Post by LYDIA on Nov 4, 2014 13:05:07 GMT
GENERAL
Name: Lydia
Age: 3 human years
Breed: Purebred Flat-Coated Retriever
Group: stray
RELATIONS
Mate: n/a
Offspring: n/a
Pack: n/a
DETAILS
Voice: voiced by Kristen Bell
Scent: your character's scent
Peeves: winter, fighting, confrontation, strange humans touching her
Fancies: the outdoors, nice humans, fall, squeaky toys
Image Set (pictures are CC): www.flickr.com/photos/xanboozled/sets/72157605917855666/
PERSONALITY
True to her breed, Lydia is full of energy even at three years old. The Flat-Coated Retriever is nicknamed the “Peter Pan of the dog world” because they can take a long time to mature. So Lydia isn’t quite at the level of maturity that other dogs are. She is very energetic, always on the move, and never really ready to just relax. She has far too much energy to waste it on trivial things like sleeping or sitting around doing nothing. As for her mental state, she is pretty naive about the world. This is the first time living on her own, without humans to care for her. So she doesn’t have much of a survival instinct. She thinks everyone is her friend, and trusts far too easily. She has never known a life outside of a kennel or backyard. She doesn’t realize that there are dogs in the world who wouldn’t hesitate to take advantage of her. As stated before, she hasn’t quite reached the level of maturity that other dogs have.
She isn’t that great of a hunter. She was bred to retrieve dead animals, not hunt for her food. That’s not to say that she can’t hunt, she’s just not experienced enough to consistently bring down prey. She tries her best, and if she catches something, great. She has resorted to raiding trash cans for food, something that she once saw as disgusting. She still does, but she understands that it’s the best way to get food.
She loves the outdoors, mostly because for the first year of her life, she was in a kennel. Even though she lived with a family for the next two years, she didn’t experience the outdoors much. It was mostly “go out and come in when we tell you”. So she finds things fascinating that other dogs would find boring. She’s constantly amazed with what she sees every morning she wakes up. She’s a pretty positive dog, and doesn’t see the bad things in life.
She doesn’t like confrontation. While she thinks everyone is her friend, and is generally nice to others, she hates getting into arguments. She’s the dog that wants to make sure that everything and everyone is happy and gets along, which goes along with her naiveness. She’s the one who will try to make everything right. If there’s even a hint of a fight, and she’s not the one the anger is directed towards, she’ll try to step in and stop the fight. If the fight is directed at her, she’ll try to talk them down or flee if that doesn’t work. Only in very rare cases where there’s no possibility of escaping, will she fight back. In short, she’s very passive and really needs to be taught that being as passive and naive as she is, isn’t the way to survive. She needs a good dose of reality in my opinion.
HISTORY
Lydia started out in life with a promising future. Her parents were both successful show dogs and so their litter was destined to be great. As with everything in life, things didn’t work out the way they were planned. Lydia hated the show ring. She might have been a pretty dog, but she hated strange people touching her and standing in a ring for hours. One day she’d had enough of the constant traveling and waiting for a judge to say she was the best in the class. So she did something that no show dog should ever do: she bit the judge, which is grounds for immediate disqualification. Disgraced by the fact that one of their dogs bit a person, her owners sent her to the vet to be put down. Luckily for Lydia, one of the vet techs there took pity on her and saved her from being put to sleep. The person took her home to live with her family and she lived a relatively peaceful life for the next two years.
When Lydia was two months away from turning three, her new owner had a baby. Lydia loved the baby and slept by its crib every night. She felt it was her duty to protect the kid. Unfortunately for the dog, her owners found it difficult to care for the rambunctious Retriever and a new kid at the same time. Not understanding why her owners looked so sad whenever they looked at her (they were contemplating on what would be best for the dog), she constantly thought she’d done something wrong. Unable to stand the depressing mood in the house, Lydia thought it would be best to just run away. Then her family would be happy, right? So she escaped from the house late one night and never looked back. She didn’t have a particular destination in mind, just to keep heading east. She eventually made her way to Shorebridge.
