POKEMON SS: [link]

Well, it isn't secret at all, actually, just new.

Okay, I can't help it anymore. I'm jumping the bandwagon. I love adoptables. I love making them, I love seeing them, I love participating in them. I just never realized that they could be done successfully on DA until *MCAdoptables started up. Suddenly, a whole new world is open to me. xD

This is probably one of the only two times I'll mention this as a feature here in my journal, but I'm going to be starting some adoptables, in case you haven't figured it out.

They're not ready yet, but I'm working to get things going. (I'm going to take my FIRST WORK VACATION YES in a few weeks, and that's when the brunt of the work for this is going to get done.) But if you're one of those people who likes anticipating things or seeing production, I'm going to mention a few things here.

First is a developmental sketch. I haven't done any refining to this yet.

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Contrasted to heck because I draw so lightly. xD This will obviously need tweaks and to be made pretty, but there are the bones of the first species.

Something about your adoptables and breeding them - each adoptable will have some recessive genes. Each time they reproduce, the baby has a chance of displaying those hidden genes, or they may not. The long shaggy coat wll most likely be a dominant gene for that species. If the offspring (of this species) ends up with short hair, they will have a gene available to them that the long haired ones wont - wings. Etc, etc. Pretty much any baby ought to have at least a few unexpected surprises.

Does it really work that way in life? Nooo, but thats the fun of adoptables. You can make things up.

Anyone who watches me knows that it is very important to me to rescue animals. This will probably have a place in my adoptables.

The account has literally nothing on it. Nothing at all. But I've made the account that will be the adoptables home, in preparation and so that you guys and wander over there and watch if you want to get updates.

*theluckless

I'll not spam my watchers with info about this. I'll probably make a small blurb journal when things go live and are working well, but otherwise, it is a separate endeavor than my personal gallery, and I understand you guys wont want to hear about it often.

I'm excited, and I hope some of you are, too.

LOOK AT HIS PRETTY FACE IT IS HEALING SO WELL. Body still needs some work. Update tomorrow about today's vet visit, along with more photos, Jonah just wanted you guys to admire his handsome face. (LOOK. EYEBROWS. He didn't HAVE those before!)




POKEMON SS: [link]

DEAR PSS.

I WOULD LIKE..

OH GOSH. I DONT KNOW. SO MANY OPTIONS. SO MANY CAPS.

Okay. So.

1.

Do you see that face? That is venusaur.jpg (.png. I would never save a file as .jpg if I could help it.) That face is cropped from [link] . It is a very DISAPPROVING FACE. DISAPPROVING VENUSAUR DISAPPROVES. I would love to see any other pokemon* drawn with this type of VENUSAUR.JPG expression. If you don't know which ones to draw, I particularly like the idea of the fluffy cute ones making this face. (Pikachu, growlithe, plusle, etc. THE RLLY CUTE FLUFFY ONES AAAAAH.


*NO BIRD POKEMON. DONT DO IT. NO. BIRD. POKEMON. I have a bird phobia, and I don't want my present to make me ill, please.

2. ZOMBIES. YES. ZOMBIE POKEMON.* (But remember that PSS has issued a PG warning, so make sure your zombie gore doesn't get too gory. (As much as that would kill me with laughter. We must follow the rules!) I know, that makes it a tiny bit less fun to draw ZOMBIEEESSS BLAAAARGH BRAIIIIINS AAAAAH but I have faith in you, SS! You can do it! Braiiiiins aaaaah!

*Except for the bird pokemon. No one wants zombie birds.

3. Are you sick of my retarded requests? Alright, if you want to draw some regular pogeymanz with nothing crazy going on, then here are some of my favourites. You can draw any one of them however you like, just have fun with it. c:

Sandshrew, plusle/minun, Jolteon, Growlithe.

^Top of the list. I also like
Ponyta/rapidash, charmander, seel, creepy!girafarig, any of the eevolutions, hauntar rlly. More from Gen one than later gens. If none of these appeal to you, I dont mind you drawing something NOT on this list. Just keep in mind my preferences for type, please.



Not that I think you may have skimmed this, dear SS, but I just to say it again, just in case. PLEASE DO NOT DRAW ANY BIRD POKEMON. Really, I'll be sad and cry. After I finish vomiting because your art made me physically ill, if you drew a bird. I'm really serious, please dont even do it as a joke. If it has feathers, I don't want it. ;3;

I look forward to my presentttttt and to also drawing for someone else. c:


Also, I'm not really stupid, as retarded as this journal makes me sound.


