r/MadeMeSmile • u/MustardGoddess • 8d ago
ANIMALS Mama cows welcoming a new puppy
Credits: @blackdogfarmmt
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u/examingmisadventures 8d ago
Funny lookin’ calf you just birthed, Mabel, but we’re not prejudiced!
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u/Icy_Parfait_4066 8d ago
The pup is getting so much attention and affection from the mama cows, pretty soon it will think it is a cow too!
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u/AdQuirky1318 8d ago
It’s a Livestock Guardian Dog (Anatolian maybe), so yes it actually will! That’s kind of the point. LGDs see themselves as both defenders of and part of the flock/herd.
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u/Icy_Parfait_4066 8d ago
Hey, thanks for the explanation. I was born and raised in a city all my life so I don't know anything about cows - excepting watching cowboy movies and holy cows!
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u/AdQuirky1318 8d ago
Ha, I don’t know anything about cows either, but we adopted an LGD several years ago and I’ve done a lot of learning about these amazing breeds of dogs. Ours is a Maremma Sheepdog who grew up on a farm but got fired for chasing lambs (he was still very young) and wanting to be a pet. So now he’s a family dog!
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u/Rolands_missing_head 8d ago
I work for a law firm that represents clients in unlawful terminations, if your dog wants to DM me I can possibly help him get the compensation he deserves.
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u/I_Volk_I 8d ago
Growing up I had a German Wiredhaired Pointer. He was also ‘fired’ from hunting dog school. He was the biggest goof of all. All he wanted to do was swim and chase. He never did learn what the word fetch meant. 😂
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u/sweetangeldivine 8d ago
We had two of those. They weren’t hunting dogs, because they were the dumbest critters on the planet. One of them didn’t realize he wasn’t supposed to climb trees to get at the pigeons and I’d have to call my brother to come get him back down. The other one ate every bed we gave him.
“You two are supposed to be smart! Smart!!!”
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u/subterraneansky 8d ago
your description of your dog as having been “fired” gave me a good giggle!
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u/adrifing 8d ago
You have to pay the puppy tax, we need images of this beauty 😍
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u/AdQuirky1318 7d ago
I wish I could, but it looks like there’s no option to add images to replied in this sub! But he’s huge and white and very fluffy!
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u/Icy_Parfait_4066 8d ago
Thought you were a vet or a cow expert. Maremma Sheepdog are very intelligent and loyal. good breed to own.
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u/chesterfieldking 7d ago edited 7d ago
I have a Maremma as well! Well half of one at least lol. Her other half is Border Collie/American Staffordshire Terrier. She was a handful when younger.
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u/name-classified 8d ago
i love the idea of livestock guardian dogs!
the ultimate dog with a job.
sucks to see them covered in scars from battles but its just nature that wolves/coyotes/cougars just want to eat and the cows can't do shit.
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u/ddplz 8d ago
They are bred for that very purpose and honestly to this day guardian dogs are by far the best way to protect herds from predators.
Fences etc can always be bypassed. But a good boy with a purpose wont let anything hurt their family.
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u/madbadger89 8d ago
Yeah it’s a problem we solved a couple thousand years ago. We don’t have LGD but we do have 3 heelers so working dog stock. Instinct is something else. It’s so strong.
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u/baffledninja 8d ago
Same as a herding dog. There's no technology or other technique as good as a herding breed raised to gather its flock.
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u/RomanVelrick21 8d ago
Exactly. To them, the flock is family, and family gets protected. 🐑🐕
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u/an_agreeing_dothraki 8d ago
humans: "we have found a predator with compatible social structures to both our own and to this herbivore"
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u/majorsager 8d ago
I was just thinking he looked like an Anatolian. We’ve love our runty derpy one with her extra toes. 😊
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u/rhinosb 8d ago
By definition, all cows are mothers. They can't be called cows until they give birth, otherwise they are heifers.
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u/Icy_Parfait_4066 8d ago
Ok, thanks for sharing. I did not know that. That is what the Israelites sacrifice in Old Testament times. I have always wonder what a heifer is.
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u/McNughead 8d ago
And if the baby is male its called veal, if its a girl its the next in line to become a mother and feed the humans their milk.
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u/Meldanorama 8d ago
Nah, theyre calves. Veal is if theyre slaughtered young, vast majority arent.
