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xagave · 2 months

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Absolutely, get ready for BABIES. The oldest foster we have right now is Lazarus who we got when he was 3 months old from a hoarding case. He had an extremely bad case of herpes that almost killed him and it turns out he has a really bad immune system so he's always getting sick. He's about 8 months old now and he's sort of a long term foster because he currently has FIP and treatment requires one shot every day for 80 days minimum. The meds are a bit expensive so shameless plug but if anyone wants to help us pay for the meds my wife's ko-fi is here

Here he is the day we brought Lazarus home ^

And here he is now! His FIP treatment is going very well so far ^ Our second oldest are Penny and Kazoo. We got Penny when she was 5 weeks old from a guy whose dog brought her home in his mouth (she was fine the dog was gentle.) We got Kazoo when he was 10 days old from some dudes in the next town over who didn't have time to bottlefeed a newborn. Kazoo is 2 weeks older than Penny and they became best friends!!

10 day old Kazoo and 5 week old Penny ^

Kazoo and Penny now ^

Kazoo and Penny at an adoption event ^ We're having a hard time finding them a home because we refuse to split up bonded pairs

Penny playing in the tub lol ^ Next are a batch of kittens we got from an irresponsible breeder who was fine with letting kittens get sick and starve to death. We originally only got 2 of them when they were 3 days old (breeder let mom cat get sick and die because she didn't want to pay for vet care and tried to pawn the babies off on the other nursing moms and it didn't work out) and they were born premature so they had a lot of health problems. They had rhinovirus and coccidia and the little brown kitten had an umbilical hernia that then became septic and THEN she started getting big pockets of infection in random places like under her chin and in her toes? But we managed to get them healthy and fat and thriving. My wife was able to convince the breeder to give us the remaining kittens 3 days ago and they're half the size of our first two because they've been sick and slowly starving this entire time (they're now 5 weeks old). They're still really sick and have Poop Liquid Until You Die disease so it's not fun on our end but we're working hard on getting them fat and healthy. They don't really have official names but we've been calling them Zoosmell Pooplord, Insufferable Prick, Flighty Broad, Farmstink Butlass, and Huss lol

The first two nuggets ^

They were sooooooo small ^

Finally fat and healthy at 3 weeks old! ^

The full litter now at 5 and a half weeks old ^

Comparison pic ^. Right kitten is the nugget we've had since he was 3 days old and left kitten is his brother who the breeder just now let us take. It's hard to tell with the fluff but he's borderline skeletal :( Next is a 3 month old kitten that a foster brought to an adoption event who was very clearly sick. Skinny and lethargic with a bad coccidia infection so we took him home that day 1.5 weeks ago and also sent the foster person home with some medicine to fix the coccidia in their other kittens. We've been calling him Christmas Tree Boy cause he's always got a poofy tail or Poop Boy because he hates sharing litter boxes and keeps pooping in random corners 😒 Didn't take long to get him healthy so this weekend he's getting yeeted into another adoption event and whoever adopts him needs to give special attention to his Litter Box Needs

^ He's very cute and loves playing with our other fosters but for the love of god we are TIRED of his Poop Surprises Someone who adopted a bonded trio from us a few months ago is returning them to us tomorrow because their fiance is allergic, so as of tomorrow we will have 12 fosters in our house. Sounds like a lot but we've had 30+ foster kittens crammed in here at the same time so it's a breath of fresh air in comparison💀

Edit: Not a foster kitten but honorable mention to my new betta who I named Gemini because You Know Why

He has a 5 gallon tank all to himself but I don't have a pic of him in it cause he's shy and he hides lol but it's the one behind the cup. Aiming to give him live plants soon

#p #peak kitten season is hell on earth this is NOTHING in comparison

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love-and-hisses · 13 days

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Crumpet's like "I don't know where my people are, but I wish they'd HURRY IT UP already!"

In the past few days (even before she went for her spay), Crumpet has been more and more irritated by the kittens. She is ready to be kitten-free for GOOD. There have been zero inquiries about her so far, and unless one comes in in the next few days, she will be headed to Petsmart next week.

I know we always MUCH prefer to have our fosters go straight from my home to their new homes, but that doesn't always happen. Crumpet will get more eyes on her at Petsmart (perhaps her people aren't on social media?), so hopefully she'll have more luck there.

A note about Petsmart: Crumpet will remain a Forgotten Felines of Huntsville cat - Petsmart provides the housing, but Forgotten Felines volunteers spend a lot of time caring for the cats, and FF handles adoption inquiries.

If you've been considering adding this super sweet girl to your family, email Forgotten Felines of Huntsville at [email protected] to inquire.

We are located in Huntsville, Alabama - out of area adoptions are allowed, but adopters must come here to complete the adoption as Crumpet has no thumbs and cannot hitchhike her way to wherever you are.

Crumpet is 2 years old, a big fan of catnip toys, and LOVES to be petted. She should be fine with other cats and with nice dogs, and did I mention she loves to be petted? Is true.

Email Forgotten Felines of Huntsville at [email protected] to inquire about Crumpet.

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mayasdeluca · 1 month

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Station 19 7x02 Thoughts

This episode was...something. There was SO much going on which we kind of figured by all the stills, synopsis, promo, etc. There was way too much time spent on two parts that I really had no interest in (Beckett's family funeral and the Theo/Ben call) and also Kate's just entire existence (can she leave already??)

It's frustrating that someone like Beckett can get an episode with extended family in a plot yet we've been waiting 4+ seasons to get any kind of backstory/storyline for Carina. But now...she's getting sued?! This intrigues me. I was wondering what the connection to that woman was and thought at first we weren't going to even found out but I'm thinking she's blaming Carina for whatever kind of health issues her daughter is having and that also ties into Danielle saying we're going to get more badass Carina this season. I can't wait for this and I'm so glad Carina is finally getting her own storyline!

