A little Sunday fun called Pasta La Vista Baby! Available here...
https://tina-lecour.pixels.com/featured/pasta-la-vista-baby-tina-lecour.html

#dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #animals #animal #food #fun #funny #cute #cuteposting #cuteanimals #mastoart #fediart #fedigiftshop #creativetoots #digitalart #wallart #wallartforsale #gifts #giftideas #greetingcard #buyintoart #ayearforart #fineart #mastodonart

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Two very guilty-looking dogs "a great dane and basset hound" discover that spaghetti night has gotten completely out of hand. From noodles on their heads to the checkered tablecloth and glass of red wine, this playful kitchen scene is filled with humor and Italian-inspired charm.

Warm summer day felt like 25C in Rock Crk. Canyon 2000-2200m. SW flow aloft ahead of weak system, so dry too. Still, fall colors advancing, little faster than last year. Short hike up Beartrack Trail toward Silver Run Plateau, but only went up 4K. Had divert to secret falls 2050m just 200m off main trail, but hidden. Always good flow this stream 👍🏽. Last time here in July it was 35C, much better today. #climate #hiking #dogs #montana #mountains

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love that even now still pools Sundance get go deep in. he doesn't seem too sore from yesterday, not like me 😁

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nice colors along the Beartrack Trail, which is steep in sections, narrow and very rocky.

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Rocky Mtn. Maple, the lower yellows.

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looking up (W) Rock Crk. Canyon. mostly conifers here, just bits color here and there.

How I Learned to Love My Dog By Observing His Behavior

Anna Heyward: “If I watched and waited, open to what Freddie could show me, something would become clear.”

https://lithub.com/how-i-learned-to-love-my-dog-by-observing-his-behavior/

Dogs at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=dogs

#dogs #animals

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This is a medium-to-large short-haired dog with a tan or reddish-brown coat and white patches on its chest and lower neck. The dog stands outside on dirt and grass, tail held up. It wears a dark collar with a green tag.

How precious is this picture?! 🧡

“Lucky” is sniffing out the next Hebrew letter in the alephbet.

Thank you Chana for joining the program and sharing this moment with us all.

#Lucky #LearningHebrew #Dogs #Language.

Just sent a donation to Sulala Animal Rescue in Gaza. They do absolutely amazing and necessary work. Look them up.

It is done through Animals Australia (who are also amazing) for the time being.

If you can spare a dollar for some of beings that need it the most in this world:

https://animalsaustralia.org/appeal/donate-help-sulala/

❤️

#Gaza #genocide #animals #Sulala #CatsOfMastodon #Cats #DogsOfMastodon #Dogs.

One Strong Pug for some Friday fun!
Availble here...https://tina-lecour.pixels.com/featured/one-strong-pug-tina-lecour.html

#dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #pug #animal #animals #cute #cuteposting #cuteanimals #funny #weightlifting #fun #humor #mastoart #fediart #fedigiftshop #creativetoots #wallart #art #arte #artforsale #gifts #giftideas #puzzle #puzzles #artprints #buyintoart #ayearforart #mastodonart #digitalpainting

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This is a fun canvas of a determined little pug lifting a heavy barbell, showcasing his strength, determination and indominable spirit!

Needed some focused Gaia Ch'i/healing, who doesn't? Just 3km off Beartooth Hwy at 3150m odd quartz outcrop in the tundra great place to seek that out. Perfect conditions this often harsh/dangerous area, lite SW wind 17C. We all laid out on white boulders, then went over to another melting ice patch also 3150m. Faces ESE beneath steep 3300m ridge so ❄️ blowing in strong W winds all winter packs down there. Tundra drying now but moisture late tmrw 👍🏽. #climate #hiking #dogs #wyoming #gye #mountains

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Sundance sure appreciates this interesting feature.

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visible in distance behind this pond, on right side. 3300m ridge behind. easy to get around here, as long as the weather cooperates.

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it is amazing to think about the conditions required to form these every winter. summers too warm/dry now to allow smaller ones to persist.

