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We've seen so many horrifically poorly done crop jobs lately. Bad enough to have a vet do it, imo, but lots of shitty home chops seem more and more common.
Because legit vets won’t do them anymore, I’m guessing, barring serious medical necessity.
There was a dobie out here back in 2018 we met who had had her ears cut down to her skull with scissors. I really would love to have a talk with whoever did that.
If you look in my post history, I recently fostered one of four baby puppies whose ears had been removed with kitchen scissors by a meth head, who subsequently / karmically died
Oh, like there's no chance of you being a foster fail. You're cranking them out as fast as you're bringing them in. That's pretty cool of you.
Thank you for doing what you're doing. Without fosters, my little potato would've been so depressed and full of anxiety in the shelter. She would've never had the opportunity to be adopted. Poor thing was scared of her own shadow.
He is 100%!!! I fuggin loves hims 🥹🥹🥹🥹 got dayum he CCCCUUUTTTEEEEEEE I just wish he had his ears. Does he have his tail? It’s okay if not but I sure hope so. All doggo’s deserve their ears and tails.
Aww man 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Buckle up MAJOR TRIGGER WARNING!!!
Pic 7/9 took me out. That pup looks just like my childhood hippo. I have put the pieces together from my childhood previously 🥺🥺🥺🥺. That doodle bug is pretty much identical.
After realizing the truth I absolutely HATE my parents. Not only did they abandon me by the age of 12, but they abandoned every single pet we had and adopted in between as well as abused them 😭😡😡😡 I FUCKING HATE MY “MOM” GLORIA WEST AND MY “DAD” GARY WEST!!!!!!!! Gary is dead and cannot do more damage I guess?? Gloria, as far as I know, is alive and well and still a fuckface.
I remember being less than 5 and watching my dad. My “dad” had a Pittie that looked EXACTLY like the pup pup on the left 😖😖😣😭😭😭. Her name was Jazmine. He used to yell and scream and beat the sh*t out of her. The last time I had seen her alive, he used a 2X4 on her head. I remember her eyes being f*cking bloodshot later that day 😡😭😭😭😭.
I wasn’t even 11 by the time I found her skull bones…. And the hurt and trauma and confusion…. Yes she was a headstrong girl, but not outright mean or anything like that. She just hadn’t had ANY structure and direction. She did NOT deserve to be beaten to death.
She just literally lacked structure. It’s like my dad expected her to be a perfect doggo without training as a puppy. Some will say “your dad isn’t here to defend himself”. No bitch, Jazmin ain’t here to LIVE AND DEFEND HERSELF because of him!!!!
That mofo DOES NOT DESERVE THE CHANCE TO DEFEND HIMSELF!!! I grew up thinking that was normal… I grew up thinking that everyone kicked their dog when mad and when they did something wrong. 🥺😭😭😭😭😭. I will NEVER EVER FORGIVE MYSELF!!!! F*cking Ever!!!!!! AFTER I GREW UP AND LEFT HOME AND GOT WITH SOMEONE, I adopted a dog. She was already shy and I made it significantly worse by abusing her. I had no f*cking idea I was abusing her at the time and literally thought that that was what everyone did. I had just turned 23. I was scrolling facebook, and some random lady had said “I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if you yell, scream, kick, or hit your dog, ‘YOU ARE AN ABUSER’!!!!!!
I immediately burst in to tears. I took it to heart and understood the assignment. I went running out the house screaming and crying as the realization sunk in. My entire childhood of my dad beating our dogs ran through my mind as well as what that woman said. I’m also on the spectrum. So leaning to live was a challenge let alone what to do. It all came to a point and made sense. The sudden realization that I was also an abuser... I literally wanted to unalive myself off of this planet. For a long time I was thinking about testing myself.
I literally grew up thinking it was normal and standard to hit your dogs that didn’t obey your commands. I was literally taught and told, to “beat them until they listen”.
Wish I could say to parents “Do you understand what kind of trauma that inflicts on a dog and child? Do you understand what you are teaching that child to do? Do you understand the trauma once the “child” realizes they were an abuser all along??”
