・pets

[cloud ruin]

But my mom is like "oh don't kill it ill put him outside"

[lone fable]

Skcjsocbsv

Your mom is too good for this world

[cloud ruin]

She really is.

She respects all forms of life. Even the ones I strongly desire to crunch.

https://youtu.be/tKWmoUTef3s?si=Qsj0dMerkdvoqC2C beginning of this is actual footage of me trying to get the spiderweb off

[royal rain]

blessed be ur mom
spiders are just being unreasonably hated and feared by hoomans
but no spider eats humans, and the majority of them are not dangerous to us (except few with potent venom or if ur are allergic or smth, but still they will bite only in extreme cases like when repeatedly threatened or provoked, and overall prefer to run instead of bite)

they're useful in fact, since they can catch and eat mosquitos or roaches and the like - insects who pester hoomans, bite them, eat their food and carry diseases

[lone fable]

I understand all of that, but it's hard to fight instincts when they are right in front of you

I don't deny anything you've said either, like I said outside is fair game because it's where they belong and I don't mind them living outside where they can actually get food and help the environment

But when they're in my home

[dense mesa]

i hate them making cobwebs everywhere

aside from that i dont really care

[royal rain]

technically, they're more useful for you inside your home but yeah, i also understand it's not aesthetically pleasant

[cloud ruin]

I'm afraid of bugs and spiders are no exception

[cloud ruin]

Gonna go to the bakery and get a treat for surviving the week.

Also just to hang and play cards

This is my way of inviting kc out

[lone fable]

Sorry I'm not home

I thought about getting a cinnamon roll before I left but decided against it because I had Baron outside his crate while I did some quick stuff out of the house

But now I'm not even close to the bakery

Hanging with family for the weekend lol

While my brother (probably regrettably) babysits the dogs

These are his instructions for Baron so he probably doesn't like that he said yes to watching them for the weekend thinking it'd be easy and just playing with puppy for 10 minutes and going to play his games the rest of the time lmao

My mom said my brother isn't gonna do any of this and he'll probably need 6 hours of exercise when I get him back

[lone fable]

My brother called my mom and he's already been driven crazy after 4 hours

We tried explaining to him I'll just board him next time fkshcowbf

He also didn't follow my instructions either which is hilarious because he would've been fine if he did 😭

[cloud ruin]

uh

Kc help I think I'm a grandma

[lone fable]

AWWW

[cloud ruin]

ITS NOT AW WE ARE NOT EQUIPPED FOR THIS LMAO

I am PRETTY sure it's not fertile

[lone fable]

Eh probably

But still cute

[cloud ruin]

Ollie has weird albinism so it's impossible to gender her without a DNA test basically

But she's always had a pink-ish nose so I assumed female.

Either way oh God eggs

[lone fable]

😭

[cloud ruin]

Her ass is huge so I'm guessing there's more to come.

I did not expect to wake up today and end up a grandma.

Anyways I bought a cupcake today.

[thorny yacht]

[cloud ruin]

Very excited to eat it once the -bird panic- ends

Even that bakery's cupcakes are amazing holy shit. I swear nothing there is meant to be eaten in one sitting because it's so rich and delicious

[cloud ruin]

"Feeding the creature" lmao

I love that baron needs 3 pages of instructions and freedom is just seemingly "yeah he's fine"

[lone fable]

This was freedom's

[cloud ruin]

Low maintenance grandpa and high maintenance toddler

[lone fable]

Yes

My mom thinks I also went overboard with all the instructions and everything and that he was doing me a favor so I shouldn't have done this to my brother

But the thing is, I wasn't doing it out of malice or anything, this is genuinely the bare minimum he needs for the most part

He doesn't need a long lasting treat while in his crate, but if my brother wants to nap or do something in peace for an hour or two it's a necessity

He doesn't need to be under constant supervision 24/7 but I also don't need him peeing in my mom's house and pulling things apart and destroying stuff that could be important because there's a chance he'll do that if he isn't supervised

I feel like I did my part and although it's a lot of my brother, I tried to keep it to a minimum so his basic needs are met, and tried making things steps so he could do things without the two dogs fighting over a meal or smth if freedom decided to scarf down Baron's food (which he ended up doing because my brother left the crate open with the food and left the house)

And the warnings are definitely warranted so Baron doesn't eat something that could kill him (as my brother often leaves cabinets open and so much shit has xantham gum in it) and we definitely don't need him being walked to the park, freaking out, and biting someone's 5 year old because my brother barely knows my dog

[cloud ruin]

I'm more worried about your brother surviving the weekend with baron at this point that dog might break him

[lone fable]

He probably will

Idk how much he'll cry in the crate since he's only been at my mom's twice before and neither time was an overnight stay without me there

I'm definitely boarding him next time until he's older and apologizing to my brother though

And paying him for the stress

Because he definitely had no idea what he was getting himself into since he'd only spent maybe a combined 4 hours with him, and spent the rest of the time when I'd visit either napping or being elsewhere away from the dogs

I think I got so used to doing this shit almost every single day, work or no work, that I didn't think it'd be too much- just wanted to outline things I figured would keep the house safe and clean and Baron not choking on something he shouldn't have had in the first place 😭

[royal rain]

rip this guy

at 18.5 y. o.

[split basin]

[lone fable]

😔

He was a great boy

[thorny yacht]

i thought he died like...years ago now lmao

[dense mesa]

she died 2 days ago

[lone fable]

Wait doge was a she?

[dense mesa]

yea

https://x.com/dog_rates/status/1794040294058479662

WeRateDogs (@dog_rates) on X

This is Kabosu. She's the shiba inu whose face became the internationally recognized Doge meme after a photoshoot went viral in 2010. Kabosu passed peacefully today, May 24, at 18, after a long battle with liver disease and leukemia.

Kabosu (which means Pumpkin in Japanese, so

Twitter · May 24, 2024, 4:18 PM

[royal rain]

she was adopted from a shelter and then lived together with 3 cats

[cloud ruin]

I woke up today because griffin came up and laid against my back

I also may have attempted to roll over in my sleep and that's when my fluffy backpack decided it was time to leave.

[lone fable]

That sweet old lady

Her smile is precious

[cloud ruin]

Anyways there isn't any more eggs today so far so that's good!

[dense mesa]

have i shown you that jaiden video

[cloud ruin]

You did 😭

The difference is I don't think any mating happened

Unlike jaidens situation, mine aren't making a secret love nest in an old dresser.
Lillie is just dropping infertile little pearl looking eggs.

[dense mesa]

02naruhodo

[cloud ruin]

They look like this.

[dense mesa]

yea dw i didnt scroll past haha

[cloud ruin]

Shes extra bitchy but otherwise she seems pretty normal for her bitchy little self.

Shes kinda just bossing the other two around lmao

Pffft Lillie chased sora off the roof of the cage and sora flew and landed next to a sleepy griffin. She stayed there for a minute and he's totally unphased by these birds.

Which is funny because he still has a big time prey drive with outside birds.

I think its really cute and sweet he's specifically recognizing that these 3 little birds are friends

Honestly birds have been really good for desensitizing him a bit to piercing loud noises. Like smoke detectors and fire alarms. Or sirens.

[cloud ruin]

Dad accidentally disturbed a bird nest while opening the pool today. If the mom rejects them I might have to slip those eggs with my parakeets lmao

[cloud ruin]

The freak decided to nest under the pool cover so it's her own fault man, the deck is RIGHT THERE.