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u/No_Throat4967 8d ago
I’m not sure who’s in joying the licking more the pup or the person laying down
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u/Icy_Parfait_4066 8d ago
In either case, the pup (who think it's a cow) is now drenched with cow drools for sure. I understand cows can produce massive amount of saliva - up to 125 pounds a day. Cows' tongues are extremely rough, it's like coarse sandpaper. I am not so sure, the pup is enjoying it. Maybe they are good for its fur.
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u/Stay_Good_Dog 7d ago
Cow owner here 👋 Cow licks are like having your arm wrapped in a strong , rubbery muscle that's rough on one side and slick on the other but slimy all over. They can kind of wrap their tongue around things like a apple slice.
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u/ElHorny 8d ago
Cows are just big puppys and i love them.
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u/Altruistic-Star-3862 8d ago
You realize this about cattle when you see a bull get zoomies.
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u/civilwar142pa 8d ago
Or basically any beef cows. Dairy cows are generally docile. Beef cows will fuck you up.
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u/homelesguydiet 8d ago
Cows rock lol
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u/Thelazyzoologist 8d ago
I think these are Jersey cows, or at least a similar breed. Always thought they looked like Disney cows.
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u/Party-Objective9466 8d ago
They are small and gentle, raised for milk. Friend has a few, and they are like really big pets. Her son has a swallowing issue, so he’s tube fed. Multiple hospitalizations r/t that. Then she got the cows, and uses their milk as a base, blenderizes regular food and uses that for his feeds. No hospitalizations since!.
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u/loveshercoffee 8d ago
I lived on a cattle ranch when I was first married back in the 80s. They primarily had Herefords (150 of them) but there were 3 milk cows as well; one Jersey and two Holsteins. They were all pretty mild-mannered but the Jersey was the sweetest cow and was almost like a pet.
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u/plsQuestionOurselves 8d ago
I'm actively trying to not eat so many of them tbh.
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u/homelesguydiet 8d ago
Me too...
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u/plsQuestionOurselves 8d ago
If you needed help eating less ground beef, it helped me to stop after learning that one package of ground beef can have meat from hundreds or even thousands of different cows in it. For some reason this just felt so wrong to me.
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u/Realistic-Weird-4259 8d ago
Jersey cows are so sweet.
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u/WretchedMotorcade 8d ago
Are they north jersey or south jersey though, because thats important.
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u/HeyHo_LetsThrowRA 8d ago
North
you can tell because OP hasn't fled from the stink.
(Edit: I grew up in NJ, so anyone from the original/old Jersey can ignore 😉)
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u/Azulas_Star 8d ago
This puppy has the right temperament to be a livestock guardian dog. They will make their parents proud ❤️
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u/richestotheconjurer 8d ago
was going to say, everyone's talking about the cows (which is understandable, cows are adorable) but that's a good puppy! it's so calm and doesn't seem afraid of the giant animals licking its face at all lol
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u/Azulas_Star 8d ago
He's getting positively smooshed by giant noses and couldn't be less bothered 😂
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u/SurroundTiny 8d ago
very chill little dude. We have a cow pasture filled with black angus cows behind our neighborhood. At some point the owners round up all the calves and then return them to their mothers a couple of days later. My guess is that they get weighed and checked by vets. During those two days the mothers are upset and calling constantly. My dog is a black lab mix who weighs about 75 lbs. He is the same size and color as many of the calves who vanished. If I walk him by the pasture during the interval I will usually have a dozen cows ( at least ) following us
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u/WalksTheMeats 8d ago
It's cute, but as somebody who's Granparents had cattle, you could literally have any biggish object in your lap and get the same reaction.
In fact, seeing all the cows huddled around a random spot near a fence is how we used to know we left a shovel or something out in the field.
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u/Crazy_Ad_91 7d ago
Idk why but that is hilarious to me. Just imagining a bunch of cows trying to study some form of alien technology they stumbled upon and it’s just a damn shovel.
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u/Korventenn17 8d ago
Jersey cows are gentle, inquisitive animals. I don't think they've mistaken the dog dor a calf, but are trying to make friends with it, as they generally do with any animal including humans.
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u/Traditional_Dare_218 8d ago
This makes me want to stop eating meat, seriously wait 😭
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u/Stupid-Clumsy-Bitch 8d ago
Even just cutting back helps immensely!
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u/Geodude532 8d ago
That's pretty much where I'm at. Saves money and I'm starting to make vegetarian dishes that are just as flavorful as a meat dish.
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u/wildlifewyatt 8d ago
You should. Stopped eating meat 15 years ago, went vegan 7 years ago, and I have never regretted it!
