Velociterv

Poppy and Penny the Belgian Tervuren, Willow the cat, and chickens (Nettie, Amelia, Ada, Beatrix, and Esther). Ft. childhood cat Brooke.

[fjordfolk]

lovers of mayhem and violence<3

[velociterv]

Another Master High In Trial for Poppy on Friday! There were two trials running concurrently, and we only got into one so it was just the Interior and Exterior elements. Poppy was the only dog out of 10 to qualify in those searches. She’s a very good girl. She finished her Masters Exterior Elite title yesterday too! She did that in 13 searches, which is a ridiculous 76% qualifying rate, the average for Master Exterior is 46% q rate. I NQd us in interior yesterday by talking her into fringing. The hide was in the drawer of a desk and she found it and then I kept asking her to search and she alerted on the backside of the desk. If I’d thought about I’d have realized it was just the scent coming out that side. 🤷‍♀️ Poppy is amazing and I hope they have Scentwork Nationals on the west coast in the next couple years because she is really that fucking talented. 🥰

[abirddogmoment]

Well now that's a goose

[soulpups]

Hróar: beautiful, majestic, handsome, perfection

Maybe: looks depressed and drowned

[fjordfolk]

The only one not allowed fully off leash because he is an evildoer

[abirddogmoment]

My sweet linguine

[soulpups]

He's so handsome 🥺

[merlinimbus]

"Boy dogs are more affectionate than girl dogs-" "girl dogs love you, boy dogs are IN love with you-" Wrong. The only thing my boy dog does better than a girl dog is piss on himself

[allbarksomebite]

Pretty shiny grown-up looking girl!

[niqvassieart]

Sleeping on the dining chair as everyone else gets ready for bed.

[yutaan]

A papercraft memorial portrait of Cinder, a wonderfully sweet cat. Her most beloved pose was loafing with her legs tucked up underneath her, so that was the requested pose for the piece. I hope I did her cuteness justice!

[abirddogmoment]

Swimming!

[pitbolshevik]

nothing but love for my mutuals who own dogs like this but i think sometimes people who get involved in dog training discussions need to have like some sort of user flair or signature that says "this person owns a border collie/belgian malinois/insert super biddable herding breed here"

[pitbolshevik]

like tbh i think pit bull breeds' stubbornness is exaggerated, but even still with roswell for example i have to make an effort to keep training fun and interesting for him or he will tune me out and if he feels like what im asking him to do is unreasonable or unfair he will let me know.

if i, for example, stopped rewarding him he would probably very quickly go on strike lol

[wyrddogs]

Hope you don’t mind me going “yes and”—

I think there’s a specific subset of person who get a specific dog that works extremely well for the Task they are interested in, and they forget or fail to consider that other dog personalities exist. For the type of general training thing you’re talking about it’s often herding breed folks, but it can occur in any breed. Here are some specific examples I’ve encountered in person:

I took an online bikejoring course and also traveled to visit the trainer in person about fifteen years ago. I worked harder than any other student and made the least progress. Bindi found the combination of pulling into harness + being in front of me + being responsible for navigation to be too much pressure. I never was able to get her to pull me on a bike. After about a year of frustrating wheel spinning, my trainer said, “Well MY dogs love pulling and they love seeing what’s around the corner. That’s how Bindi should be motivated.” She had Alaskan huskies.

My first nosework trainer did not approve of me hunting with Kermit and at least once a month would comment that he would be ruined for nosework if I continued. I struggled a lot to find a reward that was worth his time because Kermit hates toys and food is a medium reward at best. He’s a very difficult dog to motivate and it’s been a real learning experience for me. My trainer told me, “Well MY dogs do it because I ask them to. I expect them to work purely for the love of the game.” She has shepherds of varying flavors.

I once agreed to help someone start her dog in tracking. I told her to bring hot dogs. She did, but didn’t want to use food. When she does barn hunt her dogs are able to go purely off instinct. When I was going over how to introduce the concept of AKC tracking, she kept interrupting me, “Well MY dogs do it because they love me. I tell them Mommy is proud of them and sometimes I pet them.” She has dachshunds and greyhounds.

So it’s interesting. They have a dog who the Task is easy for, so anyone who is struggling is just doing it wrong.

[pangur-and-grim]

I also got Belphie a present, but he started playing with a stick off the ground instead…..

[insomniac-arrest]

I wish AI would stop making so many animal story posts. I LOVE animals and they are ruining the loving-animals ecosystem. And also the real ecosystem

[insomniac-arrest]

The truffle hunting cat is AI, I’m so sorry guys

[gingerkingfisher]

Fuck AI, look at my handsomest boy instead, he helps me in the garden by digging holes next to where I am digging. He is not helping at all, but I appreciate his spirit, we are bonding.

[my-dailydreams]

[spiribia]

it doesn't matter to cats what kind of bad week you're going through, they'll come into your room and start doing repeated bulldozer attacks on you