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Happy New Year! Congratulations to everyone for surviving the annual onslaught of aggressive holiday commercialization, awkward family interactions, and some weird holiday beverage made out of eggs and whatever “nog” is. January is a time for a new beginnings, lots of snow, and hanging out indoors with some adorable floofy animals.
A new year, a new Snout Selector. For those of you that don’t know me yet, Hi! I’m Chuckles. You’ve probably seen a few pictures around here of my dog !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and my cats !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . As part of my goal to spend more of 2018 focusing on positive things, I have answered the call to become a Snout Selector. The vetting process was very arduous. Seriously, I was stuck waiting at the vet’s office for hours before realizing that I’m a human and I should go to the human doctor if I need medical assistance. But enough of my terrible attempts at humor. On to the floofs!
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In case you’re new (in which case, welcome!): Favorites are chosen by one of the Snout Selectors (KrabbyPaddy, mrsfinch, facw, Xyl0c41n3 or Chuckles), entirely on our own whimsy. WHIMSY. However, in the interest of solidarity, we try to select one dog picture and one cat picture (minimum!) each week. Other pets will also, of course, be considered. We love all your rats, bunnies, ferrets and other furry, feathery & finny pals. WE WILL NEVER DISCRIMINATE AGAINST CUTE. As always, we’re happy to dismiss any pictures if you decide you want them taken down at some point.
If you don’t have a pet of your own to feature this week, I highly recommend featuring and linking to any cuties who are available for adoption and looking for a home on any shelter or rescue site. I know I’m not the only one lurking on Petfinder!
In that sharing spirit, if you don’t have a pet but want to participate, drop off your best Internet find of an animal gif or meme or tweet in the comments. The more animal lovers, the merrier:) Speaking of sharing, feel free to share these posts anywhere in the Kinja-verse, because it has been scientifically documented that looking at pictures of cute animals reduces stress.
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Here are the favorite fur faces that I’ve selected from !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . It was so hard to choose! (If your fur face wasn’t selected, I can assure you that I looked at every single picture and wanted to pick them all. Snout selecting is harder than I thought!)
Agrajag’s Gus decided to show off his lovely sweater (and just a hint of blep).
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Not to be outdone, Tom.Cruise.Is.Weird’s QuiQue showed us that cats can do two things at once (climb trees and stick out their tongues).
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bitofivory’s adorable dog is on the mend after getting some staples, and what better way to mend than to lay down and listen to some good tunes?
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Notorious GIGI, Vagina Screecher shared several pictures of a lovely symmetrical cat, but here’s my favorite of the bunch. In my house, this is known as the “Pensive Loaf” pose:
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tasteofthebitchpudding showed us last week that a lot of work goes into getting the perfect holiday picture, but this one looks like it was worth all of the effort!
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AestheticsInMotion took a break from sharing a great story of !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to spend some time with a customer’s adorable cat.
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TheOperaGhost was fortunate to get to spend some quality time with Lexa over the holidays, and captured this beautiful shot:
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I’m amazed at the patience shown by iroqdemic’s cat after he was pulled into a game of Connect 4.
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kcunning shared a picture of two adorable Christmas doggies with us. Why can’t human clothing have light up collars?
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Don’t even think about getting in between bookart’s Dashiell and his stocking. He earned it, because he’s a good boy.
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Last but not least, meet HeyDorthVader’s new guinea pig, Harry. He’s an avid reader, and I can’t think of anything better to do after the holidays are over than to curl up with a good book.
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And that’s it for this week’s edition of Fur Face Friday! Congrats to all of the winners, and thanks to everyone who submitted a picture, even if it wasn’t selected. I loved getting to look through all of them.
Now let’s see what 2018 brings. Show us your January Fur Faces!
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I submit this picture of my cat Matilda that I posted earlier today.
https://oppositelock.kinja.com/working-from-home-1821803466
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My baby boy has grown up way too fast! I was looking at pictures of him from the first day I got him, and just had to share how big he has gotten.
