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Hi, I'm Hilary and welcome to schipalong. This place is named for my Schipperke (skipper-key, or skeeper-kehr), Suki. Sometimes I do weird things like walk a bantam chicken on a harness. Read more>>

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What day is it?! It's a wind tousled #fluffybuttfriday!! #schipperke #soschipperke #traildogs #trailbuds #campingwithdogs #adventuredogsofficial #dogsactivelife #adventuredognation #littledogshiketoo #thegreatoutdog #hikingdogsofinstagram #optoutside #sunshinecoastbc #bcdogs #pnwdogs #thenorthwestdog #outdoorswithdogs

I've not been sure how to write this, and I've debated saying anything at all, but it's something that's been swimming around in my brain since I read the article. I won't pretend there isn't a certain appeal to ignorance. I've often thought it would be nice to own a giant dog, never leash it, and just not worry because if a fight broke out my dog would win. I worry a lot about my dogs when I go out. Having been on the brunt end, multiple times, of both ignorance and entitled asshattery where my dogs would have paid the price for it, it's an anxiety that has developed over time. Once we were heading up a logging road when a truck ripped past us, stopped a few feet ahead of us, and the two dogs chained in the back immediately started snarling and trying to break free to come after my dogs. We were only a few meters from the car so we quickly turned around and left because I knew those dogs would be turned loose up the road. Had we been further into our hike... I don't want to think about it. The realization that in any one of our close calls, one or both of my dogs could have been killed turns my stomach in knots. I'm not a big enough [expletive] to do that to other people. But the appeal for ignorance is there. Those people seem significantly less stressed. In the pursuit for that wild + free image they just... Don't worry about it. About their dogs, about how they affect other people. We could all use a little less worry in our lives. A few months ago I got my eye opener. On Vancouver Island a wolfdog savagely attacked a toddler while the owner was nowhere in sight. Multiple bites to all four limbs and face. The wolfdog was, understandably, euthenized. And it made me realize size doesn't save a dog if it attacks someone. And now a child has to live with the consequences of someone's ignorance. Ignorance is only bliss until it isn't. #schipperke #soschipperke #traildogs #trailbuds #campingwithdogs #adventuredogsofficial #dogsactivelife #adventuredognation #littledogshiketoo #thegreatoutdog #hikingdogsofinstagram #optoutside #sunshinecoastbc #bcdogs #pnwdogs #thenorthwestdog #outdoorswithdogs

So the dogs were being brats this morning and when I told them they were being awful, Suki sat down, looked me right in the eye, and winked at me 😐😂. Twice. I can't even. Do you wink back at your dogs when they do that? #schipperke #soschipperke #traildogs #trailbuds #campingwithdogs #adventuredogsofficial #dogsactivelife #adventuredognation #littledogshiketoo #thegreatoutdog #hikingdogsofinstagram #optoutside #sunshinecoastbc #bcdogs #pnwdogs #thenorthwestdog #outdoorswithdogs

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