#and i worked at an animal shelter

[zooophagous]

My stepmom met Egon for the first time today and while he was a sweet little gentleman she says to me "wow he's hyper, are you sure you should have him?"

And I'm just like :|

Idk it bummed me out. I sink a lot of time and effort into this dog. I take him to a professional trainer, I walk him five times a day (actual structured walks up and down the street, not just let outside into a yard) not even including game time where we play fetch, I take him to a groomer on a six week schedule just to make sure his nails get cut by someone competent, he sleeps indoors and doesn't even need to be crated anymore.

I feel like I'm doing very well as a dog owner thank you very much. You're going to have to forgive the boy for being excited to meet new people.

#im sorry the dog was happy to see you i guess ill put it in the animal shelter #she has this mental image of me as someone very lazy and inactive because Ive gained weight the past few years #as if its impossible to gain weight while still going outside and doing things #like Im not active enough to own a dog because Im fat #Janelle I work out more than you do #I guarantee I put more steps in every day than you #you dont even walk your dog janelle #your dog is eleven years old and has never once even been leash trained

[obikindred]

Grief/gain

#i was like what if obiwan was a little white yap dog. #and then i made it so using the powers bestowed upon me by god #he is a highland terrier chihuahua mix #anakin is mostly pitbull with some german shepherd #trust me i work at an animal shelter #🙏amen #obi wan kenobi #anakin skywalker #my art #star wars #furry art #obi wan and anakin

[petiolata]

I thought about volunteering at my local library but not only do you have to provide your work history on the application but also two references. Then I guess if they like what they see the library HR department reaches out to you.

All that to do work for free??? 🤦‍♀️ Ridiculous. If I wanted to face that level of scrutiny and rejection I could just apply for actual paying jobs 😒 the animal shelter I volunteered at before didn't pull this shit.

#volunteering #volunteer work #volunteers #public libraries #books & libraries #op #personal #😒 #I'd go back to the animal shelter but the commute there isn't great and I have so many medical appointments now I dont have time for that #long of a bus ride

[piosplayhouse]

Not going to get involved in the ao3 politics shit but I just want to say after reading some of the top posts on this site I can tell most of the people talking about this subject very clearly did not experience Sexytimes With Wangxian

#honestly though despite how you feel about rhe big topics i havent seen much discussion about how The Candidate just... doesnt seem #experienced to be working that position at all? just objectively reading her interview she says she has NO experience working online #even communicating with slack or such; self proclaimed fandom newbie etc #like I can't tell you what to think about the big issues but like if you wanted to hire someone to work at your local dog shelter #and you interviewed them and they said they only really just started interacting w dogs and they had never had any experience #with dealing with caring for animals at all or the adoption process.. would you hire them lol #anyway just my 2 bits #ao3 #ao3 discourse #also hiding this at the very bottom of the tags bc i dont want to catch heat but i actually dont think people are aware so just to qualify #the rpf rhat got ao3 banned in china was not about a real life minor . i see a lot of people talking about minor rpf and i think its weird #as shit too personally but just to get facts right the rpf that allegedly sparked the ban was about a 30yr old adult man #idk if that changes anything but just putting that out there #oh ok also im getting intel that the reason the fic was mass reported and ao3 wS subsequently banned was because the fic #featured one of the actors as trans. so thats a frightening addition if true

[hoperays-song]

I love dogs. Genuinely. I love them. They always make me smile and I have worked as a dog trainer and caretaker for most of my life, starting when I was a literal child.

And there is nothing that pisses me off more than seeing my local shelter's numbers balloon up from about 100 dogs before the winter holidays to 313 dogs by January 5th.

Do not get a puppy or a dog on a whim for a gift. DO NOT. Dogs are living beings. You can't just throw them away like a torn piece of paper if you don't like them. By adopting them, you are taking responsibilty for that dog. They are not just toys or props to make family photos look good either. This is a big enough problem that most shelters I know will not adopt out dogs during December at all anymore. Because they know they will just be coming right back.

And if you do think about it and plan it out and then decide to adopt a dog, RESEARCH THE DAMN BREED FIRST. You need to know what you're getting yourself into and what to expect. If you do not own livestock or have the space and experience for a livestock guardian breed, don't get one! Because you can't provide it with what it needs to thrive! Don't get onto herding dogs for herding because thats what they were bred to do! It's instinct for them! Same with dogs bred for guarding or personal defense. Those dogs will likely be hard for new owners to handle! So unless you have experience with them and can handle them, don't get them! "Oh but I want scary dog privileges!" I do not care. If you are not able to train the dog, you do not need to have the dog, simple as that. Because if you don't? Just like with all other breeds, things can and very often will go wrong. And that won't be the dog's fault, it will be yours.