[cloud ruin]

She literally managed to slip up under the cover and she was nesting on the rim of the pool, tucked up against the balloons that hold the cover up so the water doesn't freeze to it, and the little buckles along the rim

[lone fable]

Walked by someone with a husky x keeshond mix and she's so gentle and gorgeous I love her

[cloud ruin]

Omg what a beautiful dog

[lone fable]

Yeee

He was like "she isn't a wolf I promise" and I was like "I'm not concerned about her being a wolf can I take a pic 😭 "

[cloud ruin]

Not a wolf just gorgeous

[lone fable]

Yee

I felt awkward asking if I could take a pic of someone's dog but he seemed nice and it took me like 5 minutes to take a pic because she kept turning around and sniffing something else 😭

She wasn't interested in me at all she just wanted to explore

[cloud ruin]

I have never seen such stupid decisions by our wild birds. My parents realized that the babies have a good chance of drowning.

The worst part is there's bird houses like 10 feet away. And a shed with an overhanging roof. And a pool deck with lots of rafters.

https://stateofthebirds.nhaudubon.org/bird_database/alder-flycatcher/ it's these guys so the eggs are similar size to my parakeets lol

[lone fable]

He's finally laying in bed like a normal fucking dog again, let's see how long this lasts lol

Bonus pic of how he sleeps in the car now that he's too big to curl up on the seat

It's hard to see, but the seat is leaned back like 140°

He's also experiencing the AC for the first time and doesn't know what to think of it, sort of like the vacuum but less running around and staring at it

Demon discovers: his reflection

And back to laying down

I think this is the calmest he's been when in my room, on my bed, in 2 months

So comfy

[lone fable]

He has switched sides to protect me from my wall

[cloud ruin]

Meanwhile griffin is just panting in my face because he's hot. And he stinks. Close that mouth.

[lone fable]

It lasted until about 3:30am

[dense mesa]

why are you awake

cat_stare

[lone fable]

Did you read my message

[dense mesa]

did baron wake you up

[lone fable]

Yes

[dense mesa]

02pensive

[tender relic]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/701114760187478126/1244332489040855051/shower_crow.mp4.mp4?ex=6655632f&is=665411af&hm=d8d7b30d4a0dbcf3315fdb52a9512b03cb924ea35db72c36081ff4e699c23331&

[lone fable]

Aw

[cloud ruin]

So I learned that a supplement my parents bought to help me with my newly diagnosed immune issues has lead in it this is why you read reviews first mom

Also hey the parent birds found their nest again

[dense mesa]

i really wouldnt take any medicine that's not prescribed by a doctor

[cloud ruin]

Its like, vitamins. So it can't really hurt me.

Or so I thought

[dense mesa]

Ars_Pat

[cloud ruin]

My mom took it to prove me wrong because I thought it was brutally murdering my gut and causing intensive stomach pains

Sure enough, mom has the same problem after 2 doses and apologizes profusely

[cloud ruin]

Lillie just laid another egg.

She dropped it from the top of her cage and I'm surprised it's not broken

[royal rain]

who's Lillie

[cloud ruin]

Angry green creature

Old photo because I'm not waking a bunch of toddlers up at 4 am

[royal rain]

ah, a birb

[cloud ruin]

I'd be concerned if it were my dog laying eggs

[dense mesa]

that's what they used to say about the platypus too

ya never know

[cloud ruin]

I mean, especially concerning considering he's male then

[dense mesa]

did you hear about that manta ray that reproduced on its own

or i think it was a manta ray

[cloud ruin]

He also might be too dumb to reproduce, so it's for the best that male neutered dogs, in fact, do not lay eggs. I just watched him try to eat a hornet.

[dense mesa]

insects are good protein

umu

[cloud ruin]

Not when they sting him and make him upset

His day is actually probably ruined

[dense mesa]

daww

[cloud ruin]

Hes not good at survival instincts.

I still love him with all my heart though

Whew it's humid this morning.

[grim geyser]

Street cat

[cloud ruin]

Omg he's pretty

[lone fable]

He looks so much fluffier when towel dried

Bonus pic of the psycho

[royal rain]

doggo

[lone fable]

Also he apparently loathes having the showerhead pour water on his face because he let me do it for about a second before he tried biting it

And then promptly wouldn't let me put the water near his head anymore

So I guess that's another thing I gotta work on with him 😭

Look at the sopping wet little goblin cretin

[cloud ruin]

Ahaha

Some dogs are just bastards with water tbh

[lone fable]

Ye

[gusty leaf]

WARNING

The message above with "github" may be part of an ongoing preferred scam method.

Do not click the link if you are unsure.

If you believe this to be a scam, please ping a moderator immediately

[cloud ruin]

Oh. Cool new bot feature. If only they could do it for the steam ones too

[split basin]

jokes on you we already do

[royal rain]

stares right into your soul

[royal rain]

https://youtube.com/shorts/L22GfrT23mg?si=AhsSsSuRGMJzZvHc

[cloud ruin]

Griffin got a bath because he laid in nondescript pool sludge

[grim geyser]

Illegal kitty

(having pets is against the rules of dorm)

[dense mesa]

Nice shoes

[grim geyser]

Thanks

[royal rain]

no way, kvitsev is captain Pike

[grim geyser]

Naaah not the niche media references 🤣

[lone fable]

Lol

[lone fable]

Was gonna have Baron stay at a kennel for the weekend so I could hang out with my mom overnight at camp but he's got another very bad case of diarrhea

I was trying to give him the bland diet of just pasta and eggs and he's still just ||shooting out liquid on both ends||

Brought him to the emergency vet and they gave me some proviable and an antibiotic so hopefully he'll be better soon because the poor guy doesn't need to go through this shit again 3 months after last time

[cloud ruin]

Poor baron.

My pets needing a bland diet I always go for chicken and rice lol.

[lone fable]

I was giving him pasta and eggs because that's what my vet suggested last time instead of rice and since I didn't have the energy to boil and split chicken (I was incredibly sick at the time and all my energy went towards the 3-4 times a day id interact with the dogs outside of sleeping)

This emergency vet recommended 4 parts rice and 1 part protein between boiled chicken, 97% lean ground beef, cottage cheese, or plain yogurt

But when I went to the store, there was no beef leaner than 91% and all the cottage cheese had xantham gum in it so I was like 😭

He can settle for yogurt

He thinks it tastes funny but he eats it

[cloud ruin]

What I do is like, the 10 minute instant rice and some chicken and bake the chicken in the oven or fry up burger for him. Doggo doesn't care what it is.

[lone fable]

So it turns out the trainer I've chosen to go with for treating Baron's reactivity apparently is also booked with one of his litter mates for the exact same reason

And I guess both of us did all we could to try and socialize them and it's probably the parents and their own reactivity that caused them to be like this :')

Because the other owner I guess said a lot of the same stuff about how the breeder hasn't updated their site in forever and that they've also seen some of the dogs become service dogs and those posts be put on their Facebook page but nothing else

[cloud ruin]

Welp

[tacit valve]

maybe these count?

[dense mesa]

catwoah

[lone fable]

awww they hungy

[cloud ruin]

Griffin is at wits end today because it's cleaning day.

[lone fable]

i'm reading the resources the trainer gave me and i love how one of these organizations is titled "dumb friends league" 😭

i love it so much

that is an amazing name

[dense mesa]

i love my pet horse

[lone fable]

horses are so nice

[cloud ruin]

Horses aren't that uncommon out here tbf

[dense mesa]

but have you seen someone call them a pet

[cloud ruin]

Very much so

[dense mesa]

02naruhodo

[lone fable]

Yes

Around here you can legally own one as a pet instead of livestock iirc

When I lived with my mom, there was someone who owned one in their fenced in yard (not a whole lot of space tbf) and was legal

There's also pigs, goats, sheep, etc that are also often bought as pets

Pigs most unfortunately so because it's usually under the guise that they're "teacup pigs" and will never grow more than a couple dozen pounds and then people get hit with the cold reality when they pig just keeps growing

[dense mesa]

wild

only horses ive seen growing up were used by older/poorer people to drive around carriages cuz they didnt have a car

[cloud ruin]

My mail lady has pet pigs

[lone fable]

My mom's old friend was conned into buying a pet pig who she thought would only grow to be 20-30lbs and then was gaslighted into thinking it was her own fault he kept growing bigger because she didn't buy the special food from him to keep her pig small

[dense mesa]

[lone fable]

Then she had an angry, neglected pig who weighed nearly 300lbs that she couldn't control and was often confined to a dog crate because otherwise he'd go around charging and biting people

She gave him to a farm after a few years when she and her family moved halfway across the country and couldn't take their pets with them

So I can only hope he was happier after

[cloud ruin]

My mail lady loves her pigs and they're spoiled

Unrelated but man someone's having a block party or something and I can hear it out the windows and I'm jealous I wanna party too

[dense mesa]

you could try just going over and seeing what happens

[cloud ruin]

I have no idea where it is.

