#winnie bear

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Winnie bear

A term for bears who are on the ficto-spectrum

( @radiomogai )

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“Honey bees make me sneeze” I just did a little free hand drawing of Winnie the pooh. I haven’t drawn him in ages. I wanted to see how well I could recreate it. Winnie the pooh is one of my most favorite things to come out from Disney in a very long time. Mine’s a bit wonkey, but I still really like it. I want to take a moment to say, from this post to all the posts before it, and all the posts that’ll come after. Thank you all so much for every like, favorite, heart, watch, comment, share, llama, retweet, everything you could do to show your like and appreciation! For this and any other post it means the world to me, so from the bottom of my heart. Thank you! <3

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i remember building this with alex; we had went to roosevelt field mall and bought it from the lego store and then came straight home and started building; he knew that i loved pooh & friends; he helped me build it while i sorted out the pieces for him; when we finished it, he put it in top of his drawer so we could see it; once i cleaned my room, he said he would give it to me to display it; unfortunately when his house caught fire, the firemen destroyed it in the process of putting it out; we'll never get the same thing back but at least i have the memory of it;

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I like making rhyming threats to my dog like ‘don’t you dare little bear!’ Cause it’s cute plus that’s the only I can actually make and I can only make it towards one dog

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The Sims 4: Recreating my Dogs

Over the weekend the expansion pack for The Sims 4 called Cats & Dogs launched. And you cannot imagine how excited I was for this to launch. Especially when the trailers showed that there was a new profession (vet) and there was a paint wheel. Wish this was available for sims for their hairs. But I can get why they didn't do this as they would have to undo and recreate literally everything in the Sims. So I can be happy with it only being available for the pets. As I was able to recreate my dogs in the Sims!

As a side note, I am seriously loving this expansion pack. I also love that for a Pit Bull the first generated trait is Friendly. Take that everyone who thinks they are vicious. It's not the breed, it's the owners and their terrible training. Pits are super sweet! Any dog can be vicious with horrible training. So I'm glad the auto-generated trait is Friendly instead of Aggressive.

Pixie Bug

So above is the real life version of my little baby named Pixie Bug. And below is the recreation of her within the Sims. I took around an hour and a half to recreate her. As she has so many patches and spots that cover her body. I started out by mixing a corgi and a parson terrier at a rat terrier was not available. Then sent hours perfecting the pup until it looked as close as possible to my little bug.

For traits in the Sims, I gave her the following traits:

Active - These dogs are very energetic. They really like running and enjoy frequent walks.

Adventurous - These dogs will sometimes leave the house to go on solo adventures, but are also happy to go on an adventure with their owner.

Jumpy - These dogs are easily frightened, and like to hide more often. They will often shy away from things like fights.

Winnie Bear

This is my mom and sister's rescue dog. She's also Pixie's BFF. I also probably spent a lot more time recreating Winnie in the Sims 4 as I wanted to get it perfect. To create her I mixed a corgi with a beagle then literally spent an hour painting all of her patches to look correct. After I made it I showed the pup to my sister, Lucy, and my mom and both of them literally went "Oh My God! Oh My God!" For like 10 minutes each. So I think I got it pretty spot on. As I spent quite a while just getting her stomach perfect since she has hardly any fur there so it's all pink with some very faint brown spots.

For traits, I gave her the following:

Aggressive - These dogs will be more hostile when greeting others, and might attack others unless properly trained.

Couch Potato - These dogs are low-energy creatures that like to relax and unwind with their owners, rather than run around.

Loyal - These dogs want to be closer with their owners and love to be pet. They like to follow their owners around.

What type of dog do you have? If not, what kind would you love to have in real life or within Sims? I really want a second dog that's a German Shepard.

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Dog Reactive on Leash tips

My mom and sister's dog Winnie Bear is very dog reactive when she's on a lease. And we're positive it's because she's terrified of running into another dog when she's on a lease. She's great with Pixie, but any dog she sees on a lease she goes into full panic mode. It may not appear that way by her smile or waging tail, but underneath this front she doesn't know how to handle the situation of running into another dog. And she wasn't always good about Pixie either, they had to build up a lot of trust before Winnie was fine to be left alone with Pixie. So what do you do when your dog is terrified of other dogs? Especially when trying to take them for a walk.

Tip #1: Don't Punish the Dog

The first thing people often do when a dog is exhibiting aggressive behavior such as growling, lunging, or baring their teeth is they punish the dog. This is actually the opposite of what you're supposed to do. They are doing this behavior for a reason, it's their warning to other dogs to back off because they are uncomfortable.

Goals:

Keep your dog calm and focused on you throughout the walk so they don't have time to be looking around at all the things you may pass by.

Create positive associations with your dog's typical triggers. Go from being scared or anxious about the oncoming dog knowing what your dog will do. Be excited and positive about it. They'll read your body language and understand over time that it's something positive rather than something negative.

If at all possible, avoid situations that will put your dog over their comfort zone.

In order to do this though you need to know what your dog's triggers are and what motivates them. As you can use that motivation to distract them past the obstacles that trigger them. For instance, Winnie loves her stuffed pig so we bring that on walks with her or treats and use them as the distraction or motivation to walk past over dogs. Another thing we do is create distance between Winnie and other dogs. Even if it's a puppy that's half the size of her head, she's scared so we create distance so she's comfortable with the situation again.

Now another thing that you really should do when your dog is reactive when on walks or just in general to dogs is to take them to a trainer. We are going to be taking Winnie Bear to a class that specializes in this topic. It's a six week program where you work with your dog to get them over their fears of other dogs. I'll let you know how that goes when Winnie starts the class next month. 

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