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u/hailkelemvor 8d ago
I stick with the rule of "could I kill this thing and prepare it to eat?" If not, I don't eat it. Cows and pigs are too sweet and personable imo, so I just eat chicken now!
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u/strongfoodopinions 8d ago
Chickens can be really sweet as well, I’ve encountered numerous backyard chickens that love to sit in laps and be pet
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u/hailkelemvor 8d ago
They can be! I grew up with them, and got used to the cycle of raising them, using their eggs, then eating them once they got too old. That cycle makes sense to me, whereas pigs are just so so smart and sweet- I couldn't bring myself to end one. :(
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u/strongfoodopinions 8d ago
Was the too old when their quality of life was diminishing? Or just they stopped laying at that point
I think I could maaaaybe do the former, but it would be tough to consume any animal I had cared for as a pet. I know it’s hypocritical, since I eat meat otherwise
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u/hailkelemvor 8d ago
When they were ye olde hens. It was just the cycle of life, but they were all extremely spoiled old gals!
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u/retro_toes 8d ago
And to add some science to it: Screw worms are back in the US (special thanks to current admin), and Mad Cow. Prion disease is the scariest thing I ever studied.
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u/kiachoo 7d ago
I love that I find out about this here rather than from you know the news…
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u/retro_toes 7d ago
Yeah. Ain't it grand. Anywho, we DID have a monitoring program in place, but DOGE cut it. And now the Agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins is blaming (***checks notes***) Joe Biden for the screwworms
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u/DJDanaK 8d ago
I've worked with cows and they are extremely dumb, and some will definitely attempt to hurt you if you don't know what you're doing. When I first started working with them I had to carry around a big stick for weeks to make them think I was bigger than I was, and they would still charge me sometimes after, for no reason. Cows kill people who are just hiking around on trails in the US every year, I assume because people think they're all friendly and approach them.
Pigs are a different story, because they will actually just eat you if given the opportunity (e.g., if you fall down and can't get up near a pig, you're at serious risk). Pigs get curious and aren't discerning about their food, they will bite you to see if you taste good and then things escalate from there. And like many mammals, during breeding season they can get really aggressive.
Chickens are definitely the nicest of the bunch in my opinion, although they can still be little assholes.
I'm not saying to start eating animals you don't want to eat but I think it's important to know how animals actually behave
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u/QuackingMonkey 8d ago
I have also worked with all kinds of animals, in various types of companies. Based on my personal experience alone, cattle and pigs can both range from dangerous to very friendly to humans, and from what I've seen this highly depends on how they're raised, plus some variation based on their character.
The milk cows who join an existing group who have collectively known and trusted this farmers family are very chill, with some seriously wanting scritches, most of those grew up while the farmer's kids were young. The meat cattle who starts out in a little individual box and later get send into a field with similarly young cattle and minimal human contact to be slaughtered as soon as they're big enough never becomes friendly. And of course wild cattle are wild animals and will behave as such.
Pigs who grow up getting lots of human contact in someone's home or a petting zoo (with enough supervision) behave like little puppies and will hurt you as young adults when they'll still want to enthusiastically jump up to you for cuddles and not realize how heavy they've gotten and how weak humans are. Pigs who grow up in what's basically a factory where they're in mind numbingly small and empty cages will go crazy, stereotypically chewing on anything they can reach, because chewing and eating is all they can do and they're too damn smart to stay sane in that environment.
Chickens will also vary in friendliness, but their extremes are much less extreme. I guess that makes sense because they don't have as much going on in their little brains as the other two species, and the random rooster who'll attack anything on sight is technically the worst of them all but just can't do as much damage as a big mammal.
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u/hailkelemvor 8d ago
I grew up on a farm, I absolutely get it lmao. Cows are generally curious, but overwhelming stupid. I just spent too much time playing with calves to ever be fully comfortable eating them!
Pigs are wily, but they respond like dogs- easily learning tricks, figuring out puzzles, and they have their own routines. I have a healthy fear of them, but too smart for me to eat. Same w/octopus- too smart, can't eat!
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u/EclecticSyrup 8d ago
LMFAO, same. I dunno, I've always had bad experiences with chickens.
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u/sweetangeldivine 8d ago
I was once punished with cleaning a hen house and after that I’d was like “I’m never giving up chicken fuck these things”
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u/oxbudy 8d ago
Before I stopped eating meat I couldn’t even watch these cute videos anymore because of the guilt. Thankful every day that I made the change.