I loved seeing Maya and Carina working together and sending each other flirty looks (as they always do so well). The look Carina gave Maya when she said "That's what I said." after the woman said she wasn't going to ever have kids was 😍 and it was just great seeing them in that element. Seeing Carina worry about how it would affect them with Liam and Maya calming her down was also so cute ❤️

Truly cannot believe that Tremmett got the sex scene again??? Like really?? They made Travis a cheater for a second time and we have still yet to get a real proper Marina kiss in the 10 pm time slot but I have to see these two raw dogging it two episodes in a row?? I truly hope our time is coming.

I'm not gonna lie the end of the episode really got me emotional and I say that as someone who has had my issues with Jack for a long time now. The parallel to the scene on the truck in Season 2 was just perfect and I love how they did it and to see Carina holding Liam there watching them as they all cuddled together. That was a really great ending scene and I really enjoyed it. ❤️

Very curious to see how next week ends up but now it makes even more sense why Carina goes to Bailey for support. We'll see who Maya ends up encountering at the parade but between Carina getting sued, starting the fostering/eventual adoption process with Liam, starting the IVF process, getting a new home....Marina certainly have their hands full this season! Can't wait to see how they handle it all.

#station 19 #station 19 spoilers #carina x maya #carina deluca #maya bishop

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myreygn · 6 months

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kny modern au - characters: hashira

includes: gyomei, tengen, giyuu, sanemi, obanai, kanae, kyojuro, mitsuri, shinobu, muichiro

HUGE thanks and shout out to @giggly-squiggily and @trans-ace-lee for their contributions to this au and indulging my brainrots ♡

inspiration was taken from the german school system because that's what i grew up and am most familiar with:

ages 2-6 (flexible, not mandatory): kindergarten

ages 6-10 (grades 1-4): elementary school

ages 10/11-16/17 (grades 5-10): "secondary school", the diploma qualifies you for an education outside of university (craft sector, social sector etc)

ages 16/17-18/19 (grades 11-12): "upper school", the diploma qualifies you for university

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Himejima Gyomei (27, theology major)

grew up in a buddhist orphanage after his parents gave him up because they were ableist idiots who didn't want to raise a blind child

had a very happy childhood, has never been adopted and isn't upset about it in the slightest

went on a spiritual journey for five years after school and wrote a bestseller book about it

started going to university at age 23, helps out at the orphanage whenever he can

has a seeing-eye dog named Curry (a four year old black labrador and the only being on earth he would kill for, he got her when he returned from his journey)

can afford his own flat and lives right next to the orphanage with Curry

advocate for a more inclusive university life and very active in groups fighting for disability rights, both on and off campus

Uzui Tengen (23, music major)

was somewhat of a public figure from a very young age because the Uzui clan is one the richest, most powerful families in the country and everyone in town knows who they are

always hated his parents and moved out at 18, got a small fortune (that's rich people slang for a ton of money, source: trust me) from a cool uncle and used it to open a night club which is very popular with the locals

has no contact to his siblings (even tho he'd like to) and avoids all of his dad's properties like the plague

started going to university at age 20 because he wanted to do something with his passion

plays a bunch of instruments (piano, harp, guitar, violin, shamizen, koto and like ten different types of flute)

lives with his girlfriends in an almost-a-mansion and throws the best partys anyone has ever been to

Tomioka Giyuu (21, philosophy major)

his parents died when he was three years old and him and his sister went through foster care until she came off age and became his legal guardian, they're super close

has been studying several martial arts at Urokodaki's dojo since he was in elementary school

picked philosophy as a major because he had no idea what else to do but it's actually fun??

he mostly just sits in the back and draws stick figures but once a week he'll say something that makes everyone rethink their entire life (no one really understands what's happening inside his head but his professors are convinced he's a genius)

teaches little kids in the dojo because Urokodaki thinks it'd be good for him, he's slowly warming up to it

the type of peanut allergy where his throat closes up at the sight of them, when they were in fifth grade Sanemi almost killed him because he didn't know about it and it delayed their friendship by roughly two years

Shinazugawa Sanemi (21, physics major)

abusive pos dad got stabbed when he was ten, helped his mom raise his younger siblings and is super close with all of them

moved out at 20 when his mom encouraged him to spend more time at university, roommates with Obanai, Giyuu and Sabito

colorblind from birth and dysgraphic when it comes to handwriting, uses recording devices and laptops in class

used to get into a lot of fights in school and still works on not doing that™, most people think he's scary and a delinquent (and also a murderer because it's kinda sus that none of the family members showed up at their dad's funeral)

biker, the motorcycle has wind art on it and he mostly uses it to pick up the tons of children that somehow snuck into his friend circle and take Kanae on drives, loves bringing his guitar to play her something in the moonlight

suffered through school for the most part, a new teacher (Kagaya) in tenth grade inspired him to finish "upper school" and study physics

loves Gyomei's dog like a daughter

Kocho Kanae (21, biology major)

lives with her family and has no plans of moving out until she finishes university, helps a ton in the household

the best big sister ever, drives all of her sisters and their friends around and picks them up at 3am when they're stranded somewhere (also doesn't pretend to hate it, unlike certain other older siblings with their own vehicles)

has always been into gardening and is really getting into permaculture, puts plants wherever she can and loves flowers

most of her cooking ingredients are from her own garden, vegetarian (everything she cooks or bakes will be the best thing you ever ate)

has the voice of an angel, Sumi, Kiyo and Naho refuse to go to bed without her singing them a lullaby

christmas is her favorite time of the year, she goes all out with planning the festivities and getting everyone gifts and needs three whole days to recharge afterwards

has to wear a biteguard when she's stressed because she'll start clenching her teeth in her sleep and works really hard to keep it a secret from everyone

