#livestock dog

[petportraitsbyheatherlovelace]

A commissioned portrait of their Bernese Mountain Dog named Eclaire. Polychromos and Luminance colored pencils used on 11"X14" Strathmore paper.

[theheathergreen]

(via Watercolor Great Pyrenees Dog Graphic by WatercolorByKr · Creative Fabrica)

[ace-kage-from-wetland-woods]

And I just realized that my friends used to call me Kolie (like bordel collie - is that how you write it?)

you call it "being the mom of the friend group" i call it "livestock dog behavior"

[creekfiend]

what's my biggest pet peeve well it's when someone makes a text post on tumblr dot com in which they are trying to romanticize the notion of the livestock guardian dog but they don't know the distinction between a livestock guardian dog and a herding dog and also they've never met a livestock guardian dog and do not realize what their attitudes towards the sheep that they protect actually are

[andromeddog]

dog metaphor

[doglover43]

carpathian sheepdog 🐾

[claypigeonpottery]

a collection of directional background carving

all sold

[taibhsearachd]

People in breed-specific groups on the internet: I love this breed and their physical traits and their specific personality that was achieved through lots of selective breeding!

Also people in breed-specific groups on the internet, the moment someone suggests they might want to intentionally and ethically breed more of that breed, or purchase from a responsible breeder: Ew what’s wrong with you don’t you know you are LITERALLY KILLING animals in shelters if you buy from a breeder what do you MEAN you want to be reasonably sure your pet won’t die of a heart problem at 3 or develop arthritis at 5 or have a completely different temperament than the breed you signed up for… wow… you really are a monster who wants animals to die.

Like. If you’re hardcore anti-breeder in general, I don’t agree but I respect it. If you are a fan of a SPECIFIC BREED OF DOMESTIC ANIMAL and lose your shit whenever anyone talks about intentionally, ethically, responsibly creating or acquiring more healthy individuals of that breed… do you just want the breed to stop existing? Because it sounds like you want the breed to stop existing.

[atlas-and-the-time]

Watchdog

[petportraitsbyheatherlovelace]

A commissioned portrait of their Bernese Mountain Dog named Elliott. Polychromos and Luminance colored pencils used on 9"X12" Strathmore paper.

[sincerely-sofie]

Some rough character design concepts! The Lamb looks a teeny bit different when she sheds her mortal form. She doesn’t quite realize that, though...

[slabmaxxing]

collar

[cogmented]

dogs

[akiacia]

gummies

[claypigeonpottery]

I was inspired by livestock guardian dogs with this one

[canisalbus]

Bread man made me wonder: Do you have any Saint Bernard characters? His coloration almost made me think of one, but I'm guessing he's not. They're my fave, so I'm personally curious!

The bread man is supposed to be vaguely st. bernardesque! His face was darker initially, but it didn't really jibe with the color palette and composition so I kept lightening it :'> In the end he turned out looking almost like a maremmano-abruzzese sheepdog or great pyrenees.

Saint Bernards were originally bred by monks in the Great St Bernard Hospice, situated in the Alps right at the border between Switzerland and Italy. So they would fit into the Vaschete/monastery setting pretty well I think.