#AWOOOOO!!!! Many many thanks for everyone who supported our Phase 1 Crowdfunder for our grassroots research project on Viking/Medieval #dogs #wolves #horses. We are in phase 2 and continue. Our website will have updates & sign up for Bite-sized Treats (aka short blogs) as we go from here. https://www.vikingdublindogs.ie/ This is going to be exciting and please follow along. We will post here and on burdsite too. Ruth & Rena are on Bluesky and will post there too. #JoinThePack

#AWOOOO 1st member of the Viking (dog) Clan rewards. Exclusive behind the scenes, online zoom talks with previews to our results, updates etc, all through the project. Sincere thanks to Dermot Cosgrove , our Guardian Nala’s person! #JoinThePack https://www.vikingdublindogs.ie/product-page/viking-clan-exclusive-backers-online-zoom-talks

- stable isotopes, bone measurements analysis and aDNA, will be so informative about Irish & British dogs from a time we know little about dogs from, & their roles in human societies during, Viking-Age & Medieval periods. #VikingDublinDogs #JoinThePack

#AWOOOOO Fantastic news! We were awarded some funding from the National Monuments Service, Ireland for our #VikingDublinDogs project - enough to date at least 15 dogs. Brilliant! We are over the moon and many many thanks to National Monuments Service on behalf of us all. #dogs #JoinThePack

#AWOOOO New Bite-sized Treat - A day in the life of Finbar. His human, Dr Rena Maguire, is a member of our Researcher Pack. Finbar is our man on the ground in Belfast and is quite the catch! #VikingDublinDogs #JoinThePack #dogs https://www.vikingdublindogs.ie/post/finbar-s-day-in-his-life

What’s in the box? @ucdarchaeology let us borrow these little dog’s bones from Wood Quay, Dublin City, Ireland to include in our project. Look at how small they are … 🥹🥹😍 1/3 #VikingDublinDogs #JoinThePack (short video wouldn’t upload, so some photos instead)

#AWOOOO A new Bite-sized Treat was posted - telling the boys from the girls dogs - boy dogs have a special bone.... read all about it here: https://www.vikingdublindogs.ie/post/dogs-boys-and-girls #VikingDublinDogs #JoinThePack

Great to be talking with Ray on the RTÉ Ray D’Arcy radio show earlier all about our @VikingDublinDog grassroots project. If you love dogs and want to help out their ancestors go along to our crowdfunding campaign to help us raise costs of the dating. #AWOOOO #JoinThePack see our website vikingdublindogs.ie and catch Ray and I chatting here https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22270194/

Sneak peak at our exclusive designs drawn by the brilliant @JohnFlynnArt on all our rewards, including limited edition co-signed Fine Art prints on Bamboo natural white A4 matte paper. All and more in our crowdfunding campaign opening tomorrow! #VikingDublinDogs #JoinThePack

A big thanks and #AWOOOO for all the support from all our new followers and all of ye who are liking and re logging our posts. We are really excited for you all to join in with this cutting edge research on Viking-Age and Medieval #dogs in Ireland and UK.

It’s going to be a brilliant walk through time with lots of treats!!! #JoinThePack from tomorrow when we open our crowdfunding campaign to raise the costs to cover the crucial radiocarbon dating we need for our dogs.

We even have Viking-Age puppies’ bones from Dublin City, Ireland to analyse in our grassroots #VikingDublinDogs project. Wonder what they fed on? We’re they dog or wolf pups, or a mix? Come find out with us & get involved. Crowdfunder opens 4 July (Tuesday). #JoinThePack #dogs Please re toot and help spread the word and AWOOOOOs, thanks

Some of our prelim #VikingDublinDogs data shows Irish Viking-Age & Medieval dogs were taller than British dogs. What’s going on? We hope to answer this & many other questions in our grassroots project. Help us and join in with our crowdfunding campaign 4 July 2023. #JoinThePack please Re Toot, thanks and help spread the word. We need all paws on deck for July 4th! #dogs

#VikingDublinDogs have the wonderful Lidl Ireland Aungier Street Viking-Age dogs 👇. We need help from you all to raise costs for radiocarbon dating. Crowdfunding campaign opening next Tuesday 4 July 2023. Lots of ways to get involved with our project 🐕 🙏 #AWOOOO #JoinThePack Please Retoot, thanks

#AWOOOOO! #teaser from one of our crowdfunding rewards that launch next week!!! Lots of ways for you all to get involved & support our #VikingDublinDogs & directly help and #JoinThePack ! We hope to raises the costs for the crucial radiocarbon dates with your help! Please RToot thanks

#AWOOOO!! A new Bite-sized Treat just dropped on the Blessington Demense dog, by Site Supervisor Andrew Fairbrother from @IACArchaeology , one of the commerical companies we are working with. #VikingDublinDogs #JoinThePack #Irisharchaeology #dogs #zooarchaeology https://www.vikingdublindogs.ie/post/the-blessington-demesne-dog

#teaser for our Kickstarter we are running early July to raise funding to cover the costs of the archaeological dogs’ radiocarbon dates. We need to know when these dogs are occurring at our various Irish & UK sites. Join & help us time travel! #VikingDublinDogs #JoinThePack

Seeking players for a new TTRPG campaign using the fun and easy "Heckin' Good Doggos" system.

Starting tomorrow if we have enough players!

Good Puppies! A Heckin' Good Doggos Campaign
Fridays at 4pm Eastern/8pm UTC, approx 90 mins. per session. https://startplaying.games/adventure/clg2pqdgp000908lbeaqjf1qi

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AWOOOOO! Delighted to announce that #VikingDublinDogs project has 10 radiocarbon dates for Dublin City #dogs sponsored by Dublin City Council, Ireland.
We are very grateful to Dr Ruth Johnson, Dublin City archaeologist for this funding & for taking such a positive interest in our grassroots project! #JoinThePack #VikingDublin #MedievalDublin #Irisharchaeology #animalbones #wolves #horses

It’s a good old boy :)
Partial adult large type dog skull, with two fused caudal tail vertebrae, partial pelvis, calcaneum and a baculum (penile bone).

Medieval hinterland Dublin site, Ireland.
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