The Hash Puppy

07/11/2025

😈 she’d give it 100% at 100% of the time
She loved that spring pole
Plus making hash and hauling ass

07/03/2025

Deon Bagwell

Not long ago, dogs were valued primarily for the jobs they performed, such as hunting, herding livestock, and guarding property, all of which required boundless energy and a wariness of strangers. But “as more city dwellers adopt pets, and cultural shifts have led dogs and people to spend more time inside, some behaviors that made dogs appealing to our ancestors have become maladaptive,” Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods wrote in 2024. A dog wary of strangers is tough to take for a walk, for instance, and gets consigned to a fenced-in yard where it can’t spend its energy. https://theatln.tc/YWRfWeSv

“Dogs have gone from working all day and sleeping outside to relaxing on the couch and sleeping in our beds,” the authors write. “Thousands of years of domestication couldn’t prepare dogs for this abrupt transition.”

Dog owners have attempted to correct for this by picking a hypoallergenic breed, a smart breed, a breed that is supposedly good with children—but the main thing a breed usually tells you is what your dog will look like.

“Service dogs are the exception and the answer to the domestication puzzle,” Hare and Woods write. “For more than a century, service dogs have had to sit quietly in a café, calmly negotiate the stress and noise of urban life, and interact gently with children. They can do this not because they are smarter than pet dogs, but because ... service dogs are uniquely friendly. Unlike most pet dogs, service dogs are attracted to strangers, even as puppies. And increasing friendliness seems to have changed these dogs’ biology, just as it did thousands of years ago.”

“We believe these changes are the early signs of a third wave in dog domestication,” the authors continue. “If dog lovers shift their demand from a dog’s hair color and tail length to their comfort with strangers and new places, this friendliness could quickly ripple through the population and become amplified with each successive generation … A breeding program that prioritizes a friendly temperament could show results within just a few decades.”

In the meantime, as the third wave of domestication gets under way, humans must continue caring for the pets they have now.

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07/02/2025

Deon Bagwell
Wow, not much else to say. Honestly why I chose to not cremate her carried and buried her my self. The thought of burning her to ashes vs being buried at my family’s house where many more reside, I put her as close as I could to her favorite tree ❤️🐶
That just made much more sense to me and how I view things. I meditated with her if you consolidate all the sessions and times it equals days of doing my preferred way with my retention time is total that I’ve even documented is over 50;days without breathing 🤣👁️🐶❤️🫁❄️💧

For many years, that dog was his only friend.
They had no house, no comfort, and no extras — but they had each other.
Through rain, hot sun, and long dusty roads, they always walked side by side.
They shared dry bread, puddle water, and cold nights under cardboard.
Today, the silence feels heavier than ever.
His dog no longer walks with him.
No wagging tail. No soft licks in the evening.
But he couldn’t leave him behind.
He had been left by the world so many times,
but he would never do that to his best friend.
With his own hands, he made a small wooden stretcher.
And with a broken heart, he carried him.
He had no money, no car, no help —
but he still took him to his final resting place.
Step by step, hurting deeply, but with love and pride.
Because real love doesn’t walk away.
Not everyone will understand the picture.
Some will just see a man and a dog.
But people who have truly loved
will see a story of loyalty that even death couldn’t end.
I understand it. Completely.

06/29/2025

06/17/2025

Deon Bagwell 👀

06/12/2025

Deon Bagwell

A mule-riding Kentucky man known as "Cowboy Cody" was taken into custody after he allegedly unleashed a raccoon into a bar after he was turned away.

“I’m a bartender, so you know I’ve seen some crazy stuff in my time. But nothing like this," a woman told reporters.

06/07/2025

Some may think differently but I think it’s a great way to memorialize these amazing dogs we get a such a short time to run with. 🐶❤️
Deon Bagwell

A tradition with rural Florida hog hunters. When a dog is killed in the process of catching a hog they are mounted together, forever locked in battle.

06/07/2025

Don’t even think about messing with my dogs, guaranteed to be the last 

02/14/2025

02/09/2025

Run them dogs!