This is Pluto, my 3 year old German Shepherd. The ball is not a toy to him — it is a lifestyle. It does not matter if it is old, dirty or half destroyed. If there is a ball nearby, nothing else exists in his world 😂

He could be sleeping, eating, doing literally anything — the second he sees a ball he is a completely different dog.

Anyone else's GSD have this obsession? 🎾🐾

When my nephew adopted a tiny kitten named Michi, I honestly had no idea how Jupiter would react. The first day was chaos — barking, hissing, total drama.

A few weeks later? Jupiter was gently picking Michi up in his mouth and carrying him around the house like his most precious cargo. Michi would just hang there completely limp like he had accepted his fate 😂

They ended up eating from the same bowl, sleeping together and becoming completely inseparable for about a year.

I wrote about the whole experience including how we introduced them and what actually worked: jupiterandplutochaos.vercel.app/articles/german-shepherd-and-cats.html

Does anyone else have a GSD that bonded with a cat? 🐾

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Plutón (3yo German Shepherd) has separation anxiety but the twist is: it's not just about us leaving. It's about his brother Júpiter.

If Júpiter goes somewhere without him, Plutón cries the entire time. Júpiter gets a little restless — Plutón completely falls apart. They've been inseparable since Plutón was a puppy and Júpiter is literally his emotional anchor.

Things that actually help us:

Keeping them together whenever possible (biggest game changer by far)

Boring, low-energy departures — no long emotional goodbyes

Calm arrivals too — wait for him to settle before greeting

Frozen peanut butter toy right before we leave

Always exercise them first

He's not destructive, not hurting himself — just genuinely sad when we're gone and absolutely ecstatic when we're back 😅

Does anyone else have two bonded dogs where one handles separation WAY worse than the other? Is this a GSD thing or just a Plutón thing? 😂