So, in summary, do not get a dog (or any animal actually) on a whim or because of an aesthetic or something stupid only to dump the dog on the street or at a shelter when you realise a week later that you didn't know what you were getting yourself into. Do you research. Dogs are not playthings, they are living beings.

#ranting and venting #i have worked with animals all my life and this happens every damn year #without fail #some of these dogs are designer breeds too #thousands of dollars per puppy only to dump them because to quote one guy “i didnt know it would bark so much” #SIR ITS A PUPPY #ITS GONNA BARK #i legit trained dogs. and the amount of people that showed up complaining that they couldn't handle their pitbulls were insane #THEY WERENT TRAINING THEM OF COURSE THEY WERE HARD TO HANDLE #ITS THE SAME WITH ANY DOG #please if you cant take care of a dog please dont get one. most shelters are at capacity already. they cant handle more

[tearlessrain]

Look. If you find an injured wild animal, I am begging you not to feed it or pet it or do anything else with it that isn't calling the nearest wildlife shelter and following their instructions. Wild animals shouldn't be eating human or pet food and if you feed it you're increasing the chance that it will end up euthanized instead of re-released (when I worked at the wildlife shelter someone brought in a squirrel that they had fed a smoothie and some other junk. the squirrel didn't make it, even though its original injury was minor and treatable).

They also don't want to be pet or talked to. Not even by you, no matter how in tune with nature you think you are. Not even if you think they look like they need comfort. Cats and dogs can enjoy/be comforted by human presence and touch because they've evolved alongside us as pets for thousands of years and know that we are good and that we don't mean harm when we touch them (and even then, this often won't be the case if they aren't socialized as babies). A wild animal doesn't know that and doesn't have the same social needs; usually nothing touches a wild animal except members of their own species (if they're a social species), or another species that wants to eat it. If you pet and handle it, it thinks you're going to eat it, full stop. It's not relaxing, it's freezing and deeply stressed.

A wild animal that's injured wants to be left alone somewhere dark and quiet where nothing can attack or eat it. That's it. That's the best thing you can do for them until you can get them to a wildlife shelter. It's worth passing up your instagrammable snow white moment to actually help the animal with as little stress to it as possible.

(even if it does for some reason like you and want to be touched, for the love of god don't encourage that behavior because you are still harming the animal, they should be afraid of humans, that is not natural behavior)

#sorry every once in a while I see a social media post about someone 'rescuing' an animal that takes a year off my lifespan #also if you think an injured bird wants you to pet it in the first place you're not actually very in tune with nature #seriously at the shelter where I worked we didn't even talk in the rooms where we had animals if we could avoid it #you don't want them to get used to being around you because the goal is to release them again

[boxwinebaddie]

what is the CD pet? i remember it being mentioned, but is it a dog?

how very funny you ask, lovie! because...someone a while ago asked me about a cd pet and i said, something like of 'maybe, who knows?'

me. ;)

i know.

skdhslkds

and shortly, you all will too, my darlings! for the sake of surprise and spoilers, i was just keeping the identity of the cd pet in the shadows.

which, speaking of shadows, it is the very first time that the citizens of a now very flooded and fucked up blondie's apartment ( minus marj ) arrive in the foyer of the crimson dawn manwhoresion, which again is this MASSIVE very gloomy and ominous sick-torian mansion with lots of cool glass skull door handles, old creaky floors and creepy portraits on the wall -- art of the dearly, or not so dearly, departed...dep(art) if you will -- except the interior has new electrical running through it so that the boys can still make pizza bagels in the air fryer and play legendary smash tournaments on their uber lux, big bucks, emphasis on big 98" flat screen tv...8k, ofc. ;)

anyways, they make it inside with what little luggage/personal shit they could salvage out of the wreckage of their Literal falling apartment, regrettably like half of kyle's really cool clothes are missing...i wonder if someone has things he can borrow...but ANWAYS AGAIN! when they walk in, jersey kyle sets down curb's carrier and suzie on sort of side table and is like 'holy fuck, i do naught like the feel of this place at all. this shit feels like something out of a horror movie, like i swear to gahd if some shit attacks m--"

aND RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT SOMETHING BODY SLAMS KYLE. like this herculean mass of energy, this strong, dark force runs at him at light speed, and is all over him. kyle is freaking the fuck out like oh my god this is actually a horror movie i am going to die, he screaming very girlish screams smh and then right when he thinks this supernatural monster beast from hell is going to gut him, somewhere off to the side, out of sight, the most threatening, frightening, authoritative and booming voice commands...

