it was like social media for your cats (and dogster for dogs) started in the early 2000s. I originally thought it was started by the magazine company but it seems the website came first according to wiki and then they bought CatFancy magazine? It slowly started having more and more magazine elements, like articles, vet care tips, food brand spotlights etc and eventually just turned to full info articles and no social media around 2013.
But in the early days, You'd upload your pet pictures, write a bio and history, birthday, fav food, fav toys etc. Even had an option for how many of their 9 lives they've used up! You could visit other user's profiles and give their cats treats, I think you could add friends too. They'd do a spotlight of the week and feature someone's cat.
it was just so cute and also a sweet place to have a memorial for your pets. was fun just reading everyone's pet profiles.
I absolutely love these designs and the kooky stinky (/very affectionate) art style its WONDERFUL. Dogteeth looks like an actual dog w his head shape and his flopped ear and the way his claws dont seem to retract (?), n Carrionstar looks like a vulture w her markings n coloration…. just wanted to say that i admire how detailed you can make it even w how simplistic it looks <3
HEHEHEHE OMG yesss theyre stinky so smelly im glad you get it :3c THANK YOU IM GLAD YOU LIKE MY DRAWING STYLE i iiiii yes i usually like to draw more simple designs or whatever but try to make them expressive etc idk i just draw like this (real) IM GLAD YOU ENJOY IT !!!!!! YAYYY ❤️❤️❤️
ALSO WOOYES i based Carrionstar's markings and what not on vultures slightly : ) AND .
Dogteeth is actually a dog! It's true. Yep hi everyone she's a dog!! it's true. stinky. i WILL elaborate WHY shes here but the fact she's a dog is not a spoiler. dogy. heheh so happy u noticed how her claws dont retract.. and her bigass mouth
Keep the Season Merry and Bright... and Safe for Fluffy and Fido
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Kid nodded, and watched Goop vanish before he could get another word out.
… “Cranky guy,” Gaster said, peppy.
--
Goop would be gone for a few long minutes before teleporting back and handing down a slip of paper to Gaster.
“When you make the machine put that in and it will take you to all the worlds near your own. If you stumble on one where a version of you isn’t, it’s probably yours.”
--
Gaster took it, looking it over. “...so do I just keep putting this in over and over?”
--
“Pretty much.” Goop shrugged, “That’s how we did it.” He looked at Kid.
--
Kid wasn’t sure if Goop was talking about hunting for his soul or finding his children or some other world he wasn’t sure of, but he nodded all the same, and Gaster’s face looked a little more reassured for it.
“Thank you!”
--
“No problem.” Goop said, smiling a little.
Trying to smile.
Despite how silly this world seemed he felt tired.
--
Kid nodded. Glanced between Goop and Gaster.
“You get to bed. We’ll talk more tomorrow and help you start building the ship.”
Gaster nodded, just happy to have more talking happen tomorrow. He lay down on a dog bed and a huge number of mutts followed him.
Kid turned to Goop.
“...wanna walk back to the ship? Or teleport?”
It was up to him.
--
“We can walk.” Goop said, offering a hand to help Kid stand up.
--
Kid took the hand, bade goodnight to Gaster once more, and walked out with Goop.
“...how are you doing?”
--
Goop didn’t completely answer the question.
“... This is real, right? I haven’t gone insane? Have we both gone insane?”
--
“...yes,” Kid said, voice very serious. “This is extremely real. And very furry. We may still both be insane, but I’m sensing souls in all of those dogs so I’m overall pretty sure it’s real.”
He paused.
“...hey. Let’s teleport to Snowdin and see what Grillby looks like as a dog.”
--
Goop smiled a little more genuine and reached out to take his double’s hand before teleporting them outside of Grillby’s.
--
Kid smiled back, taking his hand and looking around as they landed.
Grillby’s bar was still there, though it was much shorter and had an arched open door like the lab.
The inside was the same brightly-lit, warm restaurant as usual, though filled with pillows.
--
“I guess it doesn’t really matter if anyone sees us?” Goop asked, turning to enter the bar.
--
“They seem pretty welcoming. Unless you want to practice your goo-dog form,” Kid said, grinning a little.
At the front of the bar behind a short bar was a short, fluffy, fiery chowchow with glasses perched on his nose.
--
“I have the blaster form from that one world I could do, but that’s not exactly the same.” Goop said, pausing to look down at Grillby.
“... He’s so fluffy.” He whispered and looked at Kid.
--
“That is the spiffiest dog I’ve ever seen,” Kid whispered back, grinning widely, noticing a bowtie around the dog’s collar beneath the flames.