[dense mesa]

if the party is big enough you can probably just sneak in

can't you just follow the sound

[cloud ruin]

It could be literally across the woods

[dense mesa]

time for a woodlands adventure then

[cloud ruin]

Too sick for that. I have a tcg tournament tomorrow I already have to cope I'll make it to

[dense mesa]

[cloud ruin]

Man griffins hearing must be getting real bad. I opened a box of cards with him on my bed and he got real upset at the sound

Like he forgot I was next to him

[lone fable]

Dichwibcw

Rip the little man

[cloud ruin]

He fell today and scared us all. He's really showing his age nowadays sadly.

I think he has nasty arthritis

[lone fable]

[meager salmon]

https://youtube.com/shorts/A-sjWEnpyxM?si=8CCiVpC6UPEKCogz

You ever own a cat that just might bite your head off?

@dense mesa @lone fable

[dense mesa]

i havent no

all cats we had growing up were omega chill

they basically just came to get food and that was it

[cloud ruin]

Well, pumas are a little different than a housecat

That's a explicitly a wild cat and not a pet cat. That thing will rip your flesh from the bone.

[dense mesa]

i have never owned one of those then

[lone fable]

no but the same friend of my mom's who owned that pig also took in a feral cat who'd attack us for simply existing within the house and being in eyesight of him

my mom is allergic to cats and idk how my dog would react to a cat + how it'd affect my mom when i visit so no cats for me until she's at least passed away in like 20 years or so

[dense mesa]

youre really planning ahead huh

[lone fable]

i am trying to be considerate

LOL

https://www.reddit.com/r/germanshepherds/comments/1d5g0to/always_watching/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

gives my dog's vibes

[cloud ruin]

I like cats but I've only owned one that was a bump on a log because he was blind and deaf.

[dense mesa]

how about a stick in the mud

[cloud ruin]

That too

[cloud ruin]

To be fair griffin is also a stick in the mud.

His default state of existence is this.

[dense mesa]

old doggo

02salute

[cloud ruin]

Hes really showing his age lately. It scares me, because he's such a special little creature

[lone fable]

Unnatural and natural states of existence

[cloud ruin]

How's baron's stomach doin

[lone fable]

idk, he hasn't pooped in a few hours

his last one was at like 4 and it was still yellow and liquid but by that point he'd only just gotten the meds

[cloud ruin]

Thats... good? I think?

[lone fable]

it's very good considering before he was crying to go outside every 2 hours lol

but idk if that's good on his stomach yet

we'll see the next time he actually poops

otherwise he's had about 3-4 cups of rice and some plain yogurt and boiled chicken with some egg as treats while i brought him out training earlier

[meager salmon]

I see that feral cat greatly feared the pig if it never made any moves on it

[cloud ruin]

Feral cat vs feral hog who would win

[lone fable]

the cat died before she got the pig

[meager salmon]

https://tenor.com/view/inosuke-kimetsu-no-yaiba-demon-slayer-kny-anime-gif-17709377

[meager salmon]

Damn

[lone fable]

if the cat was alive it 100000% would have messed with terry and if he did then terry would 10000% do everything in his power to kill tiger the cat

[cloud ruin]

I should probably go to bed because I have a tcg tournament tomorrow but my body is saying fuck you

[lone fable]

goodnight and sleep well

[cloud ruin]

I wonder what I'll get at the bakery tomorrow

Oh man they have choco taco themed cupcakes...

[dense mesa]

catwoah

[cloud ruin]

place is bad for my health but i love to treat myself if im down playing cards

[lone fable]

ooo

are the bottom right ones the choco taco?

[cloud ruin]

I think so?

The other chocolate ones are cookies and cream and fudgecicle

[lone fable]

ooh okay

[cloud ruin]

They all look good.

[lone fable]

they do

[cloud ruin]

Wish they were open later on Sundays though. It makes me go down and hang out at the game store all day basically because the tournament is at 4:30 and the bakery closes at 2

[lone fable]

[dense mesa]

go for a walk around the area

see what else is around

[lone fable]

there's like

a walgreens

over there

and some gas stations

a grocery store

a restaurant with a 2-4 hour wait time for walk-ins

there ain't much 😭

[cloud ruin]

There is a comic book store. I was there today buying some tcg supplies lol.

A subway.

[dense mesa]

hmm

[lone fable]

THERE'S A SUBWAY?

[dense mesa]

if anyone else comes in early you can offer to walk together

[lone fable]

oh wait we had this conversation

LOL

[cloud ruin]

Theres an ice cream place in the same plaza as the bakery but covid kicked my ass and I struggle with cold sensitivity lmao

[lone fable]

rip

[cloud ruin]

We did lmao its right next to the haircut place and the comic book store.

[lone fable]

gotcha

[cloud ruin]

Its actually awful. Some days it's okay but most days it's atrocious and I can't even drink cold stuff

[lone fable]

😭

also idk if i mentioned it already but i talked to a trainer earlier today i had made an appointment with for a virtual consult and apparently she has another client who adopted a puppy from the same exact litter as baron and that person is dealing with the exact same issues with reactivity as i am with him

[cloud ruin]

You did. It's crazy

[lone fable]

so she thinks that the breeder isn't breeding for temperament

because both of us had the same story

ah okay djtrhseg

it's kind of an insane coincidence that we both got a dog from the same guy, same litter, and live in the same area

[cloud ruin]

I mean its also insane that we both happened to meet online and live in the same town

[lone fable]

my homework is to get a video of me trying to engage and disengage baron when he's reacting so something so she knows what she'll be working with but i am also scared because i don't want to be somewhere too long with him acting out and scaring people dhtrsge

yee

[cloud ruin]

Like its wild that you are the first person I've met from this state and you coincidentally live in the same town. It's mind blowing.

[lone fable]

yeah 😭

that's also insane

especially since it's not necessarily a big town either

i moved from a town 4x the size, it's so quaint in comparison even though we straight up have a highway going through here

[cloud ruin]

Yeah no this is the biggest its been. As a kid we quite literally had nothing here.

Everything good about this town has sprung up in the last 10 years

[lone fable]

yee

[cloud ruin]

My parents moved here to get away from the hustle and bustle of MA but it made socializing me as a kid rough

[lone fable]

understandable

[lone fable]

Dude is so tuckered out that even the sound of me adjusting in my seat didn't wake him

Usually that makes him spring up like I'm gonna let him out of the crate and play

[cloud ruin]

I had to wake griffin up by gently shaking him. Heaviest sleeper. I bet I could go out and he wouldn't even notice I was gone.

[lone fable]

That's freedom

Every time I come home from work there's a 5+ second delay where I have to ask myself if he's dead or not because he'll be laying motionless on the couch when I walk in the door

Then suddenly he'll jolt awake once he realizes I'm in the house

[cloud ruin]

Yeaaah theres been several occasions I've had to prepare myself for him to maybe not wake up

[cunning birch]

Watching TV 📺🐱

[cloud ruin]

Watching Lillie get in an argument with a perch.

Such an odd little hell creature.

