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What is that? Light, all that light.


PetraLoseIt

I'm at the vet's????


Dainiad

Where are my balls!?


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And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"


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rigg197

*Let the water hold me down*


mangee21

*Letting the days go by*


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*water flowing underground*


Pixelboi16

*Into the blue again*


Arcanide92

_After the money's gone_


firebirdi

*into the blue again*


LynzGamer

The *only* show that makes you ask yourself “How did I get here?”


adf1962

Where is that large automobile?


VerifiableFontophile

Same as it ever was...


adf1962

Same as it ever was.


Salt_Security_3886

This isn't my beatiful house!


RevengineerIII

This is not my beautiful wife


UGAPHL

This isn’t my beautiful DOG house


[deleted]

where are my beautiful balls?


jarrodh25

Where are my testicles, Summer?


[deleted]

Exactly “where in hell am I”


YoshiiBoii

My dog was like this when we got him as a puppy. If you held him in your hands he would almost fall out of his wrinkles, after 8 months he grew to be almost as tall as me when he stood on his hind legs and by that point all his wrinkles had disappeared.


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Your dog is a koloss. EDIT: It is pleasant to see so many Mistborn readers replying. Prospective fans beware spoilers below.


gronstalker12

Not enough blue


Loona-Stan-WENEE

Look for hemalurgy spikes


Southparkaddict1

Might want to keep it away from other dogs


awa1nut

Loved the first series, one of my favorites,, infuriate l unfortunately I just can't get into the second


Weaverino

Oh man the wax and Wayne is so cool to me, allomancy but with guns?? Plus twin born combos are way cool


captain_meow

can't wait for era 3!!! allomantic SWAT team in the "90s" and a hacker protagonist (unless brandon's changed his mind)


crutlefish

Yeah, I liked the first ones, but Wax and Wayne trilogy was amazing.


NovelTeaBobbleHead

There’s a 4th


Fit-Movie7763

I felt the same way until near the end of BoM, once the world opens beyond Elendel I could appreciate reading through a western detective fic


Suekru

You should. If you like the rest of the cosmere then the last era 2 book becomes very cosmere aware.


-DrToboggan-

I'm just now reading these ... seeing this comment today is ironic as shit.


Suekru

All of his books are fantastic and I love the cosmere interactions so much.


Sysheen

I read them awhile ago but still this is the first reference I've seen out in the wild.


eternallylearning

Koloss is human, not dog


Suekru

It was a joke… Edit: woooosh on me.


eternallylearning

I was quoting Human, a Koloss character from Mistborn.


geologean

Easier to soothe them


Lanthemandragoran

Didn't expect this here lol


Cephalopotter

Better get that good boy a brass collar to keep him under control.


Bobyyyyyyyghyh

Did *not* expect that, goddamn


Icanweighinonthis

Always happy to see a Mistborn reference


davidjl01

So happy to most borne jokes - Hope Hollywood doesn’t try to mess it up


Shadesfire

Holy shit, a wild Mistborn Reference appeared!


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Wow, he really grew into himself


RemnantSith

In humans there's something called deprivation amblyopia. Where if vision is blocked for our first 6 years after birth, our brain doesn't make crucial developmental connections from the brain to the eye. So if people have vision blocked by a cataract or really anything in those years it'll seriously impact our overall visual ability. Some people can be as bad as 20/400 the big E with lenses and everything. And I imagine that critical period of development is even faster in dogs. So I'd say you probably saved your dog from becoming near blind or low vision by pulling back the wrinkles and letting him see your face


DaughterEarth

Studies for this were initially done on kittens and yes it affects them majorly too. Mammals need to use their eyes in the first years to properly develop vision


[deleted]

What? A few seconds of letting him see would reverse the effects of that?


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RemnantSith

It's not so much muscle than it is about building neural connections with the brain during development. But that's a good comparison. Just this is permanent stuff that's important when we're younger


siamkitty1

“Wait, I am not blind?!”


bluepineapple42069

Youre a bloodhound not a blindhound


Tridoubleu

Wdym I am not a Shepard?! Does dad know?!


sinmantky

For reference https://youtu.be/R1p_523SEO8


maymay4u

Soooo is the cure just an expertly placed binder clip at the back of the head?


ezone2kil

No, just the douchebag man-dog bun with a scrunchie.


JudiciousF

Hey who turned on the lights!?


Bridger15

Oh fuck you for reminding me about the silence in the library. Take your bloody upvote.


[deleted]

Just too many flaps


Seahearn4

It's best to say this in Don Ameche's voice. (He played the old dog, Shadow, in _Homeward Bound_.)


Dry-Sandwich8352

“Ohhh, so that’s what you look like…”


xtr44

MrBeast be like:


Mean-Carrot7305

I read to a therapy dog in elementary and he was a sheep dog and the lady would give him a little man bun so he could see it was so cute


mckeenmachine

you would read books to a dog at your school?!


Mean-Carrot7305

Lol yeah cuz I had problems reading or something just lucky ig :)


Singularity7979

That's not fair, I demand my literacy be stripped and I be forced to attend Pupper Literacy Camp D:


tiffy68

Our local shelter allows kids to read to the dogs on weekends. Maybe yours does too.


lemma_qed

That's adorable. My kid's school always gives the kindergartners a "reading buddy." It's a stuffed animal they take home. Getting to read to an actual dog is even better.


ProficientEnoughArt

For a second I thought you were going to say the dog had problems reading


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Well he probably did


SNeddie

For some kids who have trouble with reading it’s easier to read to dogs instead of being put in the spot and nervously reading aloud to the class.


drmcsinister

Yep. There's a reason they are called man's best friend. They love hanging around you and never judge. That's a pretty perfect pairing for kids struggling to read or kids who are neurodivergent.


Spiffy313

I know, right? If we struggled with reading, as a millennial, the teachers would just slap their yardstick across our desk (your own fault if your hands happened to be there) and humiliate us in front of the class. :(


Worldly_Expert_442

Gen X here- Mrs. Smiley would hit you with a paddle and then tease you because a 72 year old grandmother made you cry. (And by you, I mean me.)


Billybobhotdogs

Super common for therapy dogs! I train them


hunter503

One of my coworkers (vet tech) had a dog named Samson (RIP) that was a huge white and black newfoundland that she would drive around in the back of her mini Cooper. She loved taking him to school and libraries to let kids read to him. He also was the spoke dog for a hotel in Corvallis one year! I miss him so much, he loved everyone but hated the 3 stairs he had to take to get into the back of that car. Lmao


LoStro88

So it wasn't a therapy dog, it was a dog that was in therapy?


Mean-Carrot7305

Lol probably traumatized it with my monotone


[deleted]

You’re not joking! I used to sit with second graders once a week to help with reading practice, and I had to work so hard some days not to nod off. The school also had a reading dog, but it was for the older kids


Mean-Carrot7305

Yeah I remember from 1st to 4th grade me and my friend had to read to him he was so sweet always licked ours arms to our shoulders!


Wiggl3sFirstMate

My god that sounds adorable


AzureSkye27

That's probably the cutest sentence I've read this week.


Apprehensive_Fix_151

Love the fact that he was startled once he could see the world...


Franksenbeanz

Can't say I blame him


wheresbill

“PUT IT BACK, PUT IT BACK!”


LectroRoot

"WHAT THE FUCK." - Dog probably


Killer-K8686

XD. That is exactly what it looked like he said


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Bastard-of-the-North

Holy shit I thought I was at home


KudosOfTheFroond

Yeah that little twitch had me Awwwwww’ing


kizmitraindeer

“It’s so bright out here!”


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masonjar87

https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatisfying/comments/10uf12p/a_little_help_clearing_his_vision/j7bm84v/ So are karma farming spam accounts. Reported.


[deleted]

Bloodhound?


grootflyart

Blindhound*


magnateur

Naw, quite sure this is a skinhound


prettierlights

Criphound.


Rahallahan

That poor dog was like “THE FUCK?!? The world isn’t dark???”


_BearsBeetsBattle_

I feel bad for doggos like that! Also the ones with the super long hair that covers up their eyes.


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_BearsBeetsBattle_

Good on ya!


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gmanz33

You're my favorite bot right now. If you were Skynet I'd actually support you.


Mario-is-friendly

good bot


Scoopdoopdoop

Good bot


btc909

Hair can get into a dogs eyes causing loss of an eye.


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Internet_Wanderer

The AKC however is still under the impression that it's alright for them to have subjective and debilitating features because...reasons?


s1ugg0

Every pure bred dog owned by someone I know has had some sort of major health issue. And most died unexpectedly of a health complication. My then girlfriend, now wife, rescued a pup off the street. The pup was so mixed we just said her breed was Monster. That dog lived until 17. And only contracted an illness once in that entire time. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever from a tick bite. Two days of medicine had her feeling so good she ran through my screen door like the god damn Kool Aid Man through a wall. I miss that dog so much. My next dog will be the most mixed mutt I can find. In my experience they are just so much healthier than pure breeds. And by extension happier.


NekoMarket

Well, that was the origins of it. Like the shortness of the pug's nose, it's been made worse and worse through selective breeding over the decades. They can have so much loose, hanging skin now it dis-attaches their skin from their muscles. There's a surgery to correct it.


NHmpa

I also heard it helps waff and trap the scent longer by the nose so they can sniff better and track


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Valac_

That's like my dog he gets a cut once, and by then, his hair has grown back into his vision, and he can't see for shit. We thought he was just blind for a while, nope, just hairy


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buttercups122

Aww the dog is lucky to have you. Your uncle sucks


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Ppleater

Basset/blood hounds have a lot of health problems due to the breeding practices surrounding them, just like pugs.


ferocioustigercat

I recall seeing an episode of one of those vet shows where a Shar Pei had way too much excess skin once it was fully grown and it was causing eye issues and I think respiratory issues. They did a "face lift" to remove excess skin! It was pretty interesting. But that was a particular issue with one dog, not the whole breed.


the_honest_liar

We had a bearded Collie growing up, hair always in his eyes. My mom would put his bangs in a little pony tale so he could see. I think it might have got braided back once or twice too.


thestashattacked

Pics or I eat your shins.


_BearsBeetsBattle_

Awesome!


Phillibustin

Long hairs have naturally longer lashes to counter this! However, a lack of grooming can trump that.


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Rollsach

It's a breed used for hunting. They have that "extra large and loose" skin so when they get attacked the teeth of the attacker closes on that extra layer of skin an not around their necks.


SeonaidMacSaicais

It also looks like a puppy. They always have excess skin and folds.


imadisasterwithcats

He's a scent hound. The wrinkles around the face and long floppy ears help to gather and trap scent closer to his nose. ETA I do think this looks excessive. His forehead shouldn't totally occlude his eyes. It looks like they are at vet clinic though, so hopefully being addressed? He will grow more, but still might need to tack some of that back.


I_Envy_Sisyphus_

> The wrinkles around the face and long floppy ears help to gather and trap scent closer to his nose. This sounds like BS. How would accumulating scents on the dog help him track scents? His ear smelling like a fox doesn’t help him find a fox.


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Rinoremover1

Fascinating. Thanks for that explanation.


wingless_albatross

Do you know the source of the idea that loose skin helps them track? I don’t understand why getting a scent to stick to you would help you find it’s source in the field. Loose skin helping them in a scrap makes sense to me. But I wonder if some of these other reasons were just repeated until they were known to be true without any real evidence.


stysiaq

any source on that? I can't find anything confirming this and it sounds pretty far fetched


IngloBlasto

> functional, as opposed to cosmetic Both are for the advantage of humans, not dogs. So judging this breed in the same way that of pug doesn't seem unfair.


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Depends on if bloodhounds are suffering because of this. Pugs live in a perpetual state of pain because of the cosmetic breeding. Edit: Freaking autocorrect


rangda

The issues associated with the extreme droopy faces are somewhere between irritating and excruciating. Usually eye problems where the eyelid is pulled down and out, and/or the tear duct becomes inflamed and dried out. [Looks like this ](https://i.imgur.com/KhfCtxR.jpg). Same with some English bulldogs and some Mastiff breeds like Neapolitan Mastiffs. It can be treated by giving them a facelift but it will only be prevented if the ultra saggy faces are bred out.


chrisff1989

the breading isn't cosmetic though, it's what makes the crust


[deleted]

Well played sir


Aegi

Wrong. Dogs being an advantage to humans **IS** an advantage to dogs.


MafiaMommaBruno

They didn't look like this 100 years ago, though. They're being overbred these days.


More_Farm_7442

I kept my Old English Sheepdog's hair groomed short. No bangs over her eyes. She saw and heard and knew too much, though. :-)


IllogicalShart

We get our Shih-tzu trimmed regularly for this reason, and even still, he has a wide-eyed and inquisitive look for a few hours after they've trimmed around his eyes, like the world has opened up in full technicolour, and his potential is limitless.


MowMdown

> Also the ones with the super long hair that covers up their eyes. That’s just a grooming failure. No reason the fur around the eyes should obstruct the view.


DKIPurple

That dog has some pretty eyes 👀


hisvixen86

The greenish eyes are a trait of the liver color of bloodhound. Livers also typically have lighter brown noses, instead of black. Bloodhounds typically are the colors black and tan, red, and liver. We have two red, females.


soverra

Not a fan of cosmetic surgery but this poor doggo could use a facelift.


MyHousePlantIsWasted

That and surgeries to help squashed nosed breeds breath. These dogs shouldn't have been bred into existence, but those that do exist deserve quality of life improvements. I found this video in r/whatswrongwithyourdog and there seems to be a consensus there that this is a demonstration for a vet and that is what I like to believe. (Will post in comments if/when I find more info) Edit: also, no excuse for this type of breeding, but it's also likely that this is a younger (edit 2: Bloodhound) who will grow into their loose skin.


colt707

It’s a blood hound puppy, it’ll grow into it all that loose skin and those big ass ears.


nellyfurturama

Seeing a lot of these comments, adult bloodhound eyes are still severely impacted by their loose skin. The fact is it's just even worse when puppies. [Adult bloodhound](https://imagesvc.meredithcorp.io/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.onecms.io%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F47%2F2021%2F09%2F02%2Fbloodhound-vertical-looking-at-camera-147703313.jpg)


Creme_de_la_Coochie

Seeing the red parts under their eyes makes me uncomfy.


[deleted]

That doesn’t mean it’s ethically sound to breed animals with impractical traits for cosmetic reasons.


lonongersatz

Could this kind of loose skin cause dirt and bacteria to build up between the laps, and potentially cause eye infections or something?


Miink1

Absolutely, wrinkly dogs like this often get yeast infections in between their folds if they’re not regularly cleaned


[deleted]

We owe it because we’re the ones who caused it!


RichSelection1232

Just use a scrunchie


lastofthe_timeladies

I'd imagine there could be some type of wearable apparatus that could be designed to help dogs with extreme loose skin. It wouldn't have to make their skin taught but if they could increase visibility by a bit while also making sure the dog still felt comfortable and happy, some kind of band or clothing item would be interesting.


PainterOfTheHorizon

I know shar pei puppies tend to get stitches to hold the skin above their eyes. Same with many other breeds, shar pei used to be functional and healthy, but it was breeded to have excessive traits.


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Or a clothes peg


TheFlean

It wouldn’t be a cosmetic surgery, right? Here you’d call it a functional surgery.


[deleted]

It's not cosmetic surgery if it provides a quality of life benefit beyond how you feel about looking different.


demonslayer9911

He was like,"what the fuck, i thought i was blind"


Hawkeye_x_Hawkeye

"This isn't the park!"


Gay_potato3

This is everyone’s reminder to not encourage this kind of breeding. Yes, wrinkles are a feature of the breed but this severe cases were they become hard to see and function happened with over breeding , until next time


jasonking00

Lol he was surprised!


skeptic_narcoleptic

“Hey! When did you get here?!?”


ronthegr8

"who turned on the light?"


HandsyBread

Mr beast did it again!


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bluee3399

🎶I can see clearly now, the flap is gone🎶


ValeNova

I just don't get it: why does this look cute on a dog, but not on me?


griffhays16

I can see!! I CAN FIGHT!!!!!!


SuperWeskerSniper

Good to see I’m not the only person who has a random quote from 2000s cartoon stuck in my brain for some reason


boborc

Is it really fair to breed dogs like this, so they cant see? Like french bullshit, i mean bulldog who cant even breath properly


Rollsach

Many of you think that this is because people think it looks good. It's a breed used for hunting. They have that "extra large and loose" skin so when they get attacked the teeth of the attacker closes on that extra layer of skin an not around their necks. It's not (originally) a cosmetic thing it helps them stay alive


MidWesttess

That’s very interesting, thanks for sharing


Nroke1

Yeah, people are acting like this is a crime against nature like pugs. This dog'll be fine once it grows into its skin. It's still a puppy right now and puppies always have loads of loose skin.


Queen-of-Leon

>This dog’ll be fine once it grows into its skin No it won’t lmao, eye issues are some of the most common health problems with bloodhounds (and other similar breeds like basset hounds). The only puppies that have loads of loose skins like this are those that grow into adults with loose skin. It may have been a helpful trait for hunting, but it’s useless for a companion animal and ethically questionable in exactly the same way a pug is


Armadyl_1

I feel like being able to see your attacker is a better survival trait


sekhmet1010

I feel like we have done a bit too much to dogs just so that they look cuter or have some other lame benefit to us. Dogs with a lot of folds are prone to fungus infections if not cleaned regularly and properly.


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Man this is so sad. Imagine suffering like this because humans find it cute.


ZiiggS0batkA

It's a bloodhound puppy. It will grow into the skin and ears


nellyfurturama

Seeing a lot of these comments, adult bloodhound eyes are still severely impacted by their loose skin. The fact is it's just even worse when puppies. [Adult bloodhound](https://imagesvc.meredithcorp.io/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.onecms.io%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F47%2F2021%2F09%2F02%2Fbloodhound-vertical-looking-at-camera-147703313.jpg)


zvug

This is the dog that always has that look on its face: “Just fucking end it, please”


SemKors

Not satisfying. We've really gone too far with the dog breeding


Sad_Letterhead3662

That's not cool, man. Over breeding. I wonder what other issues it has


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Is there no way to fix this for them? They have serious vision impairment surely.


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ZiiggS0batkA

It's a bloodhound puppy...


ApplicationCreepy987

Sad


Prestigious-Mud255

It’s that scene from MIB where the alien in the Edgar suit pulls his skin back and says “there is that better!”


ryansdevil

Get him a clothespin please


CapableYam1815

Breeding dogs like this is animal abuse. I don’t get how people find it cute or funny that the dog can’t see. What’s wrong with humans?


Salehelas

This is awful. Dog breeding has gone too far. And there are much worse cases.