--
“Do you think Sans and Papyrus live here or were they back with Dogster? I couldn’t tell.”
--
“I couldn’t tell either. It seemed like Gaster didn’t know Sans and Papyrus at all? They might live here. Want to ask around or look for them?”
--
Goop blinked and then turned to the nearest dog in the bar.
“Any idea where Sans and Papyrus are?”
--
The bloodhound’s droopy eyes looked up.
“Bwarp,” they said, turning their head to point out to the left, down the street.
--
“Thanks.” Goop said, petting the dog’s head before looking at Kid, laughing, and then walking out.
--
Kid laughed too, following him.
“This place isn’t so bad!”
The lights on their kid’s house were shaped like dog biscuits and Sans’ mailbox was full of well-chewed letters.
--
“I wonder what they look like as dogs that aren’t made of bones.” Goop said, approaching the… dogflap.
He looked around before ringing the doorbell, which was a squeaky toy built into the wood.
--
“They will be the most beautiful dogs in the whole underground,” Kid said with a very straight face.
There was the sound of scampering, unclipped nails on hard wood floors and a deep bark as a head popped through the dogflap.
“BOWH?” Papyrus the greyhound said to the strangers.
--
Goop looked at Papyrus, then at Kid.
“He’s so skinny.” He whispered, then looked down at the dog.
“Hi! Can we come in?”
--
Kid was fighting very hard to bite back his grin, nodding at Goop’s words.
Pupyrus’ face lit up and he gave a nod with his tongue lolling out, vanishing back through the dogflap with a flick of his tail, expecting them to follow.
--
Goop stepped on in through the dogflap and looked around the house to see dog beds and squeaky toys and piles of shredded socks.
He didn’t question where they might have gotten socks.
“Is Sans home?”
--
Papyrus gave another confirming bob, using his long nose to point to the couch as he trotted through the house on dainty toes, trying to paw the socks out of sight, cleaning up for their guests.
On the couch was a small, pale lump.
A Retro Mop.
“murph,” Sans said in his sleep.
--
Goop slowly gasped and pointed down at Sans while looking at Kid.
It seems he was a little less overwhelmed with the strangeness of this world now and able to actually enjoy it.
--
“Pet him,” Kid whispered, grinning at Goop’s reaction just as much as the sight of a tiny, fuzzy Sans on the couch.
Any world that made Goop make that face was automatically the best world. No questions. Best world.
--
Goop reached out to pet him even though he couldn’t feel it.
--
“whhuu!” Sans said, jumping awake and looking up at who was petting him with wide-eyes.
Oh. Another weird two-legged Gaster.
He burbled and rolled onto his back.
--
Goop flinched back, eye wide and looked at Kid.
Hesitantly reached out to rub Sans’ belly.
--
Kid nodded encouragingly.
Sans wiggled as he was rubbed, a sloppy grin on his face.
--
Goop stopped a moment later just so he could point and look at Kid. “Pet him and tell me what he feels like! Is he squishy? He looks squishy.”
--
Kid laughed, but quickly moved over, Sans happily letting the other one pet him instead, not minding how it might’ve been kind of weird to have how you felt while being petted described.
Kid was still grinning as he started to talk.
“Uh--not really squishy, I can feel bones, but the skin is very move-y and loose. The fur is bristley. He’s very warm and I can feel his chest shaking when he breathes. Not in a bad way, just--moving a lot. He’s very soft.”
He was still grinning.
--
Goop watched Kid pet him as he described how he felt, that giving him more pleasure than actually doing it himself.
“Where’s Papyrus? Do the same thing with Papyrus.” He looked around.
--
Kid looked around, finding Pupyrus walking out of the kitchen a moment later with a bowl of kibble balanced on his head.
He looked confused, cocking his head.
“Can I pet you and tell my friend about it?” he asked.
...Papyrus was pleased to oblige.
--
“He looks so boney.” Goop said, looking down at him. “... Really fitting, honestly.”
--
“Pet Sans in my absence, though,” Kid said, moving over and helping Pupyrus set the bowl down, giving Goop room to pet Sans again before Pupyrus pressed his face into Kid’s hands.
“He is very bony. Not as soft as Sans, it’s just bone. Not as warm but not nearly as much loose skin. It doesn’t move much when I touch it. Just very sturdy.”
--
Goop switched with Kid, going back to petting Sans. He nodded at Kid’s description. “Sounds like Pap.”
--
Kid grinned. “Yeah. ...he’s soft between the bones. There’s give. Still just a tight-strung dog.”
--
“I wonder how they’re brothers if…” Goop said, trailing off.
--
“...I hope that’s not a rude question here?” Kid said, looking down, but neither Sans nor Papyrus seemed to notice.