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OUT OF CHARACTER
Alias: Scotia
Gender: Female
RP experience: Advanced
Hobbies: Writing novels, reading, and roleplaying
How you found us: Through an advertisement on one of the roleplay sites I'm on
Other: None
Name: Lydia
Age: 3 human years
Breed: Purebred Flat-Coated Retriever
Group: stray
RELATIONS
Mate: n/a
Offspring: n/a
Pack: n/a
DETAILS
Voice: voiced by Kristen Bell
Scent: your character's scent
Peeves: winter, fighting, confrontation, strange humans touching her
Fancies: the outdoors, nice humans, fall, squeaky toys
Image Set (pictures are CC): www.flickr.com/photos/xanboozled/sets/72157605917855666/
PERSONALITY
True to her breed, Lydia is full of energy even at three years old. The Flat-Coated Retriever is nicknamed the “Peter Pan of the dog world” because they can take a long time to mature. So Lydia isn’t quite at the level of maturity that other dogs are. She is very energetic, always on the move, and never really ready to just relax. She has far too much energy to waste it on trivial things like sleeping or sitting around doing nothing. As for her mental state, she is pretty naive about the world. This is the first time living on her own, without humans to care for her. So she doesn’t have much of a survival instinct. She thinks everyone is her friend, and trusts far too easily. She has never known a life outside of a kennel or backyard. She doesn’t realize that there are dogs in the world who wouldn’t hesitate to take advantage of her. As stated before, she hasn’t quite reached the level of maturity that other dogs have.
She isn’t that great of a hunter. She was bred to retrieve dead animals, not hunt for her food. That’s not to say that she can’t hunt, she’s just not experienced enough to consistently bring down prey. She tries her best, and if she catches something, great. She has resorted to raiding trash cans for food, something that she once saw as disgusting. She still does, but she understands that it’s the best way to get food.
She loves the outdoors, mostly because for the first year of her life, she was in a kennel. Even though she lived with a family for the next two years, she didn’t experience the outdoors much. It was mostly “go out and come in when we tell you”. So she finds things fascinating that other dogs would find boring. She’s constantly amazed with what she sees every morning she wakes up. She’s a pretty positive dog, and doesn’t see the bad things in life.
She doesn’t like confrontation. While she thinks everyone is her friend, and is generally nice to others, she hates getting into arguments. She’s the dog that wants to make sure that everything and everyone is happy and gets along, which goes along with her naiveness. She’s the one who will try to make everything right. If there’s even a hint of a fight, and she’s not the one the anger is directed towards, she’ll try to step in and stop the fight. If the fight is directed at her, she’ll try to talk them down or flee if that doesn’t work. Only in very rare cases where there’s no possibility of escaping, will she fight back. In short, she’s very passive and really needs to be taught that being as passive and naive as she is, isn’t the way to survive. She needs a good dose of reality in my opinion.
HISTORY
Lydia started out in life with a promising future. Her parents were both successful show dogs and so their litter was destined to be great. As with everything in life, things didn’t work out the way they were planned. Lydia hated the show ring. She might have been a pretty dog, but she hated strange people touching her and standing in a ring for hours. One day she’d had enough of the constant traveling and waiting for a judge to say she was the best in the class. So she did something that no show dog should ever do: she bit the judge, which is grounds for immediate disqualification. Disgraced by the fact that one of their dogs bit a person, her owners sent her to the vet to be put down. Luckily for Lydia, one of the vet techs there took pity on her and saved her from being put to sleep. The person took her home to live with her family and she lived a relatively peaceful life for the next two years.
When Lydia was two months away from turning three, her new owner had a baby. Lydia loved the baby and slept by its crib every night. She felt it was her duty to protect the kid. Unfortunately for the dog, her owners found it difficult to care for the rambunctious Retriever and a new kid at the same time. Not understanding why her owners looked so sad whenever they looked at her (they were contemplating on what would be best for the dog), she constantly thought she’d done something wrong. Unable to stand the depressing mood in the house, Lydia thought it would be best to just run away. Then her family would be happy, right? So she escaped from the house late one night and never looked back. She didn’t have a particular destination in mind, just to keep heading east. She eventually made her way to Shorebridge.
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OUT OF CHARACTER
Alias: Scotia
Gender: Female
RP experience: Advanced
Hobbies: Writing novels, reading, and roleplaying
How you found us: Through an advertisement on one of the roleplay sites I'm on
Other: None
