The Dogs of 2020
December 30, 2020 10:38 AM Subscribe
(SLTwitter) Our friends at Dog Rates have released their 2020 compilation video. Don't know about your climate, but it got really dusty in here while viewing.
oh man that's gonna beat out White Wine in the Sun for this year's ugly cry.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 10:58 AM on December 30, 2020 [4 favorites]
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 10:58 AM on December 30, 2020 [4 favorites]
Past dusty and into full fledged weeping here - had to say goodbye to our 13 year-old Boxer the week lockdown began. Vet could't even let us in so thankfully Angel Paws agreed to come do it on our front porch, though that was when no one knew what Covid was all about so they came in full body suits and PPE - at least it was a beautiful and unseasonably warm March day so we were able to hang outdoors in the sun with him for awhile before they came. It's been beyond an utterly dreadful year to not have our pup - and he'd have been so goddam happy 'cause literally all we've done for 10 months is hang around the house, go for walks and hikes, cook good food and read/nap/watch TV-repeat.
posted by thecincinnatikid at 11:03 AM on December 30, 2020 [17 favorites]
posted by thecincinnatikid at 11:03 AM on December 30, 2020 [17 favorites]
The little baby dachshund at the beginning has the same duck toy as my little baby dachshund did
She doesn't care about toys anymore though; she's old; she's blind; she's my best baby girl; please excuse me
posted by Countess Elena at 11:04 AM on December 30, 2020 [11 favorites]
She doesn't care about toys anymore though; she's old; she's blind; she's my best baby girl; please excuse me
posted by Countess Elena at 11:04 AM on December 30, 2020 [11 favorites]
Dogs are so full of love. We almost don't deserve them.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 11:16 AM on December 30, 2020 [5 favorites]
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 11:16 AM on December 30, 2020 [5 favorites]
Watched this with my loveydove snugged up next to me here on the sofa. Tried not to cry because it upsets him. Failed.
posted by HotToddy at 11:26 AM on December 30, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by HotToddy at 11:26 AM on December 30, 2020 [3 favorites]
So pure. Thank you.
posted by corvikate at 11:43 AM on December 30, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by corvikate at 11:43 AM on December 30, 2020 [1 favorite]
Hugging dogs. In tears. Wonderful.
posted by Splunge at 12:07 PM on December 30, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by Splunge at 12:07 PM on December 30, 2020 [2 favorites]
It's a beautiful reminder that they're here with us, through everything. We don't go it alone, because they're beside us, always, and wouldn't choose anywhere else to be.
posted by meese at 1:11 PM on December 30, 2020 [4 favorites]
posted by meese at 1:11 PM on December 30, 2020 [4 favorites]
This may have been a shitty year for us humans but with all of us home so much, it's been the best dog year ever.
posted by COD at 1:30 PM on December 30, 2020 [5 favorites]
posted by COD at 1:30 PM on December 30, 2020 [5 favorites]
I want to watch this but I don't have the spoons for a weepfest today
posted by supermedusa at 1:45 PM on December 30, 2020 [7 favorites]
posted by supermedusa at 1:45 PM on December 30, 2020 [7 favorites]
Started crying 30 seconds in. In the best way.
posted by bookmammal at 1:50 PM on December 30, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by bookmammal at 1:50 PM on December 30, 2020 [2 favorites]
they're good dogs Brent
posted by Justinian at 1:58 PM on December 30, 2020 [5 favorites]
posted by Justinian at 1:58 PM on December 30, 2020 [5 favorites]
"How many cars do you usually see out here?" cracked me up (but yes oh my god I started crying when I saw this post in my RSS reader, basically, that's how things are).
posted by The corpse in the library at 2:54 PM on December 30, 2020
posted by The corpse in the library at 2:54 PM on December 30, 2020
Is this “aww this is so sweet why am I crying?” kinda stuff or Legit Sads kinda stuff? Cause I love dogs and would like to watch a video of them but cannot handle the latter.