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My pup Dalia got her staples out two days ago, she’s 100% back to her normal self. This week I bring you Rosa cacooned in her favorite shirt stolen from my husband:
And my parents’ dog (and my little brother) Shadow Jr. cuddling up in front of their fireplace after New Year shenanigans:
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He looks just like my parents’ new pup. So cute. They grow up too fast.
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I would love it if I had a pet who could sit on my lap while I read. This is what happens every afternoon when I settle in for reading hour.
And don’t think that one dog knows where to sit. He’s only sitting next to me so he can jump in my lap the second it’s free.
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<3 N'aw.
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Happy Ace. (Before anyone asks, he was laying on his back. I just got in the floor, snapped the pic and rotated it on my phone.)
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This is my niece’s dog, Daisy. She’s a very good dog. And my niece just had a baby which makes me a great-uncle which is like, WTF, I’m not old enough to be a great-anything.
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He’s still adorable!
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I was sick last week and didn’t get to post any pupper Christmas pics. So here’s Miss Fanny in the Steelers jersey that Santa brought. She’s not loving it.
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Somebody’s got a prehensile little monkey tail for balance.
This darling fluffer belongs to a member of the extended family and I am obsessed with him.
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This is mostly for mrsfinch, because I know how she loves unruly ears.
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What a cute pibble! I also have a fawn and white red nose so I can only say she’s almost as cute as my dog Rosa (and the both have the floral names to boot).
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This is Hadley (left), a 6 mo. old goldendoodle, and Eirie (right), a 3 year old Icelandic Sheepdog, in her natural environment: a snow fort I am building for my kids. They are good buddies and LOVE to wrestle in the snow.
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Unruly ears are the best ears. I have too many (not enough) funny ear pictures of my dogs.
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By the way, do you know his breed(s). My mom has been trying to get an idea of what her pup might be. She definitely doesn’t want to spring for a doggie DNA kit. She just wants an idea of how to better care for him/how big he will be.
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OH. MY. GAWD.
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Shadow Jr’s floofy earbrindles are killing me. No, look. Look at me, I’m dead.
X_X
Are you happy now?
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I loves me a monkey-tailed cat. The best is when you’re carrying them or they are on your lap and they wrap it around your arm. :)
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It is raining. Murphy is not a fan.
In Cat-Dog diplomacy news: Murphy and Betty SNIFFED NOSES SEVERAL TIMES! This is a pretty big deal, you see, because Betty is the well established queen of the household, and was an only cat for 10 years before the wee pup arrived. Things are looking good for 2018, perhaps we will reach cuddle territory by spring...
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This fine sir came with the airbnb I stayed in over New Year’s. He was the best.
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Strudel has her eyes on the prize.
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We got Cosmo from a shelter but we believe he is a German shepherd mix. I don’t know what he is mixed with, but he is on the slightly smaller size for a male GS, and his ears don’t stand up.
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QuiQue is enjoying his Christmas gift shirt so far!
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The vet told my mom the same. Seems accurate.
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Parson could tell I was trying to take his picture, so opened his eye. Cats.
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Cat-Dog diplomacy is notoriously tricky to navigate - even seasoned diplomats run into trouble. I applaud your efforts to broker inter species peace!
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The joys of outdoor cats. One of whom is still a lot like a gangly, slightly grubby teenager. Alice comes back in from the currently very muddy outdoors and lounges around as if his paws were clean.
Alibi cleaning beforehand:
While Bob is simply bored with the whole thing and yawns hugely.
I hadn’t realized before this pic that his gums are pink and black.
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Great first edition, Chuckles! Welcome to the Snout Selector circle :)
Here is Walligator supervising my kitchen activities:
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Also, Chuckles, can you give me a follow for Oppo so I can comment out of the grey?? thanks :)
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Nice work!
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So I just need to follow you?
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So it snowed on the East Coast, just in case y’all haven’t heard. Lucie is all, I like it.
Hey, leave me alone.
I said. Go. Away.
Allie is all, But my feet. I’m pretty.
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His royal highness King Huckleberry on his royal cushion
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Me too! I promise I’m a good person who loves all the fur faces!
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I dunno if Chuckles did it or not, but I followed you for Oppo, too.
