We Have a Tail Wag!

[jesse_the_k]

On his second day, Shadow wandered into our bedroom and leapt up on the bed. I made my creaky crane eh-eh sound which is the closest I get to saying "no" to a dog and he hopped right off. (Clearly, he's had some training.)

This morning we were resting in bed and he stood in our bedroom doorway. I said "Shadow come!" and he stepped inside! And wagged his tail! and then immediately turned around and went back to his crate.

But his tail can wag.

Comments

[muccamukk]

Tail wag! 🐾🎉🐾🎉🐾

[jesse_the_k]

<3

[threemeninaboat]

Awww!

[jesse_the_k]

<3

[barbaratp]

Ownt que fofinho adoro quando os animais são espertinhos e entendem o que falamos.

[jesse_the_k]

It's magic!

[thistleingrey]

Aw, yay!

[jesse_the_k]

<3

[sanguinity]

Hooray, a tail wag!

And thank you for linking to your first post -- I missed it somehow! Welcome, Shadow!

[jesse_the_k]

<3

(need a new icon darn soon)

[sheafrotherdon]

Awww congratulations! And happy pup!

[jesse_the_k]

<3

[conuly]

Aw!

[jesse_the_k]

<3

[celli]

awwwww yay!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jesse_the_k]

<3

[otter]

Progress!

[jesse_the_k]

<3

[seascribble]

A good and happy boy!

[jesse_the_k]

...soon, we hope. <3

[china_shop]

Yayay!!

[jesse_the_k]

<3

[chanter1944]

Tail wag! :D :D <3

May there be many, many a wag to follow. Deliberate icon is deliberate, and you know why. :)

[jesse_the_k]

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[soc_puppet]

Yay, Shadow!

[jesse_the_k]

<3

[sonia]

Yay beginnings of trust and safety! <3

[jesse_the_k]

Indeed. Step by step by step (by treat treat treat treat)

[cosmolinguist]

On a rough day for me, this is such lovely news to read.

[jesse_the_k]

It is the exactly right time for focusing on very small steps toward, as sonia said, trust & safety.

[galadhir]

Aw! He's a lovely boy, and it's so nice that he's gradually learning to be happy under your care. Go him and you :)

[jesse_the_k]

<3

[pauraque]

That's great. You are making the world that much of a happier, safer place. :)

[jesse_the_k]

Having the chance to do that now is definitely rewarding.

(Did you meet that adorable wolf puppy in your icon?)

[pauraque]

Sadly no, I just picked up the photo online somewhere!

[j00j]

<3

[jesse_the_k]

<4

[luzula]

Yay, progress!

[jesse_the_k]

One paw at a time!

[runpunkrun]

staticky voice coming over the tannoy: we are a go for tail wag

Tannoy

[jesse_the_k]

is such a great word! And because we're both that kind of word nerd,

A proprietary name for electrical apparatus concerned with sound reproduction and amplification. Subsequently used generally, esp. to denote a form of public address system.

28 Feb 1928 Tannoy 488,958. Electrical Instruments and Apparatus for use in connection with Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony and Electrical Conductors... Guy Rupert Fountain, trading as the Tulsemere Manufacturing Co as reported in Trade Marks Journal 18 April 605

First generic cite is 1944 by N. Shute Pastoral: "He was lighting his pipe..when the Tannoy sounded metallically above his head."

Oxford English Dictionary, “Tannoy (n.),” September 2025, https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/1117987990

Re: Tannoy

[runpunkrun]

Nice! I looked it up before I used it because it's not a word I use myself, and I wanted to make sure I had it right, but it's not in Merriam-Webster. Looks like it's of British origin, so it probably entered their language as a generic word for loudspeaker and skipped us.

[nanila]

Success! 😄

[jesse_the_k]

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[elisi]

<3 <3 <3

[jesse_the_k]

<3