Like she makes the same noise she makes when she's fighting with the other parakeets. But she's just... yelling at a paper towel tube wrapped in butchers twine

Maybe growling at is a better term.

I've never met such an aggressive little creature

[lone fable]

New sleeping position unlocked

[cloud ruin]

Goofball

[dense mesa]

omg

give him belly rubs

[lone fable]

Can't, I'll wake him

[cloud ruin]

I just got home from my tournament. Swung by the supermarket and got some chicken nuggies... They're very mid.

[dense mesa]

i got gelatto today

a bit pricy but it's really good

coolok

[cloud ruin]

I had a cookies and cream cupcake from the bakery

[lone fable]

Nice

[cloud ruin]

It made me smile bc i can't have ice cream often so it was nice to have the taste

Got a carrot cake one for my mom.

Had a mild panic attack bc new 2 people showed up for tcg and I'm cripplingly shy

[lone fable]

That's okay

I'm sure it went alright, right?

[dense mesa]

fake it till you make it

coolok

[cloud ruin]

They were like "we are all weirdos here, it's fine, we get it"

[dense mesa]

exactly

umu

[lone fable]

[lone fable]

So it turns out Baron doesn't even have whipworm anymore, which is good but now I'm still confused as to what caused his diarrhea because I didn't feed him anything new or anything

[cloud ruin]

Maybe he snuck something

Could also have allergy issues maybe? A dog my relatives own has massive seasonal allergies that effect him like 10 different ways.

Like literally just seasonal plant allergies like we get.

[lone fable]

Idk

But the trainer wanted me to do stuff to keep him less stressed and his reactions low and it's not working when he can still hear outside over the noise I have playing in front of him and barks at people he sees outside because he thinks they shouldn't be there from how much I've tried avoiding them from his reactivity

[cloud ruin]

Lmao he'd love it at my house. I'm nestled so far into the woods that there are no people or anything

[lone fable]

But then he'd probably hate the birds chirping in the house and anything similar lol

My house is quiet most of the time, the only sounds you really hear are Baron barking when he hears the neighbor's front door open

Like.. utter silence

I don't have a radio and don't really let the TV mindlessly play non-stop anymore

[cloud ruin]

Speaking of TV I'm losing my shit currently

[lone fable]

Tried it when the trainer said to create more noise to distract him from hearing the front door opening and it didn't work

Rip

[cloud ruin]

My mom was watching lifetime movies and I saw ff7 characters.
Naturally I went "a 7r ad on lifetime? That's a little weird"

https://youtu.be/Ru8kDGPv2G0?si=akkqgUKI2sKMdVLI it's an ad for mental health I'm crying

The overlap of people who watch lifetime b movies in the middle of the day and final fantasy fans is exactly me.

[lone fable]

Oh my god

[cloud ruin]

I came in at Barrett sitting over the bed and was like "that looked kinda like barrett, clearly I have brain rot from playing tcg yesterday and building a deck today, there's no way there's a 7r ad on lifetime network, a network notoriously targeting 50-60+ folks with bad made for TV movies"

[lone fable]

Xksbca

[cloud ruin]

That ad simultaneously made my day and broke me on an extreme level

[lone fable]

Idk maybe there's some 50 y/o who likes ff since the games have been coming out since they were like 25

Wait no, 20?

The first final fantasy came out in the 90s right

[dense mesa]

87

close enough

[cloud ruin]

Late 80s maybe? Like I wanna say 89? They didn't start coming out over here until like, 3 or 4

I was close.

[lone fable]

So then the games came out at the perfect time for them to be a possible late teens gamer 😎

[cloud ruin]

I'd even go further saying these movies are pretty tailored to a female audience. So the audience overlap is grandma's and final fantasy 7 fans.

[lone fable]

I mean, you could say that

But when I worked in assisted living I'd say the disparity between guys watching those movies and gals watching was pretty even

They even had a TV in the library that always showed those soap operas and Hallmark romance movies and the room would be equally split with people watching lol

[cloud ruin]

My mom and I like making fun of the bad acting ahaha

And bad writing

[lone fable]

I never liked them even for that honestly, it felt too grating to listen to 😭

[cloud ruin]

The murder mystery ones are always a good laugh for me.

Bottom of the barrel entertainment

But God I have tonal whiplash watching a movie for bad acting and then seeing a FINAL FANTASY MENTAL HEALTH CAMPAIGN AD

I dont think I've ever even seen game ads on lifetime

My mom looked at me and went "so what you're saying is your trading card game is a mental illness" and I laughed and I haven't stopped giggling

Anyways my bird is taking a bath.

She stopped before the camera loaded. So here's the 3 gremlins.

[lone fable]

Aww

[cloud ruin]

Was outside with griffin and definitely heard someone scream bloody murder down the road. I'm just gonna go back inside now...

[lone fable]

😭

Tbf I can't even leave my front door anymore without Baron screaming

[cloud ruin]

Someone on my street is seemingly using a chainsaw at 11pm. Idk what energy drinks he has but can I have some

[lone fable]

Aodhwocjwg

[cloud ruin]

I respect the dedication to whatever he's doing even if it scared the piss out of griffin while letting him out

[lone fable]

Lol

He fetch, he retrieve, he gib

[split basin]

[lone fable]

He do let me boop

He let lots of boops

[dense mesa]

I forgot lei reads one piece

[lone fable]

What does that have to do with the pets channel and booping noses

[cloud ruin]

I took some super cute photos of griffin but my phone died immediately after bc I hadn't charged it after my outing yesterday. So I'll post them tomorrow.

[split basin]

[dense mesa]

the pfp change

[split basin]

he deserves a lot of boops!

all the boops!

[lone fable]

Oh lol

[cloud ruin]

Someday I will meet and boop baron on behalf of pets chat

[split basin]

[dense mesa]

i find it funny that you dont know how kc looks like but you know what her dogs look like

so there's a decent chance you might recognize her randomly on the street just from the dogs

[cloud ruin]

Likewise, I'm probably the only person around here with a coton de tulear outside of the family that adopted griffins sister lol

Its a rare breed and he's a bit bigger than the other floofy, white colored breeds like Maltese

[lone fable]

She's probably seen me irl tbf, we just don't know LOL

Since she's visited my work before

Like there was a girl and her mother last week and I had to hold back and ask if she was you because she kinda gave off your text vibes 😭

To avoid any insanely awkward moments

[cloud ruin]

Nah my mom and I don't go out often. We mostly send my dad to grab my meds there.

A key feature of me in public is I tend to wear either a zelda hat or a black cap with a TWEWY player pin on it

sincerely doubt many other people would even own a twewy pin around here

[lone fable]

Nothing like being whacked with a 5lb tail because these two wanted to play on the couch

[cloud ruin]

Pfft

[lone fable]

Ooh okay

It's almost like they're smooching with their teeth

[dense mesa]

did you get that fancy one from the twewy 2 preorder

[cloud ruin]

I cant remember the last time my mom and I both were in there together.