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You followed me for your personal blog. I need you to follow me for Oppo. Go to the three dots on the upper right of this reply & select, “follow for Oppo.” xo
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I concur!!! You’re a good person!
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QuiQue is quickly becoming one of my favorite FFF felines. (Shhh. Don’t tell anybody that we have favorites).
That photo of him hugging/climbing the tree last week was HILARIOUS.
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I guess this will be gray, originally!
Here’s Mr. Toomey requesting the royal treatment. And below are his hilarious, fluffy pantaloons.
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FluterFlap!
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Aaaaa, they’re so pretty in the snow! Check out all that majesty.
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Thanks, Xy10c41n3:) He followed me for his personal blog & I wrote back to show him how to follow for Oppo. This really is a lovely FFF post. Glad to have him & the rest of Oppo participating:)
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Hahah thanks! That tree snap was so lucky with his tongue out! He has his own Instagram lol. My friend at work was like you need to do this. I had no idea people made pet instagrams (an old here) so he helped me make it. It’s QuiQue_gram lol. (I’ve had a few cats and his face is hands down the most expressive and hilarious.) :)
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Floofy tocks!!! So cute.
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Heh. I love it! My cat is super expressive, too, but he also has a very marked disdain for cameras. Anytime I try to take his picture he immediately glowers. So all my photos of him are either when he’s asleep, or of resting bitch face. Heh.
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Hey, a friendly face! Miata owner and a Snout Selector... Truly a blessed human.
Here’s another one from work. I see this guy every month. They always go for the bucket....
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So while its face isn’t furry, it’s still cute! Here’s a pic of my 2.5 week old shrimplet. I saw four of them today!
They’re so small! Not even a centimeter long yet.
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This is Fred. He’s not much of a quilter but he’s perfectly happy criticizing my quilts. This picture is about seven years old. He’s getting older but still jumping up on top of the fridge.
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Small cars and small dogs just go together.
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She looks guilty. She did something, y’all just don’t know about it!
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Thanks, Krabby!
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Aw, they love (to control) you!
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xo, Ladybug:)
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That tail!!
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My cousin is a Steelers fan. You tell Miss Fanny that, as usual, I am 100% on her side.
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That “my new ears LOOK” is as chic as some of the things I’ve seen coming out of salons on the Upper East Side.
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He’s adorable and seems most cool!
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The cold snap has Diana disregarding personal space more than usual.
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He was so cool. In the mornings he’d just be chillin in the yard and we’d come out of the house and he’d just sit there patiently waiting for us to come say hi.
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Just a great face :-)
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One of those ‘are you ... comfortable , Firbank?’ moments as Beckett finds a nice belleh to use as a pillow.
[Edit: Wha-? I’m grey? Whaddidaydo to- ahhh, this is posted on Oppositelock; I seeeeee]
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Ahhh, that’s why my posts are greyed! I panicked for a second til I noticed the Groupthink logo was curiously Oppositelock-looking.
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I figured it out eventually!
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BertoltB!! I look forward to your cat~trio every week:) Yes, Chuckles is a new Snouter, and we’re working out the kinks. I was grey, too :)
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Also, f***ing Lorikeets...
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Yeah, she’s obviously a Cleveland fan!
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Yay!
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hee hee hee hee — I just heard Chuck Todd say something about them being 0-16 ( you know I don’t know anything about football :D)
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I’ll have to post more lorikeets then! They’re hard to catch sometimes though, fluttery squawky clowny things that they are.
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I don’t either, Mr P is the football fan in our house. I just know Cleveland and Pittsburgh are long time rivals.
I will be picking out the college hoops jersey she’ll be wearing during March Madness though!
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I just know Cleveland and Pittsburgh are long time rivals.
That’s cause they have to share that messy river.
(I would be interested in your opinion of that little article-ette I ended up writing in that linked comment.)
I will be picking out the college hoops jersey she’ll be wearing during March Madness though!
LOLOL. “FANNY FOR THREEEEEE FROM THE LIIIIIIINE”
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That’s no baby. That’s a “dorse”. Still, tho - that faaaace :-)
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Even Fanny, though still a pup, knows basketball is the superior sport. But she does support the football players kneeling. If only because it would give her better access to deliver kisses.