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looking NE along the patch. follow this gulch down 5km and you'll get to where we were Thu., Line Crk. Plateau trail area.

"The standard of the Coton de Tulear, the bichon-like 'national dog' of Madagascar, is nearly eight times as long, describing colors and shapes in percentages and angles. Its 'joie de vivre' is mentioned twice." Hannah Berger for The Paris Review https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2026/09/03/the-conformation-show-and-the-pursuit-of-the-ideal-dog/ #dogs #dogshow #longreads

New #blog #post: Gratitude Day 3: Cats!!

https://rldane.space/gratitude-day-3-cats.html

1292 words

I can tell this is going to be a favorite of mine, and I hope it will be of yours, too. :)

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @stfn

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#rlDaneWriting #blost #SeptemberTheme #SeptemberBloggingTheme #SepThemeBear #SeptemberGratitude #gratitude #thankfulness #Cat #cats #dogs #CatsOfFedi #Catstodon #aliens?!?

😉😉😉😉👁️👁️🦮🐶🐩🐕🐕‍🦺🐾If Your Dog Is Blinking at You, It May Be Trying to Tell You Something, Science Suggests👉

#Dogs #and #Science

If Your Dog Is Blinking at You, It May Be Trying to Tell You Something, Science Suggests : ScienceAlert
https://www.sciencealert.com/if-your-dog-is-blinking-at-you-it-may-be-trying-to-tell-you-something-science-suggests

🤗🦮🐶🐩🐕🐕‍🦺🐾🍗👩‍🍳🍲🍗💗💜🩷🩵🧡💛🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏿‍♀️🤷‍♀️🥸🤓🧐🤔😎🦮🐶🐩🐕🐕‍🦺🐾🤗*"The disposition of noble dogs is to be gentle with people they know!*& the opposite with those they don't know!*How!*then!*can the dog be anything other than a lover of learning since it defines what's its own!*& what's alien!"🤗🦮🐶🐩🐕🐕‍🦺🐾👩‍🍳🍲🍗💗💜🩷🩵🧡💛🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏿‍♀️🤷‍♀️🥸🤓🧐🤔😎🦮🐶🐩🐕🐕‍🦺🐾🤗

~ Plato

#Quote #Dogs #Love

🤗💗💜🩷🩵🧡💛🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏿‍♀️🤷‍♀️🥸🤓🧐🤔😎🦮🐶🐩🐕🐕‍🦺🐾🤗*"The disposition of noble dogs is to be gentle with people they know!*& the opposite with those they don't know!*How!*then!*can the dog be anything other than a lover of learning since it defines what's its own!*& what's alien!"🤗💗💜🩷🩵🧡💛🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏿‍♀️🤷‍♀️🥸🤓🧐🤔😎🦮🐶🐩🐕🐕‍🦺🐾🤗

~ Plato

#Quote #Dogs #Love

*~*"The disposition of noble dogs is to be gentle with people they know!*& the opposite with those they don't know!*How!*then!*can the dog be anything other than a lover of learning since it defines what's its own!*& what's alien!"*~*

~ Plato

#Quote #Dogs #Love

🤗🦮🐶🐩🐕🐕‍🦺🐾🧡💛🧡💛🧡💛🧡💛🦮🐶😎🐩🐕🐕‍🦺🐾❤️‍🔥💗💜🩷🩵🤗*"We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults!*Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment!"🤗🦮🐶🐩🐕🐕‍🦺🐾🧡💛🧡💛🧡💛🧡💛🦮🐶😎🐩🐕🐕‍🦺🐾❤️‍🔥💗💜🩷🩵🤗

~ George Eliot

#Quote #on #Dogs #love

🤗🦮🐶😎🐩🐕🐕‍🦺🐾❤️‍🔥💗💜🩷🩵🤗*"We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults!*Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment!"🤗🦮🐶😎🐩🐕🐕‍🦺🐾❤️‍🔥💗💜🩷🩵🤗

~ George Eliot

#Quote #on #Dogs #love

*~*"We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults!*Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment!"*~*

~ George Eliot

#Quote #on #Dogs #love

RE: https://mastodon.social/@CAPETOK/117089974381749860

Translation: "12 years of a very beautiful friendship"

This is a reminder that life in this world is fleeting. There is a purpose to being here, even for animals, and it is not to maintain our physical bodies, which are here today, and gone tomorrow. There is a spiritual reason for being here: for our souls to reach a level of maturity that we may be liberated from the physical shell.