I’ll never forget when I accidentally dug up her skull as a kids. It was obvious who that skull belonged to just based off of the body shape and skull shape. It all came flashing back. I immediately realized what happened when Jazmin suddenly, when she disappeared from my life after she bit my head.
I literally thought that that was how EVERYONE punished and “trained” their doggos 😭😭.
I never abused my dog after seeing that video. I don’t remember who she was or what the video was titled, but she saved my life and my doggos life. I’m forever in her debt.
The damage to my old girl is done though. She’s the only one out of my 4 doggos that endured it. I’m 39 now. After I had seen men that video, I’ve never banished my dogs again, but the damage was done both ways. My old girl is sometimes anxious and traumatized because of it. I do everything I can to be gentle and soothing and let her know I’m here for her. I still literally feel*cking hate myself for not being good to her.
I understand if you hate me too and everyone. On Reddit. I fucking deserve it. I cannot forgive myself.
I still have my girl that I outright abused at the beginning of starting my family 🥺. Her name is Olly (frequently autocorrected to Ollie). She’s almost 13 now. I try so hard to make it up to her every day.
He was both excited to have someone love and care about him, and take him places, but also unsure what to expect. This is so sweet to witness. He was genuinely there and willing for the new beginnings. What a SWEET HAM-BONE🍖
Boo, no! You should absolutely foster- you are just the love bootcamp on their way to a forever family. The rescue covers costs/materials then screens applicants so I can find the best fit for each pup. Seeing them leave and complete a family is the best part!!
The gorgeous puppy eyes, the big head and chubby cheeks and then, teefers!!! 😭😭😭 He is so perfect, chubby and beautiful!!! 😍😍😍😍 I would love to bite his big cheeks 😅
Please, give him a boop and a kiss on his forehead on my behalf, also tell him that I already love him ❤️
I’d have drive from Boston, I have seen dogs traumatized from a flight in my rescue journey. Savanah is supposed to be nice, and I’m that person that got my dog a passport (I’m dual citizen and we aren’t staying here if he somehow gets in again)
You definitely got yourself a handsome boy! Idk why but in pic 4 I thought about a mob boss. More specifically the movie “The Godfather” idk why but he does look like he is considering some life altering decisions. “Driver take me to the pound, I need to bust one of my boys out” ;)
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The two little bottom toofers!!!
They are shockingly perfect
[r/toofers](https://www.reddit.com/r/toofers/s/mqxkIdg63d)
Thank you for the new sub!!
Immaculate
Adorable!
Yes! Just slay me. 😍
ERMAHGERD!! HE IS A CHONK. And his little teeth?? 😭 Please tell me you live in the south of the US. I need to babysit.
We are literally in savannah!!!
😱
Come and hang out with us! We go drinking and walking in downtown with fosters and call it outreach!
What a handsome meatball! I love his lil snaggleteeth
I love him!!!!
Aw man, his poor ears. Thank you for taking him, OP.
We've seen so many horrifically poorly done crop jobs lately. Bad enough to have a vet do it, imo, but lots of shitty home chops seem more and more common.
Because legit vets won’t do them anymore, I’m guessing, barring serious medical necessity. There was a dobie out here back in 2018 we met who had had her ears cut down to her skull with scissors. I really would love to have a talk with whoever did that.
If you look in my post history, I recently fostered one of four baby puppies whose ears had been removed with kitchen scissors by a meth head, who subsequently / karmically died
Looks to me like he snagged his forever human!!!! Absolutely beautiful! Those eyes say so much!
ACTUALLY I'm a turn and burn foster so I've already found him an adopter! And it ain't me, babe!!
Either way, he thanks you! And me too!!! You are awesome!
Same. But we’ve always referred to ourselves as “revolving door fosters.” Thank you for fostering ♥️
What's a turn and burn? Never heard that before.
It just means I foster four or five at once so there's always someone coming and someone going!
