Dogwolf Stuff

I feel like I'm strange for liking dog stuff sometimes. I've dug like werewolf media and stuff and even have this "persona?" (more on that later) of Jackie The Dogwolf. Like all of it is such a part of me. The times I feel strange are usually when I use dog or wolf related turns of phrase in my everyday speech. Like, when I'm excited, I usually say "My tail's wagging" before just saying I'm excited. I don't mind it personally, so I should just say "fuck 'em, who cares, I like it and that's enough," but when it seeps into my daily life the people pleaser in me feels kind of embarrassed by it at times. 

At one of my jobs that tends to have more normal clientele (?) I have tried to check myself but I usually end up letting it slip because it's what I usually say anyway. Sometimes I can't handle the fact that people look at me strange for saying those types of things. Usually it's something innocuous like using "this dog" as a third-person identifier toward myself and that's usually when some eyes quint and some heads cock. In the same way, sometimes, I feel like I refer to myself as Jackie The Dogwolf more than with my last name and I don't really know if that's a problem. It's not like I'm some creep trying to become a dog or wolf or anything (although kemonomimi is very alluring and I have been shopping for a tail and some new ears). I just like it. I just like it. I JUST LIKE IT. Why do I have to be perceived as more weird than I'm already perceived as a twenty-something trans woman just because I have adopted language I like and is significant to me? 

I shouldn't even vent about this because it is kind of a non-issue, but being Jackie The Dogwolf and the way that's perceived makes me anxious on top of every other non-conforming identity I use.