Iguro Obanai (21, philosophy major)

somewhat of a local legend, not by his own doing but by people just making shit up about him

grew up in a cult of which all the members were killed in a fire with him being the only survivor and a huge news story all across the country at age 12

moved to another city as soon as he was old enough to start anew but the rumors follow him everywhere (and it doesn't help that he talks to his snake)

mostly annoyed by the rumors but also likes to use them to scare people of who are being super pushy or harassing his friends (that's the first time in his life he found friends, he can and will commit atrocious crimes on their behalf)

originally enrolled in zoology, then switched majors when the professors wanted to use Kaburamaru as a test subject

spends his time in philosophy class taking a stance against whatever Giyuu says and has an entire folder filled with essays criticizing his statements

always carries headphones with him, listens to lofi because he likes it, mcr because he feels it in his soul and doom metal solely to fuck with tengen ("Screaming is not music!")

Rengoku Kyojuro (20, history major)

still lives at home with his dad and brother because he didn't want to leave Senjuro behind, spends most of his time out of the house tho and is looking for a flat right now

works parttime at a restaurant that's called Umainia and his friends have yet to figure out whether he says "Umai" all the time because he likes his food or to advertise his work place

slightly hearing impaired, has hearing aids prescribed that he just forgets to put in at all times

doesn't have a driver's license, goes by bike everywhere no matter the weather

gets close to people easily, is well beloved amongst Senjuro's friends and also makes an effort to get to know them so he can be sure Senjuro's in good hands

regularly forgets people's names but never their birthdays

collects old books and learned a bunch of old languages just to be able to read them

Kanroji Mitsuri (19, art major)

still lives at home because she wants to stay with her family and help take care of her siblings, also claims that she had invested too much time in her room to just leave it behind (her room looks like every cool fluffy fairy core room you have ever seen on pinterest, it's the coziest place on earth)

if there's a sanrio themed version of stuff she needs, she's getting it, no questions asked.

slightly allergic to dogs, she doesn't care though and cuddles with Curry all the time, she calls it confrontation therapy (it works)

animal lover in general, she even built a little terrarium in her room so Kaburamaru has a comfy spot for his naps when Obanai stays over

has kept every drawing she ever made and sometimes looks through them for inspiration, also likes to track her progress that way

there's a coffee shop across the street from her house where she has been customer of the month every month consistently for four years as well as an honorary mention ever since she was six

Kocho Shinobu (18, student)

in her last year of school and likely about to graduate with a perfect score

founder and president of the first aid club, also head of the student council and an active member on every committee the school has to offer

recently got her driver's license but keeps it a secret so she doesn't have to play chauffeur for her sisters

effectively avoids getting asked out for dates by being very scary™ (and taking jiu jitsu classes since elementary school), she's also your go to person when creepy weirdos won't leave you alone

loves cooking with her sisters and often shares her own recipes with Kanao, she also has her own little corner in Kanae's garden where she plants stuff that she uses to make her own medicine

has a lot on her plate with school and her clubs and some volunteer stuff she does here and there, so she goes to the local animal shelter once a week to cuddle and play with the cats and dogs there, it's her little safe zone to unwind and she doesn't tell anyone about it

the biggest fan of psychological thrillers you will ever meet

Tokito Muichiro (14, student)

in eighth grade and no one knows how he did it but everyone suspects that his brother took at least some of his exams in his place

he's not bad at school per se but he just can't memorize stuff, you're lucky if he knows your name after sitting next to each other for six months

is a member of the cooking club tho and absolutely thriving there, he never goes by recipe and creates the most delicious things but he won't tell anyone his secret ingredients because he can't remember them either

absolutely loves visiting his friends' houses, he's so happy seeing how their rooms reflect them

followed Yuichiro everywhere all throughout elementary school, then made his first friend in fifth grade (Tanjiro of course) and has been getting more and more independent ever since

constantly misses bus stops or takes trains in the wrong direction and is always late because of it, however he has also acquired an extensive knowledge of the town and can give you directions to pretty much everywhere

tries his very best to remember his friends' birthdays but forgets his own every year because it just kinda slips his mind that he has the same birthday as Yuichiro

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victoria1676 · 2 years

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Sagau Brainrot: Reader having the same abilities as Nakajima Atsushi from Bungou Stray Dogs

(Reader is Female here unfortunately so i apologize for those who want it non-binary or gender neutral TwT)

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Heyo its been a while

Its 2am in the night time but i was lucky to finish this yet i am very tired especially i just finished midterms and still have to make 7 assignments due next week ugh DX

Anyways please enjoy this brainrot that I tried my best to expand it 😭 I'll work on my other brainrots soon and my story as well when i have the time but currently im very packed this month ugh TwT

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So like I haven't watched Bungou stray dogs in long time and im avoiding Season 4 due to the fact i have already read the manga and knows that Season 4 is the darkest arc including i guess there is a chance season 5 will also be dark if i remember the manga correctly 🤔

Have I read the Beast AU or read it?

N OT U N D E R M Y W A T C H

My personal reason is that i was able to get a summary out of it and since that summary made me cry and learn what happened to Beast Dazai I cried the fact i loved him so much and that au was painful 😭😭

But anyways this is my personal opinion however if you want to read Beast AU Bungou Stray dogs I recommend that you guys prepare tissues cause the angst of that au is very sad but if you able to handle then props to you UwU but i can say is that the au is very interesting and I don't mind you guys reading it UwU However you must read the Original Bungou Stray Dogs since Beast Au is the parallel universe of it. The manga is currently still on going but the Anime is out by 3 seasons and season 4 currently coming out soon.

