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Show Your Soft Side
@softside.bsky.social
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Representing tough guys with a soft side for animals and a former street cat named Chonk as our SpokesCat.
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softside.bsky.social
Baltimore…are you ready to have a ball? In honor of World Spay Day, join us for an edible “ball crawl” at participating restaurants in Little Italy on Feb 22. Come hungry… and come support the importance of spaying and neutering! 🍝
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Image promoting the Ball Crawl, showing a simple, cartoony dog and cat sharing spaghetti and meatballs (lady and the tramp style, with both slurping down either ends of the same strand), saying it is benefitting BARCS (Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Center) and Soft Side, on Sunday, 2/22/26, 1:00-5:00pm
February 10, 2026 at 9:18 PM
softside.bsky.social
Soft Side board pet Smudge doesn’t believe in labels. Treats are treats!
Little black terrier lying on tile floor next to a bag of treats!
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
softside.bsky.social
Oh wow
jeanneenabottle.bsky.social Jeanne Brennan @jeanneenabottle.bsky.social · 18h
That's a feline fact.
Muahhhh!🐾🥇🐾
Illustration- Eugene Hartung
February 10, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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missybbbobtail.bsky.social
If cuteness were an Olympic sport, all cats would be tied for the gold.
February 10, 2026 at 5:23 PM
softside.bsky.social
There’s very loud construction taking place next door, involving a drill among other things, and frankly at this point I probably need to be leashed or crated (ong when will it stop when will it stop I can’t take it anymore) three cheers for Lotus!!
ingridblythe.bsky.social Ingrid Ask Me About Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service @ingridblythe.bsky.social · 1d
Everyone cheer for Lotus who did not have to be leashed or crated when a man from the city water came, even when he used a DRILL.
February 10, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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nedpyle.com
(Sir David Attenborough narration)

“Mount Chesterfield teems with predators, conserving their strength before setting off on midday walkies…”
Two very lazy fluffy tan and white dogs lounge on my couch under a large arched stained glass window. They are not supposed to be on the top of it and yet
February 10, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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sarahsansom.bsky.social
I moved my office chair next to the window and I think she’s enjoying it.
February 10, 2026 at 6:37 PM
softside.bsky.social
Bless their big Softie hearts!
Photo showing firefighters helping three cats they saved a house fire; they’re on a gurney with oxygen.
February 7, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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nedpyle.com
“DAD!”
Darby the golden husky floofy comes hurtling out the front door at me as I return from 3 week trip
February 7, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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sarahsansom.bsky.social
A short movie for your Friday night:
February 6, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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nehumanesociety.bsky.social
Best in Show (2000), Groundhog Day (1993), The Long Walk (2025), One Battle After Another (2025)

