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They’re both such pigs! I tried a preference test once and it went like this:

Thistle will eat in order of what is closest to her and move out from there. Doesn’t matter how you mix it. Big piles are eaten first over small piles.

also, when exploring with a kitty, do you recommend that they wear a harness and a collar with a tag? or could they wear a tag on their harness without a collar? (i'm thinking on the same ring that the leash is attached to)

Hey there! I got my boys current tags from the etsy store “Mint and Jolie” and they are great quality. After almost a year of being worn daily inside and out, they have no visible wear and tear. They’re also quite light- my cats have larger tags made for dogs and they don’t bother them at all, though the shop carries smaller cat tags as well. You can find them here.  I put some examples in an image below too. 

When we’re out and about I like my cats to wear a harness (no tags) and a collar (with tags). Generally when cats escape while adventuring it is due to slipping out of the harness, so the harness tag isn’t going to do them much good if they’re running around naked. The collar also acts as a bit of a barrier that makes it a little harder for them to slip out of the neck ring of the harness. 

HMM WHAT A CHOICE. ok so don’t take this personally (bc i know i follow a lot of bc people on here somehow) but i’m not.... super fond of border collies. i think they’re probably great dogs to the people who own them but as a 3rd party (whether at a dog park or a trail or the vet or whatever) they always seem a bit unpredictable... like, i feel like they tend to go 0-100 very quickly when it comes to interacting with both dogs and other people. (and why are they always off leash?? i dont care how smart they are, if we’re in a place with leash laws leash them and stop them from hard-staring my dog pls!) but i know the people who love them LOVE them so i’m sure if i had a puppy i’d be converted into the BC cult pretty much immediately lol. they’re very pretty and i am constantly amazed by how versatile they are.

Most useful: Accio (bringing me stuff) It’s not 100% because she doesn’t like holding stuff but she's ok with carrying it for a certain amount of time.

Cutest: Waving If she’s not in the mood, she’ll do it but she’ll complain the whole time.

Hardest to learn: Meerkat (sit pretty) This girl is too lazy to properly use her muscles.

Easiest to learn: jump on things This dog just loves being somewhere high up on something and watching the world around her.

All-time favourite: jump on my arm For the reason above. Even better when I put her on my shoulders.

Most useless: Mops (press your nose against smt) It’s just useless. It looks dumb but it makes people laugh.

Most recent: Ta-da (take a bow) She’s obsessed with it tbh. When I have treats on me and tell her to lie down she’ll do a quick bow before actually lying down. It’s a bit annoying.

I don’t have any experience with Hurtta items, but it’s a good looking pack for the most part, every pack has pros and cons. 

The pannier shape is rounded like Ruffwear's packs and is angled so the widest part of the pannier leans the weight towards the shoulder. It is waterproof and the panniers are removable from the harness which is really helpful. I think the chest plate is a bit wide for my personal preference, I think it could be somewhat restrictive if it wasn’t fit perfectly to the dog, but it seems like it is VERY adjustable based on how many adjustable straps I can see on the harness and it is still a y-front so that is nice. 

The handle is large and easily accessible which is great, I find Ruffwear’s can sometimes be annoying to grab and Wolfpack’s and Non-stop don’t really have good handles if any at all. There are also some photos where the fit doesn’t look as preferable, but that could be an adjustment error on the owner’s part.

Fit looks nice here:

But it looks awful here:

But again I think that is an adjustment issue, not necessarily a pack issue (harness looks too large on dog above).

Hah!

1) Parkour is probably his top favourite. It’s no secret that I’ve heavily used it to build his confidence (nervy over-sensitive dog ftw…). And as a result he now gets super excited when it’s time to do any of that sort of thing. I’ve just this week started teaching him the ‘sendaway to circle a thing either left or right’ movement. He understands the general concept now from a couple of quick sessions in the garden with a cone, so our walks are currently full of me looking for things I can safely use to proof the cues. Turns out finding suitable things in suitable locations is harder than you’d think. Gravestones are too difficult at this point in time, for example, lmao.

2) Bikejor. Run run run run runnnnn. Fast zoom leggie go go hello muscles. Cad loves it so much. Yes I do have the summer itches. We’ve been working to build endurance and a lot of his food changes over the winter/ spring were to do with him not having enough puff for longer distances (3-5k). But for training purposes I actually do a la steeplechasers and do hard and fast interval training with him. Not least as that’s what I have access to on my doorstep where I now live. And he gets sniffs in the middle as his reward, which he also adores/

3) Canine conditioning stuff. I sort of introduced some of these movements initially outside as a parkour thing last year. Then had a break while I moved house and such. And then restarted inside. As a result he has good associations with it? So many tail wags honestly I’m glad that tail wags are not like heartbeats where you only have so many before the thing dies because otherwise Cad’s tail might be due to fall off soon.

4) Activities you say…. does chasing rabbits count? He is not technically allowed to do this, but by god he loves it. He has also chased hares on a couple of occasions *cough*. His recall training around them has got worse since moving here as we come across them less often, so harder to keep as a current skill. It’s definitely one of his favourites, if very much not mine…