So yeah lets go to my Brainrot UwU

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Warnings: Mentions of Abuse

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So this won't have the creator au thing this time unfortunately but it is more like I want to go back to the original concept of what sagau a.k.a self-aware as I am referring to the self-aware au were no god reader but just a regular reader who plays the game and is not aware the charas are self-aware and they are all fond with her whether it is platonic, romantic, possessive or obsessed with her.

As I mentioned reader has the abilities of Atsushi from Bungou stray dogs and has the same past as him however it's a bit different for the reader as her past is something I came up a bit sad about but not something excruciating to add since we all know how Atsushi's past is like especially you can see the worst of it in the manga 😭

Beast Beneath the Moonlight will not be an ability since the reader is not from the BSD world but this ability is something like a curse that the reader has to go through in tough times and has resented having it because if she wasn't born with it then she would have never been given up by her parents to the orphanage or thrown to such pain of being thrown back to the orphanages after all her previous foster parents deemed her a "Freak" or "Monster" and so on but they very physically hurt her since the reader was a very like a normal kid a first glance only these parents got the taste of fear seeing her curse.

Luckily around the age of 12, she finally got herself adopted by a person who is a writer and was one of the people who was like her, having a strange curse or rather an ability. It took time for the reader to get used to her new father and slowly trust him as he did not even react badly to seeing her transformation except he decided to help with her powers. Now grown up and able to live a normal life and keep a secret of her powers, the reader found herself loving a certain fantasy game called Genshin Impact that was recommended by her friends.

The game was very amazing and Reader loved it so much and also ignored the huge negative side of the game and tried to enjoy the lore and exploration.

Only she found herself Isekai out of nowhere.

There are endless possibilities about how Reader will appear in Genshin and I had to revise this many times LMAO

So like I decided she has been in the wilderness for like a week and there have been rumors spreading to all Teyvat of a strange dangerous Beast that usually prowls or appears at night time either running around or scaring away Treasure hoarders and sometimes the Fatui. And I guess it is up to you guys who would find her first OwO!

I feel like everyone would be fascinated with Reader’s transformation and I am sure there have been times reader suddenly gets cats attracted to them causing poor Venti to sneeze so much due to how many cats are near reader XD

Reader be getting along with Diona or any cat-like hybrid. As someone commented, the reader is like them, in which the reader fires back at them saying "I'M A TIGER NOT A CAT!"

But honestly people would find the reader 's abilities very fascinating.

And then they realize the reader could heal her wounds after some panic, getting stabbed or injured and trying to take her to a healer but instead her wounds healed rapidly.

I also imagine readers have similarities with Atsushi but personality wise it's up to you guys how you imagine a reader's personality is like with having the same Abilities like Atsushi.

But yeah what do you guys think? XD

This will have part 2 soon but a different version.

Part 2 will mainly be a cult au where the reader does not control the charas in the modern world but the reader is born in Genshin and is still a god but I guess it's still a sagau but a bit different since cult au and sagau are similar yet different I guess 🤔

The reason why I sound a bit excited in Part 2 of this brain rot? Because reader will be in the Fatui

But she will be someone who is usually in the shadows doing most dirty work and is always near Tsaritsa like a Shadow UwU

I won't spoil much but you can ask me more of this brain rot if you like XD

So goodnight! ^^

#sagau #genshin impact self aware #genshin self aware #self aware genshin #genshin sagau #genshin impact #genshin self aware au #self aware au #sagau brainrot #bungou stray dogs crossover #bsd crossover #genshin crossover

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animalhumanemn · 2 months

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We adopted Kylo from the Golden Valley site on New Years' Eve 2023.

2023 was a really difficult year for my husband and I and started with one of our senior dogs (Daisy) going to the urgent care vet on January 1st. The year progressed with her being diagnosed with degenerative neuropathy and Cushing’s. About half way through the year (on Memorial Day) our other senior dog (Duke) became ill and was diagnosed with hemangiosarcoma 2 days later. It had already spread throughout his body so we made the extremely difficult decision to end his suffering and say goodbye. This was the first time we had ever had to make the decision to say goodbye to a fur-baby and it was the most difficult decision we had ever been faced with!

Returning home to Daisy (and Poppy) without Duke was heartbreaking! Daisy was never the same after he passed and developed severe separation anxiety. Her health continued to be a rollercoaster for the next few months and life without her best buddy definitely took a toll on her. In early November she developed a gagging cough and ended up at the emergency vet in the middle of the night. She was diagnosed with heart failure and atrial fibrillation. The outlook wasn't good and she had already been through so much throughout the year, that we again made the heart-wrenching decision to end her suffering and pain and say goodbye.

Two dogs in one year was more than we could bear and it broke us! We weren't sure we would ever be able to open our hearts up to another dog after we lost two of our best friends. Luckily, we had our sweet cat (Poppy) there to comfort us with endless cuddles. Her unconditional love is what got us through those first few months. After a couple of months passed, we were really struggling with how quiet the house was without Daisy and Duke. We had at least one dog in our home for the last 14 years and had never lived in a house as a couple without one. So we started to casually look at puppies online at Animal Humane Society. Our hearts slowly started to open up to the idea that maybe we could share our love with a dog again, but we were concerned about how we would introduce a dog to Poppy as her happiness and wellbeing were our main priority and concern.

We visited the Humane Society a few times over the next few weeks and visited with a few puppies, but nothing felt quite right. The Friday before New Year's Eve we saw a puppy online at the Coon Rapids location. After we both got off work we met there to go visit with him. Unfortunately, another couple already had him in a visitation room and ended up taking him home. We took that as a sign that he wasn’t the puppy for us and decided to keep looking online and decided that we would make a trip to Golden Valley right when they opened Sunday morning (New Year's Eve) to see what puppies they had available. We looked at the website on Saturday evening and had our eye on a 3-month-old puppy, Biscuit. She was absolutely adorable and we figured she was still young enough to be able to work with her on building a great relationship with Poppy.