--
Goop looked between them but then just shrugged, content with not getting an answer.
--
They just set down with the dogs and continued to pet them happily.
--
After awhile of silence he looked at Kid again.
“... Not the worst way to spend three days.”
--
Kid nodded.
“...let’s ask if we can take pictures to show our kids back home.”
He was pretty sure Goop’s kids had never been in a world like this.
--
“Good idea.” Goop smiled and pulled out his tablet, getting Sans’ attention.
“Say cheese?”
--
“Blel?” Sans said, blinking eyes open and his tongue falling out.
--
He took a picture. “Beautiful.”
Goop handed it over to Kid to get a picture of Papyrus.
--
Kid took it and held it up.
“Ready, Papyrus?”
Papyrus looked up from his lap with big, brown eyes. Another photo.
“...they are the best.”
--
“Our kids have competition for being the cutest. Or maybe every Sans and Papyrus in the universe are just all tied?” Goop grinned.
--
Sans made a vaguely upset noise.
“I think that one is offended he could be tied.”
Papyrus made a similar noise.
“Oh dear.”
--
“Sorry pups, you can’t get between a dad and his kids.” Goop grinned, “Is your dad Gaster, by the way?”
--
Pupyrus cocked his head curiously.
Sans just let out a fart.
--
Goop started laughing so hard he rolled off the couch.
--
Sans looked rather pleased with himself, looking at Gaster upside down with his tongue lolling out.
Kidster quickly changed the tablet to recording mode while Papyrus looked reproachful.
--
Goop just… laid on the floor and laughed.
He laughed and laughed before rolling over and wiping the void from his eyes.
“He-... h-he farted!”
He kept laughing.
Goop didn’t even know the last time he had heard that noise.
--
Kid was grinning along, trying and failing to stifle his own laughter in favor of recording Goop’s; getting some shots of Sans’ smug dog face--even before Sans launching himself off the couch and onto Goop, following him around and poking at him, barking.
--
Goop didn’t seem to notice he was jumped on, but did look over at Sans as he nosed him and barked.
He wiped at his eyes and tried to calm himself.
--
Never one to be left out, Papyrus sprung away from Kidster and also landed on Goop, paws over his chest and enthusiastically licking Goop’s face.
--
“Ah! Ah, no! You’re going to eat some of me!” Goop flailed and tried to get him to stop.
--
Papyrus sat back, whining unhappily that he wasn’t allowed to join in the fun.
--
“No licking! I need my face. Poking is fine though.”
--
Papyrus perked up.
With his pokey, tiny paws, Papyrus tapped on Goop’s face.
--
He didn’t seem to mind it.
--
Papyrus left doggy footprints on Goop’s face.
Sans joined in a minute later.
Kid was shaking with repressed laughter.
--
He let them for awhile before waving them off. “Wait, wait!”
Goop took Kid’s earlier suggestion, spending a few moments to form himself into a very black silhouette that looked more like a wolf than a dog, the only detail being two tiny white pinpricks for eyes.
“I can dog too!”
--
Papyrus eyes lit up and he began to bounce around, eager for someone his own size to play with for once, instead of making him worry about squishing Sans.
Kid continued filming them, grinning.
--
“Okay but I don’t really know what I’m doing yet, so be easy on me.” Goop said, standing up.
--
Papyrus immediately bumped into him.
--
Goop stumbled a little, looking drunk with how he tried to control his legs.
He bumped him back.
--
Papyrus was immensely pleased and immediately set about teaching Goop how to walk properly.
--
Goop would get the hang of it eventually, even after many trips and stumbles.
--
When Goop was finally getting the hang of it, Papyrus would return to horseplay, cheerfully trying to wrestle Goop.
--
Goop would do his best to play back, but this wasn’t his forte and he hadn’t even really done it before.
But he tried at least.
--
Papyrus was happy to play however it went.
Fairly soon someone had broken out the bouncy balls and they were bringing them up to Sans to fling against the wall with his magic.
It was an excellent game, Papyrus happily trading off turns with Goop for who got to catch the ball each time, or competing with him to catch it first.
--
Papyrus always won.
Goop hadn’t formed a mouth, it was a little too complicated for a shape he wasn’t completely comfortable with.
After that he stopped and waved the the pups off to settle beside Kid, looking a little tired.
--
“Want to sleep here, or in the ship?” Kid said, looking down at Goop, wrapping magic around his soul, the tablet long put away.
Maybe Goop had already slept a while earlier, but that didn’t mean he might not have been tired from shape-shifting and this whole world.
He was pretty sure Sans wouldn’t mind another pair on the couch.
