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vagueing on dogblr in the 2020s: here's a randomly posted strong opinion i have, aimed at no one in particular, for no particular reason :)
vagueing in kennel club gazettes in the 1920s: "A self-professed 'terrier man,' who shall remain unnamed for reasons soon to become apparent, wrote in your latest publication-"
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vagueing on dogblr in the 2020s: here's a randomly posted strong opinion i have, aimed at no one in particular, for no particular reason :)
vagueing in kennel club gazettes in the 1920s: "A self-professed 'terrier man,' who shall remain unnamed for reasons soon to become apparent, wrote in your latest publication-"
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shetlanders: we want to name it collie, you know, like the sheep?
collie fanciers: ewww no :(
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Sorry, I can't come into work today. I have to hold my dog like a littol baby and rub her fluffy tummy. Thank you for your understanding.
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there's something to be said about this trend of doing prelim hip screening on very young dogs and freaking out when they look kinda meh
there's a whole bunch of other somethings to be said about vets apparently bringing up FHO as an option based on those prelims??
#i feel like my brain might leak out of my ears sometimes#and i am not a medical professional. not even a medical amateur#but even in my own private life ive seen (frankly kinda poorly done) hip xrays and hear that the vet that took them#held up surgery as an option for hips that were just mild to mild-moderate#idk if its got to do with more people screening and more professionals getting close to areas of the field theyre less experienced with#or what#but i#feel like i see more of it now than just a few years ago#imho prelims in general have limited value? if you're considering sinking thousands of dollars in importing a puppy for breeding#you may wanna rule out hips looking severe at baby ages#but if youre a regular person invested in the health of your individual dog - HD has such variability in expression#and prelims are just a general prediction (unless its getting old enough to soon get proper ones anyway OR you're looking at symptoms)#a great prelim prob wont turn awful and a terrible prelim wont turn great#but if your puppy is acting normal theres really nothing that xray will tell you that should much affect how you raise it#and a LOT of the ppl i see doing them now seem either mostly impatient or mostly looking for a reason to freak out#in case hips turn out looking TERRIBLE (mediocre) and HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN (because OFA fair is often FCI mild and also its chance)
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I think of myself as their king
at this point both of my dogs' dams have passed so now every time someone refers to me as their mother i get to look them in the eye and say "her mother is dead."
#we're a constitutional parliamentary monarchy#it doesnt really hold up but i choose delusion#gotta love weird hire structures though
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at this point both of my dogs' dams have passed so now every time someone refers to me as their mother i get to look them in the eye and say "her mother is dead."
#just to prove a point i just#fucking hate that sh so much#i get that its a gendered language issue for me but like. people who have known me for decades still pull this sometimes and the alternative#would be to strangle em to death and dump their corpse in the fjord so#im going the peaceful route. using my words
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she's really an autumn girlie but winter will do also
#last time i posted this angle of her someone (i dont remember who) sayd they'd#never be over whatevers going on with those ears#and honestly? me neither#but if i had to guess my money would be on Spite
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Dw though if she can't trick you into petting her, she'll hypnotize you instead
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sometimes you just sit there like
what is THAT.
every now and then someone'll post an xray in a HD/OFA group and i'll just sit there like the hips are tthe LEAST interesting thing in this photo
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every now and then someone'll post an xray in a HD/OFA group and i'll just sit there like the hips are tthe LEAST interesting thing in this photo
#scrolling through comments hoping someone's explained What Is Happening withthose KNEES#and its an xray so obviously#this could just be a normal angle ive never seen before#granted one that shouldnt be sent to hip screening
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Lunert:
Melis:
@kangals this is the easiest question ive gotten in ages.
Troj:
Spart:
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melis has reverted to night time zoomies and violence (pestering lunert, with teeth) so we've reverted to evening wire pen and a stuffed kong.
i dont remember any of the others having puppy stage throwback to this extent, but I'm sure it happened.
#18? 19 months old?#i'm very confident this is another phase. we've had these#but i think the others had it a bit earlier and probably not as bad - then again#shes a pretty intense puppy compared to troj and lunert#shes a spitz sparty unfortunately
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youre telling me theres bitches who didnt mark until their first heat???? you're telling me not everyone had a puppy whos been marking like crazy since 4 months old?? who in adolescence has advanced to leg lifting for walls and trees???? theres males who dont mark until adolescence?????
#'if you get a female at least you dont have to worry about marking' someone said to me with a male that didnt even try to mark until#he crept up on hormonal maturity#meanwhile spartys had her leg up since she learned how to balance on 3
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