We do! With strangers she’s generally alert-concerned but with friends she’s familiar and excited-happy or relaxed-happy. She has a positive response to the word’ friend’ too - she knows it’s going to be someone she’s happy to see. Dogs are perfect.
She’s a goldendoodle and she was an extremely intrinsically motivated communicator from 9 wks old so by 12 wks I bought a kit. She has about 3 doz words on her board now and communicates well but I did very little. She was SO keen to pick it up just by watching me!
I’m re-watching Schitt’s Creek for the 3rd time and have come to the rather confronting realisation that Jo and I are Patrick and David. As Jo remarked, thankfully, David is me as a caricature rather than as earnest a representation as Patrick is Jo, but still… 😬🤣😄
*THIS*
My dog, who uses talking buttons, just asked a question about our new bearded dragon and referred to him as a “stranger” 😄
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
American friends watch this and share please. Our Canadian Prime Minister speaks directly to YOU folks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiaA...
I love that on February 1st I can go collect a big pile of greens from my garden for lunch 💚
