/clay/dirt pile in our yard and besides changing color, we are finding small piles of grey dust around the house LOL but OMG SORRY I TALK WAY TOO MUCH D:

[lunaofthenorthwind]

I can understand what you’re saying, I think brown dogs are the way to go from here. I am seriously considering buying Luna one of these for the winter:

When it gets to the point that it’s constantly wet all of the time I can’t even walk her down the street without her becoming filthy from the puddle splashes. The only issue with the rain suit is the fact that everyone in my town is going to know me as that weirdo that always buys strange equipment for their dog. It’s not even expensive for what it is and I adore Hurtta products so there may be ridiculous photos of Luna in waterproof overalls very soon, watch this space.

[gatorthepyrador-deactivated2015]

Brown dogs seem awesome!

But ohhhhh you definitely need ti get Luna a rainsuit!!!

I can see how having a white dog would suck with puddles and stuff. :(

[faerielandcorgiandbeagle]

Jim’s undercarriage and legs are white, and Fae’s are white/light honey colored so I feel your pain with the slush and melting dirty snow in fall and spring. My dogs are forever greyish beige during those times of year.

[rescuedbellsandmels]

As someone with a black and white dog and a brown and white dog I can say there is not best color for them being dirty. Though mine seem to prefer rolling in freshly cut grass and coming in green stained.

[psychedelic-croutons]

[asymphonyofwolves-deactivated20]

Don’t date someone you wouldn’t own a dog with

[straightedgemama]

This is like really sound advice though

[rescuedbellsandmels]

Think of it like this. The dogs I owned before the relationship are my dogs. I don’t care if they like him to the moon and back more than me. If we break up they go with me. No negotiation.

If we get additional dogs together there are a couple of different scenarios as to who gets the dog.

If we both love the dog equally and both can provide for the dogs needs then the person that the dog likes more can take the dog, this way the dog will be happy.

If my partner cares less for the dog than me or has a just a dog attitude and I think the dog will not be as happy as it can, I will take the dog this is not negotiation either. I’ll steal it if I have to. Generally this is something you’ll find out very quickly after getting a dog if you partner is worthy or not. Aka, are they an asshole to your pets? They are probably an ass and just hiding it from you. 10/10 recommending judging people based on how they interact with waiters(and other people in service positions) and animals.

Did my partner get me the dog because I wanted one while he has no specific interest in pets? My dog! No negotiation. None in the least.

Basically when I get a dog with someone I make it clear who the dog is going with when we break up. I got Bella and Mel with with my ex and both were non negotiability going with me, and they did. 

TLDR: Don’t date someone you wouldn’t be comfortable sending the dog with after the break up.

[foreverdisneynerd]

I know everyone talks about Hans and everyone thinks he’s the worst animated villain ever, but guys

have you forgotten the Other Mother from Coraline?

She took sad kids from their homes and made them think they were living in paradise and made them so happy they would want to stay with her

but then as soon as they decided to stay, she forced them to SEW BUTTONS INTO THEIR EYES and then ATE THEIR SOULS!

And when Coraline refused? She turned into this monstrous monstrosity 

and then forced her to participate in three sick and twisted games and when Coraline nearly won, she turned into this even worse form

and then proceeded to chase Coraline in a sequence so terrifying it even scared adults

So when everyone goes on about Hans and Mother Grothel, remember this lady and how she was so terrifying she scared an audience of adults

[rescuedbellsandmels]

Coraline is the scariest movie meant for children that I have even seen. It still freaks me out. Other Mother is the real deal.

[greenekangaroo]

“What’s stopping you from-”

Money. 

Money is what is stopping me. It is what is stopping everyone my age. 

So please stop asking that stupid fucking question when you already know the answer and help us do something about it. 

