#by a stranger

[darkwood-sleddog]

Hi! I came across your post answering an ask ahout your most ✨controversial takes✨ on the world of dogs from back in April.

I read that you thought the AKC should not allow "professional handlers", and saw that you also seemed to distinguish these from breeders and owners. I've never given it much thought, but I think I would've assumed a handler was just another word for "owner" on my own.

What's the difference between these things, and why do you take your stance against handlers?

(I can infer what a breeder is as opposed to the others lmao, so I guess I'm asking about owner vs handler vs "professional" handler)

In dog conformation the dogs are handled by a handler when they go into the ring. This handler does not have to be the owner and in many instances is not. Professional handlers are just what they seem: people that handle dogs at dog shows for a living. A good handler knows how to make the dog look good, not just from a grooming standpoint, but when moving around a ring. Hiring a pro handler outsources this knowledge, time needed, and skill to somebody else.

There are several problems with this for me:

1.) dog shows, especially at the upper levels, are highly politicized. Hiring the ~right~ handler could give your dog the upper hand from a dog of equal or better value handled by somebody “lesser”. It keeps you and your dogs in the in-crowd.

2.) A dog that shows or “campaigns” a lot becomes known to judges, has more opportunities etc. When dogs are shown by professional handlers the owner/breeder is not always going with them and dogs can be on the road with their handlers going to show after show for months and even years at a time. This is not something the average purebred dog owner can afford.

3.) professional handlers are NOT cheap and conformation dog shows aren’t either. Having the monetary means to hire a well respected pro handler is not feasible for most people. This sets the people who already have the means to compete in dog shows and campaign their dogs year round leagues above people who cannot afford this. This further pinches top dog shows into a 1% that is near impossible to break into for new people, people from marginalized backgrounds, young people, etc.

4.) because of the competitive nature of modern dog shows and it becoming a “sport” instead of an evaluation of the quality of breeding stock you get people willing to look the other way on corrective grooming, poor temperaments, non correct structure to have “their people” win, to have their friends win, to have the people they are connected to win. Dog shows are not an even playing ground and very much an unspoken club of who is “in” and “out”. The culture and ability of hiring pros to take your dog around the country, to groom your dog, to show your dog ensures it stays this way.

In my opinion dogs should be lightly bathed and put into the rings with their owners/breeders/co-owners. Nothing more. This would imo, better level the playing ground and provide more equity in the purebred dog world.

#dogblr #faq #conformation #like if I had an intact dog it would be impossible for me to keep up #with the people that have the money to compete all fucking year #mostly bc I can’t ever ever ever see me putting my dog with somebody else #to be crated most of the day and shown all year #by a stranger #and also my dogs have work to do? #I complain about the lack of working dogs in the ring…true working dogs #and this is part of it #and even if you have a good example of a breed? #good fucking luck unless you’ve got some better known names behind your

[im-secretly-a-frog]

In other news, last week I got told that I would be really hot if I spoke French and my ass was bigger.

#seriously #by a stranger #who says that???

[jordanbolton]

To The Substitute Art Teacher - Jordan Bolton

Pre-order my new book ‘Blue Sky Through the Window of a Moving Car’ here - https://smarturl.it/BlueSky

#jordan bolton #scenes from imagined films #illustration #art #graphic design #comix #comic #jordanbolton #poetry #comics #letters to strangers

[crystallizedtwilight]

People I met for a few moments that live in my head forever.

#kind of a personal comic #shrugs #strangers who were kind to me #MyArt

[ratbastarddotfuck]

is this nonbinary person actually "male presenting", or did you just decide that based on your arbitrary idea of maleness?

is this nonbinary person actually "female presenting", or did you just decide that based on your arbitrary idea of femaleness?

perhaps they're just "presenting" as themselves and your binary biases are clouding your judgement?

#copped 'oh it's so fun to see a male presenting trans person wearing so much pink' today #hi what a weird fucking thing to say to a total stranger #trans #nonbinary #genderqueer #the system speaks

[coldwind-shiningstars]

Re: blorbo from my research, here is my favorite ever case study. I'm obsessed with it.

Summary:

- Guy presents to neurology with muscle issues, very clearly has something going on but diagnostic tests are inconclusive

- History is mostly unremarkable. Key word, mostly. He drinks four liters of plain Earl Grey tea per day. For context this is nearly twice the recommended daily fluid intake. All fluids, to be clear, not just tea. He only drinks tea tho

- Bergamot is known to be phototoxic in high doses (reacts badly on your skin with sunlight)

- APPARENTLY nobody previously has consumed enough of it for it to be widely known that it is also, apparently, mildly toxic to ingest in high doses

- Guy starts drinking plain black tea again. Only 2 liters this time (he didn't have a medical reason to drink that much tea, he just liked it) and so now he's fully recovered

#truly a case study of all time #I'm deeply charmed by this stranger #i'm real and i beat myself up behind the Blockbusters