Really.

I'll add photos in tomorrow. I'm completely wiped out today - as is Jonah. I fell down the stairs (I am so graceful. You have no idea. Also very sarcastic.) last night... taking Jonah out! And being super active and out and about for 3+ hours today taking him to the vet really exhausted me. xD So a text update, and I'll add some new photos in later.


Jonah was pretty bright eyed - he was awake, and alert, and happy to get up and go outside. (After drinking some water on his own - YES.) He's been pretty much a zombie dog up until yesterday. He slept nonstop, and woke up only to eat and go outside to piddle... sometimes. He was so exhausted one night that he wet himself and then laid in it. He still didn't move when my mother and I were cleaning him and the floor up.

As of yesterday, though, he started showing signs of life. He would pick his head up and look at us when we walked in. He started drinking a bit of water on his own - he made it outside twice in one day. It had been hard enough to get him up even once the days before. Today he was behaving even better.

I had to lure him into the car with food. His legs are pretty shaky still, and he seemed very timid about making such a big change in height to step into the car. If you've ever seen a tiny puppy on a staircase... just picture a rottie doing that instead. He affectionately sniffed my hair, and attempted to eat it before we got going. I appreciated the sentiment, if not the action. The actual car ride was pretty quiet. We left the house around nine'o clock, got to the vet around 10, and sat around for half an hour while they set things up for him. There was one other dog there, a cute little flat coated retriever, who was unfortunately uncomfortable with Jonah and barked at him. We know that Jonah is uncomfortable with dogs, but I think it's nervousness and not aggression. Later, a teeeeeny little puppy came in (fifteen lbs or less, teeny.) and Jonah tried to hide behind Mom's legs.

We were surprised and pleased to see how happy he was to see the vet techs again. They all remembered him, and one girl came out before they were ready to give him some love and pettings. He rubbed his face on her and licked her and pawed at her and was generally an incredibly happy pup. Though he was rubbing his face on everyone, actually. The skin itches and it seems a jean clad leg is the least painful way for him to scratch.

One of his eyes is still a bit swollen and I think its harder for him to see out of it, but the other is quite clear.

So the vet's office kicked us out for two hours. We wandered around and shopped (doing a mural on floor tiles for my mother, and we got supplies.) until it was time to pick him up. Because he's been very calm, a lot of his legs and face have scabbed over in the last few days. The dip, while good for him, also made him incredibly itchy, and he's torn open several wounds that had scabbed in an attempt to shake, lick, or rub himself. Poor baby has to be itching all over, since I can probably measure on two or three fingers the amount of healthy skin he has. They said the first few treatments are likely to irritate the skin, even while killing the parasites and helping with mange, so it's a necessary evil.

We then stopped by a really lovely park. Jonah has also been barking at people, as well as dogs, and the trip to the park was really good for him. He met my sister and her new baby. He did bark at her, but his little nub was wagging a mile a minute and he very quickly got used to her. He continued to halfheartedly bark at maybe the first three bicyclers who rode by, and then contented himself with watching them and the joggers with a cautious sort of interest. I love seeing that reaction out of him. I hope that by the time his body is healed, we'll have healed his heart too, and he'll learn that he can expect goodness and kindness out of people.

Except for this really ridiculous police officer who honestly really made me mad. I know Jonah isn't a great beauty right now, but I legitimately think he's adorable. When my mother and I were sitting in the bathroom with him two days ago, giving him some quiet company, I was pleased to realize that he is absolutely adorable. Even with his face all messed up. I looked at him and got the silly little warm fuzzies in my heart and realized how lovable and cute he was. My mom and sister both agreed that they can see the cute underneath the grody face, and that he is going to be a seriously handsome dog someday, but I think he already is.

So we were letting Jonah piddle in a grassy field outside of the vet's office, and for some reason a police officer pulled up right behind us and pinned the car in. We never really found out WHY he came over to investigate us. (Seriously, my mother is short and adorable, and I'm a limping blonde who people constantly think is 15 - hitchock's perfect victim. Neither one of us looks like we could ever do any wrong.) She started explaining that we were taking a dog we'd found on the highway to the vet. The cop turned to look at Jonah, and flinched and backed up a few steps and made a noise somewhat like "eeuuuu."

