garden in the void

nothin' quite like how a dog loves

let dead dogs lie - silas denver melvin // red dog - elizabeth frink // how to be a dog - andrew kane // domestication syndrome - dhole b // no origin found // for your own good - leah horlick // pleasure - beth cavener // it will come back - hozier // i am a dog. i have blood all over my teeth. - uhode // same poem as directly previous

I drew a little something for the Hiveworks micro comic summer~

From Stardust to Stardust - Rabbit

Briiiighttt eyyyyesss… ;} I’m so happy with this one, I’ve been meaning to make a rabbit version for ages and I have to say it is one of my favorites now :) I will also make a Hare version very soon ^,^  Tattoo files are available now: 

https://www.etsy.com/ArtofMaquenda/listing/715007189/

Prints: https://www.etsy.com/ArtofMaquenda/listing/714985107 I will do pre-orders for tapestries soon. I know I’m saying that for a while now, just a lot going on and I want to finish a couple of things :)

the occult implications of large parts of modern society being okay with “pleather” and “vegan leather” (plastics and micro plastics existing everywhere from placentas to the bottom of the ocean), rather than using the skins of animals who will ultimately die no matter what we do

a sizable amount of people are so unable to cope with the process of life and death, even that of a cow, that they’d knowingly poison their bodies and help poison the earth with fuckin’ Forever Trash so they can feel like their hands are clean. wack

Ginger Snaps is a masterpiece, actually.

This piece is a coyote skull with a bullet going through its head. I wanted to make the piece to somewhat comment on how many coyotes are killed every year, as well as their ecological benefits being largely ignored. I wrapped the red wire around its mouth to show that there are very few people speaking out for coyotes, or even people who would speak kindly on coyotes.

I used layered glass on this piece to try to make the jaw and the skull to look more 3d.

This piece was inspired very heavily by @blackbackedjackal 's blog. Seeing all of the coyotes and just the wealth of knowledge was super inspiring, and I just genuinely love your blog.

brock-obama:

I really am tempted to reblog this every time it’s on my dash. That description is one of the best things on the internet.

Yeahhhh, I want this on my blog again.

OMG MY FAVORITE TUMBLR POST EVER IT’S FINALLY BACK YAY!

Here, have another of my all-time favorite Tumblr posts. 

We were just discussing this again and I had to reblog it again because IT IS MY FAVORITE

I’m permanently traumatized that you introduced me to this over lunch, EGT. 

::bows with a flourish::

There’s a gif out there of some people reenacting this that makes me laugh til I puke every damn time.

@revfrog

world heritage post

“But why do you care so much about flat faced dogs when there are lots of other problems in domestic animals?”

Listen. Ten years ago when I started practicing as a vet it was uncommon to see a pug. It was quite rare to see a boston terrier or a french bulldog.

There has been years of veterinarians campaigning against the breeding of extreme brachycephalic or ‘flat faced’ dogs and where has that gotten us?

About a third the new puppies coming through the clinic are brachycephalic. This is especially obvious with the influx of covid puppies, but this style of dog and the inherent suffering of brachycephalic airway syndrome has just become more popular.

We harp on about it because it is still a growing problem.

And it’s obscene. These dogs sell for multiple thousands of dollars, up to $12,000 for a ‘rare’ color, and people are willing to pay that. Some even take out loans to buy these dogs that breeders say ‘are healthy’.

It’s ludicrous. These dogs have shortened lifespans, struggle to breathe (sometimes surgery improves it but not always), skin problems, dental problems, heart problems, airway problems, digestive problems, knee problems and often hip problems. There is barely an inch of these dogs that are normal. That is so much preventable suffering.

For some reason people get addicted to these dogs, once they’ve had one, they usually get two or three, usually before they get old enough to really be obvious with their problems.

And breeders do not care, it’s too profitable to care. A lot of these pups are coming from places that have 4 or more breeding females, or are being transported in from obscure country locations. They are insanely profitable and small enough to breed in suburbia.

There’s too much money, too much public demand, and too much suffering. Honestly I’m reaching the point where I would say that breeding these dogs without a minimum length of nose should be illegal.

Because information campaigns havent worked, but we keep harping on about it.

I care because no *puppy* should ever have a trachea that looks like this:

That’s about 1/3 the size it should be. This puppy was slowly suffocating to death every single moment of his existence. NOTHING should ever be like just because we decided the outside of the dog is ‘cute’. This is animal abuse, to breed dogs that are prone to this on purpose.

If you think brachy breeds aren’t a problem, I actively dare you to spend an entire day breathing through a typical sized drinking straw and see how you feel.

Ah yeah we had one of those a few weeks ago.

He was a fancy colour (which owners paid £££ for but then didn’t insure the puppy) and from what sounded like your run of the mill hobby breeder. Had to tell owners it would be a miracle if he reached 6 months old but he would probably need euthanasia long before that.

Also “why do you care about one problematic thing when there are others?” is such a stupid take. Believe it or not but we are capable of being concerned about multiple problems in domestic animals.

There just isn't enough genetic variance among “pure-bred” pugs/frenchies to avoid the sort of genetic health problems like trachea collapse and joint problems.

