Cyntada

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Cyntada@cyntada· 22d

Just truckin' along. 😊

Cyntada@cyntada· 23d

I heard that someone else was not impressed we left without her, so Sasha got a sniffari. She is reactive to everything, so it's a very different walk with her. Our side of the park had no people by now, so we had a nice calm stroll. Just a few woofs at the family 300 yards away, as you do. 😂

A large black and tan German Shepherd Dog is sitting on colorful play equipment at a city park. She is sitting, facing us, with her head inclined forward and a little to our right. Something off-cam is captivating her attention. She looks alert and attentive, with strong sunlight slanting in from the right.

Cyntada@cyntada· 23d

All new things for her. She was a pretty distracted by the people behind us, so Watching them seemed like a better fit. Her nose was very busy while we did that! Here she is watching the car driving into the parking lot.

A young black German Shepherd with a white mark on her chest, is sitting calmly on sparse grass in a park. She is facing to the right with very attentive ears as she watches a moving car off-camera. This is a new thing for her. She has a leather head collar on, and her tongue hanging out. Late afternoon sun is falling from behind us and casting her long shadow out of the frame to the upper right.

Cyntada@cyntada· 23d

Look who walked today in a grown-up head collar for the first time ever! She hated it, then realized she can walk nose to the ground and smell the smells just like always. She did very well practicing being around strangers too, including passing walkers and joggers. @gmtminus7.bsky.social

A young black German Shepherd with a white mark on her chest, is sitting calmly on sparse grass in a park. She has a leather head collar on, and a big pink tongue hanging out because it's hot and she's been busy. Late afternoon sun is falling from behind us and casting her long shadow out of the frame to the upper right.

A young black German Shepherd with a white mark on her chest, is sitting on a concrete walkway. She has a leather head collar on, and a big pink tongue hanging out because it's hot and she's been busy. Her face has a huge doggy smile on it.

Cyntada@cyntada· 23d

No actual idea, but in-theater: probably this. I would have been 14, so someone at the local Edwards wasn't paying attention. There could have been any older R movie that my mom was watching though, my folks didn't fuss too much about what I saw on TV. 👀

A promotional image from the film Blue Thunder. A futuristic (for the time) helicopter flies dramatically in the background. In the foreground, the movie's bad guy Col. FE Cochrane (Malcom McDowell) is in the pilot seat of another chopper.

Cyntada@cyntada· 25d

She wants you to know she, too, has very fine ears.

A black and tan German Shepherd Dog is sitting and looking up. The camera person is holding her favorite ball off-cam, so the dog is looking to the left, with GREAT interest. Her eyes are shiny and bright, and her ears are tall and perked up.

Cyntada@cyntada· 25d

She told me your heart's doing a fine job! If she tips them forward? Definite bat ears!

A black German Shepherd puppy is sitting on a porch. She is momentarily tied to the handrail with a red leash, so she sits still for her pics. She is facing us, showing the white marking on her chest. She is looking at us with interest, tongue out, and her ears are tipped forward (which makes them look very big).

A black German Shepherd puppy is laying on a tile floor. We are looking down and she is looking back up at us, panting slightly, and you can see her tongue a bit. She is looking at us with interest, with her ears tipped forward (which makes them look very big).

Cyntada@cyntada· 25d

You've been murdered. Who do you want on the case?

A black and white photo of actor Roger Moore in a nice tux, with a halo above his head. This is him in character as The Saint.

Cyntada@cyntada· 25d

Someone's watching you!

A black german Shepherd puppy is laying on a wooden porch. She is looking down at us, panting with her giant pink tongue hanging out. Sunshine is shining on her forehead and highlighting her beautiful brown eyes. A screen door is visible in the background.

Cyntada@cyntada· 25d

Post box kitty.

A gray and white cat peers over the top of a cardboard box. This box was her warm nest in an otherwise cold room. Her eyes are reflecting stern disapproval. Her blanket has been removed from the top of the box, and this will NOT do. I remained on her bad list until the blanket was washed, dried, and returned to her box.

