The Menagerie

This is a sideblog for my Dogs! Individual Info in Pinned!

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PINNED POST!!

Main Characters:

Aara: Disabled Human, 21 y/o, He/It - Handler & Trainer 💕

Bijou: Brown/White Parti Standard Poodle, 6 y/o, Female - Retired SD / Pet 💙

Nova: Black Solid Standard Poodle, 4 y/o, Female - Part-Time SD 💜

Hawk: GSD/Golden Mutt, 2 y/o, Male - SDiT 💖

Tarrasque: Chihuahua, Puppy, Male - Sport Prospect 🩵

Side Characters:

Dollface: Tortoiseshell w/ White Cat, 8 y/o - Task Trained ESA - She was task trained before we got Bijou! (She does NOT do any form of PA, as ESAs do not have public access rights according to the ADA!)

Nebula: Tortoiseshell Cat, 4 y/o - Just a Pet! She's a very good polydactyl girl, many beans.

Puffin: Tux Cat, 2 y/o - Got him when he was a kitten, my roommate took him in the split, then moved, so I have him again.

Bonnie: GSD/Lab/Great Dane, 2 y/o, Female - Previous Foster Dog, Co-Owned by a good friend

Sudo: Great Pyr/Boxer, Puppy, Female, - Shelter Thing, Co-Own w/ Bonnie's Owner!

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Hawk got to do a Dock Training day!

He had so much fun, I'm excited for next time we get to go down!

[Hawk is a Service Dog in Training, but he is also a Working Line GSD Mix, and needs extracurriculars, lest he get bored. This is one of them!]

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SHARKHOUND CAPE !!

I FORGOT TO POST IT BEFORE OOPS.

@dingodoodles Thank you again for being a [Quack]ing wonderful inspiration and the reason this cape was able to happen ^-^

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Little known fact- I can get SUPER hyperfixated on things and make a f[QUACK]ton of designs based on them.

Anyways, @dingodoodles Fool's Gold Animated Series has me by the THROAT.

Service Sharkhound be upon ye!

I was tempted to throw some Stelkin writing into there as well, but I love my friend who embroiders for me too much to do that to them LMAO

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FORGOT TO POST IT FINISHED OH SHIT

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"Scuse you?" -Bijou, probably

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Today's the DAY!!

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Today's the DAY!!

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Let's be eepy with mama

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Okay so we can all agree I have the dog with the cutest face literally ever, right?

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Little known fact- I can get SUPER hyperfixated on things and make a f[QUACK]ton of designs based on them.

Anyways, @dingodoodles Fool's Gold Animated Series has me by the THROAT.

Service Sharkhound be upon ye!

I was tempted to throw some Stelkin writing into there as well, but I love my friend who embroiders for me too much to do that to them LMAO

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did you go to prom?

Did you go to prom?

Yes

No

We didn't have prom

Voting ended onJul 17, 2025

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So fun fact. My boyfriend at the time's school refused to allow me to come to prom due to the fact that I had my service dog (at the time) with me. He told them she was coming with, gave them my contact info, they just didn't send me the "required documents" to fill out.

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Teaching him very important things at the comic/card store

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Hawk (10 mo) did his first Renn Faire !

He got a little overwhelmed at the beginning and end, but overall did a very very good job.

And we got PICTURES!!

[dogfancier]

Halliwell Sweet Lady, wire haired fox terrier, who earned her championship at the Melbourne Royal Show, 1928

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Tru

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Hawk is coming with to Therapy for the first time, will Update with how he does!

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I'm telling yall if you need to pick any one trait for choosing a service dog prospect let it be confidence

A bidable dog is great but if they startle at every noise or are scared of strangers or don't like shiny floors then you are not going to get very far

GET A CONFIDENT DOG

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Please. Pleasepleaseplease. CONFIDENCE PEOPLE CONFIDENCE.

(From the tags)

I have had this. My Washed girl loves me, would focus on me over the world at the start of an outing, tasks beautifully when she's not been scared, but if she gets spooked by like a kid grabbing her tail or back because I have shit peripheral vision and couldn't see them coming? I've lost all that focus for the rest of the trip, and I have a shut down scared dog. If we find a quiet corner to people watch for a few, we can halfway recover, but it's usually just enough to get us safely to the car.

Make confidence your priority.