posted by obfuscation at 3:26 PM on December 30, 2020
posted by obfuscation at 3:26 PM on December 30, 2020
It’s the first obfuscation, dogs are really good.
posted by lepus at 3:31 PM on December 30, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by lepus at 3:31 PM on December 30, 2020 [2 favorites]
it’s got some 2020 recap content and some hella emotionally manipulative music, but it is otherwise 100% good dogs doing adorable and hilarious doofus dog things and/or adorable and inspiring work dog things
posted by Reclusive Novelist Thomas Pynchon at 3:32 PM on December 30, 2020 [4 favorites]
posted by Reclusive Novelist Thomas Pynchon at 3:32 PM on December 30, 2020 [4 favorites]
Thanks :)
I love all these dogs (just not quite as much as my own)
posted by obfuscation at 3:55 PM on December 30, 2020 [2 favorites]
I love all these dogs (just not quite as much as my own)
posted by obfuscation at 3:55 PM on December 30, 2020 [2 favorites]
I liked the dog mad at trashcans and the dog trying to eat cars while riding in the car.
I liked the dogs.
(I like dogs.)
posted by edencosmic at 4:17 PM on December 30, 2020 [6 favorites]
I liked the dogs.
(I like dogs.)
posted by edencosmic at 4:17 PM on December 30, 2020 [6 favorites]
Dogs are my favorite people, this video is the best.
posted by LooseFilter at 4:52 PM on December 30, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by LooseFilter at 4:52 PM on December 30, 2020 [2 favorites]
I bet I wouldn’t have cried if I had muted it. My tears were 99% at the song and 1% at this heavy, heavy year. The dog content was all positive.
I’m going to cry on my dogs now.
posted by kimberussell at 8:03 PM on December 30, 2020 [1 favorite]
I’m going to cry on my dogs now.
posted by kimberussell at 8:03 PM on December 30, 2020 [1 favorite]
Novo Amor! Good choice for extra crying inspiration. Hecking good dogs, every one.
posted by kitten kaboodle at 11:29 PM on December 30, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by kitten kaboodle at 11:29 PM on December 30, 2020 [1 favorite]
My sweet Pumpkin, who endured heartworm treatment at the beginning of the year, has finished strong. Comes trotting to my side as soon as she hears the keyboard. Learned to play fetch. Made a dogfriend! Barked five times to protecc this house! (She never barked when I got her.) She is entirely good.
@dog-rates is a treasure, as it seems entirely devoted to delivering goodness. I'd been putting off watching this because I knew I'd be wrecked, and I was. But then Pumpkin snorted in her sleep next to me and her paws twitched a little, and I was glad.
posted by Caxton1476 at 7:05 AM on December 31, 2020 [3 favorites]
@dog-rates is a treasure, as it seems entirely devoted to delivering goodness. I'd been putting off watching this because I knew I'd be wrecked, and I was. But then Pumpkin snorted in her sleep next to me and her paws twitched a little, and I was glad.
posted by Caxton1476 at 7:05 AM on December 31, 2020 [3 favorites]
I am sitting here thinking about what I want from 2021 and how much grief we all experienced in 2020 and this video says more than I ever could about both.
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 8:28 AM on December 31, 2020
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 8:28 AM on December 31, 2020
Really, REALLY wish dog rates hadn't gone all racist on us, and I'm kinda surprised that isn't more well known.
posted by Canageek at 10:16 AM on December 31, 2020
posted by Canageek at 10:16 AM on December 31, 2020
> Really, REALLY wish dog rates hadn't gone all racist on us, and I'm kinda surprised that isn't more well known.
Details, please.
posted by The corpse in the library at 10:48 AM on December 31, 2020 [1 favorite]
Details, please.
posted by The corpse in the library at 10:48 AM on December 31, 2020 [1 favorite]
Unless something else happened, the account changed a dog's name in a post from "Kanan" to "George" 2 years ago and someone found out.