Cyntada@cyntada· 28d

It’s Rock Day: Rock Check! Do you have your rock? Do you need a rock? Can you find a rock? This is a photo of the single coolest rock I have ever found. It was in the wet sand at low tide, and has at least 7 shells embedded in it (there are more on the back).

A small gray rock is laying on a dark wooden table. There are embedded seashells visible within it. The edge of a lined notebook is visible to the upper left.

Cyntada@cyntada· Jul 12

“Verify your age”

A photo of a vintage click-clack toy. This is two clear lucite spheres, one light green and the other colorless, seen on the right side of the image. A white cord runs between them and stretches off to the left side of the image. To play, one held the string in the center and quickly moved it up and down, with the goal of getting the spheres to clack together top and bottom, without missing. This version of the game was recalled in the early 70s when it was observed that the lucite balls tended to shatter.

Cyntada@cyntada· Jul 11

My Rottie was the best-walking dog out of the three I have had. Such a good girl, miss her every day. Roxy is seen here with her yard-mate/best dog friend, and camping.

A tan and black shaggy terrier mix lays on the grass next to a big black and brown Rottweiler. They are on a front lawn with houses and the street visble behind them. They are looking at something off-camera to our right. Both dogs look calm and happy.

A large black and brown Rottweiler is sitting on river rock in the bright sunshine, next to a stream.

Cyntada@cyntada· Jul 10

For a second I thought you meant these things, which reminded me, I always wanted to drive the sweeper truck around.

A white pickup truck that has been converted into a parking lot vacuum truck. It has rotary brushes at the side, a shiny chrome trash-collecting tank on the back, and a unit at the rear to suck up all the trash and dust it comes across.

Cyntada@cyntada· Jul 9

we're clamposting, post a clam Clams in situ! Next to me on the beach.

A watercolor painting of two clam shells on the beach. One shell is entirely open, and is situated inside-down, draped over another shell. The bottom shell is white, the top one is dark brown. The background is a sandy-colored wash in golden to dark browns. There is very strong sunlight coming from the left, casting dark shadows from the clams, and in the sand.

A photo of two clam shells on the beach. One shell is entirely open, and is situated inside-down, draped over another shell. The bottom shell is white, the top one is brown. The background is very textured beach sand in dark to light browns. There is very strong sunlight coming from the left, casting dark shadows from the clams, and through the sand.

A photo of an artist's sketchbook. The sketchbook is open to a page showing the same small watercolor in this post. There is an small, open palette of watercolor paint to the left of the sketch, on the opposite page. Some other washes of paint are visible under the palette. In the background, we see a white woman's bare feet covered with sand. The remaining background is beach sand in dark and light browns.

Cyntada@cyntada· Jul 5

I think she enjoyed herself! This is back at home. Tired pup is ready for a break.

A young black German Shepherd dog is sitting, looking up at us, and leaning on a gray wood board fence. She is tired from a good walk. Her tongue is out.

A young black German Shepherd dog is laying on a tile floor, looking up at us. She is tired and hot from a walk and has flopped down on the tile to cool off. She is laying right on the register that blows the cool air from the air conditioner. She looks relaxed and happy.

Cyntada@cyntada· Jul 5

We did sniffari Fri because SOMEONE was too excited over the newness of the park to remember how to heel. Today, I asked her to fall in and we marched off. She's super distracted of course, but it went great! We even got a chance to practice being around people, and CATS. Walker approaching!

A young, black German Shepherd dog on a green leash, is staring off frame to the left. She is very alert, but calm, as a stranger approaches on the walking path. She has not experienced random new people in public before, so this is a very good first reaction for her.

Cyntada@cyntada· Jul 5

No one near us is shooting those, but debris could fall from elsewhere. Time to tuck her in bed anyway. I did get a nice pic of Ninja Doggie before we went in. 😂

A night shot of a wrought-iron driveway gate, with strong side lighting by a streetlight. It is throwing interesting striped shadows down and to the right, with a very dark shadow in the right third of the frame. A black dog is standing in the shadow, barely visible, with just the end of her snoot clearly seen across the fence, just above the center of the image.