"sparky, sientate."

...and who is it, ofc...

but raven of crimson freakin' dawn. <3

who rushes over -- also this is irrelevant but i think he is in this sick colorful emo boy sweater and some ripped skinny jeans, you know, whore couture winter addition, he can be modest, you guys! -- and at the sight of him, this very large dog is immediately placated and ravenstan drops the scary dog training voice and is like "helllooo, sweet boy, mwahmwahmwah. besito besito besiiiiitoooo~ <33 :*"

i love ravenstan so bad, he's litrally so cute and an emo disney prince.

so sparky is just licking stan's face and being so sweet and we realize that sparky did not attack jersey to be vicious he just literally upon first glance liked him so much he wanted to say hi ksadhlsakd. amazing. kyle, however, hates most animals and drool and is a cat person and is like wiping his face with a hankerchief like fml.

and after a second, ravenstan rememeber, oh fuck, Kyle!!! so he immediately looks very worried and is like "i am SO sorry, jersey. he is super sweet, he just gets a little excited, y'know? are you--are you hurt at all? </3 here, take my hand, i'll help you up." all wide eyed

and jersey kyle aka crush era jersey my favorite period of time, is just looking up at raven of crimson dawn like he is a beautiful fake blonde eyeliner wearing apple cinnamon scented angel of death and...do yo know how badly kyle wants to take his hand? literally SO BAD. gay! down horrendous!!! but you know, he is a cold unfeeling husk and he does not like raven of crimson dawn! no way! i'm not dropping my mask in front of all these people, i am a loaded gun, i'm a weapon.

so kyle lifts his hand up like he's gonna take raven's hand and then at the last second, flips him off, rolls his eyes and is like "i've got it, ayshole." to which stan is like visibly disappointed for a second before Switching and shrugging doing the raven voice like 'suit yourself. you know, i like a man that's independent and can take care of himself." ;)

smhhhhh stan stop FLIRTING WITH KYLE IN FRONT OF EVERYONE LITERALLY NOT JERSEY TRYING NOT TO BLUSH LIKE!!! FOULLL!!

so important side note is that sparky is wearing...a pink bandana, ofc. which ofc, also means that he came from big gay al's animal rescue where curb also came from. and...sigh...so this is a small continuity error because i had al pretend not to know who the three people who paid blondie's rent were, but really all he said was that they didn't leave their names and ravenstan's voice sounded like heaven, which doesn't imply he....Doesn't know who he is.

and idk, was perhaps just keeping a secret for him...because raven actually does a fuck ton of volunteer work over there! hot boy shit! he is ofc, dressed like busted ass stan, but alas still v beautiful indeed. i think as a toolshed reference maybe spark got struck or nearly struck by lightning, he also has all that energy haha. stan basically foster failed him and he is ravenstan's emotional support dog and cd house pet, we love you sparky. that also means...drum roll pleaaaasee...

ravenstan knows curb! which is why curb got extremely excited to see him because ravenstan used to take care of him when he was in the animal santuary and stuff. so he quite literally heard stan's voice and was like!!!! aaaa!!! i missed you!!!! so cute omg reunited.

but yeah, they talk about that for a little...small world you know even for a big celebrity...kyle has sort of cute down horrendous gay daydream-y thoughts about how often stan must have come and go unbeknownst to all of them

( which he thinks is impossible because raven of crimson dawn's outfits are so shiny and tiny and scandalous that he has no idea how he could walk down the street without being noticed...but then, he's never actually seen stan look Normal and also...yeah kyle i bet you would be able to spot ravenstan a mile away and not be able to look away you gay ass bitch Stand Up!!!! )

and how cute he probably looks feeding all the lil critters in the pink shirt and like introducing little kids to them...also whether or not he rolls his sleeves up and how good his arms look...GO TO JAAAAAAIL.

but yeah! sparky! <3333 in my unpublished first draft boards i actually made a little section just for sparky.

final note: curb and sparky do hate eachother. they have shelter beef.

enemies to lovers, anyone?

-uncle nina, instigator of drama

#i'm gonna proof read this later i am lazy #but basically curb really liks raven and sparky immdiately really likes kyle but kyle is such a hater he's like control ur beast #i do think ravenstan looks cute in his big sweater and the jeans putting down his nightmare before christmas mug petting his big scary dog #he is my hero he is very cute to me #also after ravenstan did the scary command voice as a joke kenny raised their hand & said Is Anyone Else Bricked Up Right Now #and literally everyone raised their hands including jimmy like he risked falling over...ravenstan do not be raising his voice ever #but that was how he was taught to train most animals like someones mean scary mexican mom and it totally works #anyways NOT KYLE NOT TAKING STANS BEAUTIFUL HELPFUL HAND HES SUCH A FUCKING HATER #he wanted to so bad he was staring at it w such wide eyes for a second like omg he was worried abt me thats so cute hes so pretty and nice #aND THEN WAS LIKE EWEWEW YOU DISGUST ME GET A GRIP YOU FUCKING IDIOT YOU ARE PATHETIC STAND UP #goddamnit kyle will u be vulnerable for one second like he actually was bc hes actually pretty scared of big dogs he was very shaken #a small rm plot line is stan helping kyle get over his fear of big dogs bc sparky is so nice and kyle is wincing #and petting him with two fingers and is like...oh god it licked me...and stans like that means he likes you! he has good taste #raven stop rizzing kyle holy shit he cant take it #stan working at the shelter is so cute he totally does roll his sleeves up and his tattoos and biceps do look good #and he puts his hair back in the pink big als rescue standana and totally talks to all the cats and is like excuse me miss blossom #that was very rude to loki :( i think you owe him an apology!!! #and she meows back and loki scowls and hes like...now loki there's no need for that descaro papi!! >:O lets try that again #loki meows softly back and stan scratches both them behind the ears and is like amazing see all better <333 #something abt ravenstan knowing the same cats that jerseykyle does and them both just not knowing despite being so close together #and probably just barely missing each other everytime...the beautiful waft of cinnamon or a stan laugh sometimes... #maybe he wasn't being so crazy after all #SPARKKYYYY

[dwtdog]

tbh the government isnt even listening to its own citizens when it comes to labor. BUT we can just go down the quackity route just say i don't know there were laws but seriously these cc's need to go away for a bit they should do something for communities like help with animal shelters, homeless shelters, women's shelters (especially that one), just something to make them be better

fight back against chronically online-ness with doing good for their communities hell yeah

#cq.asks #promise-me-moon #george would love working at an animal shelter i know it

[todayisafridaynight]

ichinyan still likes dragon quest. by the way.

#snap chats #like a neko #SORRY LOL but its very impotrant everyone knows this is important lore. for an au ill prob never mention again after today #my ichinyan canon already is that he was rescued by PEOPLE. aka jiro's Just A Guy in this timeline. probably #idk if he works at an animal shelter or still at a brothel but anyway point is SOMEONE brought dragon quest in one day #and lil bro never walked away from the tv.. it made funny noises and had pretty pictures... #does he have any idea whats going on NO but it makes his baby brain go :OOOOOO and he loves it #or. loved. #if i ever draw kitty ichi again i might make his collar blue instead since. he's supposed to be a Babe lol... why i pick red dummy...

[iliveinprocrasti-nationn]

if you want to volunteer at a wildlife rehab to satisfy your desire to cuddle animals then you should reconsider volunteering at a wildlife rehab

#ive met people who are like this and what it leads to on top of harming the animal and their chance of release is just being irresponsible #ive been soaking wounds on a juvie possum who was terrified and in pain and had a coworker stop to stare at the animal and coo at it because #it was ‘so cute’. i get it i get the urge i catch myself behaving irresponsibly like that sometimes but even doing that is irresponsible #if you want to cuddle animals volunteer at a shelter because doing that at a wildlife center is harmful #this is about the account i just saw who started volunteering in march of this year and stated that getting to cuddle and nurture animals #was a motivation which. if you’re rehabbing wildlife cuddling should not be happening #and then a month later they were home rehabbing baby possums and the list of things they posted themselves doing was horrendous. if we did #that where i work we’d be dismissed. i don’t know how they’re home rehabbing after a month when there’s no way a person can be certified in #that time. and it shows because the things they’ve posted themselves doing are incredibly irresponsible #wildlife rehab adventures

[marshmallowsundae]

It only took three years but Marshmallow and Sundae can hang out now (as long as Marshal has eaten all her pellets bc if not Sunny will eat hers, too)

#marshmallow the rabbit #sundae the rabbit #I know it’s been ages since I posted #but I work a full time job at an animal shelter now and I be busy

[malhare]

I'm thinking about volunteering at the Humane Society.....

