Trot Into Line

Gattsu is the wiggliest betta boy I’ve ever had! After 2 hours of editing, I’ve finally managed to gif a few clips of him before he hits mach speed…  

Let us celebrate this mans life today ❤️

Kindergarteners learned to sign “Happy Birthday” song to Deaf custodian, Mr. James. And he was surprised 😭😭

Gosh can we start caring more about the people that are around our kids like this…. please?

Autumn river in france

The Venn diagram of things I find funny and reasons I’m going to hell is a circle.

Self care routine and tips~

Hope this would help~ follow back

supportive parents?? are really important????

nice view of the sunset

This is cute

"Please tell me you havent crashed your car again" lmfao

Stop dating abusive women 2018

Hardly any women are gonna reblog this tbh 🙃

A lot of women behave like this and think this ain’t abuse

But let a nigga slap them, damage their clothes and pour a drink on them, all hell will break loose.

EVERYONE CAN BE A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC ABUSE!

Buddy has the soul of an angel and composure out of this world

Just in case anyone wants the context: He has been making music in Chicago, he recently performed to a large audience and met London on da track, who offered him an opportunity in LA. She didn’t want to leave Chicago because of her business there. He told her that she doesn’t have to go, he just needs to do this for his music. She got upset because he straight up told her that he valued his career over their relationship and she did this. 

Now I’m not a relationship expert, but I will never understand how some of y’all expect people to put you above the shit they have to do. Always put your career, your job, your livelihood first. This was all kinds of fucked up, really fucking abusive and manipulative, he should definitely go to LA with or without her. 

Many women *WILL* reblog this, because part of feminism is acknowledging that women are just as capable of being abusive as men. Acting as though women cannot be abusive is misogyny, and relies on the misogynist tropes that women are frail, and innocent in comparison to men. Any true feminist must acknowledge that neither of these things are necessarily true and that a woman is in fact capable of being abusive whether it’s to another woman, a man, or a nonbinary person. The reason we focus on abuse from men towards women is that it is more prevalent, and institutionally encouraged, justified, and allowed without consequence, while a woman even “talking back” to a man is to be “put in her place.” Don’t bring your weak, fragile “Few women will reblog this” shit up in here. We know what abuse looks like when we see it.

I hope he is safe and away from her toxic ass behavior. I also hope he had her arrested or at least filed some charges, cause abuse is not okay, period.

Obsessed 😍

galloping around bareback is quite fun

Best of snaps 

(#1 @mister.enzoviola)

Okie dokie, you guys know how much I love muzzle training and how important it is to me.

Recently my mother was talking with someone, and the wire basket muzzle I own came up in the conversation. The person was apparently disgusted, repulsed, I would put such a thing on my dog. Making statements of “why would you use that,” and “why not use one of those thin ones” (thin one being a Gentle Leader).

To the general public, muzzles and dogs in muzzles have such a bad stigma. They are seen as things only aggressive dogs wear; and if your dog is aggressive, you must be a bad pet owner in some way.

This is so not true. And more often than not, the exact opposite.

Muzzle training is SO beneficial, every dog should be trained to wear one. “But my dog isn’t aggressive, she doesn’t need one,” that may be true! But think of it this way: how many folks were put in swim lessons as kids by their parents? A heck of a lot, me included. Some kids that lived by a lake, some that had their own pool at home, some that lived nowhere near a body of water. Why? For if a dangerous situation arose where they found themselves in water, they’d know what to do and how to calmly swim to safety.

Now, for dogs, like recall and crate training, muzzle training is their swim lesson. Dogs who don’t have a drop of aggression in them will benefit just as much as a dog who wants to bite everything in sight.

But muzzling is not limited to aggression, there are numerous reasons a dog may need to be muzzled:

I’m sure there are many more, so feel free to add on.

And let me put this out there, not all muzzles are created equal. It’s took four open-basket-type muzzles to find one that fits Canon properly. They come in various styles and materials. Leather, metal, cotton, nylon, plastic, and biothane to name a few. It may take one try or four, but there’s a good chance with all the options that there’s a muzzle style and material that will work with every dog.

Now, the muzzle the individual was upset over? Take a look:

This is the wire basket I finally found that works for Canon’s nose length, allows him to pant, drink, and take treats, and is comfortable. This is for vet visits. Canon is not aggressive towards our vet or the staff, he adores them and thoroughly enjoys going. BUT, her waiting room is small. Very small. The exam room door is smack against the waiting room chairs, and it’s nice to have Canon muzzled should we walk out and BAM! A dog. In this case, his muzzle is worn for, oh, five minutes tops.

And the “thin one”? Look below:

This is not a muzzle and it will not protect your dog or others. Gentle Leaders and head collars are training tools that the leash clips to, to guide the dog by their head. I (personally) do not know of any muzzles that function in such a manner. And if a head collar is closed so tight the dog cannot open it’s mouth, it’s being used incorrectly.

So, I hope that opened up someone’s mind to muzzles! They are wonderful tools and come in so many styles, materials, and colors. I hope more people open up to them and make them a regular part of their dog’s gear.

Happy training from my dogs and I, to you and yours!

Muzzles are wonderful. Without a muzzle, I would not take the chance of having Ivan near other dogs, as he can be so unpredictable about who he likes and who he loathes. With the muzzle, everyone is safe and he has been able to make a few chosen dog friends. Other uses: crowded trails and Vet visits where something painful is being examined. There are times when the muzzle stigma actually does good things: we need a little space to work around other strange dogs without going over threshold, and most people will grant that space without question when they see the muzzle.

Sharing the muzzle love.

Friend of mine got caught in a tornado warning with visible funnel clouds. Her trailer park had a storm shelter… she was allowed to bring her dogs in because she muzzled them.

You never know when an occasion with arise where you may need one. It won’t always be predictable.

Pod wears a muzzle to prevent any potential quarrel over the lure and to prevent him from running off with the lure, as the thin line may cut the other competitors. Many of the whippets we run with have associated the muzzle with running, so they love it! 😂

I never even thought about a muzzle for post op instead of a cone! That would have been much more comfortable for my dog.

It annoys me so much when people still think that a gentle leader is a muzzle. It isnt! I used to get so muh crap for having a "muzzle" on my dog when really it was just a gentle leader

*opens my mouth to talk but laminated paper wobbling sounds come out instead* whorboorblrorhblorhbnlorh

my little superstar 🌟🦄

I want a cute little fjord😭