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Joseph S Giacalone Photo Art boosted

[?]Deborah League ยป 🌐
@DeborahLeagueFineArt@socel.net

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 - deborahleaguefineart.com/featu

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

Alt...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

    [?]Birch-o-mania ยป 🌐
    @MrBirch@beige.party

    I was just reading a movie review and the reviewer mentioned that thereโ€™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 canโ€™t commit to this, you suck.

      JJDavis :terminal: boosted

      [?]billy joe bowers ๐Ÿ—ฝ ยป 🌐
      @billyjoebowers@mastodon.online

      A879970
      Located At: Pima Animal Care Center - Eastside
      Description: My name is Tahlia.
      I am a spayed female, brown and tan Canaan Dog and Queensland Heeler.
      Age: The shelter staff think I am about 2 years and 5 months old.
      More Info: I have been at the shelter since Jun 11, 2026.
      Data Updated: This information was refreshed 46 minutes ago.

      24Petconnect.com/DetailsMain/P

      https://24petconnect.com/DetailsMain/PIMA2/A879970

        JJDavis :terminal: boosted

        [?]billy joe bowers ๐Ÿ—ฝ ยป 🌐
        @billyjoebowers@mastodon.online

        A902949
        Located At: Pima Animal Care Center - Tucson
        Description: My name is Alder*.
        I am a neutered male, black American Pit Bull Terrier.
        Weight: I weigh approximately 69.50 lbs.
        Age: The shelter staff think I am about 2 years and 2 months old.
        More Info: I have been at the shelter since Jun 10, 2026 and am ready to go home today!
        I am in Kennel D118.

        24Petconnect.com/DetailsMain/P

          Deborah League boosted

          [?]Tina LeCour ยป 🌐
          @ArtThatMakesYouSmile@mastodon.social

          Little Miss Goldie!
          Available here...tina-lecour.pixels.com/feature

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

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

            [?]Luke Miller ยป 🌐
            @upmultimedia@mastodon.gamedev.place

            Moving to Ireland

            en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_of_

              muddle ๐Ÿฅฃ boosted

              [?]PointOfNo ยป 🌐
              @returntosender@mas.to

              he's right behind me, isn't he?

              'Don't move. Don't blink. Don't breathe ' A white and black calf has its head out of a barn door and licking a top of the white labrador head from behind. The dog's eyes are huge with surprise and fear.

              Alt...'Don't move. Don't blink. Don't breathe ' A white and black calf has its head out of a barn door and licking a top of the white labrador head from behind. The dog's eyes are huge with surprise and fear.

                [?]Lanie ยป 🌐
                @RareBird15@allovertheplace.ca

                Last night was rough. I talked to my mom, and we had to face something I've been dreading. My dog Squeaker โ€” a 12-year-old miniature pinscher who's been with me most of his life โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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 โ€” it's a CNA turning a missing toothpaste into a facility-wide incident, or your own thumb betraying you with a squirt bottle.

                  Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv boosted

                  [?]Masayuki60 ๐Ÿฆฎ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ“ท ยป 🌐
                  @masayuki60@social.vivaldi.net

                  Kengo wanted to come with me for sure, but not quite yet. Sorry but I enjoyed the cool morning by myself.

                  ๐Ÿ“ George H. Sparks Reservoir, GA (and Kengo at home)

                  A sunrise over a lake: the sun, sky, and clouds are reflected on the water.

                  Alt...A sunrise over a lake: the sun, sky, and clouds are reflected on the water.

                  A pouting look of a white and brown dog standing on a mat at home

                  Alt...A pouting look of a white and brown dog standing on a mat at home

                  A sunrise over a lake as the sky and water turned orange. A tree on the left and kayaks at the bottom.

                  Alt...A sunrise over a lake as the sky and water turned orange. A tree on the left and kayaks at the bottom.

                  A lakeview at dawn: A moon seen tiny at the top; blue sky, clouds, reflection of them on the water.

                  Alt...A lakeview at dawn: A moon seen tiny at the top; blue sky, clouds, reflection of them on the water.

                    [?]PointOfNo ยป 🌐
                    @returntosender@mas.to

                    and a lead singer in 80s rock cover band

                    Red Irish setter looks in the distance from the green hill to the ocean. Dog's long hair on the back of the head is tied up in a ponytail.

                    Alt...Red Irish setter looks in the distance from the green hill to the ocean. Dog's long hair on the back of the head is tied up in a ponytail.

                      muddle ๐Ÿฅฃ boosted

                      [?]jcrabapple ยป 🌐
                      @jcrabapple@dmv.community

                      ๐Ÿ• 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:
                      pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/
                      link.springer.com/article/10.3
                      pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/

                        muddle ๐Ÿฅฃ boosted

                        [?]AmyFou ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ ยป 🌐
                        @amyfou@lingo.lol

                        Good morning, friends ๐Ÿ• ๐Ÿ• ๐Ÿ’ž ๐Ÿ’ž โ˜• โ˜•

                        please appreciate the faces of two dogs who successfully wrested their leashes out of my hands and therefore finally got to chase the coyotes.

                        luckily nobody got hurt.

                        and these two are absolutely not sorry (and they will absolutely try to do it again if the opportunity arises)

                        two dogs, one standing and one lying down, with very satisfied grins on their faces.