#It's just. hmm not to sound crazy but it feels like a sign #That my brother had planned on giving me a Saint Francis prayer card on the same day that I just so happened to save an abandoned dog #around the same time that I was feeling discontent/trapped regarding my 'purpose' #I mean I've always known that I wanted to help animals. But shit gets in the way and you need to make rent and pay bills #A career working with animals might be years and years away but at least I could volunteer at the shelter a day every week #It might fill that little hole in me that wants to feel like we're doing something productive and helpful #malhare.txt

[songofsaraneth]

i am FUCKING pissed about the feral cat situation yet again

#killed the fledgling bird ive been happily watching be nurtured by its parents over the last few weeks #and which had just started out trying small flights on its own #i guess technically i managed to chase the cat off before it finished the job but the baby is almost certainly going to die #almost all the feathers on the back half of its body were ripped out and it had a large bleeding gash down its back #if the wound isnt fatal the bacteria from the cat teeth and claws will be and it got out of sight so i cant even find/help it #i hate it!!!!! i hate it that a group of 'animal lovers' can just decide the rest of the cities wildlife doesnt matter and deserve to die #just because they get sad 100 cats a year or whatever were humanely put down in shelters #first nubfoot my beloved one footed dove and now the baby :((((( #ive tried trapping ive tried deterrant sprays ive tried plants they dont like the smell of ive tried chasing it off every time i see it #nothing works!!!!! it does not care. and no it cannot be taken to a shelter. they just dump them back where they were collected #thats how TNR works. makes it everyones problem and lets the cats die miserably of heat exhaustion at 115º in june instead #bc apparently thats the nicer thing to do i guess #anyway keep your FUCKING cats inside #not sure if it also got one of the parents :(((((( have only seen one dove kind of looking around trying to find its family #:((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

[ratgingi]

woe characters inspired by some of my cats be upon ye. info on them in my tags lol

#dialtown oc #jack dlc #twerpys head is a sledgehammer bc the cat theyre based on was born in a wall lmao #he works at the petstore with outis bc i got said cat frm the local petstore #lilys head is a fluffy couch pillow thing and she works at an animal shelter bc thats where i got the cat shes based on #twerpy is genderfluid bc we make jokes that my cat twerpy is genderfluid a lot #also i feel like shed be aroace if she were a person. its just the vibes yk #lily isnt labeled as anything shes just vibin #the 2 are part of a big sorta found family type shit that consists of chars based on my other 3 cats i just didnt feel like drawin more rn #twerpy is really mean and stuck up but is secretly super sweet it just takes them a long time to warm up enough to someone n show it #shes also secretly incredible at like. comforting people and helping them out. but again only shows it for people hes warmed up enough to #lily is super confident and full of herself and spoiled. she thinks shes super fuckin smart but she is very much Not /lh #she loves attention though and gets her feelings hurt super easy #also shes Huge on physical affection. she loves giving people hugs and holding hands and shit #like. shell be like oh im so fuckin hot and cool literally no ones on my level and of ur like eh idk that fit isnt really that good on u #she will start Crying. and get mad that youre being mean to her for no reason while sobbing #and probably will hug onto you while doing it #twerpy also gives really good hugs but they Hate being touched. so if it willingly touches you then youre incredibly lucky special #also lily loves sitting in peoples laps #if youre friends with her she is far more likely to sit on your lap instead of any chair in the room nd thats just smth youll have 2 deal w #dlc wiki

[music-for-them-asses]

I actually slept all night until my alarm went off, despite the fact I took a nap yesterday!! Insomnia who

#personal #I was so exhausted I zonked out on the couch before making it to bed lol #maybe working in the animal shelter helped...i was pooped #seriously though i have been sleeping like shit so it was nice to sleep in for once

[cat-arsenal]

@talesfromtreatment We have a grownge!

#weird lighting + glass + shaky hands = Never Great Pictures #talesfromtreatment #animals #cats #cat #GROWNGE #Weird Coat Colors #shelter cat #i don't work directly with the animals most of the time #but i do walk past and look at them regularly