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[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Here is one of mine:

And here she is as a puppy:

[–] Late2TheParty@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Potato gonna potate. πŸ₯°

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[–] DosDude@retrolemmy.com 40 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

A very rare long-nosed potato!

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[–] Evil_Opossum@lemmy.ca 38 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

I love him πŸ₯Ή look at that snoot!

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Love the shirt! And the Shnozz!

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[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He's pretty angry indeed (that I'm taking a picture instead of snuggling him)

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[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Aww, those eyes!

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

A small yellow haired dog stretched out on a couch, looking really comfy

We've had this little goober for exactly a week, and I would fucking die for her.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

She looks like a true potato delight!

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[–] w3dd1e@lemm.ee 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I have a potato.

He loves to do trust falls. You have to be ready to catch this potato at a moments notice.

[–] Linnce@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Mine loves to lay down like that too

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[–] Lommy@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
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[–] ShaggytheRodgers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] brandocorp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

That’s def a potato.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

This picture makes his head look huge, and I love it.

[–] dangrousperson@feddit.org 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

my little potato

Of course I rubbed her belly right after taking the photo

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[–] pepperonisalami@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately this is the only kind of potato that I have right now...

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

I mean, I did ask for it.

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] rivenb@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

French fries!

[–] Sasnak@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 week ago

She's p sure she's built for guarding and herding the cats

[–] flames5123@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Here’s my potato mutt. Her name is Xion!

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (9 children)

I have two dogs. Charlie and Ghost. He is the outside of a potato:

And she is the inside of a potato:

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Mine was made to bite my mother-in-law and my daughter's boyfriend. I wish I didn't like those people because then it might have been kind of cool

[–] Draegur@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago

he speed
he track
he herd
he snacc

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Fat cat laying on it's side/back with paws in the air

A potato is a potato, regardless of animal type.

He loves belly rubs, clamours for attention just like a dog. He's basically a dog.

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[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

ah yes, the south carolina derp hound, I have one of those.

[–] teije9@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

my dog is made to herd, but she's scared of sheep and a silly potato

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[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I give my dog a treat. She drops some on the ground. I point at it and say "What's this?" She sniffs every part of the ground around my hand. I pick up the piece of treat and hold it under her nose. "What's this?!" She frantically sniffs around my wrist. She never finds the leftover treat bits.

Potate.

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[–] ecstatic_chance@mander.xyz 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

He likes to roll around on his back begging for tummy scritches.

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[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] Monzcarro 7 points 1 week ago (4 children)
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[–] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The dogs made for speed are also potatoes. Source: personal experience

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[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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