#and kovu woof

[princecoolkid]

Listening to the TLK2 ost has given me a new appreciation of the song "Upendi." I've never hated it but it's always been my least favorite with the best I could say for it is "it's cute (not very affectionate)"

But hearing Kiara join in and later Kovu at the end 🥺 Like oh no they're so FRIGGIN. CUUUUTE

[doomspaniels]

From just before the last SpanielCon: the Spaniels knew something was up, but they were just generally excited, bouncing around and woofing. I told them Kovu and @thelittlespanielthatcould were coming, and they became very eager. Gwyn began barking more excitedly (she's getting more confident; I hope the loud barking is a phase) and Tristan made anticipatory Tristan Noises as he spun and waited for me to open the door.

My living room is basically a playground for The Spaniels. Two daybeds in an L, three sets of furniture steps, coffee table with padding bungeed on to make secure footing (grommets in the blanket, so it can be removed & washed), big dog bed making another level below.

[randathecartoonpanda-archiv-blog]

A l m o s t, for the letters meme

original post here

Thank you friendo!! (It’s really cute that you spelled out “A L M O S T” ^^) I actually want to take my time answering these so this is going to be pretty long…

A - Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.

Oh boy, I have a lot of ships. I’ll do the best I can answering this, woof.

Romantic Ships (not OTP level):- Jaune/Phyrra (RWBY)- Amedot (Amethyst/Peridot) (Steven Universe)- PearlRose (Pearl/Rose Quartz) (Steven Universe)- Mystery Pearl (Mystery Girl/Pearl) (Steven Universe)- Sayaka/Kyoko (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)- Wendy Corduroy/Teen!Pacifica Northwest (Gravity Falls)- StarTrix (Starlight Glimmer/Trixie) (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)- Kovu/Kiara (The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride)- Sans/Toriel (Undertale)- Alphys/Undyne (Undertale)- Mettaton/Papyrus (Undertale)

Romantic Ships (close to OTP level):- Rock Stars (Greg Universe/Rose Quartz) (Steven Universe)- Lapidot (Lapis Lazuli/Peridot) (Steven Universe)- Panja/Malody (Jungle Emperor ‘89)- Sweetie Drops (Lyra/Bon Bon) (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)- Hiccup/Astrid (How to Train Your Dragon)- Jack Skellington/Sally (The Nightmare Before Christmas)- Rapunzel/Eugene (Tangled)- Victuri (Victor/Yuri) (Yuri on Ice)- Kureha/Sumika (Yurikuma Arashi)- Kureha/Ginko (Yurikuma Arashi)

OTPS:- Korrasami (Korra/Asami) (Avatar: The Legend of Korra)- Varrick/Zhu Li (Avatar: The Legend of Korra)- Bumbleby (Blake/Yang) (RWBY)- Mei/Gabu (Arashi no Yoru Ni)- Ruby/Sapphire (Steven Universe)- Frodo/Sam (Lord of the Rings)- Velma/Daphne (Scooby Doo)- Red/Snow White (BBC’s Revolting Rhymes)- SunLight (Sunset Shimmer/Twilight Sparkle) (Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks)- Monica/Chandler (Friends) (I don’t watch the show all that much, but they’re so gosh-darn adorable together!!)- The Guards (Undertale)

Friendships & Familial Relationships:- Francis/Bluebeard (Felidae)- Judy Hopps/Nick Wilde (Zootopia)- The Lion Guard (The Lion Guard)- The Gaang (Avatar: The Last Airbender) - Ghira (father) / Blake (daughter) (RWBY)- Strawberry Sunrise (Ruby/Yang - sisters) (RWBY)- Basically almost all the friendships in RWBY- Ducky/Petrie (The Land Before Time)- Kenichi/Tima (Osamu Tezuka’s Metropolis)- Coco/Toni (Jungle Emperor series)- Chris/Roy (Get Out)- Charlie/Ann-Marie (All Dogs Go to Heaven)- Mae/Bae/Gregg/Angus as a collective group (Night in the Woods)- Steven Universe (son)/Greg Universe (father) (Steven Universe)- Steven Universe (son-figure)/Garnet (mother-figure) (Steven Universe)

