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How Owning a Cat Can Heal Your Pain
Some days ago I shared an article with some Cat Facts and Curiosities. What I did not tell you, dear friends, is that having cats at home can have multiple health benefits. I’ve kept cats for more than 20 years in my home. I have always loved them, especially my boy, Poku, who was so special and friendly. Anytime he felt I was stressed or angry, he would sit on my lap and help me relax. But I…
#Animal Companionship#Cat Health#cats#Cats and human health#Feline Friends#Healing Power#Heart Health#mental wellness#Pet Therapy#PETS & ANIMALS#Purring Benefits#Toxoplasma Gondii
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5 Tips for Responsible Pet Ownership in Family Settings
Every home needs that special touch, a fluffy (or not so fluffy) companion who makes our hearts flutter with their innocence. But how do we ensure that our tail-wagging companions experience the same joy they bring into our lives? This guide will lead you through five fundamental tips that every family should follow to create a loving and nurturing environment for their pets. From adopting the…
#animal companionship#family pets#family settings#pet adoption#pet behavior#pet care tips#Pet Health#Pet Safety#pet welfare#responsible pet ownership
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Paws for Healing: The Role of Dogs in Therapy and Mental Health
Explanation of how dogs are used in therapy Dogs have long been considered man’s best friend, providing companionship and comfort for centuries. However, in recent years, dogs have taken on an important role in the field of mental health. Trained therapy dogs are used to help individuals cope with a variety of mental health conditions, including anxiety, depression, PTSD, and more. These dogs…
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#animal companionship#animal-assisted therapy#anxiety#canine-assisted therapy#depression#emotional support animals#Human-Animal Bond#mental health#Pet Therapy#PTSD#Service Dogs#stress relief#therapy animals#therapy dogs#well-being
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Exploring the connection between being autistic and loving animals
The Autistic Teacher
#autism#actually autistic#animals#i love them so much#empathy#sensory processing#companionship#anxiety#special interest#neurodiversity#actually neurodivergent#feel free to share/reblog#The Autistic Teacher (facebook)
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I think the thing about Spy X Family that I love so much about it is that there IS like suspense and tension, but it's never like…."these two characters are upset at each other and it makes me uncomfortable."
In situations where that kind of deal arises, it's either portrayed in such a goofy and over the top manner that it doesn't come across as disconcerting, OR it's a scenario where WE as the audience are in the know, and we know pretty much everything. And even then, the characters react out of LOVE and CONCERN rather than distrust or fear.
The perfect example of this is when Yor gets wounded and Loid IMMEDIATELY thinks she hates him. What does he do? HE COMES UP WITH EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO DATE IDEAS THAT WILL NOT ONLY MAKE THINGS EASIER ON YOR BUT ALSO WILL SHOW HOW MUCH HE LOVES AND APPRECIATES HER.
And how does Yor react? SHE DOES HER DAMNEDEST TO MAKE LOID HAPPY BY ENGAGING IN HIS CUTE DATE IDEAS. Even though she feels rough and is in pain and is worried about not being grateful enough, she struggles through because she knows how important this all is to LOID.
After so many fucking rom/coms (which, let's be real here, Spy X Family is a fucking rom/com) having miscommunications be poor and lazy excuses for conflict and lies and hurt, Spy X Family is over here using miscommunications for growth and as opportunities for KINDNESS and CARE.
And that's because they trust each other SO DAMN MUCH. I don't think I've seen a media property where conflict is used for positive growth as consistently and with such skill.
The strongest metal must pass through the crucible, but the crucible need not be one of stress and fracture. Let yourself be forged stronger by care, by reassurance, and by love.
#spy x family#sxf#spyxfamily#forger family#loid forger#yor forger#spy x family manga#spy x family season 2#spy x family spoilers#twiyor#spy x family loid#spy x family yor#forger more like “forged in the fire of love and companionship to be the strongest bond in fucking anime” your honour
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Neo. My best friend, my soulmate, the greatest love of my life.
Ph. Aleksandra Instagram: tanzdreamer
#we've weathered countless storms#and embraced a multitude of joys#unconditional love#eternal companionship#neo#siberian husky#husky#dogs#wolf dog#animals#wolf#canine#my photography#mine#photography#photographers on tumblr
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Like with real animal husbandry, "Is it possible to..." and "is it a good idea to..." yields two different answers!
Is it possible? Hares are working animals. Sometimes it's necessary that a hare be trained to behave in the field around things it thinks of as prey. (Carriage hares can't be snapping up pursedogs as a mid-day snack, after all.)
The success of such endeavors depends on how good a trainer the hare's bonded person is, as well as the temperament of the individual animal. So yes, it's possible.
But is it a good idea? Only if you're willing to take the risk of Fido mysteriously going missing.
#worldbuilding#creature design#hare#c: quincy#c: licorice#dan art#art#answered ask#also you could if you kept them separate like how some people own both cats and fancy rats irl for example#just best to never let them come into contact#most haretouched people dont feel much need for other animal companionship tho#dogs are less common in the north anyways
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We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love. And then we return home.
Australian Aboriginal Proverb
Twain, 2010-2024
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Can we see more about pyliod....he's so silly. ♥️ kissing him on the head.
I'm obsessed with how khait mimic real world bulls but also goats in their behaviors. are there any other behaviors/traits they mimic from IRL animals?
Which leads me to the question: what separates livestock from pets?
Esp for brakul, I'm assuming the animals he lived around when he was younger were livestock and meant for eating - but what if you had a favorite? Was it different for janeys? Hibrides?
Also leads me to another question: fish keeping - is it a hobby? Are fish just seen as food or can they be considered decorative?
(please forgive any spelling errors it's 1 in the morning for meeee)
Don't know if you saw this post but this gives a good rundown of khait behavior. They're based on wildebeests and most of the descriptions of their social behavior are accurate to them, other aspects of their behavior is pulled mostly from other bovids (other antelopes mostly. l swear I saw urine self-anointing+wallowing by topi or hartebeest or smth in a documentary once, but in terms of bovids that might just be a goat thing. Cervids also do that). Not much of their behavior is actually based on cattle, besides using cattle as a model to inform the concept of a hypothetical domesticated antelope. There's also some horse influence, though in that case it's pretty much exclusively to inform the concept of a non-horse domestic ungulate used Primarily for riding, and their interactions with humans.
The like, general definition of distinction between livestock/pets would be a venn diagram between 'livestock' 'working animals' and 'pets', with livestock being animals raised for production (meat, wool, fur, leather, eggs, milk, etc), working animals being used for physical labor or otherwise performing utilitarian 'jobs' (plow animals, riding animals, ratters, herders, guardians, etc), and pure pets having no directly 'productive' role and exist for companionship, ornamentation, etc (though the definition of a pet can be pretty nebulous, especially if you're framing it around emotional attachment instead of the lack of a productive angle). These categories can heavily overlap.
This is just a generalized answer (not even in-universe). How a culture defines these concepts separately (if it does at all) is going to vary extensively.
Brakul grew up surrounded by livestock/working animals and virtually no animals kept EXCLUSIVELY for companionship. The core subsistence method is a mix of settled agriculture (producing primarily grain) and seasonal pastoralism of cattle and horses (producing primarily dairy and wool), occasionally supplemented by hunting and fishing of wild game. The diet revolved around dairy and grain with meat being eaten irregularly, especially for people who aren't rich (which in this particular context is primarily measured in the quality and quantity of livestock- someone wealthy in cattle can afford to slaughter more frequently). Slaughtering a cow is a special occasion. Brakul's clan was on the lower end of the livestock wealth scale, so he ate meat infrequently and almost never his Own livestock (mostly eating hunted/fished game, meat given as gifts or in trade, meat provided by the ruling clan by social obligation).