#dogs #spiritual

A grand day out.
A class of guide dog puppies recently visited the Scotland's National Museum of Flight as part of their training. Puppies Bill, Elba, Jenny, Kell, Kez, Marty, Vinny and Wray explored the museum to help them get used to busy and unfamiliar environments. Watch the museum's reel to see how they got on.
#globalmuseum #museums #dogs #guidedogs #Scotland

"Yarddogs are the very furry canaries in the coalmine; they’re the signals that rural life is changing, and likely they’ll be the first to go in the name of progress, which is arriving soon, sooner than you think."

Jordan P. Hickey for Southlands: https://southlandsmag.com/the-yarddogs-of-northwest-arkansas/

(Subscription required.)

#Longreads #Arkansas #Bentonville #Gentrification #Change #Growth #Walmart #Dogs

Contemplation:
https://sharoncummingsart.com/featured/colorful-contemplation-dog-art-sharon-cummings.html

#dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #doglovers #dogmom #dogdad #puppy #puppies #puppylove #pets #art #artwork #colorful #SharonCummingsArt #buyintoart

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Colorful tree with dog sitting underneath by artist Sharon Cummings.

Meet Happy Dog!

Some dogs simply have a way of making you smile, and this one certainly does. His bright eyes, big grin, rosy nose and cheerful red collar capture that wonderful, uncomplicated happiness we love about our canine companions.

ART - https://deborahleaguefineart.com/featured/happy-dog-deborah-league.html

#HappyDog #DogLovers #Dogs #AnimalLovers #DogDecor #ayearforart #buyintoart #mastoart #fediart #fedigiftshop #giftideas #art #artist #artwork #kunst #creativetoots #artforsale #artprints

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A joyful yellow Labrador Retriever looks straight at the viewer with a big, irresistible smile in this cheerful portrait of canine happiness. With warm cream and golden fur, expressive dark eyes, a rosy nose, and a bright red collar against a rich purple background, this playful portrait captures the affectionate personality of a beloved companion. The close-up composition puts the dog's friendly expression front and center, making this a wonderful choice for dog lovers, pet lovers, animal lovers, and anyone who enjoys cheerful, whimsical imagery. The colorful background and expressive face give the piece a lively contemporary feel that works beautifully in a home, office, family room, mudroom, or pet-loving space. Style: Contemporary expressive pet portrait Theme: Dogs, canine companionship, happiness, friendship, playful pets, Labrador Retrievers, Yellow lab, dogs, companionship, happiness. Color Palette: Purple, cream, warm beige, soft peach, pink, red, black, and white

I was just reading a movie review and the reviewer mentioned that there’s a scene wear a dog is in distress. The reviewer adds a footnoted spoiler that the dog survives.

A basic rule of all movies should be: THE DOG NEVER DIES.

If you can’t commit to this, you suck.

#dogs #dogsofmastodon

Little Miss Goldie!
Available here...https://tina-lecour.pixels.com/featured/little-miss-goldie-tina-lecour.html

#dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #animals #animals #flowers #flower #cute #cuteanimals #mastoart #fediart #fedigiftshop #creativetoots #wallart #art #artforsale #artprints #artshop #gifts #giftideas #greetingcards #summer #puzzle #puzzles #homedecor #buyintoart #ayearforart #digitalpainting

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A portrait of a sweet golden retriever wearing a pink headband holding a pink hydrangea flower in her mouth.