I wish. Nah it's from etsy

[dense mesa]

02pensive

[cloud ruin]

The hat is kinda like Sho's which is why I bought it

[lone fable]

Man, if only Baron would nap like he used to, this would look cute

[dense mesa]

why is there a christmas tree

[lone fable]

Because it was from my late grandmother

And it's nice to just have it there

[cloud ruin]

I've met exactly one person ever who recognized the player pin and it was a guy who works at the game store

[lone fable]

There's no law stating I can't have my nana's Christmas tree on my window sill when it isn't Christmas 😔

Shit they finally noticed me

They both just stopped to look at me like this

[cloud ruin]

Baron reminds me of a possum lmfao

[lone fable]

He might as well be with the way he acts lmao

[cloud ruin]

https://tenor.com/view/possum-opossum-scared-ахуй-freaked-out-gif-14267767681427156165

[lone fable]

Nora likes to call him a raccoon

He's like a reverse raccoon with where the black is on his body lol

[cloud ruin]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/445809083656699924/882723030839742475/20210901_162545.jpg?ex=665f7862&is=665e26e2&hm=ffe03c7baf6a61ac3f62eb8c7e68744488fb3d36fc23aa8b35b422e82981b3f0& even without the pin at the time I took this photo, it's a pretty uncommon hat to see someone walking around with

[lone fable]

Thank you for shoving your ass in my face, Baron

[cloud ruin]

I will now intentionally wear this hat as much as possible so kc can go "oh shit I guess that's emerald" if we have a chance encounter

[lone fable]

KSBDOWBCOWCOWHC

Maybe

The old man is getting tired lol

[cloud ruin]

Same baron same

[cloud ruin]

Gotta take griffin to the vet at 10:50 to get his neck cyst drained tomorrow then make it home in time for a telehealth doctor's appointment for lupus shit

[lone fable]

Good luck 😭

I found out this morning that Baron's whipworm free but then I also have no idea why he's had diarrhea

But hoping it goes back to normal soon

He can't live on rice and chicken forever

He's a growing boi

[dense mesa]

youve said that already

[lone fable]

Which part

[cloud ruin]

Griffin has a cyst that grows out of his neck and it's golf ball sized right now. It's not dangerous but he doesn't like it if you mess with it

Gotta go get it drained every couple of months

[lone fable]

😔

[dense mesa]

this part

[lone fable]

Okay last pic

[lone fable]

Have I ever mentioned that I have a terrible memory

I'm sorry for repeating myself

[dense mesa]

you dont have to apologize grandma issok

it's normal for the elderly

[cloud ruin]

Baron has such a gremlin look omg

[lone fable]

Because he is a little gremlin 😭

He needs to be tamed (learn to chill out so he isn't a danger to anyone)

[dapper current]

My pets

Panda and snarky

Shark*

Sharky*

[split basin]

[cloud ruin]

Handsome little bastard

[lone fable]

The Curl Tube™

[cloud ruin]

His hair is so goddamn fabulous

The Fabio of dogs

[cloud ruin]

Appointments done. Gotta go to the doctor to get some blood work done later on and probably pick up prescriptions. Bleh

Also can I just say how much I love how birds sleep.

Like. Hoothoot isn't an exaggeration. Birds do that with their feet. They tuck one into their body feathers and sleep on one foot like that.

[lone fable]

Baron says congrats

[cloud ruin]

It doesn't show up well in photos because my birds are so tiny but I always love when I catch a glimpse of them taking a nap with the one foot.

[lone fable]

Yeee

[cloud ruin]

They were doing it during my telehealth appointment and I kept glancing at them because they're just too cute.

They fluff up like little pompoms and tuck their foot away and they're just so cute.

Also for once in their life they didn't scream their little heads off while I was on a call

[lone fable]

😭

Yay!

[cloud ruin]

Theyre so bad

[cloud ruin]

I've successfully had all my blood drained and holy hell it's hot today

[lone fable]

Dkcbwobcwv

I hope you feel better soon

[cloud ruin]

Now that I've tested positive for lupus I have to jump through like 50 different tests to get a actual lupus diagnosis.

[royal rain]

get well!

[dense mesa]

stay strong

bceMuscleThumbsUp

[cloud ruin]

That emote asksdmfm

[lone fable]

Cage match

||I didn't put them in the crate they have voluntarily entered it to wrestle and I feel like it'd be nicer to do it in open space but you do you buds||

[cloud ruin]

Thunderstorm gave griffin a stroke and he hates everything.

[lone fable]

I think Baron hates them too, he was barking up a storm when I walked in the house which he hasn't really done in months

[cloud ruin]

It moved out quickly thankfully but now he's broken

[dense mesa]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Eyebleach/comments/1d8o7h1/hes_so_beautiful/

[lone fable]

One of these days I will be here with him during a storm to show him it isn't scary 😭

[dense mesa]

Is this accurate

[lone fable]

For most dogs, yes

[cloud ruin]

Kc, baron tries to take knives, he's definitely in the dinosaur stage

[lone fable]

He's 7 months old, he's definitely in the raptor phase 😭

Now it's just a very, very long marathon to 2 years old and for the sanity of both me and Freedom, I hope Freedom lives long enough to see it

[cloud ruin]

Meanwhile griffin still can't handle "dont pee in the house when you're scared"

[lone fable]

I tried moving it because I'm afraid my neighbor who uses a retractable leash on his overexcited dogs would end up getting one of them hurt so I tried to move it

Then at the same time these two dudes drove into the parking lot and saw me drop it when it kicked my hand away and asked if I wanted them to move it for me 😭

The thing ended up pissing the moment it realized the dude wouldn't drop it while bringing it out to the woods

I didn't know we had snapping turtles in New Hampshire

[dense mesa]

that's a weird looking tutel

[lone fable]

Oh the things sent out of order

The first was supposed to be the image

But yes it's a snapping turtle

[cloud ruin]

Dude we have so many snapping turtles. My mom used to stop when I was a kid and help them cross the road all the time.

[lone fable]

This is the first time I've seen one outside of a zoo or Florida

I thought they were all southern turtles

I've seen a few box turtles though

The ones with the red marks by the ear in the wild

[cloud ruin]

Yeah they're cute.

We've had snapping turtles lay eggs in our driveway.

[warm dune]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-empotrar-petardech-humping-gif-17866795

[meager salmon]

Would you rather have the power to:

transform into any animal/creature you like
be able to communicate/understand any other animal/creature freely (assume you’re also talented at convincing them to do your bidding too)

@dense mesa @lone fable

[dense mesa]

did you ask me that knowing that im playing a ben 10 game rn

[lone fable]

As much as I'd love to transform into any animal I want, I feel like there's a massive caveat to that where someone could realistically hunt me like any other of that animal, or I could be hunted by a predator of that animal

So I think, in our modern world, just being able to communicate with them

Would possibly help keep me safe too from something that'd otherwise deem me a threat 😭

[dense mesa]

i feel like there's some way to exploit being able to turn into any animal

if i turn into a sheep and have someone sheer me what happens when i turn back

do i just get infinite wool if i cycle back and forth a bunch

also how granular are we going with any animal

do different species count as separate transformations

do i have access to like a bajilion types of spiders

cuz you can make mad money developing anti venom

or silkworms

also when we say every animal what actually counts as every

every animal discovered by humans? every animal on planet earth? every animal in the universe?

cuz if it's either of the latter 2 you can get mad money transforming into undiscovered species and letting others study you

as for talking to them

overwhelming majority of animals aren't smart enough to actually have a developed language or complex toughts

maybe it's be cool to talk to some monkeys or elephants or dolphins but i can't think of much else you can do besides that

unless the assuption also implies every animal gains human sentience

which is ugh

a whole other can of worms

[meager salmon]

Just make sure you never ever turn into a fly or any

Easiest death sentence

One of my mom’s dogs is very good at catching flies too

[dense mesa]

this reminded me

did yall hear of that dolphin who fell in love with its trainer and when they got separate he died from loneliness

[lone fable]

Not much to study tbf when everything other than the basic biology/morphology is still a mystery

[dense mesa]

that's still huge tho

[lone fable]

Behavior, diet, ecosystem, etc

I guess

[lone fable]

I think basically anything would be on the table though
Any insect would be prey to a bird or reptile, and any apex predator would still have competition and worry for other apex predators or being shot by a human for being in the neighborhood/out in the woods as a trophy kill

And if I let the world know I can transform into any animal I please, the government would probably try and take me as quickly as possible and "study" me through some fucking torture methods

I'd be keeping that shit a secret for my entire life

[dense mesa]

that onl happens in movies

[lone fable]

Are you sure

[dense mesa]

there's plenty of people with unique body conditions out there

[lone fable]

