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maudegertrude.bsky.social
@maudegertrude.bsky.social
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Do not obey in advance. Change begins within your community. Belongs to Thunder and Izzy. Ally. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 FoTS. DMs only from friends.

Save our wild horses and burros.

www.3rdcoastsanctuary.org
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tailwagwisdom.bsky.social
This is one of my favorite ideas. I'm not good at being consistent with journaling, but a jar of moments I can do. I've even given a jar, a nice pen, and colored paper as a gift, and surprisingly, it's always well received.

Goodnight!

tailwagwisdom.com/dog-journal/

#dogsofbluesky #dogs
Discover How the Perfect Dog Journal Brightens Your Day!
Do you have a dog journal? Being consistent with a journal can be overwhelming. But when you have a creative journal like a dog journal jar, it's actually fun!
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December 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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sandy174.bsky.social
Cars are passing by, no one stops to meet MELIA. You can see she's just tired of shelter life. Over 810 days. Shes only 3.5 years old. Needing a quiet Adult only home, no dogs. 🥺

💻[email protected]
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
New York. About Melia Melia is a sensitive 3-year-old female dog who arrived at the shelter in October 2022 after being found abandoned in an empty apartment. Despite being briefly reclaimed and fostered, she has been returned to the shelter multiple times and has spent over 800 days there as of late 2025. Personality: Melia has a gentle spirit and thrives outside the stressful kennel environment, enjoying peaceful walks and quiet companionship with people she trusts. She is a bit nervous and needs a patient home that can help her learn to feel safe. Ideal Home: She requires a calm, low-traffic, adult-only home with no other dogs. An experienced adopter who understands that building trust takes time is essential for her success.
December 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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huntnfish8.bsky.social
Goodnight friends!!

Ruby’s tail and Roses 🌹 Smile makes a❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

From today’s walk in the front yard!!!

World’s first golden retriever-themed greeting card

A little fun in the alt text…

#Montana #heart #Joy
#MountainMonday #Artyear
In the middle of the snowy woods, Ruby and Rose have—completely by accident—crafted the world’s most chaotic Valentine. Ruby’s tail, curled in that perfect mischievous arc, sweeps across the frame like she’s trying to draw something in mid-air… and somehow she nails it: the outline links up with Rose’s face and body to form a big, fluffy heart. And Rose? She looks absolutely delighted, tongue out, eyes bright, as if she’s proudly posing in the world’s first golden-retriever-themed greeting card: “From our family to yours… love comes in many shapes. Sometimes it’s a hug. Sometimes it’s a warm smile. And sometimes—apparently—it’s Ruby’s tail smacking you into a heart-shaped photo.” The whole scene feels like the universe said, “Here, have a moment of pure canine joy,” and the girls said, “Sure—just make sure to get my good side… and my tail-accented heart outline.”
December 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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sandy174.bsky.social
Such a beautiful, sweet girl MELIA is. She is so ready for a home!! She just needs YOU!! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
holdinghope22.bsky.social Trish Lynn @holdinghope22.bsky.social · 15h
Look how engaged and positive #Melia is!
Tail wagging!!
She is so smart!
She is ready for her life outside of a cage!
She’s doing everything right!
Be her strong #Hero!
Best Christmas present to yourself ever!
#HomeForMelia
#dog #dogrescue #adoptashelterdog
@dogs.bsky.social @dogsof.bsky.social
monawys.bsky.social Mona⁷ ⟭⟬ ⟬⟭ @monawys.bsky.social · 1d
Melia is in Long Island NY and she brought a furies! meet Cashmere as they do agility 😍
December 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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tailwagwisdom.bsky.social
Melia is still waiting for a family to her her home. She's been waiting most of her life. It's time for her to have a happy ending.
sandy174.bsky.social Sandy @sandy174.bsky.social · 14h
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻[email protected]

Will MELIA get her happily ever after? She doesn't want to spend another Christmas in the shelter. 😢 Santa claus must have a special someone for her.