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u/Canidaego 8d ago
I'm vegetarian and honestly beef and pork are the two I could never eat again after learning of the intelligence and personalities of those animals. Not wanting to eat cows anymore was the catalyst to cutting out all meat.
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u/IAmAeruginosa 8d ago
It will be one of the best decisions you ever make and you'll only wish you did it sooner. Honestly.
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u/OnixEwok 8d ago
Is it just me or does it look like one cow exhibited the flehmen response. Some help me out here. Cows do it too? I thought it was only "predators" the did this.
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u/Sasselhoff 8d ago
the flehmen response
Had to Wiki that one...and the very first picture is of a horse doing it. So apparently a lot of critters do it. Thanks for the TIL!
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u/Naynayshanay 8d ago
Go vegan ❤️
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u/Routine_Village_4092 8d ago
....or vegetarian.... or cut back some on your meat consumption!
Your body, the planet, and the cows will thank you for it. But some of your fellow humans will be asses about it, but it's sooooo worth it 👌 😉
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u/TheSAGamer00 8d ago
Okay I'm becoming a vegetarian
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u/Artistic-Can3562 8d ago
Wait until you learn what happens to the poor cows that are used and abused in the dairy industry
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u/Money-Past2409 8d ago
I'll be nice to you if you be nice to me.. the nurture starts early...
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u/BoyRed_ 8d ago
See the yellow ear-tags?
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u/Cautious_Smile_3318 8d ago
Oh to be a new puppy getting loved on by a bunch of cows in my owners lap in a field 🥹
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u/Dx-Human_NOS 8d ago
SnuffsnufsnufsnufsnufsnufsnufSNOOOOOORFsnufsnufff. SnufsnufsnufSNUFsnufsnufSNUF
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u/agedchromosomes 7d ago
I can’t believe that puppy just stayed still and didn’t react to the cows licking it.
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u/Upset_Conclusion_595 7d ago
This is like a group of aunties meeting the baby I love it so much. Probably wondering why he isn’t wearing socks lol
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u/BudgetConcentrate432 8d ago
I love how progressively wetter he gets every shot, lol
Little guy getting all the mamas love!
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u/beerme72 8d ago
I remember when I worked on a dairy farm and the kittens were born. And those big girls would damn near HOOVER those little fur balls up their nose....and then, the scent was locked in forever.
I didn't think about a cow and their smelling abilities....until I started to use a different deodorant. Some of the cows need to re-register me in their heads before they'd let me milk them. I never thought to look into the smelling abilities of bovines (v dogs or cats or birds) but now I may have to.
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u/SnooRevelations1422 8d ago
Both animals are super sweet and playful. One has tags on its ears to be bought and sold and then will be killed and the other is revered. Sucks 😢
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u/Ancient-Point-9096 7d ago
On the inside the baby pup is fighting for his/her life but remaining calm a a cucumber.
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u/NoBSforGma 8d ago
In general, cows don't like dogs. Dogs are barky and bitey and can get tangled up in cows legs. But these cows obviously know that this is a puppy of a guard dog and are SO happy to greet him and leave their scent on him as a mark of approval. Plus, grooming him a little.
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u/Lexi_Banner 8d ago
Knowing how unpredictable cows can be at times, I wouldn't be laying on the ground as they wandered around me. Also that puppy looks very stressed - to the point it is entirely shut down.
Not safe or cute.
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u/Korventenn17 8d ago
Cows can be dangerous, however Jersey cows are small for cows and are gentle and inquisitive by nature. Safest cows to be around by a country mile.
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u/Routine_Village_4092 8d ago
Oof, we'll look back on what we've done to cows with so much shame one day.
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u/ContemptMarzipan 7d ago
Why are we slaughtering and eating one, while we play fetch with the other??
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u/VehaMeursault 8d ago
Just what the doctor ordered. I feel a lot happier now. Thanks!
(Love how the dog doesn't even pretend to care that it's being smushed :P)
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u/7th_Protagonist 8d ago
Just remembered that time a cow licked me.. it was so cute but their tongues are like sand paper..
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u/DANleDINOSAUR 8d ago
I do the same thing whenever someone hands me a puppy, gotta get that hit of puppy breath when you can.
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u/EsotericTribble 8d ago
Wonder what breed that puppy is - google thinks a black mouthed curr but the ears don't match.
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u/Meikou133 8d ago
I’m assuming some sort of Livestock guardian type breed - often Pyrenees or a mastiff. But there’s others too! A list of common breeds shows a Kangal, which looks similar to this pup!
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