Because we don't actually know what happens behind closed doors

[dense mesa]

have you heard of that guy who ate an airplane

[lone fable]

Body conditions are one thing, being able to physically turn into any species on the planet is another

I'd be deemed a danger to society by many

[dense mesa]

youre overdramatizing it

[lone fable]

And would be in more danger myself if the government wouldn't want to stop me somehow 😭

I am American

I am not overdramatizing

People still get hunted down and lynched for being black

If that can happen, I'm sure as hell something similar could happen to me by some trigger happy maniac

[dense mesa]

move to a different country

hire body guards

youre rich

[lone fable]

What? 😭

[dense mesa]

that's more power than any physical strenght an animal can give you tbh

[lone fable]

Are you saying this because I can afford nitro

[dense mesa]

im saying this because you can turn into any animal

[lone fable]

Skcbwkcbwv

[dense mesa]

also this gave me an idea

if people can figure out how the transformation works and replicate it

at least partially

that has the potential to solve a lot of diseases and stuff

or body injuries

basically the whole lizard plotline from spiderman but on wider scale

[meager salmon]

Just turn into a t-Rex

[dense mesa]

do microbes and bacteria count

if you can turn into that for a bit i dont think any physical attacks can hurt you

then immediately turn into something giant yea

OH YEA SPEAKING OF

you could give people live video of real dinosaurs

we'd finally know what they look like

that alone would be enough to make you a millionare

[lone fable]

i think i'm too pessimistic of human greed to really imagine something like that would work out in the end without me being drugged, taken hostage, or killed as a trophy by some psycho

[cloud ruin]

It hit me my birthday is less than a month away and the passage of time is giving me existential dread because wtf it's almost July already???

[dense mesa]

same tbh

im about to end the school year

it feels like it just started

[lone fable]

happy early birthday because i will forget!

[cloud ruin]

it's July 1st

[dense mesa]

https://www.reddit.com/r/likeus/comments/1d9j123/parrot_plays_peekaboo/

[lone fable]

I thought you meant today was July 1st and I was about to have a fucking heart attack 😭

And cute birb

[cloud ruin]

God no please I'm not ready to be 28 yet

[dense mesa]

what difference does it make

[dense mesa]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Eyebleach/comments/1d9uczr/he_is_angry/

[cloud ruin]

It means I have to change my age on every platform ever

[dense mesa]

dont they do that automatically

[cloud ruin]

Not profiles like Twitter and discord

[dense mesa]

and do you really care that much about having the correct age shown

https://www.reddit.com/r/Eyebleach/comments/1daaho7/and_then_theyll_wonder_where_the_burger_went/

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1da3w6f/captured_off_the_coast_of_greenland_by_a_friend/

[cloud ruin]

Griffin is at the state where the lawn is too long and he gets so pissed at it lmao

He starts biting the grass because it's up to his shoulders-ish.

Like buddy you're close to the ground that ain't my fault it's God's fault

[dense mesa]

i mean it sounds like he's blaming the grass not you

[cloud ruin]

He blames me for not mowing it clearly. His name is griffin and his life is so hard

[dense mesa]

if that's a reference i dont get it

[cloud ruin]

Hes just a big baby

[lone fable]

Freedom has staked a claim over the new toy and growls/grumbles at Baron whenever Baron tries to take it and Baron just keeps trying everything he can think of to steal it

Including just jumping on and off the couch

And running circles

And staring at him

And chewing my goddamn pillow

Freedom is so patient with his hyper ass I feel bad 😭

Like I have never seen Freedom give so many warnings before

And not go after another dog

[dense mesa]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1dakrvn/the_sizable_arched_jaws_of_the_crocodile_shark/

technically not pets but this looks really cool

[dense mesa]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Eyebleach/comments/1da9xih/momma_bear_and_cub_going_after_birdseed/

[dense mesa]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Eyebleach/comments/1db5hp3/your_ripe_banana_is_honking_please_keep_petting/

[cloud ruin]

Orb mode engaged.

Also a sleepy grumpus

Sora was the only bird who didn't immediately "deflate" upon me walking over to the cage

[lone fable]

And here I am just being licked by freedom and playing fetch with Baron while folding laundry

[dapper fern]

good dogos

[dense mesa]

https://x.com/WholesomeMeme/status/1799537035679551701/photo/1

WholesomeMemes (@WholesomeMeme) on X

Twitter · Jun 8, 2024, 8:20 PM

[lone fable]

[dense mesa]

it's me with a big beard vs shaved

[cloud ruin]

Same except griffin just looks like a drowned rat without his topknot

[dense mesa]

omg he's so puffy wuffy!!

[cloud ruin]

Hes super ratty right now and needs a haircut for summer

Probably should have done that today instead of sitting around playing ff4 and watching old kids sitcoms from my youth

[dense mesa]

give him a haircut while watching tv

[cloud ruin]

Hes a bastard for grooming actually

[dense mesa]

doggo drawings

[cloud ruin]

Pillow fell on griffin. He's totally unphased.

I pick up the pillow and suddenly he looks around like I hit him with it

[royal rain]

https://youtube.com/shorts/Mri4Q06kTZQ?si=mzyxvDhkEHCc8vN7

[cloud ruin]

Its me

[cloud ruin]

Griffin deadass just ran into the side of a door, hard enough to stun himself.

[lone fable]

The face of utter doom and destruction

Every day when I play fetch with him while I try to get my dailies done on genshin and HSR 😭

I have so many scratches and bruises all over my arms and legs that I look like a case for domestic violence

[cloud ruin]

Dude same I always wonder what people think at tcg because griffin likes to just literally walk on me to wake me up. I never used to bruise easy but man

[cloud ruin]

Griffin legit just has no regard for space and will climb on my bed and walk on my legs and lay on my back.

[lone fable]

but the thing is he doesn't just walk on me

it's just

jumping on me and digging his claws into my legs to hold on

until i throw a toy

[cloud ruin]

Hes just rough lmao

[lone fable]

then he launches off of me as fast as he can and leaves marks everywhere lmao

[cloud ruin]

I had to wear shorts like, two weekends ago and I felt super self conscious because of all the griffin bruises tbh

I cant imagine the damage baron can do lmao

[lone fable]

a lot

[cloud ruin]

So I found out that a tcgplayer seller ships from in our county, speedrun card ordering strats unlocked

Whoops so high I forgot a whole word.

[lone fable]

This is mostly just from the past 3 hours lol

i walk around in shorts to go shopping and sometimes forget i am just covered in bruises and hope nobody questions it 😭

and yes those dark parts around my knees are bruises too

but those are from when i fell down my stairs a week ago

[cloud ruin]

Okay yeah you do look like a DV case lmao

[lone fable]

😭

[cloud ruin]

Meanwhile griffin was in my room for .5 seconds and it looks like Taz has been through here. He ran up on my bed like a maniac after I cleaned his eyes and rubbed his face on every surface. So all my clothes and plushes on my bed are everywhere.

[lone fable]

[cloud ruin]

I'm just gonna kick it all in a corner and deal with it at not-1:30 AM

[warm folio]

Cute

[lone fable]

Now that my legs are less inflamed and you can see the aftermath of all the scratches earlier lol

Dude's gotta like... Learn not to claw when he jumps 😭

Sometimes he's gentle and I appreciate it and then the other 99% of the time he's just turbo mode

And uses me as a scratching post and launch pad

[grim geyser]

Love petting cats, don't love them clawing and scratching me which thankfully doesn't happen often

[lone fable]

That's good

I've only ever met two cats that never scratched

[dense mesa]

does that mean you havent met many cats or that you met many that scratched

[royal rain]

it reminds me of that post on hoyolabs...

[split basin]

[lone fable]

Both

I've met like 6-7 cats in my life and most of them would scratch you for simply existing within the house, not even going and trying to pet them or anything

One would even come and purr at you and be all friendly and let you pet them for a little while until she decided she finally had enough and would flip around and bite you

[dense mesa]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Eyebleach/comments/1dd7k2i/sight_for_soar_eyes/

[cloud ruin]

Bird baths!

