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[fisherfurbearer]

BABY TIME....BABY BABY BAYBEEEEE @justslowdown

[supersupersoupy-old]

Rabbit in Urgent Need of Rehoming

Theodore is a 9 month old neutered male rabbit located in the Greater Atlanta Area. We are currently looking to rehome him due to aggression issues with his current cagemate, Winston (pictured bottom left), though it is unclear at this point who is the aggressor. Theo is friendly, intelligent, energetic and loves to be the center of attention! We love him dearly but he has injured Winston, who is a senior rabbit, and we now worry for his health and safety. Anyone who is interested in his adoption may DM me or my fiance, @spread-evil. Theo will need an experienced rabbit owner and a companion of some sort, be they rabbit, cat or a human that is home often, as he is prone to mischief when bored. His adoption fee will be $50 in order to assure he goes to the best home possible, however we are willing to travel within the greater atl area and assist with travel fees for travel within Georgia and the surrounding states.

If you or anyone you know is looking for a rabbit, please please shoot us a message! If you prefer to communicate off tumblr, please DM either of us and we will provide our personal phone numbers to those who have serious interest.

Our situation is desperate and we will do what we can to accommodate anyone who believes they can provide him with a good forever home!

[goldenbeatle]

They look like a little old married couple and I love it.

@justslowdown

[sunsignshepherd]

This dog melts me like butter.

He’s SO sweet, SO loving. Has a huge, goofy personality. He’s excited just to live life and do our normal daily things. He tries so hard to figure out what I want and give it to me. Loves new people. Loves dogs. Loves kids. Loves CATS.

I’ve never had a dog before that was just Mine. That I had to socialize, and exercise, and keep healthy. And sometimes as a first time dog owner I’m prone to feeling like I’m doing kind of a mediocre job 😅😅 but all of the people I’ve met that own Kappa’s siblings have been an amazing support system. Just talking to them and asking stupid questions feels so good!

@justslowdown really did it! Really made a litter of wonderful, special dogs. Really matched us all up so well. Kappa is EVERYTHING I asked for and some things I didn’t even know I wanted! Thank you Cyril ❤️

[continent-of-wild-endeavor]

Kiwi Cool

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[fjordfolk]

Would you mind talking a little about buhunds? I've only met one at a dog show. Fell in love. I spoke with her owner for a while and they sound like great dogs. Would love to hear your thoughts/experiences!

I don’t have as much experience with them as I’d like, I’ve only passed a few, so chances are I can’t give you much more to go on than you already have. :P 

It’s also 3am, so open at your own risk i guess?

One of the main reasons I’m drawn to them is the historical aspect - the buhund was the defacto farm- and herding dog in Norway prior to the 1950s. At that point farms were growing (restructuring in the mid 1800s allowing people to farm for profit) and the buhund had seen a few decades of interest and standardization as the closest thing we had to a sheepdog, meeting an increasing need as flocks were expanded from tens of animals into hundreds. In the 50s our farming became effectivized, “sheepdogs from Scotland, used for things unknown to us in this country, such as keeping a flock so tight in free range that the farmer can walk into it and pick out his chosen sheep, or keeping the flock collected behind while the farmer walks in front” were introduced, and the buhund eventually lost his job. 

There’s a blurred line between hunt and herd in buhund, and there always has been. These days we talk about a line divide, but in terms of herding drive being modified prey drive, I think we can say there’s been less modifying than in more uh... sophisticated herding breeds. Training guides from the 1930s talk about an ideal puppy as one that wants to run down and “get” sheep, and from there the dog must learn to halt and chase as instructed. Jon Sæland, Buhund saviour and sheep expert anno 1939, says that a dog that can go where he’s pointed and bark on command is a perfectly useful dog, while a dog that can chase sheep or goats and stop/return when called is well worth keeping. The way he presents them it would seem as though most - if driven at all - have the foundation for both herding and hunting, and much depends on how the dog is then shaped. All in all, it’s not presented as an independent sheepherder, but works in much the same way as the lapphunds. Not collie precision, but plenty of drive. 

When I’ve asked buhund people about their experiences, it does seem like many underestimated the amount of hunting tendencies they’d encounter. I’m not sure if this is because their instincts are more likely to express as hunting behaviour (they’re good trackers, decent flushers, was in the same heap as elkhounds up until the 1900s, though i’m under the impression that they have more in common with the black than the grey) when left unshaped, or if they simply didn’t expect it because it’s marketed as a herder, or if there is actually a tilt in that direction.

When my mother was growing up buhunds were still the prevalent type on farms around here. Apparently, they were all named Stella.

At any rate, it’s not a collie. It’s supposed to be bold and clever, but loyal and dependant on their handler. It’s meant to be a good potato - can be used for anything. Mostly hiking companions these days.

Fuck, I want one even more now.

[nefja]

justslowdown replied to your post: Short-haired Icies exist and I think they look...

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They’re not my photos. They’re from the Instagram account Ljusglimtens

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I haven’t seen that many short-haired Icies but wtf? You can’t trick me. That’s a Finnish Spitz or smt

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Credit: merlin_the_icie

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[tetedurfarm]

justslowdown replied to your post “ok rabbit people, i’ve almost lived here a year and i have put my...”

I mean, what's wrong with a colony style large cage that you pull individuals out of to breed?

Anyways, I love colonies, keep colony style pens and cages, and vastly prefer my colony pens/cages over the smaller individual cages for a lot of reasons. It's worth a try.

i had a ground colony of growouts for a few months a couple years ago and it ended with twenty-five mysteriously and violently dead rabbits.  never again.

i’m not a big fan of group pens even for does just because i like to have things organized and i don’t want my show animals getting in scuffles or them having kits in a shared space.  the last time i had a colony type hutch i also found i wasn’t able to keep as good of tabs on them health/injury wise and had situations like animals with extreme malocclusion or missing limbs fly under the radar until they were nearly butchering weight.

i like colony pens for the socialization aspect, but there’s just too many cons for me to consider it again.