#captaincanid

Haha, I saw the #mine and got too excited and thought you'd announced which was yours! Lol whoops

Lol if I owned every animal in my “mine” tag I’d own Creed, Rogue, at least half of Apollo’s littermates, the entire f litter, Apollo’s mother, Apollo’s father, at least two of my mentors dogs, several service dogs, and quite a few eagles, falcons, and other birds.

Alright, well keep in mind that my experience is mostly with... not off standard breeders, exactly, but non-traditional breeders. None of them dock (which is off standard for AKC but whatevs) so they don’t show in AKC, thought most of their dogs are titled.

Most of the breeders I’ve spoken to at shows are really not my cup of tea, to be honest. They look down at working lines, are very snobby, and say things like the immortal “my dogs can hunt. they’re birdy and they have soft mouths.” One actually even recommended docking Apollo’s tail at four-six months once.

There are, of course, exceptions to this and I have met some really nice breeders at AKC shows.

But how I got involved with standards was... I started volunteering at APAW, mentioned I was interested in breeding/genetics and then the founder/lead trainer (/my mentor) put me in touch with the other breeders I talk to and helped me learn about the breed.

a truly grand noodle!!!

Dude I feel this, it’s super weird ‘cause it makes me feel like I don’t belong and like I should hide my sexuality and it’s fucked. You’re not alone in the “fake” bi club, even if it’s not a fun club to be in.

The only blog I know has a linnie is @horriblewarning

I’m sorry I missed this until now!

While you NEVER want to use any dog flea preventatives on a cat anyway, a good rule of thumb is that topical flea preventatives for dogs which kill ticks are especially toxic and can poison cats even from secondhand exposure (i.e. the cat is exposed by interacting with a dog with a recently applied topical). For example, for K9 Advantix II it’s recommended that all dogs be kept away from cats for the first 24 hours after applying the topical to minimize the risk of accidental poisoning. Currently, there’s very few preventatives for cats that also include tick prevention because many of the ingredients used for that purpose in dog preventatives are toxic to them.