--
“In the ship.” Goop said, needing to relax after spending so much time in a shape he didn’t recognize, in a shape that took a lot more effort to move around.
“We can come back though.”
--
Kid grinned, nodding.
“Yeah, sounds good.”
He waved goodbye to the kids and offered his hand out to Goop to help him walk back outside before they teleported.
--
Goop reformed into his usual shape, waving to the kids before stepping outside with Kid and teleporting them back into the machine. Only once they were inside and the door was shut did he melt onto the ground and let out a sigh.
“That was tiring.”
--
“You enjoyed it,” Kid said, settling down next to him, hand out if Goop wanted to hold onto it.
--
A tendril reached out to do just that. “Yeah.” He said, smile in his voice.
“Didn’t want to turn into a dog and join us?” Goop laughed, “Or is that a little too far for you?”
--
“Nah,” Kid said, grinning, “I think I’ll stick to recording you all having fun so I can show your kids later.”
--
“Seeing their dad as a dog?” Goop laughed, “That’ll weird ‘em out.”
--
“Not seeing themselves as dogs?” Kid asked, still grinning.
--
“They might just see them as dogs rather than them as dogs.” Goop said, “But I could be wrong.”
--
“We should get a picture of your dog double, too,” Kid said. “Warm them up to the idea.”
--
“Oh yeah, we should. How long has it been anyway? Think they’re still asleep?”
--
“Yeah, probably. We should wait until morning I think, to be safe.”
--
“Alright. You tired at all?”
--
“Not as much as you. I’ll keep guard tonight. Even though I think there are a hundred fuzzy puppies outside who would also gladly guard us.”
--
Goop made a confirming sort of noise since he was incapable of nodding at the moment and went quiet before speaking up again a moment later.
“This is by far the weirdest world we’ve ever been to.”
--
“But, best world?” Kid asked, looking for confirmation.
--
“... I guess it is so far, yeah.” Goop laughed.
--
Kid laughed too.
“We’re marking down these coordinates for future reference, then.”
--
“You think if there’s an all dog world there’s something like… an all chicken world?”
--
“I sincerely hope there is an all-chicken world,” Kid said extremely seriously. “But if we come across an all-crocodile world, we’re leaving immediately.”
--
“I’ve never seen a crocodile. They look goofy.”
He only had children’s books to really compare.
--
“I had a friend growing up who was some sort of crocodile monster,” Kid said. With his childhood definition of ‘friend,’ crocodiles probably didn’t like him much, either. “They’re very pointy.”
--
“Yeah? They look like rubber to me.”
--
“You just said you’d never seen one.”
--
“I’ve seen them in books.” Goop scoffed.
--
“Okay but you know books aren’t like reality, right?”
--
“... We’re in a world full of dogs. I beg to differ.”
--
“...how is that like a book?”
Had they read very different books?
--
“... Fantasy book? Worlds full of weird shit? Fiction?” Goop said.
--
“Well, yeah, but I’ve never seen a fantasy book with a world of just dogs,” Kid said. “Besides, people would probably say it’s too unrealistic. Who would have built the houses if they didn’t have thumbs?”
--
There was a long, long pause.
“... Who did build these houses if they don’t have thumbs?”
--
Kid gave him a flat look. “Goop. I have an answer for you. But you’re not going to like it.”
--
Goop waited.
--
“Goop.” Kid leaned in close. “It’s magic.”
--
Goop quickly reformed and sat up without moving his arms, then reached out to grab Kid by the shoulders and pulled him close.
“No.”
--
Kid was pulled close, their faces almost touching.
“Do you have a better explanation?”
--
“We’re asking Dogster first thing in the morning who built these houses because no.”
Fuck magic being an explanation.
--
Kid just laughed, but he nodded.
“Go the fuck to sleep, Goop.”
--
Goop let go of Kid and lay back down, staring up at the roof of the machine.
“I’m too angry to sleep now.”
--
“Okay,” Kid said, handing him the tablet. “Watch videos of yourself as a dog until you’re tired again.”
--
Goop took the tablet and promptly dropped it onto his face without turning it on.
--
“Or that,” Kid said, curling up. “Goodnight.”
--
“There is nothing good about this night. You have ruined it.”
“Ruined it.”
--
“Not my fault. You’re the one who asked the question. You should probably keep thinking up other questions, like… who makes the kibble? Are there dog factories? How can they sew cushions without fingers?”
--
Goop raised his hands in the air and yelled in frustration. “Aaaaa͡aa̷aáA͏̶̷AAÁ͘A͝A͏A͝A͞͏̀A͘͏̕̕A̶̶̸͝H̛͟H́͟͡Ḩ̷̵̧҉Ḩ̵̧͜H̵̡̡͡͡H͢H̢͘!̛͘”
--
Kidster cackled.
