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Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Mississippi kite out hunting this morning! Very pretty, graceful birds. #BirdWatching #NaturePhotography #Mississippi

Mississippi kite in midair with something (perhaps a cicada) in one talon

Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Percy the #AustralianCattleDog was excited to be picked up from boarding and seemed to like his #Maine themed goodies (after boarding during my recent trip)! #DogsOfBluesky #RescueDogs #BlueHeeler

Blue heeler dog stands in parking lot of boarding kennel, looking at the camera and wearing a blue and white striped lobster-themed bandanna.

Blue heeler dog sits in grass with lobster-themed toys and treats.

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Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Had a great time visiting #Maine for the first time! Good food, beautiful landscapes, and adorable seals. Few days of vacation coupled to attending the Gordon Research Conference on #IonicLiquids.

Large group of seals sprawled across a rocky island

Mountains in background with a ski lift in the foreground

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Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Haven’t posted #ShelterPup photography in a while, but Eclipse the poodle was too cool not to share! #RescueDogs #ShelterDogs #Poodles #Poodle #DogsOfBluesky

Black standard poodle sitting in green grass

Black standard poodle standing in grass.

Black standard poodle laying in the shade with a toy (that has seen better days).

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Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Kane the German shepherd (husky mix?) is a stunner! He was sweet and loved toys, too. #ShelterPups #Mississippi #DogsOfBluesky #ShelterDog #GermanShepherd

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Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Yucky weather today means enrichment looks a bit different! Training walks in a farm store and a pet shop and a tasty treat at the coffee shop! Never a dull day for a #BlueHeeler ! #AustralianCattleDog #DogsOfBlueSky #DogTraining #CanineEnrichment

Blue heeler dog sits in a car licking a pup cup (whipped cream in an espresso cup)

Blue heeler dog sits politely in a farm store

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Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Super cute #ShelterPup today. He loved treats and had the best grin! #DogsOfBluesky

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Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Beautiful Spring day! Percy the #AustralianCattleDog with some lovely wildflowers! #PublicLands #BloomScrolling

Cattle dog sitting behind tall blueish wildflowers

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Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Received a lovely portrait of my Percy from Chewy!

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Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

These two just needed attention. The Pyrenees was especially cuddly.

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Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Today’s shelter dogs were fantastic. Loved these 3! #ShelterDogs #DogsOfBluesky

Put/heeler mix dog lays under a bench grinning

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Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Our favorite prairie was recently controlled burned. So this morning’s walk looked a bit different. #AustralianCattleDog #PublicLands

Blue heeler stands in ashy landscape looking at camera.

Green plant already starting to grow from the ashes.

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Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I’m a wimp about the sudden cold, so Percy’s walk today was around a few dog-friendly stores! #DogsOfBluesky #DogsOfChemSky #AustralianCattleDog

Downward shot showing a blue heeler dog wearing a carhartt jacket and carrying a lamb chop toy leaving a store.

Blue heeler dog heeling beside handler walking down a store aisle.

Blue heeler dog walking down a store aisle.

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Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Practicing tricks “in the wild” to proof cues and build confidence! #DogTraining #AustralianCattleDog

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Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Percy the #AustralianCattleDog with his Qualifier and #1 Australian cattle dog rosettes for @americankennelclub.bsky.social Trick Dog National contest! A #RescueDog proving you can teach an old dog new tricks!

Cattle dog laying down balancing a doggie donut on his snout. Rosettes are set out beside him.

Purple and white rosette on the left sat on a table top. Left ribbon reads #1 Australian cattle dog. Center ribbon reads 2025 AKC Trick Dog National competition. Right ribbon reads Elite Performer.

Qualifier medal in center and blue and white qualifier rosette on the right.

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Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Love to support the local roasters and this one is terrific! umblecoffee.com

Bag of Felipe’s anaerobic Umble Reserve coffee

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Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Spent a couple hours today giving shelter pups time out of their kennels! #DogsOfBluesky #ShelterDogs

Blue heeler play bowing with green canvas toy in her mouth.

Red Lab (pit mix, maybe) puppy sitting for a pic.

Peach and white big block headed pitbull standing in grass.

Sweet shepherd sitting and “giving paw” to person taking photo.

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Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Rain has brought out the mushrooms!

A blue heeler dog lays at the center of a fairy ring of white mushrooms.

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Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

National Chemistry Week x Mississippi State Homecoming tailg hosted by the Department of Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences, and Student Affiliates of the ACS. 🧪 🥽 #NationalChemistryWeek

Students in lab coats demonstrate liquid nitrogen boiling to kids on the other side of a table.

Kids watch as a chemistry student explains carbon dioxide sublimation, visualized using soapy water.

Two lab-coat-clad chemistry students pose triumphantly after a successful elephant toothpaste demo.

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Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Back at the shelter after a hiatus. Leash walks only today. walked a love lab and a cute little pit! #DogsOfuesky #RescueDogs #ShelterPups

Black lab sitting with tongue out. She has an orange rope lead and there is grass and bushes in the background.

Little blue pit with big wonky ears standing outside.

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Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Had some free time before an appointment today in Tupelo, so we explored the Natchez Trace and the birthplace of Elvis. m.youtube.com/watch?v=9XgD...

Cattle dog in the background on a mossy trail with a bridge section visible; package containing a Natchez Trace Parkway “bark ranger” dog tag in the foreground

Dog sits in front of small white house, the birthplace of Elvis.

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Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Finished this book on the flight home. Great read!

Hand holding a book with pretty artistic pink and gold flowers with the words “Inciting Joy” written over in purple. A plane seat back is in the background.

A photo of text from the book: “My hunch is that joy is an ember for or precursor to wild and unpredictable and transgressive and unboundaried solidarity. And that that solidarity might incite further joy. Which might in turn incite further solidarity. And on and on. My hunch is that joy, emerging from our common sorrow—which does not necessarily mean we have the same sorrows, but that we , in common, sorrow—might draw us together. It might depolarize us and de-atomize us enough that we can consider what, in common, we love. And though…”

Quote continues: “attending to what we hate in common is too often all the rage (and it happens also to be very big business), noticing what we love in common, and studying that, might help us survive. It’s why I think of joy, which gets us to love, as being a practice of survival.

And it’s why I’ve written this book.”

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Amanda Patrick @patricklabms.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Today's shelter pups included a short German shepherd mix (maybe part corgi?), a Vizsla-ish young guy, a brown mixed breed girl, and a toy-obsessed pit! #DogsOfBlueSky

A dog is sitting and looking at the camera. Her face looks like a German shepherd and she is black and tan. She is quite a bit shorter and smaller than a typical GSD though! Her ears are pricked up and are quite large for her size!

A reddish-gold puppy with yellow eyes sits looking at the camera. He looks like he's smiling and has his tongue partially out.

A brown dog with a white chest is sitting looking off to the left of the camera.

A white dog with brown around his eyes is running toward the camera wildly with a toy in his mouth.

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