It’s true and you should say it.

I wish they would remove this breed entirely tbh. Let the remaining dogs age out or dilute the breed by cross breeding them to healthier dogs.

People really need to stop thinking of harmful deformities in animals as cute, even “”healthy”” pugs have myriad of health problems. Even when I was too young to know they were unhealthy, I hated how they looked. Honestly as a kid I thought they took the puppies and smashed their face in to get that look. Not sure if the truth is more or less disturbing.

Seriously, how and more importantly WHY did we as a species take THIS

And breed it into this travesty

And even if you don’t wanna go back that far to a wolf (or more accurately, a common ancestor to our modern wolf and the domestic dog), look at the plenty other dog breeds out there that are very different from wolves but still healthy and sound animals (as long as bred responsibly).

Dogs need to have a muzzle!! They need to have eyes that aren’t bulging out of their skull!! They need to have a canine skull in general!!

This is why I hate almost every teacup dog breed, there’s just so few small dogs that are well put together.

why would anyone want an unhealthy pug when they've been working on a healthier version known as a retromop/retropug anyways.

Retro pugs are definitely a better alternative. Don’t know if it solves every health problem, but it’s nice to see a dog without bug eyes and with some literal breathing room. 

The side by side is insane. I personally think the muzzle on the above retro is still kinda short. but it’s absolutely miles above the purebred pug on the right. 

Now let’s fix the rest as well.

And cats too! The original persian breed never died out of the gene pool, they’re just less valuable to cat shows if they, you know, have a face. Why? I have no idea, the bottom look is hideous and makes life hell for that animal. 

Stop making horror movies out of live animals.

(pug on the left, persian on the right)

(normal cat and dog skulls respectively)

I've never understood the demand for pure bred dogs, especially pugs. They just dont look tight and now knowing about their health problems (I knew they had some but not to what extent), I am *frustrated and upset screeching*

The ancient greeks really had graves for dogs. And they carved stuff on the stone like “carrying you here, I now feel as much grief as I felt joy when I carried you home” and “you never barked without reason, but now you are silent”. The human urge to tell a story spans centuries and millennia, and the loss of a really good dog makes you want to tell people - even people centuries in the future, who will never know your name - that there once was a dog who was a very good girl, but now she no longer is and you aren’t sure what to do with all this sorrow.

TW: animal death

This topic was requested soooo many times, but this one broke me. As a dog owner, this was terrible to draw (and took me way too long) .__.

Some assholes have been putting nails in cheese and treats in dog parks in Chicago and Massachusetts. Also adding antifreeze to water bowls.

Please watch out for your dogs. And if you find out the address of someone doing this, give me the address and tell no one. I will disembowel them.

Antifreeze is fucking deadly as shit. Whilst my mom worked in the vets office the neighbor of a cat owner had become sick of his neighbors tom spraying by his house so he left antifreeze out for the cat. Animals are weirdly attracted to the smell and will drink it.

The cat was given to the vets and for 2 days it’s insides were slowly dissolved by the acids and it bled from his nose, mouth and even eyes.  

On the second day, the vet not being able to help and refusing to let the cat suffer any longer put the cat down. The neighbor who did not deny his crimes didn’t even offer to pay the woman’s vet bill.

SO THE BIGGEST FUCKING SIGNAL BOOST TO THIS POST.

Fuck who ever is doing this. They can fucking burn.

my friend had a cat and it drank antifreeze that was puddled in the driveway and one day they were knitting and it just vomited up all of its internal organs and fell over dead on her lap.

The perpetrators of all of this will burn in Hell. 

A neighbor of mine threw a ball of hamburger full of rat poison pellets over our fence for my son’s dog. He survived, barely, but has had nerve damage ever since.

Okay, listen up, if your pet drinks antifreeze, do you know what the cure is? Alcohol. That’s right. To save your furry little friend you have to get them drunk out of their faces. Antifreeze is an inhibitor and stops your enzymes from working, but luckily alcohol stops that from happening. I learned this from my A Level Biology lessons, but here’s a source anyway http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2617997.stm

Shit this is important SIGNAL BOOST THIS THANK YOU ALICE

BOOST. FUCKING BOOST.

ALWAYS REBLOG

not blog related, but I’m not an asshole

keep your animal friends safe.

Even a Beholder wouldn’t do this. Signal Boost

I would not hesitate to drop anyone who would do this into the earth, s i g n a l b o o s t

This applies to humans, too.

The first choice is fomepizole, but a lot of vets don’t keep it in stock.

Barring that, clear alcohols like vodka or everclear are a standard treatment for methanol or ethylene glycol poisoning

:(

keep your smol and furry friends safe <3

i would personally kill these people

Animal snaps (via)

This was suggested months ago, I’m sorry it took me so long. It was extremely painful to draw. This is the sad story of “Roscoe”. Please know that so many dogs suffer the same fate.

Brian "Rodent Researcher" David Gilbert

A pet grave in a pet cemetery located at Exbury Gardens.

Kinda unhappy with this one, had too much story/ideas in my mind, but too few pages lol. Anyway, the message is still important. Rabbits often suffer from poor keeping and are often abandoned, especially around Easter time.