This is going to sound like common sense to a lot of people but I’m still going to say it because I meet plenty of folks that don’t know- there is a wrong way to pick up your dog. People who don’t have much experience around dogs tend to want to pick them up under the arms like you would a baby, like this
But we humans are primates, with well developed and flexible shoulders built for swinging through trees. Our arms have remarkable range of motion. Dogs are not built the same way, and lifting them this way under the forelimbs (by the “armpits”) is really uncomfortable for them. But you see it all the time! Just looking up “person holding dog” will bring up tons of photos of people using the inappropriate hold
I had a dog owner bring her newly adopted dog in for yelping whenever he was picked up, and when she showed me that was how she was lifting him, it was clear it was just hurting his shoulders by being picked up this way.
When picking up a dog from the ground, it is much better to support them under the chest and lift them from underneath. A proper hold will distribute the dog’s weight, instead of putting pressure on the shoulders.
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LEGEND tells of a LEGENDARY COWPOKE… whose sharpshootin’ skills were the stuff of LEGEND
Sorry for this one. I really am. I kept mixing up the furious five and the feisty five and then I thought about it for a little too long
(Please DO NOT repost my art to other sites :) )
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my little au where tweek died and now only Craig can see his ghost brainworms
edit: pt 2
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will graham flirting with women: you dont need protective custody to cuddle up with my dogs, or me for the matter..😣🥺
will graham flirting with men: God cant save any of us because its inelegant. elegance is more important than suffering. that's His design.
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sometimes i do not want to consume a media and justify my liking it by making it known that im aware of it's faults and loving it despite, sometimes i just want to love things wholly and unapologetically because it made me feel something and even if it was a little fucked up it did nothing to reduce the amount of love i held for it
im aware it's not perfect, but let me love it like it is, if only because it makes me happy
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we need more cringe fail (affectionate) autism representation
where are my autisms who research their special interest for hours and only retain maybe 25 to 35% of the info they read?
where are my autisms who aren't quirky silly relatable but are instead unnerving and weird to be around?
where are my autisms who were never considered "gifted" nor highly empathetic and struggle to relate to others in autism spaces because of it
I love those autisms and you should too actually and if you don't then it sucks to suck I guess
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My favorite part of the x files was when mulder and scully said, “It’s filing time!!!” and then Xed all over the place
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