The Cute Animal Pics/Videos Thread

[Carol the Dabbler]

Cute!  But what are they?

[Arcadia]

I couldn't find a name for them. :( Some sort of large mouse, I guess. :p

[Carol the Dabbler]

Sure you don't mean "moose"?   :P   Looks like some kind of antelope to me.

[Arcadia]

Sorry, I meant kangaroo. :p

[Van Buren Supernova]

I can't see your picture now. But there is something called mousedeer.. mouse..deer that looks like eh.. mousedeer! Google to see it.

 

Nah... not kangaroo, kangaroo is taller. :p

[Arcadia]

Oh, did I say kangaroo? I meant goat. :p

 

Seriously, I assume it's some kind of antelope. What kind remains a mystery.

[Van Buren Supernova]

No, no. Goat is shorter.

[Arcadia]

Sorry. Horse. Obviously.
 

[Van Buren Supernova]

Hmmm.. are you sure? I remember they are taller, unless it's a pony.

 

Eh... your image doesn't appear, so I just conclude that they are meerkats. Fitting.

For the fact that meerkats are quite camera whore. :p

[Caya]

[Carol the Dabbler]

"Dog Obedience Training" -- that's where you learn to obey your dog, right?  ;)

[Caya]

According to pretty much any dog in our family ever, yes :lol:. With the possible exception of Basic, who loved almost nothing more than hearing what a good dog she was and who'd perform any trick or task for such praise. Almost nothing, unfortunately, because scaring mothers with strollers who passed by our fence still came in first <_<.

[Van Buren Supernova]

Maybe it's because they talk about their babies allll the time, show you mountain and mountain of pictures and arguing that having babies is the best thing and the only one right selfless thing to do?

 

If I don't have to be a civilized homo sapien, I would be there with Basic and scare them away too. XD

 

[Arcadia]

Cuuuuuute!

[Caya]

Maybe it's because they talk about their babies allll the time, show you mountain and mountain of pictures and arguing that having babies is the best thing and the only one right selfless thing to do?

 

If I don't have to be a civilized homo sapien, I would be there with Basic and scare them away too. XD

 

Nah, while I'm with you there :lol:, it wasn't that. Basic was a big, beautiful Rottie with a deep bark,

 

 

and she loved nothing more than giving people a good scare with said bark. Only problem from her point of view was, all the people in the neighborhood knew that she was a big cuddlebug and when she'd try it, they'd all go, "Awww, Basic" instead of jumping (in fact, that was my favourite method of finding out whether kids were locals beneath those Halloween sheets ). But there is a small playground opposite our garden, and Basic quickly realized that most of those passing by our fence with kids in strollers came from the bus station and were no locals. So when I didn't pay attention, she'd sneak by the fence, lie silent as a ghost in a hole in the thuja hedge, waiting patiently for those moms in strollers to pass by, and just as the were right next to her she'd let out one single, deep, BARK. That and the scream and/or kid wailing usually alerted me to what she'd been up to, and I went outside, scolding her, and she'd come to me with a happy grin on her doggie face, like, "SO worth it" :P.

 

[Arcadia]

Aw, she's beautiful. Why is she called Basic? Was she a programmer?

[Van Buren Supernova]

I am a tiny bit disappointed that she didn't have exact motivation with me, but the way she ambushed and grinned should make it up.

[Caya]

Basic actually loved babies, VBS, and was a lot more tolerant of toddlers' grabbing and clumsy flailing at her than I was at their mothers' gushing of how very special their offspring and every single experience with them was . They just made such tempting targets for a good scare :lol:.

 

Afraid I don't know why she was called Basic, as we got her when she was three and a half years old - we assume it was the typical case of breeders having to come up with a bunch of names all starting with the same letter and running out of good ideas at the fourth pup :D, since she looked like a purebred (had a clipped tail too, the poor girl). Here's Basic when we first met her:

 

[Bluebell]

Supercute, I love Rottweilers!

[Van Buren Supernova]

Pretty girl! And they said Rottweilers are not good for children.. dog stereotyping exists too, eh..

 

She looks very huggable.. I am still waiting for new researches to counter prove that dogs don't like hugging, because they are way more huggable than humannnnnnn.

[Arcadia]

Yeah, that research is messed up. It's obvious that some dogs love to be hugged. Some don't. Just like cats. And people.

[Van Buren Supernova]

Good logic! I'll use that :p

Extremely selective one person human hugger here but all dogs are welcomed.

 

doggy, be prepared!

[Caya]

In my experience, while it's rare that a dog appreciates the "full frontal assault" type of hug, most will happily let you sit beside them (bonus, they're probably on the couch at this point :lol:) and snuggle together in a sorta sideways hug. But then, every dog is different. My first "own" dog, Diva (a Rottie/German Shep halfbreed whom I wound up adopting totally unplanned) was a gentle soul, even more amazing because she'd been with two different owners before (and a month-long stint at the shelter between those) at only six months old. In this chaos she somehow never learned, or saw any point in, playing fetch (which one would assume is a pretty basic doggie instinct). She'd happily play tug-of-war with you, and if you were patient enough she'd even let go at some point. Then you'd throw the stick, or whatever, and she'd look at you mildly pissed off, like, "Why did you throw that away? Now I gotta go and fetch it ", and then she'd trot off, and when she returned, she wouldn't come near you with the stick anymore because she assumed you'd just throw it away again, you silly human :lol:.

 

Wish I had a video of her doing this *sigh* - this fellow canine who has problems with the concept of fetch as well will have to stand in for her ;).

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

That's one smart dog! If you can't keep hold of your own Frisbee, why the heck should he bother picking it up for you?

 

Reminds me of trying to point something out to a dog. They just stare at the finger I'm holding out, and I feel like a damn idiot.

[Van Buren Supernova]

Bahahahha love that gif.

 

My dog wants to fetch ball, runs back to me, but won't give it back, unless I pretend to ignore him. He would then drop it near my hand, let me grab and throw, then happily goes to catch it again. I think he likes to play, he just doesn't want to make it too easy for me. If I chase him, there is no way he would give it back or drop it.

 

About hug, couple of regular beach dogs (they stay in the beach, semi stray dogs, they have regular way to get food and never leave the beach) that always come and play with us like to snuggle and hug, always sit so close and overlapping my lap. I always look like this crazy dog human because everytime I would be surrounded by dogs. They would still find me even when I go to other stretches of beach, and still remember me even after months of absence when I couldn't make a visit.

 

Originally I was tempted to adopt them but they won't be happier because how could they? They live in the beach with freedom to run and swim anytime, and although they appreciate food a lot, they don't look malnourished.