#rat terrier mix

[arlo-venn]

Dancing queen 🥹

[deathiscoldbatman]

Obsessed with her actually. Sausage dog...

[my dog, a small brown and white creature with pointy ears and large eyes; curled up in her bed on the carpet in the bedroom]

[adelphenium]

I keep seeing those videos of collies herding other dogs on walks and can't stop thinking... Collie Mcdavid herding......

i like how you think anon! + how 'bout collie mcdavid trying to herd a very stubborn baathew tkachuk....

[tea-time-terrier]

A fairly accurate account of time spent in the park.

Two seconds of fetch and twelve minutes of rolling around.

[etdraconis]

( it is truly a miracle that I am not constantly black and blue the way my dog tramples my damn ribcage wtffff )

[namira]

That post about that archetype of midwestern woman who got into so much debauchery before 18 that now she just goes to bed at 9 and posts about being a pitbull mommy is #literallyme except I'm from New England

[thisisntthegeorgeyourelookingfor]

I recently adopted Rufus, a Jack Russell, Rat terrier mix from my brother and sister-in-law.

He has become too much of an old curmudgeon for them to want him around the children. Which makes sense.

He's been such a good boy.

He's old, hard of hearing, and set in his ways but after a month or so we've had little to no issue settling in together he seems happy with it. Hopefully things keep going well.

We'll see how the next few months go.

[crappylilcomix]

my parents’ dog is smol and rude

ID/ 1. A small dog thinks “I wanna be mean” 2. A big dog comes over and says, “Hi.” The small dog says, “AAAAAA” /end ID

[mbrainspaz]

incidentally have trained my rat terrier mix to hunt and alert at palmetto bugs / pine roaches. She is very good at it and she gets a treat every time she helps me find one before it can scuttle across the ceiling and launch itself at me.

[howaboutcastiel]

Pico dump

He’s gonna be 5 next month! They grow up so fast 🥺🥺

[arlo-venn]

Didn’t know where Banjo was til she peeked her lil self outta the blankies like this

[armandsdivorcelawyer]

I keep looking at Olive like

The rescue knew damn well you’re not a chiweenie

[clandestine-stars]

I love dogs so much

[reikiajakoiranruohoja]

One thing that eternally baffles me with people calling dog sports abusive, is how the offered alternative assumes that a dog is happiest when it is not doing anything.

Putting aside PETA and its anti-pet stance, most critique I have seen comes from people saying the dogs are forced to perform for humans and therefore its exploiting them.

But even a cursory understanding of dog breeds tells you this mentality is not only flawed but also ignorant of the needs of the animal.

For one, you cannot force a dog to do things most dog sports require. If a greyhound doesn't want to run, it won't. If a husky doesn't want to pull a sled, it won't. Have you ever seen a dog in a situation it doesn't like? Most of us have to drag our dogs to the vet and then try our best to mitigate the dog's displeasure towards the vet.

A dog who wants to do something like running or fetching will do it regardless of your opinion. That is why most of dog training is directing this want so the dog isn't destroying things or hurting people.

The breed or breed mix also affects things. If you get a chihuahua, the experience with that dog is completely different from a border collie or a husky. Heck, even closely related breeds like German shepherds and Belgian malinois are vastly different in their temperament and mentality. There is this call for ignorance and naivete in posts decrying dog sports, where breed doesn't exist and any kind of activity outside the home is harmful to the dog. Admitting that dogs have been bred for jobs is to admit that human contact is not always negative for animals and that is a bridge too far for many of these people. It also means that jobs such as ratting, hunting, protection and such are blissfully ignored or assumed to be forced by humans. This means that when a pampered terrier does maul the family guinea pig, the owner gets blamed for abusing the animals. Posts that tell you dog sports are evil are not made with the dogs in mind, they are made solely for an ideology that benefits humans who do not have to live with the animal in question and so can sit on their constructed high horse.

[satanfemme]

organized by AKC groups. if u don't know what ur fav breed's grouping is, google it idk. or here's the list if u need it

[submarined-silles]

the cutest :( <3

this is my dog:) her name is becky.

she likes peanut butter.

PET REVEAL: Share and post your pet for the hell of it! It’s Friday!

This is Remy.

Remy loves food.

Remy loves people who give him food.

Feed Remy, get kisses and boggles.

Remy is good, chonky boi!