About Us

We are altogether known as Canidae / Canidae Collective, any pronouns work when addressing collectively/generally. We're a 2003 permakid canine who never grew up, and an autistic, adaptive system.

General

Our special interest encompasses : animals in general, furries/animal characters/xenofiction, alter/nonhumanity, and related 'animalistic' media or communities. We discovered the furry community around 2013, the therian community around about 2014, and plurality since about 2017. We're also a little/fur and brony!

We collect various toys (mainly PlayMobil, Littlest Pet Shop, misc 1:12 scale accessories,) and plushies (classic Disney animals, canines, soft animal baby plushies.) We like all sorts of cartoons, television, and movies. We go to raves/dances a bit and like to dance in fursuit as well as do outings. It's very difficult for us to make close friends (especially online,) for many reasons, but we look for the good in everyone and greatly enjoy all the interactions we have with our communities and seeing folks thrive around us.

We are mentally/neurologically disabled and struggle with sensory input, memory, consistency, social interactions, and communication. We may take a while to respond, or admittedly forget to at all (feel free to double text us!! we don't mind at all,) We alternate between saying we/us and I/me, and between posting separately/'signing off' alters, or collectively.

Nonhumanity

General

We are collectively a holotheric canine shifter - seems we are a coyote, wolf, or something similar - with each alter having their own individual, internal identiies as well. We see labelled symptoms of our autism/neurodivergency moreso as a societally human way to explain some of our struggles as a nonhuman, than that we necessarily have the exact same as most "human autism." Symptoms, experiences, & accomodations align enough that the label helps. We also see our gender as inseparable from our species, as we do not resonate with human societys' constructs of gender. Our genderfluidity depends on us presenting/performing certain styles, but we are largely genderless at heart, just a canine before other identifiers or labels.

This applies to alterhuman/nonhuman/etc. labels as well. We are fairly lax about which are used for us. The following are all labels we sometimes use, and we'll break them down as an exercise for ourselves ^.^

Nonhuman, Alterhuman, Animalperson

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Holothere

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(Physical*) Shifter, Shapeshifter

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Therianthrope, Otherkin, Extranthrope

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Fictionfolk; 'kin, 'hearted

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Trans-species / Tris-species

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Archetrope

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Alignment/Embodiment, Species Affirmation/'Transition'

We plan to do many things to appear more canine outwardly too, aligning our mind and body a bit more. As of October 2025, we have six half-dome subdermal silicone implants in our stomach to embody our proper belly teats! They will be tattooed realistically in the future. We also plan to get 'feral' paw tattoos on the tops and bottoms of our hand/feetpaws, and permanently sharpened/lengthened canine teeth. Will add more

Diet change, lifestyle, exercise, quadrobics, not using dewclaw when humanoid

Plurality

General

We are an adaptive system of around ten alters. We have been in therapy, aware of our plurality for a long time now, and day-to-day tend to function okay enough. We have breakdowns, internal conflict, amnesia, and heavy dissociation still - but it is much less frequent and intense than it used to be.

Typically, our two hosts switch anywhere from every few hours, few days, or few weeks, depending on stressors and positive triggers. We balance the daily workloads and one can take over if something is upsetting enough to need a break, but not enough to trigger out another alter. Other alters are sometimes co-conscious, providing input or passive influence to the host. Most of the time though, other alters only fully front in specific situations they are triggered out for.

'Ettiquette' / Interaction Guide

Not in any way 'required reading' or super serious, just a fun thing to fill out. A very trimmed version of this list from Hungry Ghosts!

Who are others most likely to interact with?

Our primary host, Coyote, or our secondary host Pup

How should others refer to you?

We can be addressed collectively (as Canidae,) or as Coyote (primary host) by default/assumption. Otherwise, if a member makes themselves known, please address them with their preferred terms.

What terms do you/do you not prefer?

All the following terms are okay with us : alter, headmate, sysmate, system member - adaptive, DID/OSDD, dissociative, mixed origin, quoigenic, traumagenic - system, plural, collective, multiple, probably others. 'Parts' & 'personalities' we generally don't like used by others towards us.

How out are you? Do you have a 'singletsona?'

We are mostly out. Out online, to friends, and handler. We don't tell people we are plural out of nowhere or when introducing ourselves typically (unless we are talking to someone else who is plural or an explicitly pro-plural space,) but we don't mind talking about it if the topic comes up. Our family knows we have OSDD/DID, but they just haven't asked for more details and we haven't offered. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ So with them and most passing interactions we do have a "singletsona" name we go by.

Will others be interacting with any child members? Is there anything they should know when interacting with them?

Yes, we are altogether intellectually more around tween-teen, with our hosts both being mental age sliders ranging around 4-16. But we have the life experience of an adult and - when we are choosing to be online talking - can handle most adult/sensitive topics in discussions at most times. You do not need to interact with us if that makes you uncomfortable.

Do you have any internal communication difficulties, memory issues, etc that others should be mindful of?

Our main two hosts typically have fairly low amnesia barriers, and can swap day-to-day information/memories fairly easily. Any other alters however, we have higher amnesia barriers and may forget interactions. Please be patient if we forget things, it's not on purpose x.x

What are your boundaries for others asking about fronting?

If you don't know who's fronting, you are welcome to ask! Or just address us collectively. You can also ask to speak to someone who isn't fronting - but it will likely be more like passing a message. We still often struggle with triggering out alters at will.

Your stance on being asked questions? (about personal experience, preferences, plurality in general, etc)

Ask away! So long as you don't have ill intent we'll usually gladly yap about ourselves or interests lol, and we love to educate about our communities.

Age

General

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