“Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly.”

Caught in a Spider's Web

the reason that learning to speak dog helped me learn to speak human is that I was able to translate verbal communication into dog and back. by which I mean, I was able to interpret things like "this is intended to deescalate the situation" "this is an appeasement signal" but also in that I was able to translate what signal I wanted to send INTO Human Word Language. this is a situation that I want to deescalate. what do I say to indicate that? this is a person who I think may feel threatened by me. I want to let them know I'm not going to do or say the thing they're scared of. what do I say to indicate that? this person is trying to push my boundaries and get a reaction out of me. I want to let them know that I won't be rising to the bait, but without starting a fight. what do I say to indicate that? a friend is apprehensive about something I have experience with and I want to help them understand that it's safe. what do I say to indicate that? etc etc on and on it just made everything SO MUCH EASIER for me

Love coyotes. As a concept. However, as someone who lives in a coyote area, I can also hate them. They have a tendency to murder small-to-medium-sized pets. I know several people whose cats and dogs were murdered by coyotes who hopped the fence into their yard.

Call me crazy, but I don’t think they should take that out on local dogs and cats????

I don’t have cats. I’m saying this often happens to cats. Sometimes pet cats. Sometimes stray cats.