[corviiids]

my top bit of advice going into the new year: compliment people. especially strangers. literally everyone you interact with if you can. when you buy coffee in the morning compliment the barista's tattoos. when you're chatting with a coworker tell them that by the way you like their outfit. always find something they've chosen to do on purpose. nail polish, jewellery, tattoos, hair colour/style, statement accessory, outfit, etc are all good bets. things people hope will be noticed. things that aren't too personal so it doesn't make them uncomfortable (eg probably not their physical features). i've gotten into the habit of scanning everyone i talk to for something about them that i think is cool so i can tell them. it's a great habit because it makes me notice people and realise just how many neat little details there are in people's presentation of themselves that might pass me by if i wasn't paying attention. and it brings out so much joy. you'd be surprised how much it disarms people to receive an unexpected compliment from someone they don't know. it is the most sincere smile you will see all day long. it feels nice to make people happy but it also means you win the social interaction. establish dominance by complimenting a stranger's earrings and disappearing into the fog

#rookposting #the little 'oh!' followed by a big grin is now my highlight in every interaction i have with a stranger #you can always spot the things people hope will be noticed and you have no idea how happy it makes people when it gets noticed #i find it's always better to compliment things they did deliberately vs complimenting stuff like their voice or their face or other things #that are inherent or they cant change because that can make people uncomfortable for one thing to hear that from a stranger #but it's also just less meaningful imo because they didnt do that on purpose

[tastytoecheese]

First thing you see after you zoom in is how you die

How you dying 👀

#stranger things #byler #i stole this off twitter #this is goings to flop so hard but idc #tw all kinds of abuse

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

sick of this anti-aging obsession. let's go in the opposite direction. i want more characters who are hardened & grizzled & have a face lined with the harrowing tribulations of time--and then halfway through the narrative u find out they're 27

#they aren't even a chainsmoker or anything they just don't wear sunscreen are chronically dehydrated and have witnessed the Horrors #u know. like most of us #ideally we first meet them in a bar where they are guzzling from a tankard like a mysterious and dangerous stranger #later we find out it's not ale they're on a kombucha kick #they've been making it in their basement w/ the help of a college roommate who quit a biochemistry phd to become a beekeeper

[jordanbolton]

To The Person Who Walked Past The Window - Jordan Bolton

My first book ‘Blue Sky Through the Window of a Moving Car’ is now available to pre-order! Get it here - https://smarturl.it/BlueSky

#jordan bolton #art #scenes from imagined films #illustration #graphic design #comic #comix #jordanbolton #poetry #comics #letters to strangers

[tightsstuff]

Energy saving time 💦

#wife exhibition #sexy titts #sexy breast #sex content #sex worker #igbtq #igbtq community #love sex #sex with me #sex woman #sex world #sex with girls #sex with strangers #watch me masturbate #massive cleavage #massive breasts #girl bulge #adult entertainment #adult model #hot as fuck #hot as hell #grunge #daddy fuck me #married pussy #extraordinary tgirl #18+ only #+18 or +adult only #bisexual #big bootie #daddy fantasy

[staffs-secret-blog]

Honestly I already miss seeing all the boops in my notification page

#boop #It was really nice seeing all my mutuals there #and even just random strangers

[guardian-of-soho]

Still stuck on how Aziraphale ate that meat like he was starving. Like he’d been starved for millennia, and he hadn’t even known it, because he’d never once been fed. But we know they don’t have to eat (nor sleep, etc.), so what he’d been starved for is pleasure. Being present in his body, feeling the joys and longings it could feel. Understanding what taste buds were made for. He hadn’t known; he’d never learned to miss it.

Now imagine what a kiss has done to him.

#and a kiss from someone he loves as he loves Crowley #it’s like learning all at once what lips and souls were made for #good omens 2 #good omens #(I may know a few things about being a stranger to yourself and about late astounded discoveries of pleasure) #ineffable husbands

[slavicafire]

in this new year I want you to be alright. I hope you move out. I hope you have enough money to feel safe. I hope you abandon shame and forgive yourself. I hope you get enough sleep and some good news. I hope you laugh a lot and the heaviness of the world eases a bit. I wish you to be alright.

#and I seal my wishes with a kiss against the dark skies #and send all my love to you - friends and strangers

[ineffablelvrs]

"who fell first who fell harder" i actually need them both to be down horrendously bad for each other. hope that helps

#stranger things #good omens #wwdits #six of crows #riordanverse #grishaverse #the owl house #aftg #the raven cycle #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #byler #vinylatte #ineffable bureaucracy #kanej #wesper #helnik #nandermo #pynch #bluesey #lumity #raeda #ofmd #gentlebeard #ladja #elmax #lumax #lokius

[soreddieforit]

the bitches traumatized by saltburn would never survive the fics in my ao3 history

#its between me and god at this point #ao3 #ao3 fanfic #saltburn #marauders #jegulus #wolfstar #drarry #rosekiller #marylily #pandalily #steddie #reddie #stranger things #harry potter #queer #remus lupin #sirius black #james potter #regulus black #larry #gay #anderperry #ronance #byler #stucky #stony #ao3 writer #writers on tumblr