[rescuedbellsandmels]

A Granny Backed Into Me

Went to get the kids nails trimmed. Right as I was pulling into the parking spot, about a third of the way into it, the old lady beside me decided she was going to immediately back out of her spot... Right into my rear passenger door. Right into the door that my kids were sitting behind. I honked the horn as soon as I saw her lights come on and I wish I had had more time to get my car out of the way. But she just came on back, she even kept it in reverse and pushed against me. I had to blow the horn again to get her to realize that she had hit me and that’s why her car wasn’t moving. (For reference I drive a large red suv. Very noticeable and hard to miss. She was in a 4 door car so there’s no way she couldn’t have seen me behind her.) We changed insurance information and I took my very upset kids into the grooming shop to get their nails did only to find out that their power had gone off right about when the lady had hit me. Not only was their power out but the whole towns power was out.

So I got a dent in my door and the kids didn’t even get their nails done. Luckily my door is metal and none of the plastic stuff so it’s cosmetic and doesn’t mess with the door opening and shutting. Now we just get to go back about 9:30 am tomorrow to try again for the nail trim. Really exciting day.

On a hilarious note, while we were sitting in the groomers waiting a few minutes to see if the power would come back this lady walks in with her great dane. Well her dane has a temperament like Mel does aka afraid of everything that isn’t MOM. And Bella greeted her like she does every other dog in the world, with mad teeth and her yelling voice. And this dane literally pooped in fear. Liquid poop everywhere. Well the lady dropped her dog off, conveniently it was scheduled for a bath appt, and when she was gone I was scolding Bella and I said...

“You literally scared the shit out of that dog with your mad teeth and barking”

And the poor lady who was cleaning this mess up lost it. I thought she was going to vomit she was laughing so hard.

Anyways, my dog literally scared the shit out of a much larger dog.

And Mel hid under a chair the entire time just chilling.

Cool story bro.

[busan-life]

Hm…

I’m curious. Do THAT many Americans really wear their shoes inside?

With most of my friends and family growing up, you had to take your shoes off before going in. I can clearly think of one friend’s family who didn’t, but I think that was because they were constantly going in and out since they were very into gardening and cars.

Maybe it’s because Americans freak out less if someone does come inside with shoes? I know I’m guilty of forgetting something and running back into to grab it. But I’ve noticed that in Korea, it doesn’t happen. Even moving my bed in the mover and my coteacher were worried about taking their shoes off!

[seoulsistersue]

All of my friends wore their shoes inside!! I always felt so bad. I would take my shoes off and carry them to my friends room but they were always like “what are you doing freak?” Ha dude!! We would only take them off if it was like hardcore raining or snowing! When my friends came to my house I was always telling them to take their shoes off and they always looked at me like I was the crazy one! Some would refuse to take their shoes off and my mom would freak out!

[rescuedbellsandmels]

I’d say it depends on the situation. I take my shoes off in my house, because I live here and don’t want to clean the floors more than necessary. I take my shoes off at my family’s houses, because its more comfy that way. I take my shoes off at close friends houses. But If I’m visiting or not close with the person then unless they ask me to remove my shoes then I keep them on.

[rescuedbellsandmels]

Mormons

The  Mormons are driving around my neighborhood knocking on doors. My kids are already in a bad mood because today was bath day. Next thing you know the doorbells rings (Public Enemy number 2 in my house second only to Door Knocking), and men in suits are trying to hand pamphlets through my door. They left extraordinarily quickly. Mostly because the couldn’t talk over Bella’s barking and Mel’s baying, and mostly because Bella was showing her angry teeth and pressing them up against the door so they could get a good look at them. Bella even stood in the window to make sure they left. Now she is laying in front of the door grumbling and looking out the window every now and then.

People are worried about me living on my own and try to talk me into getting a security system... I have one. A 33 lb Border Collie who get’s angry as hell about strangers. xD Plus a large Boxer/Hound who will hide around the corner and bay at you.

Welp. It’s been a pretty exciting morning. Wait until I break the news to the kids that I plan on painting this afternoon.

[awesomevines]

[sevensung-deactivated20200926]

PLEASE UNMUTE THIS

[rescuedbellsandmels]

The kids

[rescuedbellsandmels]

Someone turned 3 years old yesterday!!!!

Turns out she’s a lot less excited about it than I am. Bella will be 5 next month. Oh my dog. How did my kids get so old????

She still won’t tolerate her picture being taken unless I sneak up on her.