Thank you for the questions! 😊

I have always been a herding dog girl, but I didn't *really* know what a beauceron was until 2020 when they came up in a conversation at work. I have a dog encyclopedia that covers breeds recognized by the FCI and recently checked to see that beauce were in there so I was probably vaguely aware of them since like 2000...

The first few breeds I wanted growing up were corgis (because Cowboy Bebop), GSDs, border collies, and Aussies. I think I still would like these dogs in the future - along with my other beloved breed group.... Mountain dogs.

A few years ago, when I started on the First Dog Journey, I also got in contact with @molosseraptor regarding breed match making (a service I can't recommend enough) and she, funnily, did not list beauce as a suggestion for me... Sorry Allie 😅 I can't find the list in my email now but I remember that Aussie, collie, Berner, and Leonberger were on it, along with a couple breeds I'd never heard of, and have been keeping tabs on some breeders there for my next adventure. One ridiculous thing about me is I have never been one to go with the obvious choices, so while I would have been happy with an Aussie or a Berner .. everybody has one lol.

One thing to know about the breed from a meta-knowledge standpoint is the politics are ridiculous. Being a less common breed means there are only a handful of breeders (a growing number every year) and some very strong opinions, both good and bad, about some programs ojt there, which can place people into "in groups" and "out groups". I'm too old to deal with pettiness - I just wanna do things with my dog! So that's one thing to know about getting into the breed.

The other thing I have seen a lot is people saying this isn't a dog for first time owners and that made me very wary about pursuing ownership for a long time. I joined a bunch of Facebook groups, followed a lot of breeder pages, even scoured the breed Reddit, just to see what's the what and who is out there. I even had some phone conversations (my beloathed) with a couple different owners to talk about things I've heard and what I've come to think on that is there are a fair few gatekeepers out there, as well as people who went into this breed looking for the sportiness and drive that would make them not a good fit for the average pet home.

There isn't a true working/show split like for a lot of breeds, so it's important to be honest with the breeder regarding your goals. And this is true for any breed, not just beauce. My goal was to get a larger breed dog who needed a bit more than a daily walk around the block to be satisfied in order to get ME out of a static state, but I have also always wanted to do agility and the more I learn about different sports, the more I want to try!! I've attended mondio with @elvenferretots and @doberbutts as well as herding seminars and one confo show with Ron and his Dobes, and have signed up for a "sports sampler" to try more. I'd love to do dock diving, shed hunts, rally-o, barn hunt, weight pull, bikejorning, and more. I also have 2 cats so having a manic dog who has no chill is simply not an option (looking at Malinois people right now, your dogs are cool but yo...)

So anyway, now I am the proud owner of a working dog who happened to be the biggest cuddle monster of his litter lol. Turns out for him, the working dog aspect comes out in the way of "let me help you" and disinterest in taking naps - after all, what if he misses out on something fun and exciting?? He really just wants to be around you, seeing what you're doing, and how he may be of assistance with that. He desperately wants to please me and will try his hardest to do what I ask of him - for example, he does what I call the "very earnest heel" where he sits in a heel on my left, then moves to sit behind me, then moves to face backwards on my right because "that's what you asked for isn't it tell me I am a good boy" lol

A lot of our training has been in the art of Doing Nothing because he is just such a busy guy. He's doing tons better with it than when he was an itty baby, but there are still some struggles here and there. Eating, for example, is usually just a bite or two unless he is kenneled and I am out of the house (then, you see, there is nothing for him to miss out on). And also impulse control since at 7 months he is nearing 70lbs, I can't have him pulling me down the street on walks or when he wants to say hi to the neighbor dogs. He hasn't met a stranger yet which is a blessing and a curse. He also generalizes surprisingly well, which makes training easier in a lot of regards. I am just not a great trainer.

Worst things about him so far are just... need to make eye contact when pottying and the sheer amount he pees. Where is it all coming from? How big is your bladder? Is there an extra dimension of urine that you can just tap into at a moment's notice? These are the questions I ask myself daily. Some dogs apparently hit puberty and become the worst creatures to ever exist but he has been awesome so far. IDK that may change as he is only 7 months and they are reportedly dumb baby brained creatures until at least 2 so stay tuned!

This is a hard question because you need to consider this is the dude whose master world conquering plan was basically "I'm going to move to Australia and have Brio help me turn the animals there into furries so I can brainwash them into being my minions." So just from that alone, he would not pick stuff like dogs, cats, or wolves. He's gonna pick some weird ass animal that no one knows. Dude wanted this thing to be his general.

From that you'd think it'd be a bandicoot right? But despite my jokes, I don't think so cause despite his obsession with them (ex: made multiple bandicoot mutants, Mecha Bandicoot in Twinsanity, etc), his hatred for Crash makes me think it's moreso just him trying to one-up him. Like "Oh look! I made a better version of you! Now it's going to fight you. Tah-tah!" At most, I think it USED to be his fursona. But he abandoned that after the whole having his castle set on fire by his own creation and then being flung off an air ship.

I have seen other people's takes where he is a bat or dragon. Can't say I think either fits though although bat is more probable. Reptiles are moreso Brio's thing, so that's also a no-go. Wombat technically could be possible, but he seems to see them moreso as a rejected idea for potential general species so don't think so.

So my leading theory is Tasmanian Devil from their black fur, and it being a marsupial like bandicoots and possums. With what happened with Crash, Cortex would probably pick a species he hasn't mutated to prevent having to change animals again. I believe Viscount from Crash Boom Bang is one, but he doesn't seem to have been created by Cortex so point still stands. Viscount is also depicted with purple fur which would go with Cortex being depicted with purple hair on occasion.

HEHEHE this one's yarrow :> i'm afraid tumblr's fuckass auto-detectors are gonna be set off if i post the version of this with colors + vague shading tossed in so i hid those layers hgkldfh

this one will. most likely not be posted to tumblr when it's finished.

HEHE THANK U !!

🧃 Character as a product/merch Marketable Plushie Saturn.... beanie baby type creature. Floppy and weighted!

(shoves my thousands of werewolf aus under my bed) me?... like werewolves????