Realm of Possibilities

“I put a jacket on my pup and I can’t get over how excited he is”

(Source)

On the job

One imagines that few things are as screwy to a shepherd dog’s instincts as an immovable herd animal.

The teeniest of boops

Ha a lélek vándorlásában hiszünk, el kell fogadnunk hogy ha zenészek voltunk, zenészek maradunk akkor is, ha négy lábbal újraszületünk..

I can imagine anything as girlfriends

So, to explain my little adventure I just got back from, it is necessary to set the scene by explaining a few things.

Now, this is not a problem at all, EXCEPT for the fact that whenever Tyr sees them something deep in her little livestock guardian breed brain goes "Oh, I am supposed to be Responsible for this Livestock." She will attempt to plonk her 90 pound furry ass down as far towards their yard as her leash will permit and want to sit there and simply stare at the chickens. She is not aggressive towards them, she simply wants to lie down and Keep An Eye On Things, the way a good livestock guardian dog is supposed to. It is the same reason she would love to fight the foxes that live under the falling down farmhouse down the street to the death and is very upset that I will not let her.

The PROBLEM is, well

3. My neighbors also have a miniature poodle. She is convinced, in every cell of her 15 pound body, that No Other Dogs Should Come Anywhere Near Her Fucking Yard. She has no concept that Tyr outweighs her by 75 pounds and is absolutely convinced that she could win this fight.

Normally if she's outside she is out in the fenced backyard and this isn't a problem. I also don't let Tyr wander into other yards, because it's rude to let your dog pee on the neighbor's grass unless they've said they're fine with it and also I live in Fuckass Nowhere. There's plenty of county owned grass on the roadside for Tyr to pee on. Still, even if I'm coaxing her along past the chickens, she will want to slow down and drift over to that side of the road to look at them.

TODAY, however, the mini poodle was NOT in the backyard. She was in the unfenced front yard, and as soon as we walked past she saw another dog not ON her yard, but heading TOWARDS her yard, and she hurled herself into battle with no thought for her own safety.

Now, Tyr is not aggressive towards other dogs. There is an exception to this, though, and it is 'unless an off leash dog comes running full speed in the general direction of one of Her People while snarling and barking'. If this happens, I suddenly have 90 pounds of Great Pyr ready for mortal combat on the end of the leash.

This brings us to item 4

4. I broke my left arm in April and while it is healing and good for light use now, 'Light Use' does not include 'restraining 90 pounds of furious livestock guardian dog convinced her person is about to be attacked by a reactive dog'

This means that I looped up the leash short and controlled her one armed. I did not think about this twice particularly. I know I can do it and just. Did it. I wouldn't walk her if I couldn't control her, after all. Once she figured out that no, the poodle was NOT going to attack me, she calmed down, but was still growling.

But I did this as a panicked neighbor dude came running out to try and get his dog, convinced that his kids were about to watch their beloved pet get turned into Great Pyr chow.

Oh and

5. I did this while wearing a Wonder Woman tshirt

So, long story short, his 4 year old daughter is convinced now that I actually AM Wonder Woman, because "She's Strong Like Wonder Woman!" and my neighbor learned that his poodle dug out from under the fence, how's everyone else's days going.

(All dogs unhurt)

For everyone who has demanded to see Tyr, here she is stealing my headphones for a nap

Weird horses

she's acting so sweet here but it' a ruse to let her play in the Dirt Pile

Cheeto (2024)

This is Cheeto! His portrait was painted with acrylics on an 8x10 inch canvas. I love the adorable pose, and his cute little paws! This was so much fun to paint, and the reference photo was very clear and had a nice side lighting which I captured in the painting.

He wears his helmet with pride

(via)

LGBT (labrador, greyhound, beagle, terrier)

omfg I was watching this sound off but then I was like "wait what if they're making cute lil animal noises" so I turned the sound on and fucking lost it

[video description: In a small city park, a grey tabby cat clings to a tree about halfway up. A small, floofy tan dog with curly fur trots around the base of the tree, obviously looking for the cat. The dog looks in the bushes, looks around confusedly, looks everywhere but up. The cat silently clings to the tree and watches the dog wander around looking for it. The theme from “The Pink Panther” plays throughout. The humor turns on the dog not thinking to look up at any point, and also on the reference to the Pink Panther films, in which the main character is a perennially clueless detective. /end description]

The cats seems surprised that the dog doesn't think to look up... Just like "it can't be that stupid" ...... "OMG" 😯

I feel like I need to add that the cat isn't so much "halfway up" the tree as it is About two feet