We arrived at the Golden Valley location shortly after they opened on New Years Eve and quickly made our way back to the puppy suites. We located a volunteer and asked to take Biscuit into a visitation room. We visited with her for a while, but the connection wasn’t really there. We could see the other puppies from the room we were in and noticed a little pure white puppy watching us. My husband left the room to find a volunteer because he wanted to switch puppies and visit with him instead. Not long after switching puppies we knew something was different. This one felt right, but would he get along with Poppy? We stayed in the visitation room with him for over an hour and visited with several staff and volunteers during that period trying to decide if this would work. The last volunteer we visited with was a foster for kittens and shared her experience with us and told us confidently that she thought he would be a good fit for Poppy if we introduced them slowly. So we decided to leave that day with Kylo, still not completely sure we were ready for this, but knowing that we wouldn’t have the heart to return him, so we had to make this work!

We weren’t attached to the name Kylo so thought about changing it to Peanut. Later that evening; out of curiosity, I googled “Kylo meaning”. What popped up at the top of my search was “Sky; Heavenly” and we instantly knew we had to keep the name. I am a true believer that everything happens for a reason, whether we see it right away or not and it felt like this was a sign that he had been sent to us by our fur-babies who crossed the rainbow bridge earlier in the year.

Two months have passed since we brought our sweet Kylo home. His personality and appearance are an odd 50/50 combination of Daisy and Duke. While he looks more like Duke in his stature, he has Daisy’s color. He loves to cuddle in blankets like Duke used to, and sleeps with his limbs in the air like Daisy used to. He is a constant reminder of our fur-babies that have passed, but also brings a new life into our house that we haven’t had in a while. I think he is exactly what we needed to be able to move forward. I still struggle with the loss of Daisy and Duke every day, but he is there to help me through it alongside Poppy. The first few weeks were really tough introducing him to Poppy, but I am happy to report that as of a few weeks ago we are all sleeping in the same bed and Kylo no longer has to be on a leash in the house!

I want to say “THANK YOU” to everyone involved with Animal Humane Society! The work you do is so AMAZING! Kylo is our 4th fur-baby adopted from Animal Humane Society's Golden Valley location.

(Daisy & Duke are in the first picture, Kylo and Poppy are in the second picture and Kylo is pictured alone in the last one)

— Sarah & Matt

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catsofcalifornia · 11 months

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Daffodil and Tulip from Animal Rescuers Without Borders in San Diego, California

Click here for more information about adoption and other ways to help (as well as lots of videos of Daffy and Miss T)!

Hello! My name is Tulip, but you can call me Miss T!

I am looking for a furever family who is READY for a lifetime companion in me.

Let me tell you a little about myself now that I have lived in a foster home in San Diego. I was rescued from a high kill shelter in San Bernadino when my foster mom read about my plight being red listed for lack of space. I found myself in that shelter when someone turned me in as a stray. I was exited from the shelter a couple of days later along with another feline friend who happened to be rooming in a kennel next to mine who also had the same fate as me AND another friend. So, our foster mom named us Daffy, Tulip and Sebastian and away we went to safety. She made room in her home for us all and Daffodil and I ended up being roomies in her spare bedroom while the boy named Sebastian took the bathroom. We were saved the first week of march and had to wait to be ready for adoption since we were ALL extremely sick with nasty shelter germs that made us sickly with what they called a upper respiratory infection. Our foster mom had to give us daily medications, fluids and help us eat because we all had lost our appetite, we were a little depressed remembering what we had to endure in the streets and then that shelter. Once we realized we had lucked out being chosen and under a loving safe home we decided to trust humans and slowly got to know them and trust them. We are SO happy now and our quarantine and medical has been finally finished and we are now READY to find loving families of our own so this amazing human can continue to help friends we left behind who will also need her home to be saved. To find the right family for me, this is what our foster mom has to say about me on 03/29/23 "........

Tulip and her best friend Daffodil were rescued together from a high-kill shelter in San Bernardino. They were found together in a field. It is not certain if they are siblings, but they sure act like best friends! Tulip is about one year old and is a tabby over white domestic short hair. She is on the smaller side but big personality! She loves to rub up against her human and give lots of head bunts. She enjoys sleeping in her cat tree by the window and acting as the neighbor watch. She also likes playing with her rainbow string toy and scratching on her cardboard scratcher. She will also get on your lap and love on you. Tulip would do best with her friend Daffodil in any home. She is not phased by household activity, and just wants to hang out with her partner in crime. ..... Daffodil is about one year old and is a medium haired black and white kitty. She is more on the petite side. Daffodil is so curious about everything! She likes to follow her human around everywhere and check the surroundings out. She enjoys hanging up on the highest part of the cat tree and rolling around with her catnip toy. If you stand there she will put her paws out to love on you as she's purring. Daffodil would do best with her friend Tulip in any home. She is not phased by household activity, and just wants to hang out with her partner in crime "

I have EXCELLENT Manners in the 'sand box' and I do like to look out the window but never tried escaping, I am content with this lifestyle. I have only lived in the same room as Daffodil and we are friends, NOT sure how I would be in a home with other cats BUT I am happy to try it if you would like to foster to adopt me. However, I do know I would LOVE to stay with my friend Daffy, if you are open to adopting us friends? I think I would be happy as a single cat as well, but I just wanted to mention I enjoy the companionship of my friend "Daffy" as well. I have not lived or seen dogs so I am not sure how I would feel around them, nor have I lived with little humans called 'children' but I suspect they would be good friends to have, especially if they want to adore me and present treats through the day for me.