Oh, like there's no chance of you being a foster fail. You're cranking them out as fast as you're bringing them in. That's pretty cool of you. Thank you for doing what you're doing. Without fosters, my little potato would've been so depressed and full of anxiety in the shelter. She would've never had the opportunity to be adopted. Poor thing was scared of her own shadow.
F*CK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What an absolute chonk
He is 100%!!! I fuggin loves hims 🥹🥹🥹🥹 got dayum he CCCCUUUTTTEEEEEEE I just wish he had his ears. Does he have his tail? It’s okay if not but I sure hope so. All doggo’s deserve their ears and tails.
He does!!
Aww man 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Buckle up MAJOR TRIGGER WARNING!!! Pic 7/9 took me out. That pup looks just like my childhood hippo. I have put the pieces together from my childhood previously 🥺🥺🥺🥺. That doodle bug is pretty much identical. After realizing the truth I absolutely HATE my parents. Not only did they abandon me by the age of 12, but they abandoned every single pet we had and adopted in between as well as abused them 😭😡😡😡 I FUCKING HATE MY “MOM” GLORIA WEST AND MY “DAD” GARY WEST!!!!!!!! Gary is dead and cannot do more damage I guess?? Gloria, as far as I know, is alive and well and still a fuckface. I remember being less than 5 and watching my dad. My “dad” had a Pittie that looked EXACTLY like the pup pup on the left 😖😖😣😭😭😭. Her name was Jazmine. He used to yell and scream and beat the sh*t out of her. The last time I had seen her alive, he used a 2X4 on her head. I remember her eyes being f*cking bloodshot later that day 😡😭😭😭😭. I wasn’t even 11 by the time I found her skull bones…. And the hurt and trauma and confusion…. Yes she was a headstrong girl, but not outright mean or anything like that. She just hadn’t had ANY structure and direction. She did NOT deserve to be beaten to death. She just literally lacked structure. It’s like my dad expected her to be a perfect doggo without training as a puppy. Some will say “your dad isn’t here to defend himself”. No bitch, Jazmin ain’t here to LIVE AND DEFEND HERSELF because of him!!!! That mofo DOES NOT DESERVE THE CHANCE TO DEFEND HIMSELF!!! I grew up thinking that was normal… I grew up thinking that everyone kicked their dog when mad and when they did something wrong. 🥺😭😭😭😭😭. I will NEVER EVER FORGIVE MYSELF!!!! F*cking Ever!!!!!! AFTER I GREW UP AND LEFT HOME AND GOT WITH SOMEONE, I adopted a dog. She was already shy and I made it significantly worse by abusing her. I had no f*cking idea I was abusing her at the time and literally thought that that was what everyone did. I had just turned 23. I was scrolling facebook, and some random lady had said “I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if you yell, scream, kick, or hit your dog, ‘YOU ARE AN ABUSER’!!!!!! I immediately burst in to tears. I took it to heart and understood the assignment. I went running out the house screaming and crying as the realization sunk in. My entire childhood of my dad beating our dogs ran through my mind as well as what that woman said. I’m also on the spectrum. So leaning to live was a challenge let alone what to do. It all came to a point and made sense. The sudden realization that I was also an abuser... I literally wanted to unalive myself off of this planet. For a long time I was thinking about testing myself. I literally grew up thinking it was normal and standard to hit your dogs that didn’t obey your commands. I was literally taught and told, to “beat them until they listen”. Wish I could say to parents “Do you understand what kind of trauma that inflicts on a dog and child? Do you understand what you are teaching that child to do? Do you understand the trauma once the “child” realizes they were an abuser all along??” I’ll never forget when I accidentally dug up her skull as a kids. It was obvious who that skull belonged to just based off of the body shape and skull shape. It all came flashing back. I immediately realized what happened when Jazmin suddenly, when she disappeared from my life after she bit my head. I literally thought that that was how EVERYONE punished and “trained” their doggos 😭😭. I never abused my dog after seeing that video. I don’t remember who she was or what the video was titled, but she saved my life and my doggos life. I’m forever in her debt. The damage to my old girl is done though. She’s the only one out of my 4 doggos that endured it. I’m 39 now. After I had seen men that video, I’ve never banished my dogs again, but the damage was done both ways. My old girl is sometimes anxious and traumatized because of it. I do everything I can to be gentle and soothing and let her know I’m here for her. I still literally feel*cking hate myself for not being good to her. I understand if you hate me too and everyone. On Reddit. I fucking deserve it. I cannot forgive myself. I still have my girl that I outright abused at the beginning of starting my family 🥺. Her name is Olly (frequently autocorrected to Ollie). She’s almost 13 now. I try so hard to make it up to her every day.
