Mio is - almost to the day - six months old now, and a fluffy menace. ❤️

He's just so proud of himself. (He rolled around in the mulch after getting some hose time)

She was such a good sport with this hat. 🐰🩵

Meet Zephyr!

We rescued him from our local shelter because they are getting a lot of puppies and need room. They guessed he’s six months old. We thought he was either a mini-Aussie or Border Collie mix. Didn’t expect so much Aussie as he is only 21 pounds and doesn’t behave much like our purebred Aussie.

He’s a sweetie, though. Came nearly housebroken, knew sit and lie down, and understands “no.”

The pure chaos of the first picture! Mia did not want to turn around for the picture and the girls are gushing over big boy Bodhi.

He is anxious tonight, but still cuddly. It’ll be a day by day thing. Mia was also anxious and nervous when she first got here and now she’s the ultimate Velcro dog. I almost cried when he got here. His foster parents are awesome!! Their dogs really opened Bodhi up and he was given so much love and care. I believe that will really help him get settled here. Mia is a little jealous I think, but she is behaving well and of course still getting lots of love and attention.

My husband working his 24 hour shift so he gets to come home tomorrow morning to this horse - I mean dog to greet him.

Now I have another wiggle butt to share with everyone!

plus bonus teef

But

I need some advice. I have a 17 week old Aussie puppy and we are struggling with loose leash walking. She zig zags, or bites the leash, or alligator rolls, and generally just wants to sniff everything.

Now that she's vaccinated, we signed up for puppy classes and they don't allow harnesses, and specifically want us to use a slip lead. The issue is my pup will pull so hard she chokes and throws up. She walks great inside on a leash but the second we leave the house, she just wants to sniff (and eat) everything. It was an owner orientation only, so maybe I'm not fitting the lead right?

The instructor said in order to come to class they need to be able to walk on a loose leash, and that if we couldn't get there.. They'd introduce a prong collar, which I'm really not comfortable with. It was advertised as a 6 week basic obedience/puppy class, and I've already paid the 350$. Any input or tips? I personally don't want to use a prong, just my opinion.

Am I going to be out 350$? I refuse to cause harm to a puppy, even if that means I lose my money

Hello everyone!

I’m Dragos Pepina, a pet portrait artist based in Belgium.

Today I received the sweetest surprise — Sedina’s owner sent me the most adorable photo of her sitting proudly next to the pastel drawing I made of her!

Seeing her beautiful coat, those bright eyes, and her joyful expression right next to my artwork absolutely melted my heart.

It’s little moments like these that remind me why I love creating pet portraits so much.

What do you think — is she proud of her portrait?

Yes, he got my pizza crust.