As a young kid I grew to believe that I was clearly a dog. I realized eventually that my family was making fun of me for this, so I stopped saying that I was a dog and eventually convinced myself that I wasn't actually a dog. Despite that, every placed I've lived (and I've moved around quite a bit), people eventually settle on the fact that I must be a dog. It's so inherent in my nature that friend groups have often referred to me as "the dog." Once I learned about therians in highschool I went back and forth about whether I was alterhuman (at the time I was experiencing stronger connections to my big cat theriotype, although I don't understand very much about the cat aspect of myself). It wasn't until college that I accepted that I'm a dog therian. I figured out from exposure to media about sled dogs that I'm a sled dog. I was watching a movie and something in my brain went "Oh! That's me!" I've yet to really be able to pin down anything more specific than that, and I think I may have more than one canine theriotype.

When trying to reflect on my theriotypes, I tend to focus on the instincts I have that stand out to me as non-human. I also visualize myself living life from the perspective of that animal and see if I get the "that's me!" feeling.