#chi's adventures in pet ownership

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yes i Am paying real money to make you all look at our new dog. we've had her for 3 hours and if anything happened to her I'd kill everyone in this room and then myself. her name is Tater Tot

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everyone say happy 15th birthday to the specialest little boy

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a little cat does need a lot of petting

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🟢ㅈ🟢

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the creature

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she said 👁️👅👁️

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why don't you look at a black cat turning brown in the sun etc etc

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the bone stealing witch strikes again

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so pretty 🐶

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sphinx mode

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i am actually really worried about tater tot...

...I'm just not sure she's comfortable enough in her new home :\

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the nickname thing Is real though because Jiji officially adopted us like, a month ago, and since then the list of things we address her by has grown to include:

jijicat

the jeej

miss jee jee

little missy

missy miss

miss kittle / miss kitty

kittle diddle

spooky cat

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photogenic lady

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oh I did NOT expect this many new followers from my silly dog post, holy cow! hello!

I told Tater Tot she's very popular on Tumblr and she sneezed on my face. I'm not sure what that means but probably "thank you" or "treats?"

A couple people mentioned Brittany spaniel and I thought that too when I first saw her, esp. from the markings, but now I don't think so. Her mom was definitely an Aussie so that part at least is certain, but her quietly observant & attached behavior, her floofy drop tail, and the slope of her back all say "livestock guardian" to me. We have a feral cat who comes by every day and is not sold on the new addition, but Tater Tot doesn't show any interest in going after her the way a herding dog or gundog would. She's also big (~50lbs), bigger than our last Aussie!

She actually loves hugs which is unusual for a lot of dogs, so everyone who asked me to give her a hug has been obliged (and now I am covered in giant white hairs - another point in favor of Pyrenees) (◡⌣◡) 

We probably would have named her something else, but she came with "Tater Tot" and it fits her so perfectly (plus she already answers to it) that we're keeping it. Her littermates were Pancake and Hash Brown.

Not dog related but @ the 5 teenagers among you: Hello! You are perfectly welcome, my blog is strictly PG-13 - I will post the occasional pinup/artistic nudity (such as what you'd see in any art history class)/suggestive content, but it's always tagged, and I never reblog anything explicit. I also try to keep politics, discourse, and heavy topics off as much as possible. That being said: I SHOULD NOT KNOW HOW OLD YOU ARE. I can say I'm a safe adult and absolutely mean it, but you have no way of verifying that! Go take your ages out of your bios! Always lie to strangers online! Be safe out there, kids! 

To the one person who said my dog was "gross", idk, that sounds like a you problem. 

To everyone else: thank you so so much for your kind words!!! she's a very good dog and she will definitely be very well loved here (:

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her majesty in repose

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i just realized I haven't been keeping you guys up to date on The Shape! she's here more often than not now and has started spending the night inside!!!! we named her Jiji because of the obvious resemblance

although my dad voted for Yoga Pants which is unfortunately an incredible name for a cat.