stlukesguild
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I see we're posting our "fur babies" again... so I need to participate. We have 2 pups, Raphael, who is the smaller dog... a mix of Dachshund, Jack Russell, and Chihuahua, and Pepper who is a mixed breed hound with traits from the Grayhound.
The two pups are inseparable...
Although we got Pepper first (they are both rescue dogs) Raphie is actually about 5 months older than Pepper.
For whatever reason, we have a good deal more pictures of Raphael. I think in part this is due to the fact that he almost seems to enjoy posing for photographs...
I've read that a dog's habit of grabbing a stick... or sock or slipper... when you first come home is something akin to the stimming behavior you might see in Autistic children... an action used to distract themselves when overly excited.
Raphael also tends to follow me about everywhere. When I sit down to take a break while working on a painting he'll stand in front of me until I finally let him up on my lap.
When I was forced to abandon my long-term studio and start working in a spare room at home, Raphael would repeatedly come into the room... look around trying to figure out what I was doing... and then start barking at me to stop and pay attention to him.
The two pups are inseparable...
Although we got Pepper first (they are both rescue dogs) Raphie is actually about 5 months older than Pepper.
For whatever reason, we have a good deal more pictures of Raphael. I think in part this is due to the fact that he almost seems to enjoy posing for photographs...
I've read that a dog's habit of grabbing a stick... or sock or slipper... when you first come home is something akin to the stimming behavior you might see in Autistic children... an action used to distract themselves when overly excited.
Raphael also tends to follow me about everywhere. When I sit down to take a break while working on a painting he'll stand in front of me until I finally let him up on my lap.
When I was forced to abandon my long-term studio and start working in a spare room at home, Raphael would repeatedly come into the room... look around trying to figure out what I was doing... and then start barking at me to stop and pay attention to him.