Seriously man? Seriously? I could tell he was uncomfortable with dogs, but the overreaction to there being a dog, and a wounded dog, and then the sarcastic, "You must really like dogs. Alright, well, I'm on my way." Was completely ridiculous. As a matter of fact, I do like dogs, Mister ridiculous police officer. Your overblown reaction and sarcasm did not endear you to me. Worthless man. HAVE SOME COMPASSION.

I don't know why it pissed me off so much, but it srsly srsly did. I'm steaming about it still. xD

So jonah's skin is still breaking off in giant pieces. (No, really. He shook, and a large piece about as long as my fingers and as thick as two of them, just... fell off. Quite gross.) and he's still breaking out into bloody sores and he's tender and doesn't have a lot of energy, but! He does like people, he is a happy, sweet dog. He's very, very inquisitive and affectionate. He's going to fill out and heal, and hopefully we will find him an amazing home with a family who will love him forever and ever, after he's well again. Things are looking up for him. We can't test him for heartworms yet, and he does need to be fixed, but those are things that need to wait until his body can handle it. Right now, he just can't. He's going to go in for treatment every other week instead of every week. I don't know if that's good or bad, honestly. We don't have any idea on how long it'll take, either, but we'll take care of him anyway.


Also, unrelated to Jonah's health but it makes me really excited: I'm going to have a lot of opportunities to sketch dogs in the waiting room now. xD

UPDATE: Added a few links. I will update my DA journal on big things, but I don't want to overload you guys with constant JONAHJONAHJONAH. Even if he's going to be a big center of my world for a good while, I know he may not exactly be the center of yours. I have a livejournal that I never use. Public posts will be made about Jonah whenever there is anything to post about, there. I've also created a twitter for thoughts and info about him.

You guys are amazing. So amazing. The support and love and prayers you've sent along for Jonah are just astonishing. We're humbled, and appreciate it so very much. You are free to contact me at any time if you have a question about him that I haven't answered, or you want more information about him.

My paypal: arboreh@gmail.com
Public LJ Updates: http://paperarbor.livejournal.com/tag/jonah
Jonah Twitter: http://twitter.com/jonahlife

Any little bit would help. If you can't afford to give a few dollars, prayers and happy thoughts are equally valuable to this sweet boy. We don't know how much his treatment will cost in the end. I do know it will be at least $55 every week, for an undetermined amount of time. I'll be paying for it out of money I'm saving for school. It's worth it, to me.

If you donate, please send me a note telling me that it was you, if you don't mind. I'd appreciate knowing.



I apologize if this is tacky in any way, but I think it is worth it to post and ask.

My mother called me today and asked me if I would be willing to loan her some money. I agreed, and then found out why. She was sitting in the vet's office, close to tears. She was there for roughly five hours with a dog she found on the side of the highway. She didn't actually know if they could do anything for the baby, but wanted them to try. The vet told her that he has the worst case of mange they've ever seen. His immune system is shot. He's so malnourished that his body growth is far behind what it should be. He's covered in cuts, looks like he's been attacked, and doesn't respond very well to humans. He's a bit over 6 months old.

Mom brought him home, and he's going to need to go back every week for dips, therapy, treatment, etc. I thought I was prepared to see him, but I was still shocked. His legs are mostly bald. The skin is cracking and he's oozing blood in dozens of places. His paws are huge and swollen. The skin on top of his "ankle" area is cracked and bleeding, and looks like it cracks more with each step he takes. He has a gaping hole in his shoulder, his skin is flaking off. He smells a bit like rotting meat. The flies and ants were flocking to him as he stood in the yard, likely expecting something already dead to eat.

This poor baby is so tired and beat down and tender. He did give me a tiny wag with his little nub tail, and came up to me very slowly to let me pat him, but generally just seems very disinterested in life and the world right now. I don't blame him.

We can't keep him forever, but we absolutely will be seeing him through his treatments, and until he's healthy. If I gave my paypal, would anyone be at all interested in donating money for his treatments? Any little bit would help.

Photos: Warning, blood and wounds warning, not exactly fluffy puppy time. This is a badly neglected dog.

Body: [link] [link] [link]

Head: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]

Feet: [link] [link]

Rear Legs: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]

Front Legs: [link] [link] [link]

Gaping wound in his side that strongly reeks of rotting meat: [link] It's just an open hole, even though you can't see it very well.


So there's... ... there's that. I don't know what else to say about him.

It kills me that humans are the ones who let this happen. It's our fault. There is so much of my time and my life that I wish I could devote to dogs. I want to do more.

Some people have bad habits - smoking, gambling. etc.
My mom and I rescue dogs. Can't help it. It's part of who we are.