#intriga hounds

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[intriga-hounds]

The SoCal Silken Soiree was good to us!

Summerstar Stairway to Heaven “Sivi” took Best Veteran, an Award of Merit, Best Stud Dog, and Best Legacy Dog in Show 1. He was Best Veteran in Show 2.

KadlecStarfyreMtLassen@Intriga “Milo” was Best of Opposite Sex in Show in Show 1 and earned an Award of Merit in Show 2.

Kadlec Starfyre Nikita “Ponzu” was 4th in American Bred in Show 1 and 3rd in American Bred in Show 2.

Intriga Pilot Episode “Pilot” was Best Opposite Puppy in Show in Show 1 and won the 3-6 Month Puppy Class in Show 2.

[escritor-lector-embriagado]

Algunas personas no le tenemos MIEDO a la MUERTE ... en lo personal , solo me dolería EN EL ALMA , la tristeza de mis AMIGOS Y FAMILIARES si dejó de existir ... pero para mí sería un alivio , quizá . Esque ya ESTOY MUERTO EN VIDA , MUERO cuando no puedo ser yo mismo , estoy MUERTO porque no puedo AMAR , me siento MORIR cada que me da un ataque de ANSIEDAD , me ahogo y mi corazón no deja de latir , MUERO cuando mis transtornos mentales salen a flote y no me dejan fluir , MUERO en vida porque ¡ soy prisionero de mi mismo ! , y para mí la muerte misma podría ser un alivio más no un MIEDO ... ENTONCES por ahora ¿ Qué o a quién estoy esperando ? ...

[catsofchaos]

ITS OFFICIAL!!!

little miss mars is here to stay!

we did a two week trial to see if rowan would stop pissing or start biting. while we had some hiccups, everything has settled and it's going to work!! i'm SO excited bc i've been wanting a silken for 10yrs and specifically a puppy out of intriga hounds. it still is so surreal that i have a ponzu puppy after dreaming of it for so long. mars has been absolutely perfect for our household (thank you max!!) and i'm proud of her for a new reason every day. i love her sm

can't wait to see what the future brings!

[mariekavanagh]

The Black Sheep Dog series by @izzythehutt

[kindacringeworthyhuman]

Some Sabran for you today. It's also worth mentioning that I'm the world's worst photographer so any nice photo you see is taken by Hilla's mom, anything awkward and blurry is likely from me.

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Ok so the beach. I'll actually post about this because it was today and I'm in my feels about it still.

Me and my old skrunkle chihuahua went to the local dog beach exactly once. It was awful. He was rushed by a group of dogs immediately and I got him away but the rest of our time there he was just stressed so we left and never returned. We went to other beaches (he liked to dig in sand) but he wasn't a dog who had recall and he did not trust other dogs so it was usually brief and at weird hours.

So the idea of going to The Dog Beach around here has always been kind of foreign and intimidating and I've kind of been avoiding going alone because I wasn't sure what to expect. Going to Washington and seeing her test our recall training was scary but great and she is pretty ok at it. But it gave me the confidence to try it here and damn I'm proud. I'm proud that she had like 95% success at coming to me. I'm proud that when she got over stimulated by other dogs that she came to me and just made space for herself. I'm proud of her for going in the water despite not being a natural water dog, which Washington also really really helped with. I'm proud of her for respecting the "no thanks" body language of other dogs, and for initiating play with several who wanted to play with her. She's this delightful little extrovert who isn't a dumbass about it and I just love her so much.

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She baby

She went with me to my spinning guild meeting today and was amazing. Everyone loved on her, many didn't even realize there was a puppy there she was so quiet, and she slept most of it. It was a lot of mental and social stimulation and she did great at communicating when she needed a break and later when she wanted mommy time (where I then held her like a baby while talking about spindles to someone).

I won't pretend that I'm not occasionally losing my damn mind with the constant gentle corrections ("no thank you ma'am" is what I've found myself saying a ton and I have no idea where it came from) and redirections from cords to safe chews. Puppies are hard. But there are times when I'm just in awe of how well she's settling in and handling these really weird novel experiences. She's so damn smart and I can't even be mad that she's learned to use the potty bell to go outside even when she doesn't have to go, because she's happy just sitting with me on the stairs and watching the wind in the trees for a couple minutes. Like ok I probably needed that too fiiiiiiine.