Did I forget any? Absolutely! :D

L - Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves. (Characters you’re neutral about are fair game, as are characters you merely dislike. Characters that you absolutely loathe with the fire of ten thousand suns are exempt, as there is no point in giving yourself an aneurysm over a character that you hate.)- Lars (Steven Universe): I like his design. And sometimes he’s funny and cute, I guess.- Unalaq (Avatar: The Legend of Korra): As boring as a villain he was, at least the creators were able to have fun with him in the recap episode (basically making him Karen in Mean Girls).

M - Name a character that you’d like to have for a friend.

Gregg Lee (Night in the Woods).

O - Choose a song at random. Which ship or character does it remind you of?

Current song playing in my head is Hozier’s “Take Me to Church”. Reminds me of Kureha/Ginko (Yurikuma Arashi).

S - Show us an example of your personal headcanon (prompts optional but encouraged)

Personal headcanon? I have many headcanons. Too many headcanons.

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending?

- (Scooby Doo) Daphne and Velma are secretly gay for each other

[spider-wolf]

So, I just got back from Camp K9 today and besides some unfortunate stomach issues I had an amazing time this year. Of course, this shouldn’t surprise me since I have had an amazing experience at all four of the Camp K9’s I’ve been to so far, but still the amazing experiences I had this weekend have left super me emotional and really thinking about how far I have come from the very first Camp K9 to now. In fact I kind of want to share how far I have come and how different a person I was at camp this year versus years past...

So, let’s hop in the wayback machine and go back in time a bit. In 2014, I was just starting to become part of the puppy community. I was curious but also terrified. I suffered from severe social anxiety and was prone to panic attacks anytime I started feeling overwhelmed or was around people I didn’t know well. Somehow though, Nightcat, my best friend at the time and the person who would later go on to collar me and become my handler, managed to talk me into going to the very first Camp K9. I had a few friends I knew who were going, and I grew up camping as a kid, and I love spending time in the woods, so I thought, why not? Worst comes to worst, I can hide in my tent or go wander into the woods if I need to escape. I’m still not fully sure how I convinced myself to go. I remember being both excited and super nervous.

At the time I knew I was definitely interested in pup play and had found my puppy side on accident by myself (a very different story for another time) but I had never really done any pup stuff in public. I had only been to two prior SEA-PAH events before camp, both of them moshes, and at both I had just stayed on the sidelines and couldn't convince myself to go join the other pups. Somehow though at camp something was different. I wanted to force myself to get on the mat and to try to pup out. I expected it to be hard in a way. I wasn't sure what to do or how to do it, but once I got on my knees I just felt free in a lot of ways. I wasn't having to try and read other people’s thoughts or navigate complex social hierarchies. Instead I got to play around and pup out for a bit. Once I hit the floor the same derpy joy and fun I had on the bed by myself came back in spades. I was no longer stressed, self-conscious, worrying about work, or anxiety or my body image. I was just worried about when the ball was going to be rolled my way. I was enjoying rolling around and trying to just react to the other dogs. Not in a forced way but just sort of instinctively. I didn't have to try and think of what to say. I didn't have to keep up a conversation or try and make a good impression. All I had to do was bark, and woof, and wag and play. It was fun. It was exhausting and draining and I was sweating like a pig by the time I left the mat but it was so worth it.

Then nighttime came and with it the dance. So the dance.... Well the music was awesome, as were the visuals (Both the pretty lights and the beatings) but despite all the awesomeness, for some reason I just started to get anxious and felt like I was on the edge of an anxiety/panic attack so I just kind of fled back to my tent and just laid there listening to the creek and trying to calm down. I really don't know why it happened though I was pretty damn thankful it only happened the once. After camp, I still had some hesitation at the next mosh after that first Camp K9, thankfully Skuff actually stepped in and helped me get past that hesitation with a couple friendly pushes that I really needed, but yeah, the first Camp K9 was the first time I ever moshed. It was the first time I ever did puppy stuff around other people. It’s also what cemented my desire to really become a part of SEA-PAH.