                        Alt...two dogs, one standing and one lying down, with very satisfied grins on their faces.

                          oheso boosted

                          [?]Grickle ยป 🌐
                          @grickle@mstdn.social

                          Switch it up.

                          A cartoon illustration of two teams of tiny aliens meeting in a backyard where they each have been driving a cat shaped vessel and a dog shaped vessel. Caption reads "Well, alright, I say we swap vessels and compare notes at the end of the week."

                          Alt...A cartoon illustration of two teams of tiny aliens meeting in a backyard where they each have been driving a cat shaped vessel and a dog shaped vessel. Caption reads "Well, alright, I say we swap vessels and compare notes at the end of the week."

                            [?]Hollie [she/they] ยป 🌐
                            @hollie@social.coop

                            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 youโ€™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.

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

                            Alt...Two dogs in a small vetโ€™s exam room, a corgi who is looking at the camera suspiciously and a black Lab who is cheerful and sweet.

                              [?]Earl ยป 🌐
                              @Earl@mast.john1126.com

                              "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: aan.com/PressRoom/home/PressRe

                                oheso boosted

                                [?]Grickle ยป 🌐
                                @grickle@mstdn.social

                                Good sounds.

                                A cozy kitchen on a rainy afternoon: a person, a cat, and a dog sit around a table eating bowls of strawberry-topped ice cream, listening to rain against the window and the gentle clinking of spoons. Caption reads "On rainy afternoons they would eat ice cream with strawberries, listening to the patter of rain and the clinking of spoons."

                                Alt...A cozy kitchen on a rainy afternoon: a person, a cat, and a dog sit around a table eating bowls of strawberry-topped ice cream, listening to rain against the window and the gentle clinking of spoons. Caption reads "On rainy afternoons they would eat ice cream with strawberries, listening to the patter of rain and the clinking of spoons."

                                  Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv boosted

                                  [?]Masayuki60 ๐Ÿฆฎ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ“ท ยป 🌐
                                  @masayuki60@social.vivaldi.net

                                  Hot! It may not be a heatwave by definition, but hot, regardless. I hope the photos have a cooling effect.
                                  Have a good week, everyone.

                                  A monochrome photo of a two-tone dog, lying in his yard looking toward top left corner of the screen

                                  Alt...A monochrome photo of a two-tone dog, lying in his yard looking toward top left corner of the screen

                                  A monochrome photo of a two-tone dog standing on the driveway looking toward the left side of the screen.

                                  Alt...A monochrome photo of a two-tone dog standing on the driveway looking toward the left side of the screen.

                                  A monochrome photo of a two-tone dog lying in his yard, making an obligatory big yawn.

                                  Alt...A monochrome photo of a two-tone dog lying in his yard, making an obligatory big yawn.

                                  A monochrome photo of a two-tone dog lying in his yard, looking down on the ground.

                                  Alt...A monochrome photo of a two-tone dog lying in his yard, looking down on the ground.

                                    oheso boosted

                                    [?]C.W. Williams ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿฆ‘๐Ÿ‡ฌ ยป 🌐
                                    @TidalFlats@mastodon.coffee

                                    Early morning Swim Fun was had, before the air became too toxic here near the Bay.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                                      Joseph S Giacalone Photo Art boosted

                                      [?]Lisa S Baker Art ยป 🌐
                                      @LisaSBaker@mastodon.sdf.org

                                      Boston Happy Hour - Available Here: 1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featu

                                      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.

                                      Alt...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.

                                        [?]Masayuki60 ๐Ÿฆฎ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ“ท ยป 🌐
                                        @masayuki60@social.vivaldi.net

                                        The heat continues. Kengo's tongue was very much out after coming back from outside.
                                        The doe has eaten all my tiger lily buds and I'm not happy. But, she needs food and I forgive her.
                                        Keep cool everyone.

                                        A white and brown dog lying in his bed with his tongue way out

                                        Alt...A white and brown dog lying in his bed with his tongue way out

                                        A white and brown dog lying in his bed and able to scratch his head with the left leg that still needs surgery.

                                        Alt...A white and brown dog lying in his bed and able to scratch his head with the left leg that still needs surgery.

                                        A white-tail doe waking in my yard toward right by a fence

                                        Alt...A white-tail doe waking in my yard toward right by a fence

                                        A white and brown dog lying on grass in his yard despite heat

                                        Alt...A white and brown dog lying on grass in his yard despite heat

                                          [?]Lisa J. Warner / Lisa Luv ยป 🌐
                                          @LisaWarnerLisaLuv@mastodon.social

                                          ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿ˜บ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿ’๐Ÿฟโ€โ™€๏ธ*9 Dog Breeds That Live in Harmony with Cats

                                          9 Dog Breeds That Live In Harmony With Cats
                                          worldanimalfoundation.org/dogs

                                            [?]Longreads ยป 🌐
                                            @longreads@mastodon.world

                                            "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." โ€”William Davies for The Guardian

                                            theguardian.com/news/ng-intera

                                              oheso boosted

                                              [?]Texas Observer ยป 🌐
                                              @TexasObserver@texasobserver.social

                                              In , 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. texasobserver.org/lauren-hough

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