Will read it now!
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And he’s not even done growing yet! He’s only 8 months.
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I have never followed tennis. When I was growing up only rich, snooty people played. Or climbers. I love the Williams sisters though because they are strong, beautiful, athletes who have achieved so much.
But I hear what you’re saying about support! I live in a southern college town with a powerhouse basketball team. Most of the rest of the county hates us. They bitch about our overpaid coach, and how unfair it is that we get the best recruits. But that didn’t come out of nowhere. What people don’t realize is that our city supports that team winning or losing. We fill the stands at home and away in spite of the wins and losses. I know one man who has only missed 1 home game in the last 20 years, because he was in the hospital. We show up at the airport and cheer them when they return home from losing tournaments! The recruits started coming because they knew they’d be supported and nurtured here. And we built a program to match their talents. We aren’t just asking them to entertain us. We want to give them as much as they give us. And honestly, I get misty when I see these young, some not so young anymore, men on the pro courts. Because I feel like I have a relationship with them. I watched them grow and mature into the players they are today. I’m proud of them dammit!
I agree with you. Show up even when they aren’t the Williams sisters. Because they are still need your support. And if and when another superstar emerges you can feel that sense of relationship and pride.
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He’s mixed with the COSMOS, of course! His voice is THUNDEROUS and rains down from the heavens, lol
He’s so cute I can’t stand it. He reminds me of my great-aunt’s shepherd who’d always leap on me and ruin my clothes
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Great first FFF!
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He’s a beauty!
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My heart!
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Teh ruh, flopstructin’ teh vibe with her bun:
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And Lal, teaching us about birbs:
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Also, exercises in advanced fittin’ and sittin’:
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SOOPERKITTEH! He’s even got the Gazing At The Sky Determinedly pose down.
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Your boop-accomplishments are of no small stature, to be sure.
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Awww, mutual tummy-ear warming is what that is right there.
(I still await the day my girls will just give it up and snuggle already.)
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Which one is Zora and which one is the Porg?
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Aww now I’m gonna start calling Cherry pensive loaf. That’s one of my favorite pictures of her too. Our catsitter is a very talented iphone photographer.
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Rabbit 1, greyhound 0 and vet specialist +$500 and climbing! Poor Guy pulled up short chasing a rabbit on Wednesday morning. The limping and swelling was worse on day 2 so off to the canine orthopedist. Diagnosis is a broken first toe. He’s splinted and recovering from sedation, X-rays, 2 hours round trip in the car and the stress of having this huge thing on his leg. He was panting, shaking and shockish on arriving home but is now sleeping heavily and blissfully farting as usual.
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Our first lamb of the year was born Wednesday, she doesn’t have a name yet, but she sure is cute!
We also acquired a new cat! We sort of feel a little bad about it because Elvis has been suffering chronic sinus infections, and we know she’s not likely to be with us for a whole lot longer...
She may be old, and getting sicker, but she sure is floofy...
So is the new guy; meet Jasper, AKA: Jasperger. He came from the local humane society and is a total goof ball. Only about 2-years old and found as a stray! Who would loose this face?
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That last picture is magical - he looks like he’s at a rave! I’m sorry Elvis is sick, she’s a beautiful floofball.
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Aw poor guy! I’m glad he’s comfy and cozy at home. Hope he heals up soon!
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You availed yourself well, Olive’s human. Very good Fur Faces! Thank you for featuring my grumpy old man.
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What do you do that you attract cats to you and can I join your firm?
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True fact: I can’t get past this pic of Olive because it is so stinking perfect. I may be in love with your dog a little.
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Last minute add:
Rosa is fresh from her bath and ready to protect Gotham.
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My better half actually gets the credit for snapping that picture.
It’s ok that you love my dog. I love her too! If you didn’t see my original story about Olive, I wrote it up in a reddit post last month to mark one year of her being in my life:
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Fluffy Pantaloons is my band name.
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Thanks! I didn’t snap any pics of Gus this week but he appreciates getting picked and got some extra treats.
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That picture is perfection. It’s the perfect embodiment of everything I look for in a FFF entry. Gus is so stinking cute!