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Toaster snuggles 🥰 he really wanted to lick my chin, I really didn't want my chin licked, & his compromise was to snooze breath-to-breath.

Guess who is getting his teeth brushed soon.
An orange cat and a white woman with glasses & wearing a bright yellow shirt are snuggling in a bed made with striped sheets. The cat is curled up partly on her chest. One of his paws is resting on between her shoulder and cheek. His chin is resting on her chin and his nose is right under her nose. This is the third position he's been in and every one of them has necessitated sharing breath, like the Stage 5 clinger/creeper-stalker he is.
March 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Reader, i love him 🐾❤️
An aerial view of Basil, who is snuggling his mama's leg. I'm sitting kinda sideways on the couch, so there's a "behind the knee" space for him to curl up in. He has one paw extended, gently embracing the top of my grey-and-sherpa-lined slipper. My blue speckled yoga pants look very dashing contrasted with Basil's orange coat. Basil is a velvety, snuggly orange boi - orange on top & white on the bottom, with a white "collar" and a thin white blaze on his face. His ears are orange at the base and fade to white at the tips and edges. His ears are honestly kind of small for his head size, which makes him look extra cute. Almost everyone he's ever met gets cute aggression in the form of wanting to eat his delicate ears - i call them rice paper meltaway ears. They're just small & delicate and look weirdly delicious, okay?
February 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Unfortunately not an AI creation 😂 but I do believe your image has a cat's mouth photoshopped in. This one is from the ocean conservancy website and is slightly (?!) less horrifying.
oceanconservancy.org/blog/2019/10...
A sarcastic fringehead with it's mouth open. Imagine a really grouchy-looking brown cylindrical fish, except it can open its mouth really wide to show off its jagged little demon teeth and it also has horrifyingly large cheeks that pop open sideways, not unlike the neck frills of some lizards.
February 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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INTERSPECIES BUTT SNUGGLES

As soon as we discussed bringing a dog home, we knew that the best we could hope for with Toaster was grudging, peaceful coexistence, but that there was a chance that Basil would be a partner in crime with a dog.

IT'S HAPPENING. Slowly but surely it's happening.
A dog and cat are curled up on a grey couch, both snoozing. They form an S shape, with their rumps touching in the middle. The dog is Lena, our sweetie pie, a small-ish white dog with a dark brindle head. Her ears are both does flopped comically out to the sides. She does have a brindle patch on her left hip & thigh as well, it's just hidden here. Some of her Naughty Spots (ticking, from her Rat Terrier genes) are faintly visible over her croup. The cat is Basil, our himbo, our velveteen snugglebean who runs on elevator music and vibes. He's orange on top and white on the bottom, with a white collar and three wispy white spots down his back. His Limited Edition Black Spot is visible in this picture; it's slightly behind his right shoulder blade and could be mistaken for a weird shadow.
February 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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My favorite baby Lena picture - she's 8wks old here and on the middle of rambunctious playtime with a littermate (cropped out)
FIERCE BABY LENA is hiding inside a green woolly-cave and snarling (in play) at her sister (cropped out of the photo). Only her brindle head and white neck are visible. The tips of her pointy baby teeth are barely visible, as her mouth is somewhat out of focus. She's displaying pretty significant whale-eye, which adds a lot of drama to the image.
January 31, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Oh to have as few woes as a sleepy puppy.
Lena, a small brindle and white dog, is asleep. The photo is a visual cacophony, truly. Her bottom half is wrapped in a tortilla-print blanket, and her front legs are stretched out nearly touching a purple & sisal rope cat tree. She's lounging in her blue & grey dog bed, with her head fully out of the bed and resting on the green & gold rug. The bed itself is both partly covered by a tan elevated pet bed and on top of a pink & white slipper (its mate rests nearby, unscathed). In the bottom right corner is an abandoned chewy (dehydrated sweet potato slice).
January 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Lena sends love & boops to you in these trying times.