Fast forward a year to 2015. That year at camp I spent as much time on all fours as possible. I actually got special knee-pads so I could safely dog in the woods without fucking up my knees too much. I was still super shy, but had started to make a lot of friends in the pup community and in 2015 I had an amazing time at camp. One moment thought turned out to be one of the more important ones for me. At the dance that year not only was I able to get through it without having to run and hide in my tent, but an extremely sweet, super cute guy came up to me and begged me to dance with him. At first, I didn’t know what to do. I can’t really dance. I have no beat or rhythm and tended to get super self-conscious anytime I attempted to dance. In fact, when this cute guy asked me to dance with him I panicked and ran to Nightcat to ask him what I should do. Luckily my stalker persisted and drug me onto the stage with him. That person was Ryan, a Lion from Portland and a handler in the PDX-PAH community, and he wound up becoming one of my closest friends. In fact, he was my tent mate for both Camp K9 2016 and 2017.

So, in the first 2 years of camp I’d managed to mosh for the first time and meet someone who would go on to become one of my best friends. What happened next? Well by the time Camp K9 2016 rolled around Nightcat had not only collared me, but somehow this shy, quiet, derpy dog was serving on the SEA-PAH board as their Barketing Officer (Like marketing but dog themed… Get it? :p ) And I actually wound up hosting an event at Camp K9 2016 “Drunken Arts and Crafts with Nightcat and Pup Jarrad” Somehow I had gone from a shy new pup to being a community “leader” Still not sure how the heck that happened.

Between then and this year’s Camp K9 I had a lot of struggles. My depression and anxiety which I’d been doing way better with came back with a vengeance. I also struggled with a bunch of health problems involving my stomach, and there was a loss in my husband’s family that took a huge toll on both of us. I had to actually pull back from SEA-PAH and the community in order to take care of my husband and myself. That said, some good things have happened too. My Husband added someone to our family. His boyfriend Freud who is an amazing and wonderful friend and a great addition to our Polycule. I have continued building my relationship with Nightcat as we continue to push and challenge each other. I went to IPAHW and saw my first international title competition and I have made amazing new friends as the local pup community continues to grow and expand.

I was actually really worried about Camp this year because so much has happened in 2017. The political climate has been a bit distressing to say the least and I’ve still been struggling to reign in my anxiety and depression to get them back under my control. The thing is though that I had an amazing time. Every moment from helping Nightcat host his whiskey event by being his “pourer” pup, to hosting year 2 of Drunken Arts and Crafts, to having an “anniversary” dance with Ryan, to the fact that my husband and his boyfriend Freud came to camp for the first time. Everything was kind kind of amazing. In fact it didn’t even bother me that I didn’t get much pup time this year. Just spending time with my handler and all of amazing friends like Ryan, Kovu, Paul “Azazal”, Harley, Debit, Lobo, Tanalis, Kyle, Zombie, Jim, Imposter Kit, Tadrith, Freki, Siku, Caressa, Biscuit, Mark, Damian, Verger, etc…

I had so many amazing moments with so many amazing people. I ate ass, sucked tits, swam naked, fucked in the woods at night under the stars, I was trained, and petted, I earned treats and a few “punishments”, I laughed and I sang, I had some amazing heartfelt conversations and amazingly poignant moments as well as a whole lot of silly ones, I got drunk, I partied, and for the very first time I got through Camp K9 without any depression, anxiety, panic attacks, etc. I didn’t have to go run and hide in my tent this year (though I did have stomach issues that caused me to miss 95% of the Karaoke night) Heck I even was able to talk to a few new people. I am not the pup I was in 2014. I have grown so much in this short amount of time and I can’t wait to see where I am this time next year. Here is to an amazing Camp K9 2017. Thanks to everyone who helped put it together and helped make it happen.