Moving to Ireland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_of_Imaal_Terrier

#dogs #ireland

Last night was rough. I talked to my mom, and we had to face something I've been dreading. My dog Squeaker — a 12-year-old miniature pinscher who's been with me most of his life — may not be able to visit me anymore. I'm in a nursing home, transitioning toward a group home, and most facilities don't allow pets. Even if they did, the last visit we tried didn't go well. He spent most of it whining and pacing, stressed and confused. He couldn't settle until the very end, when he finally laid in my lap for a bit. He has a heart murmur. He's getting old. The visits might be doing more harm than good, and I may have to make the choice to stop them for his sake. That thought breaks my heart.

So I went to bed carrying that. The night felt impossibly long. I slept some, but the awake stretches were heavy.

This morning, two things broke through.

One: my toothpaste disappeared. It's a special unflavored mineral kind I order on Amazon because I can't use mint. Daniel, one of the CNAs, thought another staff member might have confiscated it — which happens sometimes when they don't recognize something and assume I shouldn't have it. So he had people searching the facility for an alternative while he hunted for mine. He found it (someone had stuck it inside a box), but then had to keep telling the search party to stand down as they kept coming down the hall toward my room. We were both laughing.

Two: I was trying to wet my hair for brushing — the only way it cooperates. I had the squirt bottle in one hand and was feeling my hair with the other to check if it was wet enough. My thumb found the trigger. I got a face full of water. Sputtered. Burst out laughing.

I also put on Spotify's upbeat mix, which helped. Got dressed. Brushed my hair and teeth. My mom is coming to get me around noon to get me out of here for a few hours.

Long-term care is grief and absurdity tangled together. Sometimes the same morning holds both. And sometimes the thing that gets you through isn't a solution — it's a CNA turning a missing toothpaste into a facility-wide incident, or your own thumb betraying you with a squirt bottle.

#LongTermCare #NursingHome #Disability #Blind #Grief #Dogs #EmotionalSupportAnimal #LifeInCare

🐕 TIL: Dogs copy us even when it makes zero sense. Half of dogs will touch a pointless dot on the wall or flip a dead lever before getting their treat, just because their person did it first.

That behavior is overimitation, and researchers thought it was uniquely human. Great apes never do it. Dogs do it most with their own caregiver, which points to a social motive: copying keeps them in the game.

The evidence is solid. Johnston et al. 2017 found half of dogs and dingoes copied both actions. Huber et al. 2018 replicated it in Vienna. A 2023 follow-up found 85% of overimitation happened after the dog already got the reward, which kills the confusion theory.

Dogs also anticipate what their caregiver will do next and sync their behavior to match. A 2020 ethics review from Vetmeduni Vienna pulls this all together and argues it creates real duties: we owe dogs the chance to flourish, not just protection from harm.

The catch: they will pick up your bad habits too. Copying "seemingly unproductive or dysfunctional" strategies is part of the package.

Read more:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7772310/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13420-018-0336-z
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9982082/

#dogs #dogtraining #science

Both our (senior) doggos have daily meds they take, and so they both need to come in twice a year to get a check-up. I just took this photo of them. This image is so much their personalities.

Zoe: I MIGHT GET A BISCUIT SOON!!

Finn: Okay I need you to listen. I have quietly ascertained the location of four techs and two exits. I think if we create a diversion in the north corridor we have a chance of making it out of here alive. I know you’ve been married to this guy for awhile but look, I need you to focus and face the truth. We might have to leave him behind.

#DogsOfMastodon #Dogs

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Two dogs in a small vet’s exam room, a corgi who is looking at the camera suspiciously and a black Lab who is cheerful and sweet.

"People who eat more red meat, especially processed red meat like bacon, sausage and bologna, are more likely to have a higher risk of cognitive decline and dementia when compared to those who eat very little red meat..."

source: https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/home/PressRelease/1082

#health #nutrition #hotdogs #sausage #dogs

Early morning Swim Fun was had, before the air became too toxic here near the Bay.
#Chesapeake #Dogs #Dogtraining #Retrieving #FlatCoatedRetriever #Swim #Fun

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Photo of Jon a black Flat-Coated Retriever throwing himself into the creek in pursuit of his training bumper.

