u/3xLiqPref

Hey all, have a 7 year old mini aussie doodle. She's super sweet. Has been minimally reactive her entire life. As a puppy we made sure to play with her ears and feet etc so she's always been super comfortable being touchedby anyone. She always used to get a little shaky before a vet visit but used to be very chill being examined, and even getting blood drawn she would barely flinch.

About 3 months ago she had her anal glands expressed and it was horrible. She ignored the cheese lick thing they gave her and kept snarling and trying to bite them and eventually had to be muzzled.

Today she went to get blood taken (she needs a root canal after cracking a tooth but I won't get into that). And she was a nightmare... she showed a lot of fear even when the vet was just trying to do the checkup and touch her. And when the vet tried to feel her back legs she bared her teeth and snarled. For the blood draw they muzzled her - we ended up with 3 vet technicians trying to hold her steady but as soon as the needle even grazed her she'd contort and writhe and they couldn't get the needle in. Nobody wanted to keep trying, least of all her... So I'm going back Monday and she'll be taking gabapentin/trazadone to try and calm her down. I know that the muzzle and the people holding her contribute to the anxiety but I also understand that the vets don't want to risk a bite...

I'm still a bit worried that the adrenaline is going to outweigh the effect of the sedatives.. but more concerned about future vet visits and her getting more reactive with strangers generally (or for example, is she going to give the groomer a hard time now). To me, the vets seemed like they were approaching it right - baby talking her, giving her tons of treats, approaching slowly and letting her sniff and lick them before they touched her. But she was NOT fucking having it.

Any suggestions or advice from people with similar issues?

Hey there, I've pretty much decided on Brooklyn grey for the exterior for this car (skyscraper is another frontrunner). I'm still torn with what to do for the interior. I usually just go with black but I'm debating fiona red. I just worry that I'll get tired of red seats or that it will feel like "too much" at some point. This is my first serious high end vehicle. Also feels like if I went red seats I might as well do red brakes (vs. the standard blue) which means going red is +C$2,400 in total lol.

Also debating trim - I have an i4 e35 right now with the anthracite and it looks fine, maybe a little cheap (does get blazing hot in the sun as others have noted). Considering carbon fibre, partially because the M3 gets some trim on the wheel/padels too. But in Canada this is a $1,500 option and the anthracite is only $250.

I've seen photos of all of this, I guess just looking for some more opinions!