#she’s poodle and I love her

[spookberry]

I always feel bad when I move my little dog away from a big dog thats in our path especially if its one with a reputation like pit bulls or german shepards cuz i stg everytime the other owners like "oh dont worry my dogs super friendly" cuz like, its not you.

[stinkybrowndogs]

Yeah sorry no I’m busy. Yeah it’s gonna be all day (speculating about what future dog breeds I might get)

[astronomergrump]

Poodles Greenycactus, a quiet paranoid scientist who believes the world is about to end 24/7. She's prone to bite grumps when she's mad tho so be careful. I may draw a comic involving her and Snorpy, idk tho

[reflectionsofgalaxies]

this is my little girl 💖

she’s running low on time with us, and my dad has been saying things along the lines of ‘this is why I don’t like pets’, because he finds the grieving process so hard.

I don’t fault him for that, he just feels loss deeply and deals with it differently.

sometimes I even find myself falling briefly into the same thinking. ‘what if making a different choice all those years ago saved me and my family from this grief and this pain?’

but I also know there’s no way I would make a different decision. no amount of grief could outweigh the joy she’s brought us over these last fifteen years. the laughter, the comfort, the connection.

I think about hikes with my dad when she was tiny and able bodied and would race up ahead of us on the trails and then race back to check on us. I think about the first time she saw snow and she instantly turned into a tiny fluffy bunny rabbit, hopping through drifts that were ankle deep for us but nearly buried her, and the matted snowballs she came away with, looking like a tiny curly haired yeti.

I think of her interrupting GrammE and John’s wedding along with Sagie, confusion turning into laughter as they sped after each other across the backyard ceremony. I think of my mom, lonely on the island and isolated during covid, telling me that Ginger was her saving grace.

and these don’t even scratch the surface. fifteen years of love she’s given us.

so yeah. losing her is going to damn near break me and I know that. but I wouldn’t change it for the world.

[kelpiemomma]

friends i am begging you, if you want to get a dog and have never had one before, DO YOUR RESEARCH ON BREEDS.

i was working with a lady the other day who was telling me she wanted a puppy and had never had one before, so she went and adopted a 7 month old husky/border collie mix from the shelter after being denied at [pet store] for working too many hours. i'm pretty sure she got this dog because it has complete heterochromia and is a very tidy black and white, like a standard border collie.

please. do NOT do this. look into what dog breed will BEST fit your lifestyle. if you work long hours, do NOT get a working dog breed. maybe even don't get a dog. maybe get a less affectionate cat. i do not give a single FUCK if the dog is pretty. do both yourself and the dog a favor and get the dog that fits your life!!! do not get a working dog and stick it in an apartment or house and wonder why it's eating your furniture and destroying your house!!!

[everglowstardust]

Kimura-saaaan! #192 (2022.04.03)

Happy 51st birthday, Kimura!!!! In this episode, Kimura is joined by Nakao Akiyoshi and the two go to a dog cafe. The full episode is too long for tumblr, so it can be found with the subtitles [here].

Some fun facts and translation notes:

-When talking about a favorite dog, they use the term 推し (oshi), which means to be a fan or supporter of (i.e. an idol) or to be one's favorite (i.e. member of an idol group). AKA, to stan. For ease of reading, I simply put "favorite," but it's still a very cute touch to use that term for dogs!

-Tamura Masakazu was a prolific actor, but one of his most famous roles was the titular character in the police detective drama Furuhata Ninzaburou. This character was parodied by Kimura himself many times on SMAPxSMAP, and Kimura was on the show twice (once by himself, and once with SMAP as a whole). The drama they costarred in was Concerto.

[101flavoursofweird]

📓

There’s the ‘Janice Quatlane and the Siren’s Song’ longfic that lives in my head rent free…

Three years post-Eternal Diva and a few months after the events of PL3, Mr. Whistler summons Janice to the prison he’s kept at to pass on a letter he’s received. The letter is regarding the condition of Melina’s old pet poodle (Schubert), who was given away to another family when Melina became too ill to look after him. The letter writer, one Serena Worthing, informs Mr. Whistler that Schubert needs to have an operation. Whistler hasn’t spoken to Janice since the events of Eternal Diva I know the novel implies the pair of them are still on conversational terms, but Janice needs this angst but Whistler asks Janice to go and check on Schubert…. in a seaside town halfway across England.

Janice goes for Melina’s sake (knowing how much she loved that dog) and she arrives in the seaside town of Sebri. There, Janice reunites with Schubert and Serena ‘Rina’ Worthing, Schubert’s current owner.

…If that sounds familiar, I did just summarise a fic I wrote a while back (Stray English Poodle) that basically serves as a prologue.

Rina is a local constable and the daughter of the town’s police chief. She reveals to Janice that tourists flock to Sebri in the hopes of seeing a legendary siren, and the townspeople really play into the legend. Rina’s younger sister, Cici (Cecilia) actually believes in the siren and she believes it might have something to do with their mother’s disappearance from over ten years ago.

Cici even wrote to the Professor Layton a few weeks back to ask him to solve the case! When Janice informs them that she used to be the Professor’s student, Cici is star-struck… but she is disappointed when Janice reveals that the Professor hasn’t been taking on any new cases lately, due to what happened with ‘Future London’ and the Mobile Fortress…

Cici asks Janice to solve the case, much to Rina’s chagrin. Janice isn’t entirely sure but she agrees to stay and help for a couple of days…

One day later, Carmine Accidenti crashes into town of course!Turns out Professor Layton passed the case on to him. Carmine and Rina do not get along.

Janice, Rina, Cici and Carmine team up to solve the mystery behind the siren and Mrs. Worthing’s disappearance… involving lots of angst for Janice as she deals with a resurgence of grief for Melina (doesn’t help that this woman she just met and might like is called RINA)! 

[travelingtwentysomething]

My dog Honey watches Scooby Doo and he be giving her ideas. The first time she saw him eat a giant sandwich she turned around to me like, you won't even give me bites of your sandwiches, I need new humans. (Bitch you're allergic to chicken and I only eat bird, you want hives and patchy fur again? I'm saving you.)

[lesbiantvfish]

GIBTAURI PLZ 🙏🙏🙏

wtf gay monkey!? (thank u!!! anything for u my friend) also cleaning him in the sink

[still-not-a-cat]

Service Poodle discovers animals who do not appreciate her services. She is understandably heartbroken.

[likesplatterpaint]

The education system may be busted as all hell...

but man do I have an admin who gives a fuck about her staff.

[i-amarobot]

Meet Evie! Our new puppy

[pawsitivevibe]

I dunno why everyone says they hate grooming and hand stripping dogs. I find it so soothing. I would probably go for hours if Arthur didn't let me know he was done with it.

[mars-ipan]

i love getting to tell people about animation history. the very first felix the cat cartoon ends with him inhaling coal gas and dying

[knifedog]

I'm more convinced I don't want a poodle. I love him and he's darling but I do not like the grooming. I'm actually very happy about barely brushing and washing Sally

I think terriers are more my speed anyway I just love how bad they can be

[celepeace]

The unfortunate thing about having hypersensitivity to textures is that there are entire swaths of dog breeds I hate on a purely sensory level