24petconnect.com/DetailsMain/...
This beautiful girl has been at the shelter over 810 days. Her name is MELIA. Only 3.5 years old, around 50 lbs. Enjoys car rides, peaceful walks, playing. She needs a calm adult only home. No other dogs. Cats are ok. She does need training. Whomever adopts her will have training funded. you just need to be fully committed to it. MELIA needs your guidance to be the best!! Please adopt her 🙏 Adoption@hempsteadny.gov
December 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
maudegertrude.bsky.social
Excellent article! ❤️
December 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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tailwagwisdom.bsky.social
Ash is still looking for a foster or family. He needs urgent help.
tailwagwisdom.bsky.social Tail Wag Wisdom @tailwagwisdom.bsky.social · 4d
Ash needs a family urgently.
princesskim.bsky.social Haters_gonna_hate (Princess Kim K) @princesskim.bsky.social · 5d
I’m Ash! I’m 1- owner gave me up 4housing issues and now I’m going 2b killed #nycacc - not sure why? If you’re in NH NE NY NJ ME MD DE DC PA VA RI VT I CAN BE TRANSPORTED 2u- my vet fees covered! Just message @princesskim.bsky.social 4my application! I’m a goofball! #dogsofbluesky repost
December 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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kappakatch21.bsky.social
Come give Zeus and his Mom a cuddle 🫂 #catsofsky #dogsofsky
roccoman.bsky.social Zeus and Angel Rocco @roccoman.bsky.social · 1d
Just a few days left in my forever home. I was very, very, very loved and my absence will be felt forever. 💔 I spent 2 years in a shelter waiting for a home. We’re all so glad I stood up on my back legs when Mom walked in the room. Please feel free to jump in and join me on my bed!
A black cat sleeps on his side on a white bed. Part of a well-loved cat tower is visible in the background.
December 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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keriqbaum.bsky.social
Dear BlueSky,

Stop pressing rewind
on the things that
should be deleted
from your life.

xo,
Henry 🩵🐾🐾
#DogsofBlueSky #DogSky
#Yorkie
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
maudegertrude.bsky.social
Sandie is a wonderful artist and friend. Her commissions are open for 2026. Consider a portrait of your beloved companion to cherish forever.

www.Sandraolsonart.com

Here’s a few of the portraits she’s completed for the sanctuary or friends.
Framed Portraits of a black Newf and lab. Framed portrait of a tuxedo kitty. Framed portrait of a brown terrier mix with a sugar face. Framed Portrait of a brown baby donkey.
December 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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sophie413.bsky.social
Utah folks! Looking for a pirate?🏴‍☠️🐾
December 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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revdaniel.bsky.social
54. Feels like 53. Which doesn’t feel all that different from 43. Or even 33. Which I’m extremely grateful for. Thank God for health, for family and friends, for all the blessings of this life. Motto for the coming year: Thrive to 55! (May change it to “Survive to 55”…we’ll see how 2026 goes).
Portrait - head and shoulders. Blurred background of windows.
December 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
maudegertrude.bsky.social
Dare you not to cry. Love. 😭
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Jennifer Canter (@jennifercanter)
Saturday Sweetness for You Some shelters do something I love. They let the dog choose. You sit in a quiet room. One dog walks in. No pressure. The dog decides who feels safe. A tiny reminder that...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
maudegertrude.bsky.social
Part II is a must read. ❤️😭
josie-and-chance.bsky.social Josie and Chance @josie-and-chance.bsky.social · 2d
Some of our newer frens over here don’t know Chance’s backstory. We shared it on Twitter when we first adopted Chance. We will share it again for the people we have met since moving to bluer skies. This pic is from when I first met him Dec. 4th 2023
December 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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peytonreads.bsky.social
Hi everyone and I hope you are doing ok this Tuesday! Sending much love to all! I'm making sure the peoples know that Christmas is coming soon! Still no tree up! Mom says this weekend! Geez! 🙄💜🌻🥰🎅🎄
December 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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peterhogarthartist.bsky.social
Portrait of a handsome horse, privately commissioned in 2024. Soft pastels on archival quality paper 😊
December 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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whelan06.bsky.social
Branch manager working hard 🤍
December 9, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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kodaeris.bsky.social
today we got daytime together walkies it was another dark day and this time our dad could go and take Eris
This made us happy and it made our parents happy too
The puppies are so happy to be out in the daytime. Eris was very reactive to several dogs. She’s only react to the dogs so that we don’t see and even jim my husband cannot see the dogs in time sometimes. so Koda is on the left. He has one pot up on the rock. He’s kinda hogging it. They both have front paws that they both are smiling cut. His tongue is big. His tongue is just visible a little. It’s a rock in the neighborhood just off the sidewalk.
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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cm2568.bsky.social
This will melt your heart in a good way, I promise.
josie-and-chance.bsky.social Josie and Chance @josie-and-chance.bsky.social · 2d
Some of our newer frens over here don’t know Chance’s backstory. We shared it on Twitter when we first adopted Chance. We will share it again for the people we have met since moving to bluer skies. This pic is from when I first met him Dec. 4th 2023
December 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
maudegertrude.bsky.social
Please continue to share Melia. Her special human must be out there. 💜
sandy174.bsky.social Sandy @sandy174.bsky.social · 14h
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻[email protected]