“This is also why I told you to not think about it when you asked about Sans and Paps being such different dogs!”
--
Goop kept yelling, reaching down to smack the tablet into his face.
--
“Don’t break your tablet! We have dog pictures on there!”
--
“My head is way too squishy to break this thing.” Goop said, lifting it up to show the dent it had made, then pushing it back into place.
--
“You might drop it through your head and crack it on the floor, though.”
--
Goop scoffed and put it back inside his chest.
--
“Goodnight,” Kid said again, still curled up.
--
“Night.” Goop said back, laying there for a few moments before he pulled himself up and moved to sit beside his friend.
--
Kid didn’t really fall asleep, but he did lie there and rest a while.
--
Goop did much the same. His head leaned forward a little and his body went a bit stiff, eye closing while they rested.
It was nice to hold a form he recognized again.
--
Even if they didn’t fully fall asleep, they both definitely needed the rest, laying there for a while.
The next morning they would return to the lab, helping the bipedal Gaster start on his transport and ask the dog Gaster how buildings were made.
To which they got the response, (translated by bipedal Gaster), “I don’t know, I’m not an architect.”
--
Goop would be sure to get a picture of Dogster for his kids and when they weren’t helping out the only other biped in the world they were with Sans and Papyrus playing with them. It was tiring keeping a form he wasn’t sure how to work, but by the end of their stay he had a solid grasp on how to run on four legs and committed the new shape to memory.
All in all, it was a nice, fun world to be in.
When it was time to go they wished the other Gaster luck and made their way back to the machine, punching in the coordinates for the next world before making the jump.
--
They were considerably more calm, pushing the buttons to get them to the next world. Though they were certain the next world wouldn’t be as pleasant as this one had been, it had still put them in a good mindset going-out.
They weren’t as tense as they had been coming into the dog world.
The machine buzzed as it took off, slipping through the void and emerging easily, but once it was on the other side--
They were shoved onto the floor and suddenly weightless as something threw them away and sent them plummeting.
For some people, autumn means getting ready to hibernate for the winter, but for dog lovers it means fall activities to do with your dog.
Dawn Celapino | Aug 31st 2017
Have you ever thought of doing outdoor activities with your dog that would not only be fun but require you and your dog to work together? This creates a great bonding experience and also provides a physical and mental challenge! Let’s explore a few fall activities to do with your dog:
Hiking With Your Dog
Equipment needed: Harness and 6-foot non-retractable leash that gives you control over your dog in case of other animals or obstacles on the trail; hiking pack with collapsible bowl, water bottle, treats, snacks, poop bags and small first-aid kit.
Quick tips: First, check that the trail is dog friendly. Some national parks and state parks do not have dog-friendly trails. Ensure the terrain is safe for dogs. If your dog is only used to a walk around the block, a 5-mile hill climb may be too much at first. You don’t want rocky terrain that will tear up Fido’s feet. How’s the weather? Many hiking trails can get rather hot, so pick a cooler day and time of day. Will there be shade? Take plenty of water and a bowl.
Stand-up Paddle-boarding (SUP) With Your Dog
Equipment needed: Harness and 6-foot non-retractable leash so your dog doesn’t swim away; stand-up paddle-board; personal flotation device for dog; waterproof phone case so you can take your cell phone safely; sunscreen (human and dog safe); hat.
Quick tips: Get Fido used to the SUP on flat ground first. Use treats and positive reinforcement. Then start out in shallow water, and only go out for a short paddle the first few times so Fido will get used to the sensation of the board and water. Never take your dog on a SUP without a personal flotation device. Even if Fido is a great swimmer, the jacket will have a handle on the top to help get him back on the SUP in case he jumps off.
Boot Camp With Your Dog
Equipment needed: 6-foot non-retractable leash; harness, as it is easier on the neck than using a leash and collar; front harnesses recommended for heavy pullers; bottle of water. Some classes recommend a yoga mat or towel.
Quick tips: Find a class that has a good reputation for working with the dogs as well as people. Are there going to be other dogs there, or is it a regular boot camp class that just a few people bring their dogs to? You want to find one in which the exercises will mentally and physically tire out the dog. Is the class appropriate for your dog? For example, having a Bulldog run and do jumps is not usually recommended; Doga Yoga may be a better option in that case. These are just a few ideas that you can try with your pup. Work up to any new fitness routine with your dog just as you would yourself. Ease him into the new activity slowly. And don’t forget to have fun!
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