Cyntada@cyntada· Jul 5

Behold, a dog who gives absolutely no cares about fireworks WHATSOEVER. I guess the early thunderstorm training translated to pyrotechnics. We were out there quite a while, I wanted to watch carefully and make sure she really is unafraid. She is. Confident, curious, and ready for whatever I wanted.

A young black German Shepherd dog is laying, as relaxed as can be, on a concrete patio. She is looking up at the camera with her tongue out and a nice doggy smile. There are fireworks going off all around us and she completely doesn't care. We were watching them together until she got bored and flopped down a few feet away.

Cyntada@cyntada· Jul 5

I'd never heard of TomBoyToes.com before today, and now I wish I could buy out their inventory and give them away to folx who need them. If you're in a position to try some new kicks, see if they have anything for you! www.tomboytoes.com

A screenshot of black text on a white background. Text reads: Tomboy Toes had ten years of getting to bring joy and confidence to small-footed people around the world. We've delivered hundreds of thousands of pairs of shoes to our thirty thousand global customers over that time. We've donated thousands of dollars to the ACLU, sponsored small queer sports teams and provided shoes for LGBT+ highschool prom events. Our shoes have been worn by a lawyer who stood in the United States Supreme Court, by a pilot who has flown hundreds of passengers to their destinations, by teachers and doctors, to engineering lectures and to weddings and to grocery stores.

Our shoes started as one small-footed trans dude's answer to not finding what he needed in stores when all he wanted was to feel dapper. Although right now all I feel is heartbreak and like I've let you all down by failing to keep this company open, I hope someday to look back on these ten years with pride for what we did accomplish.

Signing off with love, regret, and the warmest of wishes for you all.

Cyntada@cyntada· Jul 4

Today was a banner day. After all this time working, training, growing, learning stuff, and finding trouble, she is finally two weeks past her last shots. IT'S PARK DAY!!!! She's 7 months old now, and we left the yard for the first time ever! SHE LOVED IT! So many sniffins!!

A black German Shepherd dog is standing on the green grass at a park, staring away at the tee-ball practice happening out of frame. The late sun is casting long tree shadows over her and the grass.

A black German Shepherd dog is busily sniffing the ground. This is her first day in the park, and she wants to smell EVERYTHING. The sun is casting long shadows of the dog, and the person taking her picture.

Cyntada@cyntada· Jul 4

Sasha wants to be friends, but is not a fan of being pounced and climbed on. We have Swayze on a tie-out when they are together, so Sasha can always protect her boundaries and just walk away. There's one thing they can do together though, and they LOVE it. BITE THE WATER!!!

Two German Shepherd dogs are trying to catch the water from a hose. The large black and tan dog at left has her mouth open and the stream is going between her teeth. The smaller black dog at left has her mouth open as well and the water is blasting right on her tongue.

Two German Shepherd dogs are trying to catch the water from a hose. The large black and tan dog at left has all her feet on the ground and her face out of frame. The smaller black dog at right has her mouth open and her feet on the larger dog, about to BITE THAT WATER.

Two German Shepherd dogs are trying to catch the water from a hose. Both dogs are a blur, the one in the back looks like she is flying as she tries to grab the stream.

A black German Shepherd dog is dancing on her hindlegs, trying to catch the water from a garden hose. A much larger black and tan German Shepherd is blocking the view at the bottom of the pic.

Cyntada@cyntada· Jul 4

Finally, she got her last boosters and was almost free. We have street dogs here, so she's only left our house to see the vet all this time. Not worth risking parvo or worse. 31 weeks old now, and double her weight in 12 weeks. Got her first pup cup too! Porch shot is a few days later.

A black German Shepherd dog is standing on a black-and-white faux marble floor, with a vet to her left and a tech to her right. They are giving her a checkup while she learns that pup cups are REALLY tasty!

A black German Shepherd puppy is sitting on a residential porch, facing us with a big doggy smile and her tongue out. She has a white mark on her chest the shape of a cow, and three of her feet have white tips. She is under the angled part of the handrail. One of her bat ears is partly hidden by the rail. She is much taller now than her first pics on this porch.