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Photo of Jon a black Flat-Coated Retriever swimming purposefully in the creek in pursuit of his training bumper.

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Photo of Jon a black Flat-Coated Retriever swimming back to the shore while holding his training bumper.

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Photo of Jon a very wet and happy black Flat-Coated Retriever sitting on the wood walk and holding his training bumper.

Boston Happy Hour - Available Here: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/boston-happy-hour-lisa-s-baker.html

#bostonterrier #terrier #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #doglovers #pet #happyhour #drinking #wine #cheese #whimsical #fun #art #arte #artwork #wallart #homedecor #artforhome #artforsale #buyintoart #artprints #canvasprints #mastoart #fediart #fediverse

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Two Boston Terriers sit on bar stools wearing party hats, with a bottle, two glasses, and cheese arranged on the table between them. Loose black linework, painterly brushwork, and the dogs serious expressions give the scene its humor.

🐾🐶🐩🐕🐕‍🦺🏩🏩🏩🐾🐱🐈😺🐈‍⬛💁🏿‍♀️*9 Dog Breeds That Live in Harmony with Cats

#Cats #and #dogs #Harmony

9 Dog Breeds That Live In Harmony With Cats
https://worldanimalfoundation.org/dogs/dog-breeds-that-live-in-harmony-with-cats/

"The appeal of dog neuroscience is not limited to understanding their adolescence, indeed it kicks in as soon as you take a new puppy home." —William Davies for The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/25/what-training-my-chaotic-dog-taught-me-about-power-control-and-human-beings/?src=longreads

#longreads #dogs #dogtraining #sociology #control #reading #writing

In #books, from Lise Olsen: Lauren Hough, and her dog, set out to retrace John Steinbeck's 10,000 mile journey across America. But the trip is very different when you're a queer woman in 2026. https://www.texasobserver.org/lauren-hough-book-steinbeck-travels-review/

#bookstodon #LGBTQIA #Pride #travel #dogs

I tried to teach Chloe to say “please” in Hebrew before her treat. 🐶

Bevakasha. One little word. That’s all she had to do.

This is the face of a girl who decided the lesson was optional and the snack was not. 😂

Watch how this goes, and tell me, is your pet this stubborn too?

#Dogs #LearnHebrew #Hebrew #FunnyDogs #SayPlease

Beagles are the best

#dogs #dogsofmastodon #pets

Ancient Peruvian hairless dogs buried with Wari elites 1,200 years ago

Peruvian hairless dogs lived beside people at a major Wari Empire settlement on Peru’s northern coast more than 1,200 years ago, according to a study published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. The research gives the first physical evidence of these dogs at Castillo de Huarmey...

More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/05/1200-year-old-peruvian-hairless-dogs/

Follow @archaeology

#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #zooarchaeology #wariempire #dogs

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Ancient Peruvian hairless dogs buried with Wari elites 1,200 years ago

#TLcleanse

It’s late #spring / early #summer

I put out a lot of #BackyardWildlife feed, for Linus’s entertainment & my own.

I’ve posted some videos here including the #NorthernFlicker #Woodpecker mating dance, & a bunch with #squirrels, #chipmunks & #birds getting up close & personal with my super-mellow old man #Linus. Here are a few more.

First up, momma #Grackle feeding baby Grackle.

#DogsOfMastodon #nature #squirrels #birds #dogs #AdoptDontShop #rescue #SeniorDogs

#haiku by returning contributor, M. R. Pelletier.
M.R. Pelletier lives in Kansas, but his haiku #poetry travels the world.

#dogs #dog #now

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This #haiku by returning contributor, M. R. Pelletier, reads stray dog the return to now M.R. Pelletier lives in Kansas, but his haiku #poetry travels the world. #dogs #dog #now

#dog #dogs