This is his approach to most activities. Oh, a mundane situation? Let's make it weird for no reason! Hmm, an inanimate object? That's stupid, I should dance around it to assert dominance! Maximum intensity always💪💪💣🙆
Second clip included to demonstrate that he does know how the puzzle works, he just doesn't care. Is this normal?🐸
I have thought about sharing Casper's villain origin story before, decided to do it after talking to someone here (hi @topspin1241831) so... Let's get ready to RAMBLEEE!
This is Adidas, he's an American Bully XL, a massive couch potato and a shy brony. It was love at first sight. I had never seen a dog quite like him before (they are not very common here) so when his owners asked BF to dogsit for a week, he said yes. Addy was pretty timid at first, it was pretty clear that he had confidence issues. It was SO HARD not to smother/bother him, we assumed that he wasn't comfortable with stuff like that. When we went to bed something happened: He flopped down on top of me and fell asleep, it was very emotional. After he started opening up more we fell in love with this boy. We had talked about getting a dog before, but it just felt so fucking daunting to me at that time, suddenly it started to feel natural. Adidas went home despite us secretly hoping that they would somehow forget about him, it was crushing.🫠
Fast forward two months, I was looking for dogs near us online just for fun after reading a bit about bullies and daydreaming. "A super stubborn chill dog with no concept of personal space??? That's perfect!" It was a pipe dream obviously, a trendy but niche (we live in Sweden where they are not a recognized breed) dog like that would be too hard to come by for us, but maybe we could find other dogs that matched our preferences. Guess who showed up almost instantly? Casper. Except he was named Odin, this was his description (from memory, so it's not 100 % accurate):
Pocket bully, 7 months, merle, registered with abkc, only for those with previous experience, should NOT be around children. Suspiciously low price (adoption fees are standard here) and unclear picture included.
Not very appealing, so I scrolled past him. Only for experienced bully owners? We're not. Bad with children? Not great... BF agreed, he has a son after all. WELL, I got a little impulsive and wrote to the woman rehoming him anyways. I'll call her EO for ex owner from now on. Turns out he wasn't aggressive around children, just too rough. The part about only wanting experienced owners? BF had a Dogo Argentino before, which was good enough. We went to see him the next day, not really knowing what to think.
Casper didn't really match our expectations, he was a lot bigger and A LOT prettier than his picture!😅 He was all over us right away, just a big obnoxious puppy. He was very stressed out, and pretty soon we found out why. Remember that part about children? EO had two of them, a newborn and a 3-year old. Let's just say the older kid shouldn't have been around dogs. He started chasing Casper, hitting him and throwing things at him while we talked.
She never really stepped in, and it became clear that there were more issues. EO was very confident about raising bullies, clearly taking pride in having two of them before. The problem? She was incredibly misinformed. She had only had her previous dogs for two years each, and one of them "just snapped out of nowhere." According to her, this was because her boyfriend played tug of war with him, which turns bullies aggressive automatically apparantly🤷♀️ Casper/Odin was locked in a cage that was too small for him for long periods of time, wasn't socialized, trained or treated with respect. It's almost as if those things could maybe create a reactive and dangerous dog, hmmm.
After a while the kid got hold of a spray bottle with fabric softener. I ended up having to chase him around to block Casper from the spray, he was visibly scared at this point. When I asked EO to take the bottle she shrugged and said "well it's just fabric softener, so it's not dangerous!" We took him home shortly after that, he turned two at the start of 2026.
Casper has changed a lot since his Odin era, mainly becoming less stressed, more muscular and much more weird. He still struggles with anxiety and overstimulation, but his spirit is unbroken. Even the bad days are a blessing, because he's our lucky soul dog.Thank you Adidas for inspiring us💜
PS sorry about the lenght, I'll probably quote some of the weird things the lady said to me in the comments to avoid this becoming a full novel.🙏