Cyntada@cyntada· Jul 4

Of course, she grew through her vet visits, too. First two are 24 weeks (she needed a bigger crate!) and last two are 28 weeks. I think she wanted a job!

A black German Shepherd puppy is lying down, stretched out on a swirly, black and white faux-marble floor.

A black German Shepherd puppy is laying down in a wire travel crate in the back of a pickup truck, inside a camper shell. She still has enormous bat ears, and also a little blep.

A black German Shepherd puppy is standing with her front feet on a low window sill, looking out at a parking lot. She is much larger now than she was in the first pics in this thread. She is long and lean and looks like a young dog instead of a baby puppy.

A black German Shepherd puppy has plopped her feet on the counter next to the vet tech, who was entering data into a laptop. Swayze apparently wants to help. Standing up like this, her head is just tall enough to peek over the counter and see what the tech is doing.

Cyntada@cyntada· Jul 4

This was Admiral's travel crate. Smol baby Swayze on her first trip to the vet! 💜 She charmed the entire staff.

A black German Shepherd puppy is in a small travel crate. She is laying on a folded towel, about to meet the veterinarian for the first time.

Swayze the charmer has won the vet's heart. The vet is crouched down holding her ducky toy, and the black German Shepherd puppy is playing tug of war with it.

Cyntada@cyntada· Jul 4

I started taking weekly reference shots on the porch. This is from April 11, the week after we got her. I should have included the rail above, for scale. Watch the unpainted spot on the post though, it's a good reference for scale. She's 21 weeks in the first shot, 23, 25, and 27 weeks.

A black German Shepherd puppy is standing on a residential porch, facing us with a big doggy smile and her tongue out. She has a white mark on her chest the shape of a cow, and three of her feet have white tips. Her head is in the diagonal space between the handrail post and the rail going down the steps. Her huge bat ears are sticking up in front of the rail as it angles down to the patio. Bright sun is coming through the leaves of a tree behind the photographer.

Cyntada@cyntada· Jul 4

Sasha wasn't thrilled at first, but she's warmed up. A little. Crate time together and proximity without contact helped a lot. Sasha was 4x her weight, we didn't let them meet without a crate for a LONG time. I hope she never grows into these ears!!

A large, black and tan German Shepherd dog is sitting in a wire crate looking at us. Next to her, on the right, is a small black German Shepherd puppy laying down in a smaller grate, looking at us as well.

A black German Shepherd puppy is standing on a residential porch, stretching her face to the camera. This angle makes her ears look like giant bat ears. She looks curious and quizzical.

Cyntada@cyntada· Jul 3

Little sprite grew fast! A week after we got her she looked so much better.

A black German Shepherd puppy is sitting in front of a wrought-iron fence. She has the happiest possible dog smile on her face. We can see a white marking on her chest that is the shape of a cow face. She looks bright and happy.

A black German Shepherd puppy is seen from the top down, lookin gup at us. She is a little unsure, but trusting, about an enormous rainstorm pounding down just off camera. She has collapsed on her person's foot to think this over. The foot that does not have a dog on it, is wearing a checkered Vans slip on.

Cyntada@cyntada· Jul 3

One thing I did get to teach her, is lightning, thunder, and rain! We had some epic storms the week we got her, and she took it all in stride. We walked outside under the LOUD metal patio cover, went potty out there, smacked the water around. No matter how flashy or boomy - it's all good with her!

A black German Shepherd puppy stands on a residential porch, learning that torrential rain won't hurt her at all. She has a lime-green leash stringing back toward the camera.

A black German Shepherd puppy is standing calmly in front of a wrought-iron driveway gate. It is dry where she is under a carport. Just beyond, there is torrential rain and water swirling down the street. The scene is lit by streetlights, so the overall color is moody and dark.

Cyntada@cyntada· Jul 3

There was so much to cram into a very short time. She was just at the end of a timeframe when puppies naturally acquire experience. Socialization right then is crucially important, and she could not go anywhere because she hadn't had her shots. We started that ASAP and I taught her all I could.