(This is also broadly true of animal husbandry in Real Life across history prior to industrialized farming- most livestock is more valuable alive as a continuously replenishing resource (milk, wool, eggs, pulling plows, etc) and thus would be slaughtered for personal use infrequently. In class stratified societies, the majority of animals raised for meat would often feed upper classes rather than the people actively involved in rearing them. Some pastoralist societies will rarely or virtually never slaughter their animals for meat, as they are wholly relied on for products they produce while alive.)
So Brakul existed in a context where it was very possible to get attached to livestock and working animals. A lot of basic survival revolved around the dairy and wool the livestock provide, there are high emotional stakes in their survival and well-being, so personal attachment to these animals (even those likely destined for slaughter) can come naturally and be beneficial. The concept that's more alien to him is pure companion animals that don't really do anything directly productive. House dogs kind of freak him out because they're SO different from the dogs he was used to (extremely independent livestock guardians that don't really bond with people, and herding dogs that bond readily with their owners but are notably intelligent and self-sufficient). Encountering dogs that are utterly dependent on their owners and desperate for human attention was like 'what the fuck is wrong with that thing? sad'.
Pretty much the exact reverse situation for the characters from noble families. They would rarely be in close contact with livestock or subsistence level working animals (if anything, they/their families own land and livestock that is entirely raised by peasant workers), and instead would have most contact with pets/ornamental animals/leisure type working animals (hunting dogs, sport khait), and animals used in transportation (cart khait and oxen). They have VERY clear, clean-cut delineations between 'pet' and 'food' (though still not as much as is common in industrialized societies where most people are completely and utterly disconnected from the sources of their food. They're still Connected to the process, seeing animals being slaughtered is a part of daily life). They also would have eaten meat on a much more regular basis, while having little to no personal involvement in its production.
Wardi culture as a whole is not big on companion dogs (there are a few companion dog 'breeds' within the region, but most are hunting or herding dogs). Polecats are by far the most common companion animal in this cultural sphere (they technically fill working functions as ratters, but are mostly kept as housepets). Other animals kept purely as pets are mainly ornamental fowl and ducks. There's also a kind of pygmy horse breed that is kept as a companion animal (reminder that horses in this setting share the size range of goats).
Faiza, Couya, Janeys and Hibrides all grew up with pet polecats and hunting dogs, and sport khait owned by their families. Hibrides had pygmy horses as a kid. In the present day, Janeys' household has two hunting dogs that he doesn't like all that much, he also got two polecats for his children (one of which died tragically after being thrown from a window by his eldest), and has 14 total khait (12 of which are Brakul's) (technically owns another herd and a herd of cattle, but has nothing to do with them. It's an investment). Faiza likes dogs quite a bit and owns three bred hunting dogs and one feral dog she took off the street, also two khait (she owns land and the animals are kept there).
Re: fishkeeping. There's going to be plenty of variation in a global context, but broadly speaking keeping fish as a hobby/for display/other non-meat purposes is going to be on the rarer side in this setting. This is a limited practice in Imperial Wardin (you'll get the occasional wealthy home keeping fish in a courtyard pool but there's no traditions built around it). In terms of nearby civilizations, it's a much more significant practice in Bur, where water gardens with ornamental plants and fish are integrated into temples, city layouts, and wealthy homes.
