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absolutely full of the zooms today

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😭😭😭

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Figure A: causing problems on purpose

Figure B: remorseless acknowledgement of causing problems on purpose

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Terrier-ing

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one tells only uncomfortable truths, the other only lies you want to hear

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🐾 Audrey wrapped 🍂

You wallowed in disgusting mud and unknown organic material 28 times

You got washed and didn’t know why 34 times

Your favorite genre of 2024 was The sound of your own voice — for the 5th year in a row!

You ran face-first into the ball you were catching 35 times

You let another dog catch the ball 77 times

You herded 28 new friends

You poked complete strangers with your nose 14 times

You spent 36 hours looking out the car window

You got scared by a sudden noise on the 4th of July 0 times

You saw 8 new state parks and 12 new beaches

You listened to The wind through the leaves and grass for 76930 minutes - that’s in the top 1% of listeners!

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Length

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More trans terriers, bc I'm trans and I love terriers

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Screamed, wailed, and yodeled until I let her in and then body slammed me into bed so she could lay on top of me. At 6am on a Saturday. Grandma gets whatever she wants

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I went to visit a friend that has two whippets and they kept looking at me like I owe them 5 dollars and they're too shy to remind me. I'm not built to withstand such eye contact

this is such an evocative and accurate description of being gazed at by a sighthound who does not know you

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Gradually we have developed a tendency to fall asleep with Gwyn's head cupped in my hand (and often at least one of her feet, I don't know but it's hilarious and sweet). Gwyn also has become my personal nurse. She won't leave me unless I encourage her to go, and she runs back as soon as she can (she can be lured out to a field for longer walks, but will run back to the house, and me, as soon as they start turning back). It's very sweet to know she's trying to keep an eye on me, even if she wouldn't know how to react if I did have an emergency.

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hmmm

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artist who usually draws horses draws a wolf

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“The terrier is of all dogs the most dependent on human companionship for his efficiency. If your terrier is to do his best for you in the field he must share your home, or if he lives in the kennel you must be often with him […]. A dog so studies your face that he learns to anticipate your wishes, almost to read your expression.

Moreover, he picks up a good many words when he is always in the house, and I have generally found there are some words which are so thrilling that they must be spelt out by members of the family. The sound of them is too exciting for the small friends under the table, or seated in their favorite chairs round the room.” - T.F. Dale, Working Terrier Past and Present, 1907

Even working terrier men have to spell out ‘w-a-l-k’ on occasion.

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frosty mornings are his favourite

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Today I encountered an especially pathetic Italian greyhound. His owner told me that a gust of wind once blew him into a lake.

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stood up for two seconds to get myself some water from the kitchen and in that time My Nice Heated Blanket With No Dog Hairs became Maya’s Nice Heated Blanket With So Many Dog Hairs