[meager salmon]

https://youtube.com/shorts/QpCpUXtB2T8?si=oLFZ30-TVQ_y2S-U

@lone fable @dense mesa

[dense mesa]

damn that's a really deep sleep

[lone fable]

Bro was rolling the poor thing around like a goddamn rolling pin 😭

[cloud ruin]

Kc how did we go from shorts weather back to pants weather

Last two days have been chilly

[lone fable]

Idk man

I blame the rain

[cloud ruin]

I cant believe we're mid June and I'm sitting here with a blanket on

[dense mesa]

meanwhile today was the first day this year that i turned the ac on

[cloud ruin]

Our pool is open and we haven't had a single hot day since the ladder got put in lmfao

[lone fable]

Rip

[lone fable]

is there anything you guys can think of that i could shove under my couch to keep tennis balls and toys from rolling underneath it when the dogs play

im getting tired of climbing under the couch or grabbing the broom to move toys out from under it but i also don't wanna just have people enter my house and see rolled up, probably dirtied, blankets peeking out from the shadows 😭

[dense mesa]

any sort of fabric that you dont mind dirtying up should be good enough

like a big towel or one of those bed cover thingies (idk if they have a specific name in english)

[lone fable]

the thing is, i use all my towels and the ones i don't use on myself i use on the dogs

and if you mean the big poofy blanket-like thing you put on top of sheets on a bed, it does have a name i just can't remember it

i think it's a duvet

or a comforter

which i do have and don't use, but what if someone comes over to stay the night

all of them will be under the couch and covered in dirt/dog hair

but it'd be so simple and i wouldn't have to buy anything new to use for it

which is why i'm conflicted

[cloud ruin]

I keep throw pillows under my bed so griffin couldn't get stuck under there anymore. They're fugly pillows anyways.

His dumb ass used to crawl under it when scared but would wedge himself to a point he couldn't climb out without human intervention

[lone fable]

i don't have extra pillows unfortunately

except for one

but that's not enough to fill underneath lol

[dense mesa]

well

sounds like it's time to do some shopping

[cloud ruin]

Could go to dollar tree and see if you can find like, cheap towels or pillows. Or even like, wrapping paper tubes could work?

Just make them into like, a little speed bump.

[dense mesa]

paper is one use tho

i suggested fabric so you can periodically wash it

[cloud ruin]

Not a long cardboard tube.

Or a carefully measured wall of cardboard/plywood lined up under your furnturec

[lone fable]

true

the only thing with the paper is it would have to be strong enough to withstand a bulldozer dog throwing things at full speed

[cloud ruin]

Could take some hardwood and glue it into a little wall under there.

[lone fable]

and i'd have to somehow either attach it strongly underneath my couch or something else

[cloud ruin]

We had made something similar to hold up our paper tray for our printer a long time ago by just gluing hardwood planks on top of each other.

Which effectively just made a wood brick.

[lone fable]

maybe

[cloud ruin]

My dad can easily get wood if you wanna get it cheaper than just going to Lowes lol. He's a flooring guy.

Even a sheet of plywood should be enough to be a barrier though.

[lone fable]

it's alright

i might take the idea of seeing if i can find towels at the dollar tree

[cloud ruin]

I'm sure they sell like, dish towels. There's no way they don't

When we first got the birds we would wrap up a cheap beach towel with rubber bands on each end so we could use it to block the draft under the basement door

[dense mesa]

i feel like 1 long piece would be easier to manage than multiple small ones

[cloud ruin]

Til we found a life hack where you cut a pool noodle, put it in a stocking, and slip it under the door.

Honestly that might even work if your couch is close enough to the ground...

Its like a 2 dollar fix if you could wedge a pool noodle under there

Looking at your couch in photos you might actually be able to go that route, it's not like pool noodles are hard to find rn either.

[lone fable]

OOOOH WE SELL POOL NOODLES

I COULD DO THAT YEAH

I could probably buy like 3 and that'd be enough to fill the entire length of my couch

I JUST WATCHED THIS SON OF A BITCH STARE AT THE BALL FOR A SOLID SECOND AND THEN MAKE THE DECISION TO KICK IT DIRECTLY UNDER THE COUCH

LIKE THE BALL WAS 2 INCHES AWAY FROM THE COUCH

AND HE LOOKED AT IT

AND TOOK HIS PAW

AND BATTED IT UNDER THE COUCH

THIS LITTLE SHITHEAD AND GO WITHOUT BALLS I STG

[cloud ruin]

Lmfao

Yeah no definitely pool noodles

Pool noodles are cheap and perfect for pet woes imo.

[lone fable]

ye

[cloud ruin]

Theyre really good for walling stuff off and soft enough that they're pretty pet friendly.

Can even do the stocking thing by just taking a nylon and like, stapling it to the fabric by the leg of the couch if you're having problems with it staying.

Also our pool noodle we happened to have is neon green so the stocking makes it less of an eyesore lmao

[lone fable]

i could always just paint it some other color if i really don't like it

[cloud ruin]

True

Pool noodle lifehack continues to be a W, never gonna forget that one caught it on a rerun of a show called "hack my life" one morning when I was up at ass o'clock cause I couldn't sleep.

[lone fable]

lol

[cloud ruin]

That show was actually really good and I retained stuff from it.

[lone fable]

ooo nice

[cloud ruin]

Also I recognized the host from the old G4 network which is the only reason I bothered watching it

Its the guy who used to do Attack of the Show

[dense mesa]

omg bathing suit poogie

best pig

[cloud ruin]

Good pig

[cloud ruin]

Was outside letting griff go the bathroom and someone barreled down my street blasting what sounded like gospel music on their stereo lmao

Bud whachu doin at 10:30 pm blasting gospel music out your window

[lone fable]

Both the dogs had ||bloody diarrhea|| this morning and I had 2-3 hours of sleep last night

Sitting here waiting for the vet to call back

Feeling like passing out but also can't even if I tried

And then have to work afterwards if I can get an appointment this morning or not

Today will be fun

[lone fable]

They sure don't act like shit though

Surprisingly

[royal rain]

da doggo duet

[lone fable]

He's bleeding even more now and the vet says if he's still bleeding tomorrow after being given the meds that Baron will have to go to the ER

[cloud ruin]

Get well soon boys :(

[lone fable]

The vet gave me $350 worth of medication and special kibble to feed them tonight and until they get better and I'm really hoping it works because they've been going through this for 3 weeks

Baron got better for like two days after I brought him to the emergency vet over the weekend and then immediately dive bombed again

And freedom has just been going back and forth between looking better and having liquid shits again

[cloud ruin]

Griffin disturbed her but oh my god sora was just like, fully laying down on a perch and practically falling over in her sleep. I love this bird

[cloud ruin]

Did you buy your pool noodles today

[cloud ruin]

Ollie bit me. damn bird

She flew out and landed on my foot while i was changing the cage and panicked

[lone fable]

I've been so absolutely exhausted today that I didn't even want to stay at work an extra minute

I wanted to get home to make sure the dogs were okay

[cloud ruin]

Extremely fair.

[lone fable]

If I have the energy and motivation, maybe I'll go in before they close

But probably not

Then Baron has his first official training session tomorrow and I'm wondering if it's still okay to feed him boiled chicken or if I should convince the trainer to use play even though she didn't want to because he might get riled up instead of just happy when he doesn't react

But I don't wanna keep up the diarrhea and bleeding

[cloud ruin]

Did they like, get into anything you think?

[lone fable]

If the chicken might do that

No

[cloud ruin]

Cinnamon maybe?