#Also keeping animals PURELY for companionship is going to be rare in this setting overall. The vast majority of the world's population#is existing at subsistence level and maintenance of an animal that provides no practical benefit in return (as much as one can argue#that emotional companionship is a practical benefit) is unsustainable in a lot of contexts.#Though sometimes the 'practical benefit' can be intrinsic to the animal enough to lower this barrier- ie any dog can benefit its owners#by barking to alert of intruders (and may be able to mostly fend for itself and not require a massive investment in resources)
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a lone cowboy and the wide open sky
#fire emblem#fire emblem three houses#felix hugo fraldarius#horses#cowboy#he's the least horsegirl of the f4 but that's just because he didn't get to be a cowboy in canon. my eyes have been opened#he likes animals and he's good in mounted classes and can you not just see him out there. with only his horse for companionship#all he needs of course. what more is there to want#the horse in response says ''pbbhhh'' which means ''it'll be ok gayboy''#forgive any errors in this. I'm a horseguy but I've spent more time in the saddle than drawing other people in saddles#his leg is kicked up on the front edge of the saddle it does have volume and shape it does
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THATS MY CHILD I LOVE HIM
#wuthering waves#lingyang#wuwa#you see i didnt feel anything when i first saw him in the trailers or anything#and when i started his companionship quest without even knowing i didnt rlly care i just wanted more exp to lvl up and play the main story#but somewhere in the middle he worked his magic he is now my son#his combat animation's super cool too ;;;#excuse the lowqual im just a mobile gamer#playing on pc is more frustrating it lags so much lol
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My baby is so lonely...no one understands him
#I'm sure he has a princess bed don't change my mind#I bet he has lots and lots of stuffed animals that he uses as a form of companionship and relief#I made the bottle as a joke that his parents would rather take him to a psychiatrist for medication than take care of him lmao#If you noticed Confucius more opaque in the first image congratulations you got the hint of his sadness!#At last the common labels are coming don't worry#my style#painting sketch#my art#clone high confucius#clone high fanart
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Oh dang, I really got in at the last minute! Time really flew this year!! Happy requestober, everything I've seen looks amazing so far! Could you please draw something where the Vargases get a Joel kitty but just like... *Not* under terribly sad circumstances? Like maybe after adopting Todd, they get a family cat? Thank you so much! <3
Day 31 - Mutual introductions
#My art#Requestober#Vargas#Scriabin#Edgar#Todd#Shmee#Ah! What an oddly appropriate end to the season isn't it!!! Kitty boops <3#Cats have been on my mind even before all the boopage went down so that was a double bonus as far as I'm concerned :D#Not that I'm still very good at drawing them lol but I'm not unhappy with how he turned out <3#Maybe someday Joel will get his own tag lol I've doodled him a good few times now#Same design as the little chibi Joel from the 20th Anniversary piece hehe <3#I do really like the idea of the family getting a pet they'd be good to :')#And I think a cat would be good for them as well! Especially Edgar but all of them#Still holding onto my little pet headcanon that Scriabin's a Little freaked out by cats lol - too similar to get along!#He's hiding while Todd is out front so focused on being soft and gentle and not scary so he doesn't swipe at him aw#Fun to imagine them snuggling or sleeping nearby each other ♥#Animal companionship good for everyone! Settle nerves and respect boundaries hehehe#Good and wholesome I agree ♪
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The Benefits of Adopting a Dog from a Shelter: Finding Your Furry Best Friend
Adopting a dog from a shelter is a wonderful way to find a new furry best friend and make a positive impact on the community. Not only does it provide a loving home for a dog in need, but it also offers numerous benefits to the owner. In this article, we will explore the many benefits of adopting a dog from a shelter, as well as the importance of animal rescue and adoption. Whether you’re a dog…
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#adopting pets#animal adoption#animal companionship#animal rescue#animal shelters#animal welfare#Canine Companionship#dog adoption#dog lovers#pet adoption#pet ownership#rescue pets#responsible pet ownership#shelter adoption#shelter dogs
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Exploring the Connection Between Being Autistic and Loving Animals via
The Autistic Teacher
#autism#actually autistic#animals#autism and loving animals#i love them so much#hyper empathy#anxiety relief#companionship#sensory input#hyperfocus#scientific evidence#neurodivergence#neurodiversity#actually neurodivergent#feel free to share/reblog#The Autistic Teacher (Facebook)
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WE HAVE A CANON AGE FOR HOW OLD NIMONA IS
1015
That means her regular human form looks 15 years old
I went to a talk with the directors, Troy Quane and Nick Bruno, today and Nick said she is 1015 years old.
#i bring very important new from the field#this makes Bal wondering if she’s less than 10 years old even funnier lol#but it also opens up a lot of angst#that means the montage of her trying to befriend all the animals before she met gloreth happened pretty early in her life#she was created however she was created and almost instantly went looking for friendship and companionship#crying#nimona#nimona movie#nimona 2023
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