And that's a LOT, because she does not like having her nose booped!
Lena, a young brindle and white dog, gazes soulfully at you. She's lying mostly upside down on the bed. Most of the picture is out of focus, except for her black nose & little whiskers. Her white body disappears into the white comforter she's laying on. If you look carefully you can tell her one ear is BROKEN (flipped inside out).
January 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Accidental Renaissance painting
Lena, a small white dog with a brindle head, lays on a green blanket inside a brown wood & white crate. The door is open. Her body is pointed towards the bottom right of the frame, but her face is pointed towards & gazing up to the top left of the frame. Her ears are relaxed but attentive, and she has a soft, thoughtful expression.
January 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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It is Very Tiring to be the best lil puppy.
Lena - a small brindle & white terrier/whippet mix - is curled up asleep on the couch. Her head is resting on a pillow, with her one ear draped across the pillows surface. She's wearing a salmon pink sweater and is partially covered by a rainbow-y blanket.
January 16, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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This is the memorial tattoo for my first cat, Nesbit. He had a stroke in 2021. The faucet is for tub water & the chips are for Doritos (nacho cheesier only) - two of his favorite things. He would do anything for tub water, & the sounds of a chip bag opening brought him running.
A pet memorial tattoo. It's a full body black & white in fine line style. A fluffy cat is sitting, outlined by two thin gem-esque hexagons. He's kinda judging you, because he kinda judged everyone for basically everything. He was a pretty formal gentleman with many opinions. On his left, overlaying the hexagon outlines, is an old-fashioned water tap, because he loved drinking from the tub faucet. On the right, overlaying the hexagon outlines, are some triangles, intended to be Doritos. The red-bag nacho cheesier Doritos were his favorite crunchy "kitties can have a little, as a treat" snack.
January 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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My darling assistant watching over my shoulder as I edit a video of a training session together ❤️ she's such a lovely dog, and she tries so hard.
A mostly-white dog with a dark brindle head looks at you over her shoulder with one ear standing up. (The other ear is folded over; her ears never do the same thing twice.) Her expression is a mix of curiosity & judgement. She's laying on the back of the grey couch, looking over a brunette white woman's shoulder. The woman is concentrating on her phone (out of the frame) with a finger gently pressed against her mouth in Thinking Mode.
January 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Sir, those warms are for the whole house, not just for your tummy.
Basil, an orange & white cat with a velvety shorthair coat, is laying fully on top of a floor vent. His little face is resting on her hardwood floor, and his Limited Edition Black Spot is visible on his right shoulder. He's partially obscured by the Christmas tree.
January 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Basil & Lena have been making inroads on cuddling & befriending each other. Exhibit A, they were both snuggling on me last night ❤️ my heart is so full.
A brunette white woman in a grey sweater is sitting on a grey couch. Basil, the orange & white cat, is loafed on her torso with one delicate white leggie extended up her sternum. To the right is Lena, a sleepy brindle & white dog in a red & green plaid sweater is curled up, with her head resting on the woman's leg.
January 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Last night I had a dream in which my late cat visited me for the first time in months. There was a lot more truly bonkers stuff going on in the dream, but it was a delight to see him again. I needed a dose of Nesbit's "mother, I implore you, get your shit together. Yes, you may begin by petting me."
Lounging elegantly upon navy blue bedsheets, a fluffy orange and white cat judges you. His whiskers are fabulously long & his floof is impeccable.
January 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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She makes me laugh every day. I will never tire of her FLERTPERL (flirtpole) faces.
The goofiest excited-dog face you ever did see. It's a still frame from a video of a flirtpole session; a small brindle & white dog has her mouth wide open, her ears up at weird bouncy angles, and her front paws spread wide as she pounces for the grabby floppy end of the flirtpole. Her grey & pink jacket & sweater combo is easier to see than her toy, which is more or less the same middling brown as the dead leaf litter she's running on.
January 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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How am I supposed to go log into work under these conditions?? How??
An orange and white cat is curled up asleep in a lap. The person is wearing jeans and sitting cross-legged on a couch. The cat's head is tucked at an angle that shows some of his chin and obscures his face. His coat looks velvety-soft (it is).
December 26, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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She's just the best puppy, who could ask for a better baby?
The sort of disembodied head of a very cute puppy/young adolescent dog is gazing lovingly at you. She's got warm brown eyes, cute terrier ears that never know what they're doing at any given moment, and her brindle face looks especially shiny in the light. Her snout has an off-kilter white patch around her black nose. She's snuggled up with her chin on a teal pillow, with many cozy blankets in the blurred background.
December 23, 2024 at 2:54 PM