Will MELIA get her happily ever after? She doesn't want to spend another Christmas in the shelter. 😢 Santa claus must have a special someone for her.

24petconnect.com/DetailsMain/...
This beautiful girl has been at the shelter over 810 days. Her name is MELIA. Only 3.5 years old, around 50 lbs. Enjoys car rides, peaceful walks, playing. She needs a calm adult only home. No other dogs. Cats are ok. She does need training. Whomever adopts her will have training funded. you just need to be fully committed to it. MELIA needs your guidance to be the best!! Please adopt her 🙏 Adoption@hempsteadny.gov
December 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
maudegertrude.bsky.social
Celebrate with @bradyfloof.bsky.social! Excellent news. ❤️
bradyfloof.bsky.social Brady @bradyfloof.bsky.social · 14h
🚨🚨 Celebration Day!! 🎉
Today is the one year anniversary of having my spleen removed!! I was such a brave boy 🥰 And I’m better than ever☺️
I rocked my surgical suit! 💛
I hear there will be celebration treats after dinner 🎁🧁😋
Golden retriever sleeping after surgery Golden retriever wearing surgical suit…very slimming
December 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
maudegertrude.bsky.social
Update. 🧡
itsflanoy.bsky.social ItsFlanoy @itsflanoy.bsky.social · 1d
Ubbdate on Tortilla an her fambly. Dere Grambma find plase fur Tortilla in de howse. Plees send gud vibes 🧡🧡🧡 to Tortilla an her Momb an fambly.
hurricanetort.bsky.social 🎄Tortilla ❄️ @hurricanetort.bsky.social · 1d
lass updayt ov da Scarree Dae:
Mombanme arr settuld innto da baff in da teenee wett Roome heer in grammomb hows. mombi sae- we sayf an warme heer. an toomorro weel bee buttur dae. 🧡
December 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
maudegertrude.bsky.social
Anyone near Austin able to do an assist?
itsflanoy.bsky.social ItsFlanoy @itsflanoy.bsky.social · 1d
Austin peebel! Tortilla needs a foster OR also if you have a large crate (like a large dog crate) then Tortilla can stay with her family in the garage and be safe there.
hurricanetort.bsky.social 🎄Tortilla ❄️ @hurricanetort.bsky.social · 1d
hey friends it’s MOMB. we had an emergency situation and had to evacuate the apartment we were staying in.
i took Tortilla to my mom’s where i will be sleeping until i can find a new apt. but… my mom said Tort cannot stay here with me. Tort is in the garage right now in her carrier screaming :(
December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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itsflanoy.bsky.social
Austin peebel! Tortilla needs a foster OR also if you have a large crate (like a large dog crate) then Tortilla can stay with her family in the garage and be safe there.
hurricanetort.bsky.social 🎄Tortilla ❄️ @hurricanetort.bsky.social · 1d
hey friends it’s MOMB. we had an emergency situation and had to evacuate the apartment we were staying in.
i took Tortilla to my mom’s where i will be sleeping until i can find a new apt. but… my mom said Tort cannot stay here with me. Tort is in the garage right now in her carrier screaming :(
December 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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zargon2112.bsky.social
PSA for my dog friends🐕

As some of you know, Stewie has been on phenobarbital for epileptic seizures since Jan 2025, and whilst playing fetch this morning, he experienced one. 😩🤕💔

It's a horrible thing to witness, so here's important info. you may one day need. www.vet.cornell.edu/departments-...
Managing seizures
Seizures come in all shapes and sizes. The big, bad grand mal seizure is a generalized, convulsive seizure with widespread, excessive, abnormal electrical activity occurring in both sides of the brain...
www.vet.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM