*tired sigh* I miss my brothers so fucking much..... *dunks snout in liquor bottle*

....I really don't know why I keep trying. *finds a dark corner to disappear in*

*quietly watches the victory lap from a dark lonely corner hundreds of miles away* *single tear slides down muzzle* *drowns pain in a liquor bottle*

2025. A year of incredible highs, and unfathomable lows. A year of education, and hard lessons. A year of construction, and destruction. A year of addition by subtraction. A year of adding to my family, and tightening my circles. I’m still on this side of the dirt, thanks to those who truly cared. 💙

Last #WaggeryWednesday for 2025! 🐺: 'Hmm, what can we can do with this?' ⛰️🦁: "...oh, I have an idea." 🐺: '...wuh oh.' ⛰️🦁: "staaaay...staaaaaaaay..." 🐺: '...this is HUMILIATING, damnit!' ⛰️🦁: 😁😁😁 🐺: 🤬 🐺: Me! ⛰️🦁: @thatdieselcat.bsky.social 🐺✂️: @waggerycos.com ⛰️🦁✂️: ? 📸: @pengotheotter.bsky.social

*stares into the fire nursing a wee dram as another Christmas night fades into memory...mourning loss, recovering from betrayal, and slowly healing* *grateful for my true family and friends who never wavered through the darkness, always immediately reaching a loving hand into my deepest depths* 💙

*FWOOOOMP!* ….it’s never Christmas at #ChezShep until dessert catches fire (intentionally, of course….) 🐶🎄

Merry Clydesdalemas!

*quietly just sits and stares at the fire….lost in thought and memories* 😔

A touch of holiday baking…. #ChefShep

Quiet contemplation…. #SmokeShep

*lights up and relaxes after a wonderful meal* #SatedSheppy

COW!!!! *dives in* #StarvedSheppy

*glugglugglug* #SloshedSheppy

An appropriate fine smoke….. 🐴

*loses the fight against stress and pours ONE* 😑 *sigh* I truly don’t know why I do this shit anymore. #StressedShep

Y'know, it's lovely how classless sports fans are when they make an entire neighborhood sound like a war zone because their team won. Us pet owners with terrified animals truly appreciate it. Really, we love the fact they're in a panic because your drunk ass has to set off mortars. Losers. 🤬🤬🤬

Late night yeeting heavy things at slightly less heavy things with @deergons.bsky.social!! #BLfC2025

Den setup for today done, now food and beer— then maybe some time with the dice. 🤪 #BLFC2025

Welp, glad @deergons.bsky.social said ‘let’s take a walk after breakfast! 🤑🤑 #BLFC2025 #RoadTripShep

Yaaaaaaay getting flashbanged by the hotel room bathroom light motion sensor.....white marble room with full LED lighting = pain…. 🤬🤬🤬 #BLFC2025 #RoadTripShep

Room acquired, time to relax with a nice Scotch before hitting the lobster buffet in a couple hours with @deergons.bsky.social … #BLFC2025 #RoadTripShep

Day 2 inbound to #BLFC2025, and over the mountains we go! #RoadTripShep

Broke the back of the #BLFC2025 trip today…just a couple hours over the Sierras tomorrow to Reno. Time for another old fashioned while I unwind from a long day on the road. 🤪 #SloshedSheppy #RoadTripShep

Fuckit is declared. Repeat. Fuckit is declared. *faceplant* #BLFC2025

It's #FursuitFriday! 🐺: '...I think this mirror is busted.' 🐷: "...yep, I don't have an overbite, and my snout is nowhere near that big!" 🐺: '...now listen here, you walking BBQ pit!!!' 🐷: 'I'm not wrong, now am I?!?' 🐺: 🤬🤬🤬 🐺: Me! 🐷: @bubtheboar.bsky.social ✂️: @waggerycos.com #FureverWest2025

It's #WaggeryWednesday! 🐷: *snxxXXXzzz* 🐺🦊: *dialup noise* 🐺: 'No no, please, *DO* continue with that rambling story that's gone absolutely nowhere for the last hour, it's just RIVETING...' 🤪 ✂️: @waggerycos.com 🐷: @bubtheboar.bsky.social 🐺🦊: @razorthewolffox.bsky.social 🐺: Me! #FureverWest2025

It's #FursuitFriday, and have a pic from #FureverWest2025! 🐺: '...uh, you on a crash diet or something?!?' 🦌: '...no, the shower was way too hot this morning.' 😑 🐺: '...and what did we learn?' 🦌: *YEET!* 🤬 🐺: Me! 🦌: @razorthewolffox.bsky.social 🐺✂️: @waggerycos.com 🦌✂️: @fantasticfluffy.bsky.social

So this is what it’s like to not work at a con— almost 14 hours in suit yesterday, shenanigans all over the place, nothing to worry about except having fun….I could get used to this! 🤪 #RoadTripShep

This feels so strange. My brain is in a 'ok, let's start the con checkli...oh wait. None of that is relevant...WTF, NOW WHAT?!?' loop. I don't know how to do a fuck-off con after almost 8yr and 40+ times working them! 🤬 Actuallly fursuiting while the sun's up...you can do that?! 🤪 #RoadTripShep

Wow, this is a rarity….Shep is up in time for hotel breakfast, and it’s good, too!! 🤪 #RoadTripShep

Waiting for pizza…and yes, it’s absolutely worth it. #StarvedSheppy #RoadTripShep

SOUP!!! (With @pengotheotter.bsky.social @thatdieselcat.bsky.social @razorthewolffox.bsky.social ) #DenFur2025 #RoadTripShep #StarvedSheppy

A gorgeous Colorado morning...perfect temperature, a gentle breeze, fresh air. Lovely morning to just sit, rest, and recenter. I love being home, even if it's only for a couple weeks at a time. This is where I feel at peace and happy, and the world just is right. ❤️ #DenFur2025 #RoadTripShep

….I swear it’s not all mine, I had a bunch of requests for #DenFur2025 snacks…..no, I don’t have a beaver problem. 😑 #RoadTripShep

Back home…. ❤️ #DenFur2025 #RoadTripShep

Day 3 of the #DenFur2025 trek….and a short run today across the border into Colorado. At least it’s scenic. *faceplant* #RoadTripShep

Day 2 of the #DenFur2025 trek, and here’s a newsflash: Utah is still flat. 😑 #RoadTripShep

⚡️🐶: 'LOOK!!' 𓃦: '...where??' 🐺🦊: 'THERE!' 𓃦: 'Ok, it made us look, now what?' 🐺🦊/⚡️🐶: *facepaws* #FursuitFriday ⚡️🐶: Me! 𓃦: @pengotheotter.bsky.social 🐺🦊: @razorthewolffox.bsky.social ✂️⚡️🐶: @fantasticfluffy.bsky.social ✂️𓃦: @headsandtailsaz.bsky.social ✂️🐺🦊: @waggerycos.com 📸: @deergons.bsky.social

Fibsh after a *long* day of public fursuiting. #StarvedSheppy #RoadTripShep

Hey #colorado #furry people! We are doing our #denfur #tattoo flash event tomorrow! Come by and say hi!

Home again for a few days…. ❤️ #RoadTripShep

Bartender just walked over to me, I’m the only person left in the bar. ‘So that guy here all night annoyed me and left his tab open. You want something?’ “…suuure? Scotch?” ‘Done!!! And I didn’t want to inventory that bottle, so here’s what was left in the Glenfiddich 18!’ #CloseYourTabsKids 🤪 😇

Oops. My glass is full again. And I think my bartender poured that one as a triple. 🤪 That bottle was vertical for at least an 8 count…. #SloshedSheppy #ThisIsWhyYouTipYourBartenderWELL #RoadTripShep

Score. Hotel bar is open until 2300. Double old fashioned it is. At least this will make the hellhole of this state a bit more tolerable. 😑 #SloshedShep #RoadTripShep

💦🐶: 'Hey! Water! I wanna swim!' 🐺🦊: '...right now works. Grab his legs!' ⚡️🐶: 'On it!' 💦🐶: '...AAAAHHHhhh!!!' *SPLASH!* ✂️💦🐶/⚡️🐶: @fantasticfluffy.bsky.social ✂️🐺🦊: @waggerycos.com 📸: @ascarihusky.bsky.social 💦🐶: @thescubapup.bsky.social 🐺🦊: @razorthewolffox.bsky.social ⚡️🐶: Me! #AC2025 #FursuitFriday

It’s #FursuitFriday again…and here’s a pic from Denver Pride 2025!! Survived 4+ hours in suit thanks to my ThermApparel cooling vest, and it was an absolute blast! Awesome crowd, awesome vibes, and an amazing first extended public suiting experience! 🏳️‍🌈🐶🏳️‍🌈 🐶✂️: @fantasticfluffy.bsky.social

Random driver on I25: ‘…..that’s a really weird dog in that car…?’ 🦦: ‘AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!’ 🦦: @pengotheotter.bsky.social #Anthrocon2025 #RoadTripShep

4,250 miles later….back home in Colorado for a few days of rest after #Anthrocon2025 before going back south. Been quite the run… #RoadTripShep 🐶✂️: @fantasticfluffy.bsky.social 🐺✂️: @waggerycos.com 🐶: @thescubapup.bsky.social