This led to the disclosure that he often changes dogs' names to something that sounded funnier or got more traction. But of course, in a racist society white-sounding names get more traction. Less "let's change this Arab-sounding name" and more "man people just really love dogs named George."
Yeah a more conscientious person with a background in social justice might have interrogated that impulse without ever being called out but it seems worth noting that the person who runs the account was like 19 years old at the time.
Whether this constitutes "gone all racist" rather than "fucked up a couple years back and apologized" is left to the individual.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 11:22 AM on December 31, 2020 [5 favorites]
This led to the disclosure that he often changes dogs' names to something that sounded funnier or got more traction. But of course, in a racist society white-sounding names get more traction. Less "let's change this Arab-sounding name" and more "man people just really love dogs named George."
Yeah a more conscientious person with a background in social justice might have interrogated that impulse without ever being called out but it seems worth noting that the person who runs the account was like 19 years old at the time.
Whether this constitutes "gone all racist" rather than "fucked up a couple years back and apologized" is left to the individual.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 11:22 AM on December 31, 2020 [5 favorites]
I hope in my next life, I am a Dog...
posted by Windopaene at 2:02 PM on December 31, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by Windopaene at 2:02 PM on December 31, 2020 [1 favorite]
Yes, I mean, since then, the young man has come out much harder in favor of important social justice issues (including PP, but also BLM) than your average "nonpolitical" cute account has ever done, despite taking a fair amount of crap for "being political." (You can see it in this year's video, which surely cost him monetizable likes.) I know the right uses "nuance in judgment" to mean "a free pass for awful people," but surely we can do a little better in this situation than "gone all racist."
posted by praemunire at 2:14 PM on December 31, 2020 [9 favorites]
posted by praemunire at 2:14 PM on December 31, 2020 [9 favorites]
I'm just here to celebrate dogs
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 3:36 PM on December 31, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 3:36 PM on December 31, 2020 [3 favorites]
I have passed this on to friends' delight. What is even more impressive is how creator Matt Nelson put fundraising appeals for operations on sick dogs up for owners who could not afford them and every time they brought in more than enough for the procedures needed -- the excess of which the recipients consistently paid forward.
posted by y2karl at 10:55 AM on January 1, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by y2karl at 10:55 AM on January 1, 2021 [1 favorite]
Started tearing up about 30 seconds in, which quickly turned into full on bawling for the rest of the video. I did not expect it to be so cathartic to watch. When it was done, I hugged my two dogs; River (our pandemic puppy) licked my eyes to get the tears fresh from the source, like the weirdo she is. Very good dogs, all of them.
posted by bluloo at 12:15 PM on January 1, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by bluloo at 12:15 PM on January 1, 2021 [1 favorite]
You were her salt lick.
posted by y2karl at 6:46 PM on January 1, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by y2karl at 6:46 PM on January 1, 2021 [2 favorites]
salt lick, that's going on my page, Karl.
Whether this constitutes "gone all racist" rather than "fucked up a couple years back and apologized" is left to the individual.
Agreed though horses and dogs should not be named after people I think that says something like dog is barking at pedestrian and owner just says "quiet, Petey"
walking/selling/training dogs is made 500x worse by those who want, ask, then do not listen. that breaks my heart because half the time you basically hear Dog go YEAH, MORE WALKS.
posted by clavdivs at 8:27 PM on January 1, 2021
Whether this constitutes "gone all racist" rather than "fucked up a couple years back and apologized" is left to the individual.
Agreed though horses and dogs should not be named after people I think that says something like dog is barking at pedestrian and owner just says "quiet, Petey"
walking/selling/training dogs is made 500x worse by those who want, ask, then do not listen. that breaks my heart because half the time you basically hear Dog go YEAH, MORE WALKS.
posted by clavdivs at 8:27 PM on January 1, 2021
We Rate Dogs has three videos on YouTube for sharing with your non Tweeting friends. 2020 is the pick of the litter but the others have their moving moments as well.
posted by y2karl at 9:56 PM on January 1, 2021
posted by y2karl at 9:56 PM on January 1, 2021
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