u/AmericanHistoryXX

Hello! I've been reading a lot about historical spirits and how historical drinks were meant to mask the unpleasant qualities (burned, oily, acetone, rough, etc.) of early spirits. Obviously, technology has advanced a lot since then, but I have been very curious about what those spirits historically tasted like.

Does anyone have a recommendation of where I might get something like this? Something that's not just strong and an acquired taste, and not adulterated, but just ... kinda bad in the way that spirits were bad in the past?

Desensitization is the single most effective way to help dogs get over fireworks anxiety (really, any anxiety), but it takes time. That means that today is the best day to start preparing your dog for the next round of fireworks. And, the process is simple.

1. Put fireworks on your TV (there are tons of YouTube videos) at a very low volume and play with your dog, give them treats (maybe even save their very favorite treats and only give them when the fireworks sound is playing), all the things they love the very most. Repeat (not all on the same day, this can take several sessions, which is why you're starting now) until the dog stops noticing the fireworks sound. Don't use the exact same video each time, though. Use a variety.
2. Turn the volume up just a little bit, just enough that the dog notices, and do the exact same thing until the dog stops reacting to the sound again.
3. Repeat, gradually increasing the volume after the dog gets used to the given volume level. Eventually, it should be LOUD. But by the time it's loud, the dog should have gotten used to the sound, and even come to realize it comes with good things.
4. Regardless of how fast the process goes, keep practicing throughout the year so that the dog is ready for the real thing.

A trainer I took a couple classes with emphasized how effective this could be by asking "do you think hunting dogs are born loving the sound of a gun?" There are dogs out there for whom a gun or fireworks sound is the greatest thing in the world, because they're trained to. And average dogs can be trained to see fireworks similarly positively.

This also works for thunder, by the way.

Desensitization is the single most effective way to help dogs get over fireworks anxiety (really, any anxiety), but it takes time. That means that today is the best day to start preparing your dog for the next round of fireworks. And, the process is simple.

1. Put fireworks on your TV (there are tons of YouTube videos) at a very low volume and play with your dog, give them treats (maybe even save their very favorite treats and only give them when the fireworks sound is playing), all the things they love the very most. Repeat (not all on the same day, this can take several sessions, which is why you're starting now) until the dog stops noticing the fireworks sound. Don't use the exact same video each time, though. Use a variety.
2. Turn the volume up just a little bit, just enough that the dog notices, and do the exact same thing until the dog stops reacting to the sound again.
3. Repeat, gradually increasing the volume after the dog gets used to the given volume level. Eventually, it should be LOUD. But by the time it's loud, the dog should have gotten used to the sound, and even come to realize it comes with good things.
4. Regardless of how fast the process goes, keep practicing throughout the year so that the dog is ready for the real thing.

A trainer I took a couple classes with emphasized how effective this could be by asking "do you think hunting dogs are born loving the sound of a gun?" There are dogs out there for whom a gun or fireworks sound is the greatest thing in the world, because they're trained to. And average dogs can be trained to see fireworks similarly positively.

This also works for thunder, by the way.

The teeniest, tiniest dog hidden in my friend's taxi for just a few minutes put him in the hospital for allergies, despite the fact that he is able to encounter similar levels of pet dander with no issue when the dog isn't present.

Now, half of facebook thinks a dOg'S fEeLiNgS are more important than my friend's life.

*For clarity, I am against bringing your dog everywhere *including non-dog spaces, but I call bullshit here.

I'm looking for some help identifying a series that was advertised to me on Facebook a few weeks ago. It was one of those full episode ads.

It features an overweight female protagonist with blonde or light brown hair. Her mom had died, and she is abused by her dad and step-family, forced to live in the outhouse, beaten and verbally abused. She is engaged to someone she loves, but right before the wedding, her fiance throws her necklace in the lake and tells her to go after it. She almost dies, but while under water, she meets her dead mother. When she heals, she starts developing powers. One of the first uses of her powers is to save a kid. Then an aristocratic man falls in love with her and starts to help her get her inheritance back from her family.