#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
Best in Show (2000) ★★★★★ “god loves a basenji mix” doesn’t have the same ring to it. but this movie is a masterpiece! good dogs literally everywhere you look - review by A'Zellah the 7 month old shelter dog Groundhog Day (1993) ★★½ i do not like the large magical rodent. why did he put a curse on Bill Murray? it was bad enough that he had to be in Ghostbusters II. leave the man alone - review by Francesca the guinea pig The Long Walk (2025) ★★★★ you know how sometimes you have to spell out a word around a dog because they’ll get too excited if they hear it? anyway i loved The Long W-A-L-K. C-O-O-P-E-R H-O-F-F-M-A-N and D-A-V-I-D J-O-N-S-S-O-N are really good - review by Dandy the 3 yr. old shelter dog One Battle After Another (2025) ★★★★★ what a picture! hey Benicio del Toro. you should adopt me. i don’t take up much space! and while you’re at it, adopt some of my friends too. surely you have enough room for a few small dogs - review by Apollo the 1 yr. old shelter dog
February 6, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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gingercatdusty.bsky.social
Cookie update. Almost 3 weeks & we're at that staying 5 ft from me at all times phase. Here he is judging the way I clean his litter box. He has opinions. Cats are amazing. This morning all of his cat toys were lined up at his water bowl. Sharing? Drowning? Love this guy so much. Hugs to you all ❄️💙❄️
February 6, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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(www.loc.gov/programs/poe...)
Plain screenshot with the following text: Poem 061: Sister Cat Cat stands at the fridge, Cries loudly for milk. But I've filled her bowl. Wild cat, I say, Sister, Look, you have milk. I clink my fingernail Against the rim. Milk. With down and liver, A word I know she hears. Her sad miaow. She runs To me. She dips In her whiskers but Doesn't drink. As sometimes I want the light on When it is on. Or when I saw the woman walking toward my house and I thought there's Frances. Then looked in the car mirror To be sure. She stalks The room. She wants. Milk Beyond milk. World beyond This one, she cries. —Frances Mayes
February 6, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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zoeysdown.bsky.social
She's so cute.
A very small forever kitten with her paw over her face while she lays in a fluffy blanket.
February 5, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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rexthetvterrier.org
Back from my walk and ready for supper
#Spike #Thursday #Dogsofbluesky
February 5, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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lisaroyal.bsky.social
McKellan has been taught “sit” on the rug to wait to go out. He’s meeting the exact letter of the law sitting on the rolled up rug
3 dogs waiting on treat. McKellan sitting on a rolled up rug
February 5, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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lisaroyal.bsky.social
Now we just have malicious compliance
McKellan almost fitting on a square of a folded rug
February 5, 2026 at 9:21 PM
softside.bsky.social
Would absolutely watch this streaming series.
weratedogs.com WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 6d
This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
a brown wire-haired pup stands on a wooden deck in a grassy yard. he looks at us with golden eyes and his right ear flipped inside out. he has a pipe-shaped stick in his mouth, giving him the appearance of a sophisticated and dapper gentleman. just give him a deerstalker cap and a cloak, and he'd give Sherlock Holmes a run for his money.
February 5, 2026 at 6:38 PM
softside.bsky.social
The snuggle is real.
sarahsansom.bsky.social Sarah @sarahsansom.bsky.social · 5d
She’s being super cute just as I have to leave for the office. Sigh.
Brown sleeping with her fluffy brown and white back paw over her face. Her other paw and tail is sticking out.
February 5, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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fishtopher.bsky.social
the best window decor is a cat
Fishtopher, a classic brown tabby cat with green eyes and a pink nose, sitting in a windowsill. The sun appears to be setting, casting a warm light over him. He looks upwards and outwards with an alert expression.
January 18, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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missybbbobtail.bsky.social
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough. --Franklin D Roosevelt
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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missybbbobtail.bsky.social
“Be somebody who makes everyone feel like a somebody.”

Have a gggrrrrrrrrreat Thursday. 🐅🧡
Jinx the green eyed bobtail tabby standing tall in her tower by the window.
February 5, 2026 at 2:18 PM
softside.bsky.social
🚨 Tuxie needs your help!

It started with a text, and a photo of a cat hanging from a fence.

“Do you know anyone that could help this cat? .. Its leg is probably broken, I’m sure it’s in pain and it’s been hanging upside down for God only knows how long.”

And we did! 1/6
Two photos - one of poor black and white tuxedo cat hanging upside down from a tall wooden fence, the second showing the same cat with a bloody leg (?)
February 4, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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breakingmews.bsky.social
Scientist: “Cats are hard-core predators. They have achieved evolutionary perfection.”
Maxwell:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/cats...
Very chonky, 20-lb cat lounges against a carpeted staircase in front of a guitar case covered in stickers. The cat is white on the bottom with brown tabby markings on top and honestly is shaped a bit like a seal.
June 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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zeldadachshund.bsky.social
Look at this baby. A family flakes on him, so he still needs a home.
softside.bsky.social Show Your Soft Side @softside.bsky.social · May 13
Poor little pup Daniel thought he was finally going to get adopted and have a family of his own - but the folks never showed! Can you help this sweet little guy out? Please share to spread the word - or apply to adopt or foster him at @ahomeoftheirown.bsky.social (DMV/DC metro area)!
May 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM