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Cuteness Open Thread: Puppies!

by TaMara|  April 5, 20175:14 pm| 77 Comments

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I don’t know about you, but my day needed some much welcome puppy relief today. So was glad to get a bunch of new photos from my friends and their foster brood.

My heart still belongs to Lolly. She had her checkup last week and besides being extremely underweight, a lot of her teeth are broken from gnawing at wood, wall board and other things while locked in the abandoned house. It looks like she’ll be with LFern until she’s ready to leave foster care, so I’ll get to see her again with any luck. She’ll be fully recovered and healthy in no time.

The puppies are all doing well and are 7 weeks old. They are weaned and four have gone on to another foster home so everyone gets lots of personal time in order to help them socialize. I know it was difficult for the Fern family, but important for puppy development, so they were happy to do what was best for them.

Again I couldn’t get the pup photos to just copy over here, so you’ll have to click here to see all the puppies.

Open thread.

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  1. 1.

    Shana

    April 5, 2017 at 5:18 pm

    Yeah puppies! Getting ready to head out to the Nats game. Thanks for that before I go.

  2. 2.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    April 5, 2017 at 5:20 pm

    Alexandra Petri is a National Treasure: Every Story I Have Read About Trump Voters in the Past Week.

    Glom Pfeffernitz lives in a rusty kettle. Trump’s plan will definitely repossess his kettle, but he does not believe me when I tell him this. “I just don’t think he’d do that,” Glom repeats.

  3. 3.

    kindness

    April 5, 2017 at 5:23 pm

    In these trying times of Trump puppies are a very good thing. Thanks,

  4. 4.

    Major Major Major Major

    April 5, 2017 at 5:26 pm

    Oh thank god, I really needed puppies. I just had a mini (~10 minutes) panic attack, who knows why.

    ETA: @Comrade Colette Collaboratrice: Hoo boy, do not read the comments.

  5. 5.

    wormtown

    April 5, 2017 at 5:31 pm

    want one :)

  6. 6.

    The Moar You Know

    April 5, 2017 at 5:34 pm

    I haz a puppy. A stunningly lovely golden retriever. He’s so much work (Goldens mature very slowly and are very…mischievous, let’s say) but he keeps me sane.

  7. 7.

    Miss Bianca

    April 5, 2017 at 5:37 pm

    SCREAMING CUTENESS!!

  8. 8.

    Julie

    April 5, 2017 at 5:41 pm

    @Comrade Colette Collaboratrice: I write for a living, and this is a) hilarious and b) a little too close to home. ?

    ETA: The puppies are also adorable.

  9. 9.

    Miss Bianca

    April 5, 2017 at 5:41 pm

    @Comrade Colette Collaboratrice: OK, *I* laughed. But that’s just more evidence that I am one of the world’s greatest monsters.

  10. 10.

    Lizzy L

    April 5, 2017 at 5:42 pm

    @The Moar You Know: A friend of mine in SoCal breeds golden retrievers.

  11. 11.

    rikyrah

    April 5, 2017 at 5:42 pm

    The little one is so cute ???

  12. 12.

    Major Major Major Major

    April 5, 2017 at 5:45 pm

    @Miss Bianca: Speaking of being the world’s greatest monster, I’m finally starting on that bit of Wolfheads you sent me lo so many months ago :)

  13. 13.

    Butthurt Jordan Trombone (fka XTPD)

    April 5, 2017 at 5:46 pm

    Anybody have any idea where the “Voyeur” on Tania Raymonde’s shirt here is from? My google-fu is drawing up blanks and a Twitter query ended up similarly fruitless.

    Also: Would TaMara (HFG) happen to have a weblog series, by any chance?

  14. 14.

    Yutsano

    April 5, 2017 at 5:50 pm

    PUPPEHS!!!

  15. 15.

    Waldo

    April 5, 2017 at 5:50 pm

    @Comrade Colette Collaboratrice: Brilliant!

  16. 16.

    japa21

    April 5, 2017 at 5:51 pm

    The first picture is wonderful. The puppy looking at Mom is just the way my sons would look at me. Of course I may be misremembering things.

  17. 17.

    Baud

    April 5, 2017 at 5:55 pm

    @Comrade Colette Collaboratrice: Damn, that’s brutal.

  18. 18.

    hedgehog the occasional commenter

    April 5, 2017 at 5:55 pm

    PUPPEHS!!!! Needed some adorableness today..thank you!

  19. 19.

    Hal

    April 5, 2017 at 5:58 pm

    @Comrade Colette Collaboratrice: That sounds like a Harry Potter book.

  20. 20.

    debbie

    April 5, 2017 at 6:01 pm

    Even though he’s the editor of Foreign Policy, David Rothkopf had some very choice (and pretty funny) things to say about Trump in this interview (hint: he’s not a fan).

  21. 21.

    Butthurt Jordan Trombone (fka XTPD)

    April 5, 2017 at 6:01 pm

    @Comrade Colette Collaboratrice: The narrator for the HARD! POWER! BUDGET!!!!! video that comes with the linked story sounds like Trey Parker.

  22. 22.

    Miss Bianca

    April 5, 2017 at 6:04 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: Be still my heart! I still haven’t got to the second part of your fish story – but the crash of my laptop and its subesequent two months sequestration (!!) at the repair guy’s place is my excuse.

    Speaking of which…I’m supposed to pick it up this afternoon, and I’m kind of PO’d at how long it’s taken to get it back. Guy has just been hard, hard, hard to get hold of. I really feel like getting into it with him on whatever he’s prepared to charge me – is it wrong?

  23. 23.

    Quinerly

    April 5, 2017 at 6:05 pm

    @Comrade Colette Collaboratrice:
    Thanks! I needed this.?

  24. 24.

    debbie

    April 5, 2017 at 6:05 pm

    @Miss Bianca:

    Hold off until after you’ve picked it up and confirmed it’s working as expected. Then send him a letter.

  25. 25.

    Major Major Major Major

    April 5, 2017 at 6:06 pm

    @Butthurt Jordan Trombone (fka XTPD): I just watched it, and when they show their masthead at the end, their new motto really makes an impression. Democracy dies in darkness indeed.

    @Miss Bianca: Cool if I send you an updated version?

    Did you sign anything with the repair guy, or a written agreement or anything?

  26. 26.

    Gin & Tonic

    April 5, 2017 at 6:09 pm

    @debbie: My son went to an admitted students’ open house at Tufts U’s Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy the other day, and then adjourned to a pub with the same group. He reported encountering no Trump supporters.

  27. 27.

    Butthurt Jordan Trombone (fka XTPD)

    April 5, 2017 at 6:10 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: Indeed.

    BTW, directing to a comment upthread: Do you have any idea what VOYEUR refers to? I’m guessing it might be some California (likely local LA) outlet.

  28. 28.

    debbie

    April 5, 2017 at 6:10 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:

    i would think he’s safe as long as he stays north of the Charles.

  29. 29.

    ruemara

    April 5, 2017 at 6:11 pm

    Thanks. Every day with Prez Turd is a day that needs puppies.

  30. 30.

    Mnemosyne

    April 5, 2017 at 6:13 pm

    O.
    M.
    G.

    The puppy too tired to keep walking in the last picture is killing me. I am ded.

  31. 31.

    Major Major Major Major

    April 5, 2017 at 6:14 pm

    @Butthurt Jordan Trombone (fka XTPD): No sir(?) I do not.

  32. 32.

    Mnemosyne

    April 5, 2017 at 6:15 pm

    @Major Major Major Major:

    ‘Cause your brain is messing with you. I only say these things because, I, too, am a member of the Trick Brain Club.

    It’s probably worth noting and mentioning to your brain doctor next time you see him/her.

  33. 33.

    Miss Bianca

    April 5, 2017 at 6:16 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: sure!

    I had something, but honestly it’s been so damn long ago that I can’t remember what I even did with it!

  34. 34.

    Mnemosyne

    April 5, 2017 at 6:16 pm

    @Major Major Major Major:

    I am also horrendously behind on reading Miss Bianca’s pages. I need to do that this weekend.

  35. 35.

    Butthurt Jordan Trombone (fka XTPD)

    April 5, 2017 at 6:17 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: Why, it is sir, thank you very much. (Though I would have also accepted “inquiring jackass.”)

  36. 36.

    SiubhanDuinne

    April 5, 2017 at 6:18 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    I, too, am a member of the Trick Brain Club.

    Old Jeopardy! injury, right?

  37. 37.

    MomSense

    April 5, 2017 at 6:18 pm

    I want all the puppies (not in a weird Cruella DeVille way). Actually I really want to spoil Lolly and treat her like a princess.

    Sadly my pup will not share us, not even with her best friends for an hour.

  38. 38.

    La Caterina (Mrs. Johannes)

    April 5, 2017 at 6:22 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: I find that reading a good funny post here or at Wonkette can nip that right in the bud. It’s better than a tranquilizer!

  39. 39.

    Major Major Major Major

    April 5, 2017 at 6:25 pm

    @Mnemosyne: Oh, don’t worry, we’re both quite aware of them. But it couldn’t hurt to bring up!

  40. 40.

    Mike J

    April 5, 2017 at 6:30 pm

    @Butthurt Jordan Trombone (fka XTPD): morton salt logo parody in google image search gets you a lot of great images, but not that one.

  41. 41.

    humboldtblue

    April 5, 2017 at 6:40 pm

    A group of young journalists at a Kansas high school researched the credentials of the newly hired principal. She then quickly resigned after they printed what they had found.

    Oh, and the Washington Post had another “why won’t Democrats listen to poor white people in rust belt states?” article up as well.

  42. 42.

    WereBear

    April 5, 2017 at 6:40 pm

    Those puppies are so gosh darn cute!

    But I don’t get puppy cravings in my present situation: on the third floor with severe winters.

    I just get kitten cravings :)

  43. 43.

    Yarrow

    April 5, 2017 at 6:40 pm

    Puppies! So cute!

  44. 44.

    Major Major Major Major

    April 5, 2017 at 6:41 pm

    @Miss Bianca: I just emailed you parts 1 & 2 (in case you wanted to refer back).

  45. 45.

    Baud

    April 5, 2017 at 6:42 pm

    @humboldtblue: Why won’t poor white people listen to Democrats?

  46. 46.

    Roger Moore

    April 5, 2017 at 6:45 pm

    @Baud:

    Why won’t poor white people listen to Democrats?

    I’m gonna go with racism. SATSQ.

  47. 47.

    Baud

    April 5, 2017 at 6:45 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: I’ve been thinking about taking up writing. Probably won’t though.

  48. 48.

    Baud

    April 5, 2017 at 6:46 pm

    @Roger Moore: That answers the original question too.

  49. 49.

    humboldtblue

    April 5, 2017 at 6:48 pm

    @Baud:

    I’m poor and white and I listen to Democrats, even vote for them and when I’m lucky I get kisses and stuff from a real Democrat lady.

    Why doesn’t anyone listen to ME? That’s the real mystery.

    If motherfuckers listened to HumboldtBlue we wouldn’t be in this goddamn mess, but do they heed my wisdom and knowledge? Nooooooooooooooo.

    I have no clue why the text went all sideways and shit, I didn’t do nuttin.

  50. 50.

    LAO

    April 5, 2017 at 6:50 pm

    My dog maybe stuck in adolescence (which is very trying) but honestly, some days she’s the only reason I get out of bed. Mainly, to make sure she’s not eating my couch.

  51. 51.

    debbie

    April 5, 2017 at 6:50 pm

    @humboldtblue:

    NPR interviewed the paper’s editor about this. Good on them for not backing down.

  52. 52.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch:

    April 5, 2017 at 6:50 pm

    Kyle Griffin‏ @kylegriffin1

    33 advertisers have now pulled ads from The O’Reilly Factor

    102 replies 760 retweets 1,455 likes

  53. 53.

    Baud

    April 5, 2017 at 6:50 pm

    @humboldtblue: You should email the Washington Post.

    BTW, you are a credit to your arbitrarily designated demographic grouping.

  54. 54.

    Major Major Major Major

    April 5, 2017 at 6:50 pm

    @Baud: Eh, give it a shot, it’s not like it costs anything. I like reading your short-form stuff!

  55. 55.

    laura

    April 5, 2017 at 6:52 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: oy, panic attacks, me too, but now rare instead of frequent.
    Try to keep this in mind when one hits: lay down and elevate your feet and legs higher than your heart for a couple of minutes. It may help in short order.
    Also, puppies are the high point of my tough day. I wish I was in that pile on the coach.

  56. 56.

    Baud

    April 5, 2017 at 6:52 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: Only cost is to my emotional health.

    Maybe I’ll compile my comments in to an anthology. Shit Baud! Says

  57. 57.

    Lizzy L

    April 5, 2017 at 6:54 pm

    @David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch:: I wonder who’s left? I saw a list last night when the withdraw number was 18.

  58. 58.

    Major Major Major Major

    April 5, 2017 at 6:55 pm

    @Baud: Whatever you write, just make sure it passes the hip new test the kids are using nowadays: would it still work if the second sentence was “and then the murders began”?

  59. 59.

    Baud

    April 5, 2017 at 6:56 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: Oh wow. That seem like a first sentence to me. I have a lot to learn.

  60. 60.

    jacy

    April 5, 2017 at 6:57 pm

    I’ve tried to convince The Boyfriend he needs one of the pups. If it wasn’t so far, I might have had an argument. Too much cuteness!

  61. 61.

    Princess Leia

    April 5, 2017 at 6:58 pm

    What part of the country are they in. Sure look adoptable- esp Mom.

  62. 62.

    David ?Canadian Anchor Baby? Koch:

    April 5, 2017 at 6:58 pm

    @Lizzy L: ….
    Ashley Madison?

  63. 63.

    humboldtblue

    April 5, 2017 at 6:59 pm

    @debbie:

    I will have to look that up, thanks.

    @Baud:

    It’s a very, very small caucus, noisy, tiresome and unusually ineffective outside of a righteous drunken rant or two, but it’s home.

  64. 64.

    Mnemosyne

    April 5, 2017 at 7:01 pm

    So, since we have a small quorum of the writer’s group: when I create my author blog, should I use a fancy name for the URL, or just my pen name? I was considering a fancy name, but now I’m thinking the pen name would be better for future marketing (i.e. would help potential readers find the damn thing).

  65. 65.

    WereBear

    April 5, 2017 at 7:01 pm

    @jacy: Good work! You tried.

    To me, there’s nothing so much fun as a puppy road trip.

  66. 66.

    Mnemosyne

    April 5, 2017 at 7:03 pm

    @humboldtblue:

    This is California. It’s actually a pretty good-sized caucus. I’ve even heard general contractors explaining how Obamacare is the shiznit and we need to keep it.

  67. 67.

    humboldtblue

    April 5, 2017 at 7:06 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    I think you should include the word motherfucker in the name it will really ring out, really catch some eyes and needed (motherfucking) attention. Motherfucker is simply the most useful and wonderful word in the (motherfucking) language and I think you’d really get that (motherfucking) point across to whomever visits.

    So that’s my (motherfucking) two cents.

  68. 68.

    Baud

    April 5, 2017 at 7:07 pm

    @humboldtblue: Ironically, that is, in fact, her pen name.

  69. 69.

    Aleta

    April 5, 2017 at 7:09 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: That sounds like a good way to wrap up when the characters aren’t working out.

  70. 70.

    Mnemosyne

    April 5, 2017 at 7:09 pm

    @humboldtblue:

    I think that might give the wrong impression about what type of romance novels I write. ? But, believe me, out there somewhere is a person who writes in a romance niche where that would totally work. You don’t even want to know.

  71. 71.

    Major Major Major Major

    April 5, 2017 at 7:13 pm

    @Mnemosyne: The last part’s really really important. Just use your pen name. Readers are dumb, even when they’re smart!

    @Baud: Well, as (somebody) once said, every story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end, but not necessarily in that order.

    @Aleta: If your characters aren’t working out on sentence two you’re either Stephen King or something (else) is very wrong.

  72. 72.

    humboldtblue

    April 5, 2017 at 7:16 pm

    @Baud:

    Weird that, huh?

    @Mnemosyne:

    “And in next week’s essay we will delve into the online romance world of family love and all the shit you didn’t want to know about but that you googled anyway. Ya sick bastard”

    Now that’s a catchy title.

  73. 73.

    Mnemosyne

    April 5, 2017 at 7:20 pm

    @humboldtblue:

    Oh, it’s out there. It’s underground, because it’s not even as respectable as threesome romance, but it’s there.

  74. 74.

    Iowa Old Lady

    April 5, 2017 at 7:30 pm

    @Mnemosyne: I vote for pen name. You want a search to lead readers to your site.

  75. 75.

    MoxieM

    April 5, 2017 at 7:58 pm

    Is there anything more yummy than spotted puppy belly?

  76. 76.

    Steeplejack

    April 5, 2017 at 8:00 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    Just go with the pen name. When interested people Google “Jane Waterford,” JaneWaterford.com will be one of the first things to come up, even without a lot of SEO (search engine optimization) on your part.

  77. 77.

    Miss Bianca

    April 6, 2017 at 9:36 am

    @Mnemosyne: would that be the incest niche?

    (Yeah, I went there.)

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