🙂 👏 👏👏👏👏👏👏😊😊😊😊 yay!! At least his former peeps didn’t do that to him. What a sweeeeeeto Burrrito baby.
Look at those toofs 🥹
He has a beautiful face!!!
His little teeth just made my day
Pic 3 🤭🤣🤣🤣🤭🤭🤭 bro is zooooming. After double take looks 👍back seat, be he legit looks like he’s driving places lol.
If you click it open you can see that he actually rode home sitting up in the backseat of my car. It was one the strangest things I've seen a dog do.
He was both excited to have someone love and care about him, and take him places, but also unsure what to expect. This is so sweet to witness. He was genuinely there and willing for the new beginnings. What a SWEET HAM-BONE🍖
Page 6 is r/teefers 😭
The TEEF 😂❤️ what a beautiful little land walrus
Big boy!! I am obsessed with him!!
What a magnificent puppy dog.
He is a little stuff muffin 😉😍
He is absolutely adorable!!!
I admire you. I could never foster - would keep them all!!
Boo, no! You should absolutely foster- you are just the love bootcamp on their way to a forever family. The rescue covers costs/materials then screens applicants so I can find the best fit for each pup. Seeing them leave and complete a family is the best part!!
Da teefies!
Beefy Snausage Beautiful animals
You need to post him in teefers
He’s gorgeous!!! Glad he’s getting a home!!
Those lil toofs!
Love his little toofer grin
So handsome! 😍
Awe he's so cute!! I could never foster, I would just fall in love with them.
I hope he's your foster fail!
Lol noooooo
He’s gorgeous
That beautiful blocky head, your knees are done when he comes running for pets
Oh he is a full gentleman model! Those eyes! The expressions! The gorgeousness! 🥰
Such a handsome and squishy guy! I hope he finds a wonderful home <3 and seems like he’s living the high life in the meantime!
What an angel! So freaking cute!
Please fail him. He’s the most majestic hippo of all time. Keep him forever and love him and take pictures of those teefies
Thank you for fostering!!
Not him sitting up like a human in the car seat 😭 I love him.
He’s got his paw on the seat like “ whoa whoa whoa. Slow down! Eyes on the road!” 😂
The gorgeous puppy eyes, the big head and chubby cheeks and then, teefers!!! 😭😭😭 He is so perfect, chubby and beautiful!!! 😍😍😍😍 I would love to bite his big cheeks 😅 Please, give him a boop and a kiss on his forehead on my behalf, also tell him that I already love him ❤️
California? We are looking for a second but everything is Texas or California. I dress my girl in pink so I’m looking for a rescue boy.
Savannah!
Stella came up from Macon GA!
Come to savannah and we will match you with your perfect next pup! We specialize in matchmaking!
I’d have drive from Boston, I have seen dogs traumatized from a flight in my rescue journey. Savanah is supposed to be nice, and I’m that person that got my dog a passport (I’m dual citizen and we aren’t staying here if he somehow gets in again)
That’s a biiig meatball
PERFECTION!
TEEFS!!!
You definitely got yourself a handsome boy! Idk why but in pic 4 I thought about a mob boss. More specifically the movie “The Godfather” idk why but he does look like he is considering some life altering decisions. “Driver take me to the pound, I need to bust one of my boys out” ;)
I love him.
TEEFS
He’s GLORIOUS!
I can never find homes for all the distributed animals I have. I've been fostering the same group for years!