#cats #california #san diego #adoption #adoptnotshop

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twistedappletree · 4 months

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It’s PRIYA! ✨💞☀️💞✨

Some more about her under the cut below the pic bc her story is a bit rough but she’s such a sweet precious pretty baby fr 🥺🥀

First of all, she responds SO WELL to Priya. I think she likes the name and pronunciation because of how bright it is. I also got her some fancy hemp-based strawberry lime hibiscus doggy perfume since I can’t give her a bath yet because of her surgery staples. 🌺

Basically, her original owners surrendered her because there were medical complications with her pregnancy and they didn’t want to deal with it. They took her to the shelter way too late so her babies had to be aborted and she’s extremely depressed because of it. She was in the very last kennel in the back so she wasn’t getting viewed much by potential adopters and she was there so long without getting any interest that they scheduled her to be euthanized to make more room in the shelter. No one even offered to foster her. 💔

It’s also very clear that she was abused, likely by a man. Even while I was at the shelter, she gravitated towards me and stayed away from the male employees (who aren’t bad people btw, it’s just that her trauma makes her afraid of them).

She’s not doing this anymore but she squinted and lowered her head when I first tried to pet her, as though she was expecting to be hit. I also took her outside to show her her new backyard and where she can go potty but she thought I was kicking her out for the night so she went into the corner of the yard and made a little nest out of dry leaves to sleep in 😭

I had to lead her back into the house by her leash because she wouldn’t come back in ajdhajdha like nooooo baby you sleep inside and wherever you want! On the couch, my bed, your new doggy bed with all your fluffy blankets—no leaves!

It’s only been a few nights but she’s already learning that she’s in a safe place and she’s SO gentle and respectful with my cat! Misako is still freaked out by her but she already lived with my Great Dane before she passed so she knows big dogs and I’m already seeing a lot of improvement in her attitude towards Priya.

She’s also not jealous of her and shunning me for it which was the main thing I was worried about because my kitty is my baby lmaooo (but Priya’s my baby too now!)

She’s still extremely tired from her surgeries so I can’t take her on any strenuous walks or outings but she gets her staples out next week and a regular check up to make sure she’s okay. She looks like she has some breathing problems and also has a weird bump on her nose so we’re gonna get that checked out. Hoping it’s nothing serious 😭 she’s only 2 years old but she walks around and has the energy levels of an old lady ajdhajdhAJDHAD

Pretty, pretty Priya. I love her sm 💞🥺💞

#she’s so sweet guys #if she accidentally stepped on an ant she’d cry about it lmaooo #super sensitive and emotional like me 😭#apple babble 🍎#non fandom #priya #pretty priya 🌺#that’s her tag btw 😌#tw animal abuse mention #tw abortion mention #she’s a Great Pyrenees possibly mixed with a shepherd or lab???#and only 108lbs so way smaller than my Dane who was like 160 lmao #she’s also kinda skinny and isn’t eating much tho so that’s another thing I’m gonna ask the vet about #bc even tho she’s mixed she’s still pretty big and should weigh a lot more than she does

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themistyfootprints · 21 days

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I've been fostering this little two yaer old lady for three weeks now, and what a ride it has been. She's got a lot of adoptive applicants and will be moving next week. It really feels heavy on my heart that I will go back to dogless existence. But it will also be a relief to get my cats (my boys 🧡) back home. They had to go away when this doggo arrived because she wasn't capable of living peacefully with cats, and it could have been dangerous to keep them under the same roof. But after the cats left, she has mostly been the sweetest and most peaceful dog who loves humans and cuddles.

It has been a lot, though. She has bad separation anxiety, and managing that in a single-person-household has taken its toll on me, and it will be a relief knowing she will have multiple humans caring for her in her adoptive home. It will take some time for me to recover as it will for her to adjust to her own humans when she moves. My heart.

#feeling a lot #will process #later #personal #my first foster #dont know if i can do this again #but she is a sweetheart

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hazard-and-friends · 5 months

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I know this is a bit of an odd thing to ask but my sister is fostering a puppy (six weeks as of this week) and I want to get her something for Christmas. What's a good gift for a dog fosterer, particularly for a puppy? He's an amstaff if that helps.

If he's 6 weeks now it's super likely he'll be adopted by Christmas because he'll be 8 weeks by then and puppies tend to go fast (that being said, the dog market is super weird rn so who knows).

Joke answer: 1 day without the puppy and some chocolate

Non joke answer: Puppy-size chew toys, pee pads, the next size up in collar and harness, fancy (ie freeze dried or raw) treats you can't justify buying for a foster, cute lil jacket/bow tie for photoshoots...

#asks for ts #Anonymous

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ghostlyquill · 7 months

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Do you have any pets? If you don't, do you want any?

I do have pets! We have a little zoo in our little house. Three cats and a dog.

For Valentine's Day 2018, we (my then boyfriend, now husband and I) adopted a bonded pair of sibling cats, Sasha and Michonne, who were about a year old. We kept their names because we were actively watching The Walking Dead at the time.

The next year, we bought our house in April, and around the same time a then coworker's son had found a kitten wandering around a landscaping job, and wasn't able to keep the kitten himself, and my coworker had a new puppy. She was very little, like four weeks old, and she looked a little like Michonne might have as a kitten. So I took her. We named her Maggie, figuring we should keep with the theme.

The year afterwards, my boyfriend was lamenting not having a dog. His mother works for a vet and they always had at least one dog growing up. I was a little worried about a dog getting along with the girls and I didn't want anything too big, but I said okay, we can start looking. Literally the first week of vaguely skimming some of the local fostering programs, we found a little pit-thing named Negan, who was good with cats. Seemed like fate. We adopted him the next week.

#ask #kiwi speaks #twd #will reblog with pictures

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secondhnd · 1 year

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if you’re hearing THE PLAN (FUCK JOBS) by THE FRONT BOTTOMS playing, you have to know PHOENIX MAE (HE/HIM; CIS MAN) is near by! the 25 year old has been in denver for, like, TWENTY FIVE YEARS. they’re known to be quite SHORT TEMPERED, but being OPEN-MINDED seems to balance that out. or maybe it’s the fact that they resemble EVAN MOCK. personally, i’d love to know more about them seeing as how they’ve got those BRUISED KNUCKLES, UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS, DOG-EARED PAGES OF ASTRONOMY BOOKS vibes. and maybe i’ll get my chance if i hang out around the RINO DISTRICT long enough!

i have a whole lot™ to say because phoenix is one of my oldest muses, so check out this baby boy!! ( TW: DRUG MENTION, CHILD NEGLECT/ABUSE )

born to teen parents who had a tendency to dabble in ~illegal substances, a lot of people would argue that phoenix never really had a chance. from the time he was born up until he was six years old, he dealt with his parents’ neglect. he would wake up to an empty house at least a couple of nights a week. WHICH HE THOUGHT WAS TOTALLY NORMAL until he mentioned it to his teacher and cps plucked him out of the home he knew and threw him into foster care.

he spent the next eight years in a foster home. things were tense, and they thought about kicking phoenix out many times as a result of both his temper and the clashes they would have about the sort of trouble he would get himself into.

when he was fifteen years old, he spent about nine month in juvenile detention for breaking and entering – which he’ll claim to this day was a necessity. was it truly? no, probably not, but he was bored. okay??

once he was released, he was put back into his foster home temporarily while the social workers looked into a group home out of town that he could get sent to where he wouldn’t get into as much trouble.

of course, he had to visit his social worker more frequently – finding out that she liked to have a lot of meetings with him and his probation officer.

it was one of these days between the time his last class finished and the meeting when he was out in the parking lot with his old skateboard when he tried to bum a cigarette off of a heavily tattooed man. he turned phoenix down (of course!) and when his social worker poked her head out of the door to call out to him, he was pretty sure he was in trouble. instead, the man and a woman phoenix assumed was his wife were standing there and there was a flurry of words he only half listened to until he heard the words new placement. it turned out the couple was interested in fostering him? though he was confused, phoenix was up for anything.

though the couple was only about fifteen years older than him, they already had three adopted teenage children around phoenix’s age. he wasn’t generally one to get comfortable quickly, but it was easy in this household. they were treating him like he was family despite the fact he’d just gotten there.

by his seventeenth birthday, phoenix was adopted :’)

now twenty-five, he still goes to weekly family dinners and is close to his adoptive siblings.

FUN FACTS!!

phoenix has a lot of tattoos, most of which were stick-n-pokes or home done tattoos. the largest one that he has is on his inner arm that said born sick because he thought “take me to church” was the absolute best song in the world when it was released (he wasn’t wrong !!)

despite being kind of a trainwreck, phoenix is also really smart and had earned a master’s degree in astronomy by the time that he was twenty years old. it was done on scholarship – which is nice because is he using it at all??? NO!!

ummm but he’s absolutely obsessed with aliens???

ANGER ISSUES!!! he bottles up all of the negative things he has from past so it boils over sooner or later.

he stumbled upon the piercing job by spending a lot of time of at a local tattoo shop until they offered to train him in piercing.

he’s big on bartering so if you want a piercing and have something other than money to offer him, he’ll probably accept it.

he has a three year old adopted sister named kale who is absolutely his favorite person in the whole entire world.

he also has a cat named Jolene

if you get to know him, he’s a lil soft once you peel all of his layers away.

WANTED CONNECTIONS

pls give me a close friendship where they call him ‘nickie’ thank u :(

tbh some exes?? he’s bi and he’s kind of the type to have tumultuous relationships in every facet of his life, so romantically…… it is obviously no different.

FOSTER SIBLINGS??? YES????

drinking buddies. phoenix and drinking go hand in hand hnonestly

ANYTHING

#chq;intro #♕ i want world domination just like everybody else ☓ phoenix

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toruvi · 2 years

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how’s your cat? did you end up adopting it from the cafe?

AHH thanks for asking! I'm not adopting just quiiite yet I'm actually going to foster a few cats first to get the hang of taking care of kitties (I've only ever had dogs before and my roomie has never had pets) I'm currently setting up the apartment and buying all the cat equipment first and sending in an application for fostering. Most of the cats they prefer to be fostered are really small kittens and they're only for a few weeks at a time (they have a lot of sick kittens that need to be cared for 🥺) if that goes well then I will adopt a cat!!

I wanted to foster a specific one but they said she's ready for adoption instead but I don't want to rush into it. It's definitely in my plans though and I'm hoping to start fostering by next week ❤️ so I'll most likely be screaming about it soon hehe

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insipid-drivel · 2 years

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Penny’s new harness is here! She’s settled in and bonded with my cat, Nimue, so much that she’s officially adopted and in training! Welcome to your forever home, Penny!

She has a snazzy new pink collar with her name and address custom engraved on it coming in the mail, too, but she just loves her new harness, and it arrived right in time for her date with the vet to be spayed. The family vet has taken a look at her and concluded she’s very much a Red Heeler and a bit younger than previously supposed, so he’s been taking his time in going over her bloodwork and DNA to check on some breed-specific drug intolerances before they expose her to any heavy medications when she goes in to be spayed, boostered, and microchipped next week. Red Heelers were bred down between Australian Cattle Dogs and wild Dingoes, and good lord can you tell Penny has some dingo in her when she’s glowering at a stranger that’s come near her bestie:

Penny has bonded so totally with my other baby girl, Nimue, that the choice to classify Penny as a foster pet in my house has pretty much been taken out of my hands! It’s also been several weeks of sustained searching for previous owners, and she hasn’t been claimed or inquired after. My 65-year-old mother loves her as a companion and guardian when she’s gardening and working outside (which Penny makes her feel safe enough to do alone with her and her elderly doxie safe from intruders), and Penny has come to recognize when my autistic brother has had a very hard day at work and is in a state of overload, and so she runs to him and literally hugs him when he needs to have a good cry.

Penny and Nimue love each other so much that they spend every waking moment playing, cuddling, and grooming each other, and can’t stand to sleep separately at night anymore. Both become extremely distraught if they find that the other isn’t within sight when they wake up and cry until they find each other. As a registered fosterer, I can’t in good conscience separate them. They’ve bonded to the point that it would be psychologically traumatic to both of them to separate them, and having them both cuddling with me at bedtime is too great to give up anyway. It’s kibble-powered serotonin, man.

To be sure Penny isn’t missing someone, I’ve taken her on multiple special sessions using an extremely long lunge line to see if she has any interest in running away or searching for someone, including taking her in the car to where she was previously found to see if she knows her way back (she hated going back there and wouldn’t get out of the car at all). She’s never cried or behaved indoors in a way that suggests she misses where she came from, but the tests outside proved it: Penny won’t bother leaving the boundaries of our yard even though we don’t have a fence to physically stop her, comes when called if she gets loose, and even goes to the front door on her own when she hears “Penny, go inside!” When she feels free to roam, her first priority is to go to the exterior of our secure catio (pictured above; it’s been secured as completely safe from poisonous plants, predators, parasites, and escape attempts and can only be accessed from inside) and watch over her my family and, most of all, her best friend Nimue.

The best part? The two are almost the exact same age (around 1 y/o) and healthy. They’re in for many, many years of happiness together.

#pet love #Penny and Nimue #cattle dog #red heeler #calico #pet love stories #forever home

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gunther-the-poodle · 2 years

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An introductory post!

Hello, my name is Rhiannon.

I have recently acquired a standard poodle I named Gunther. Gunther was born 8/11/21.

Gunther’s previous people got this dog from a questionable backyard breeder and weren’t really prepared for a poodle. After having him for a while they realized that not only did their current dogs hate him, but they weren’t able to provide for all of his needs. It became apparent that he would not be a good fit for that family. When a situation with one of the other dogs in the home became potentially dangerous I stepped in to take him.

I was (and am) a volunteer home for the German Shepherd Dog Rescue of Iowa (gsdri.org) and I work with animals. At the time I had a foster dog in my home that I had had for an extended period and I was open to another dog. I just didn’t realize it would be a poodle. Nor did I realize it would be a dog that I would potentially be keeping!

I have been open to adopting a ‘my dog’ for a while, but I’ve stuck with the fosters because I haven’t came across a dog that felt like mine yet. I work around dogs and volunteer with dogs and am getting into dog behavior classes, so I knew that eventually I would come across a dog that would end up mine. I had visions in my head for what I wanted in this potential dog, and was looking for a higher energy breed like a shepherd.

A poodle wasn’t really on my radar. BUT, I’ve decided to treat Gunther as a foster to adopt dog, we will see how this goes. We are working on our communication (SO different than the shepherds) and I am slowly learning how to adjust my expectations and wants for the dog I now have. This has been an abrupt change for both of us.

We’ve put a lot of work in in the last couple of months. He came to me the first week of June 2022. He was unaltered, not fully vaccinated, and had never been groomed. His second day with me he was at the clinic to get neutered and vaccinated. The woman who would become his groomer, Liz, took time out of her busy day to shave his face and feet while he was sleeping. We did his nails and plucked and cleaned his ears as he was waking up. The first few days as my dog were hard on this little guy! He was severely underweight, very scrawny, unsure of himself, and half blind because of the hair in his eyes before we shaved his face. His first actual groom happened and he did great! His hair was gross and came off in chunks of pelt, he had to be shaved to the skin. Things went much better than expected, but we had worked before hand on not being scared of grooming tools or that room. He now loves the groom room because that’s where he gets some high value treats, and love from the groomers.

It’s been about 3 months now. I’m still not sure about him. It has been a rough few months, partly because it’s been like two new starts. When he first got here, and again when his shepherd foster sister got adopted. He’s now an only dog for the first time in his life. It’s certainly easier for me, but was a transition for him.

We have had our first consultation with a trainer and will be starting a private class next week. Cherel will be training me, and hopefully Gunther will pick up some things. I really like her, and hopefully her confidence in Gunther will rub off on me!

I also know we are in for some future challenges. He has been diagnosed with entropion. That is a physical defect of the eyelid where it rolls in so the eyelashes rub on the eye. And he is showing signs of hip dysplasia. I am going to wait until he is at least 18 months old to fix the entropion as long as it doesn’t start to cause more serious issues, and we can take some X-rays of those hips at that time to figure out a game plan for that.

Because this situationship came about with a private family and not through a rescue I am putting my own money into this dog and am putting a lot more effort into him than I normally would a foster. I am trying to act like I am going to keep him. The option is always there to rehome, but I am trying to give him a fair shot. This guy has such a sweet personality I’m bound to get attached, right?

As a way to bond with this dog and hopefully connect with some poodley people and other dog community folks I have started an Instagram for him: @gunther_the_poodle. https://www.instagram.com/invites/contact/?i=14nus9ylbvw0g&utm_content=oqx2irk

This is another way for me to do that. I think maybe pictures and posts will help me connect with him. Or at least get some feelings out!

Pictures: 1.Before, this was actually a week or so before I took him in. He came to have play dates with Roxie, my foster shepherd. 2. First groom. Gross. 3. Yesterday. Sleeping off some mental stimulation after meeting a new person and working on learning a new word.

#standard poodle #foster dog #foster to adopt #long reads #new dog #introduction #hello tumblr #communtiy #dog grooming #dogs #dogsofinstagram #dogs of tumblr #adjustment #guidance #my dog #questionable

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