[lone fable]

No

[cloud ruin]

Hopefully it clears up before his training

One of these days I gotta get my ass down to the post office to mail some junk

[lone fable]

His training is tomorrow

[cloud ruin]

He has mere hours to not be a mess

[lone fable]

The face of a thief and a hot mess

[split basin]

looks vicious

[lone fable]

Baron stole his toy bone so now he's upset

[split basin]

and now he attacks freedom too

baron is a menace!

[lone fable]

WrestleMania has begun

Don't ask me why he shoved his face under freedom's ass in the last picture, idk

[split basin]

[lone fable]

The look of false innocence

[split basin]

its like he didnt attack his brother

[lone fable]

The dark doge rises

It's also insane how much he's grown because he's now the taller one and is only 7mos

Especially for a dog who's been fucked over numerous times now nutritionally 😭

[split basin]

bro looks like he's cooking up something evil

[cloud ruin]

(He is)

[lone fable]

(he was about to bite my foot to get to a toy)

[split basin]

[cloud ruin]

Freedom just looks like "can I go home now"

[lone fable]

He's always "can I go home now" when he's at home

[dense mesa]

what in the world

this needs to be used in a fantasy game somewhere

[lone fable]

I was curious because that sounded way too far fetched and this is what the wiki actually says about it apparently

Was originally gonna make a joke about it turning into something similar to "wolves howl at the full moon" thing

And how they don't actually do that and it was an observed behavior because they just... Howl in general

But I am still curious what they mean by "religious respect also for the stars"

Like how do you observe and come to that conclusion, because the wiki doesn't say anything about the stick waving and stuff

And pliny is apparently a philosopher from 23-79AD, where I thought it was maybe some dude from the 1970s 😭

[cloud ruin]

Yeah no he's got a lot of weird medical history tied to him

[lone fable]

Pliny?

[cloud ruin]

Yeah

I used to listen to a medical podcast called Sawbones when falling asleep and they always mentioned pliny

[lone fable]

Oh 😭

On another note, you could probably connect the dots and make a few constellations with my legs from how many bruises the puppy's given me

By the end of this month, I'll be a different color

[dense mesa]

purple humans!!

[lone fable]

Ourple legs!

[cloud ruin]

Came downstairs from my shower to griffin being ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED. why?

Mom and dad pulled the tractor onto the lawn and mom climbed into the bucket and was pruning her grape plant.

Griffin you're such a chicken shit

[cloud ruin]

Brought griffin with me to olive garden. It'll never get old having people gush over how well behaved and quiet he is. Always feel like a rock star on our way out/in because you know everyone is staring at the cute sentient cotton ball.

[lone fable]

Aww

That's nice

[cloud ruin]

Griffin please chill tf out and stop tripping on yourself you're scaring me

Idk if he's actually like, struggling, or if he's just got rocks for brains and keeps tripping on his own fur

[cloud ruin]

Going to go play cards and mail some junk today woo

[lone fable]

Have fun!

[cloud ruin]

My mom bathed griffin while I was out and hes so fluffy oh my god

Just a massive cotton ball.

[lone fable]

Do you guys bathe him every week? I feel like he just had a bath last week

[cloud ruin]

He has skin issues that try to creep back if he gets too dirty

They haven't been a problem in like, 4 years, but he A, gets really greasy when his hair is long like this and also kind of matted, and B, has underlying skin issues from when we got him

[lone fable]

Ahh okay

[cloud ruin]

He had wicked bad skin/coat health before I became his groomer lol

[cloud ruin]

Why do you sleep like this

[lone fable]

Because comf

Freedom got the ball and Baron now has no idea what to do with his life

[cloud ruin]

Lmao

Doesn't know how to handle this new reality even a little bit

Griffins just happy to be in the car.

[lone fable]

It took him a solid 10 seconds of staring at freedom before he jumped off the couch and calmly walked into the kitchen then reappeared with a different toy and a wagging tail

[cloud ruin]

Rare second old man dog appearance

Why are all our family dogs old now 😭

[dense mesa]

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1dhcc11/hanabi/

[lone fable]

All our dogs were old and now most of my family has puppies

[lone fable]

Tell me how, after I've just covered 80% of the underside of my couch with pool noodle, that my dog still somehow manages to almost lose his fucking tennis ball under the couch 😭

Granted I'm not done putting them down, but he ran over and almost lost it in the only open space on one side because the first noodle wasn't long enough

[cloud ruin]

Baron no 😭

Time to find comically large pool noodles?

[dense mesa]

cant you just

cut one up and use a piece

[lone fable]

They already are, my couch is just 109" long

[lone fable]

I did, but I hadn't finished yet like I said

[dense mesa]

humu humu

[cloud ruin]

Baron is either an evil genius or has massive skill issues

[dense mesa]

it can also just be a coincidence

sample size of one doesnt really mean much

[lone fable]

Considering I'm his owner, probably the latter (according to Jake)

[cloud ruin]

[lone fable]

It's not just a sample size of one, he's done the same with the one single hole under my kitchen cabinets

[cloud ruin]

My dog has no brain cells its ok

[lone fable]

And has, intentionally, kicked toys under the couch while making eye contact and performing an actual soccer/football kick with the inner side of his paw

[dense mesa]

this is the first time since you added the pool noodles no

[cloud ruin]

He also won't let me trim his feet but I'm positive that's why he slips on the stairs. He actually tried to nip me earlier

[lone fable]

How, with all this wood, did he seem to lose the ball 90% of the time under that corner

😭

[cloud ruin]

Like buddy just let me cut the fur off your feet. Then you won't be afraid of stairs anymore you big grouch

[lone fable]

Rip

[cloud ruin]

Baron might be a golf pro

[lone fable]

Maybe

[cloud ruin]

Like, rn he's asleep and I am so tempted to try to snip a little bit of hair off his feet but he will be absolutely livid when he catches me.

[lone fable]

Yeah 😭

[dense mesa]

this is all empty space?

[cloud ruin]

Oh my god I moved and he shot awake he is absolutely on guard.

[dense mesa]

it looks like a decently big area to me

i dont see why it's so surprising

[cloud ruin]

Dog I am going to sit on you so I can just hack all the bulk off I really do not wanna have to take you to a groomer simply because you're getting grumpy in old age.

[lone fable]

Until you realize he has the entire kitchen to play with his ball but he'd decide to constantly walk into that corner, regardless of where I was, and would drop his ball while still walking towards the corner and then cry and get frustrated when it'd roll under the only open space beneath the counters

It's a decent size, until you realize it's a fraction of the floor space of my kitchen

To the left is the fridge and to the right is the living room, and all the rest of the floor in the room ofc

But he'd always choose

To carry the ball in his mouth

And trot towards the corner

And drop it before stopping

And then get pissed his ball disappeared out of reach beneath the cabinet and then beg me to get it for him

Regardless, he tried ripping the pool noodle out from under the couch so it's nap time

[cloud ruin]

Oh dear

[dense mesa]

yea i kinda expected that to happen

[lone fable]

I'm going to try and find a skirt for the couch I guess so I can also hide all the duct tape

[cloud ruin]

At least pool noodles are cheap

[lone fable]

Maybe that'll help keep it out of sight, out of mind

Ye

[lone fable]

He rolls around in his sleep more than I do

[lone fable]

Now that I've completely covered the blue area with pool noodle, he's lost all 4 tennis balls in the open side you can see behind him

[cloud ruin]

Its like he knows

[lone fable]

He does know

He does this on purpose at this point

😭

I needed to buy one more noodle for the other two sides

But without even giving me the chance to he's lost all the balls again

[cloud ruin]

Time to start attaching his toys to fishing rods

Also its so brutally hot out ugh

Its a good pool day but also I imagine my pool is freezing from all the rain

[lone fable]

Nevermind, I went to the bank and when I got back he had tore up the noodles and tape so he's just never getting his balls back in more ways than one

[lone fable]

Not even the hottest this week unfortunately