u/Burner_Account_2002

I signed up for the newsletter and pre-sale notifications for flexpasses but when I click on flexpass on the Victoire site it takes me to a blank page. Has anyone who didn't have flexpasses before (previously I've always bought single-game tickets) been able to buy Flexpass tickets?

Update: I was only able to buy the flexpass using ticketmaster on my phone, not on my laptop. After seeing other people were having success getting flexpasses, I tried the phone link and was able to choose seats (most of the lower bowl was gone already!) and get the tickets.

Retiring this week and have packed up PhD's and Master's theses to bring home. They're heavy and will take up a lot of space in my home library. I am wondering if the fact that they are on-line is enough or is that grossly unsentimental. What about raw data from recent papers? I have the spreadsheets used in the analyses, but did you store raw data securely on hard-drives in case of some future audit? It's patient data so I can't upload it to the cloud. Is it realistic to think someone could need to see raw data now that I retire but never once during my career?

tldr; wonderful dog has started biting very infrequently (every 6 months) and after having spent 24 hours at the hospital a few nights ago, I need advice about whether training can help us.

I have a 6 year old dog that I adopted from kijiji when he was 9 months. He was living with a family with 3 kids under 5, and they kept him in a crate all day because he was very nippy (Corgi puppy, typical baby landshark behaviour). They got rid of him because of this. He grew out of the playful nipping by 1.5 years.

He is a very typical Corgi in a lot of ways. He only wants to do something (e.g. sit), if he sees the treat first and will stubbornly refuse otherwise. He is easily spooked by unexpected movements like a curtain moving due to wind, and new things, like a box sitting in the playroom that wasn’t there before. 

On walks, he is reactive to big dogs (barks, growls and pulls) so we cross the street instead. He is OK with strangers (mostly ignores them or backs away if they try to pet him), and with small dogs, just sniffs them. 

He sits on the couch next to us every night for rubs, but he is also a little motor when he gets out his playpen (spends the day there), so plays fetch for an hour and then lies down next to us. He snuggles and licks us when next to us, but will not sit on our laps except for boots before walks. He is crate-trained, house-trained and does not resource guard.

That said, there are some things we cannot get him to do, like let us pick him up when he knows the next place he is going is to bed in his crate. (Instead we take him for a late night pee, pick him up to wipe his feet, give him treats, and then carry him to bed.) He also will not let me work on my laptop while he is there. He lays on the keyboard, barks, etc. and makes it impossible, so even when I work from home, he is in his playpen.

This long description is to give context to what happens next. In the last few years he has started biting (7 times in 3 years, bites that make you bleed. He doesn’t nip).

1. The first time he was in the crate in the morning. His daytime minder came to pick him up and he didn't run out like normal. The minder reached into the crate to pull him out and he bit him. I attributed that to him feeling sick and told the minder never to reach into the crate; not that the dog should bite, but if he doesn't burst out of his crate when it's opened, it's very weird, and means he's sick.
2. My daughter, home from university, was trying to put his sweater on before a walk in the rain and grabbed his leg to put it into the sweater. He squealed and bit her. 
3. I had dropped him off at the minder before going on a trip; he had boots on because it was raining and I forgot to take them off. The minder never used boots and had never taken them off before. The minder picked him up and grabbed his foot to take off the boot and he bit him. The minder was freaked out and gave up minding. But after that I told everyone, leave his feet to me. He is completely chill with me doing it.
4. I was trying to pick him up to put him in his crate because I was not able to do it straight after his nighttime pee. He was fleeing and I went to grab him (which I realize now I shouldn’t have). He did not just reflexively bite but actually turned on me snarling and chomped me hard more than once. At this point I was shocked. But it was an unusual situation and I wasn’t sure what to think.
5. He was sitting on the couch with us, being his normal sweet affectionate self and getting tummy rubs from my husband and out of nowhere he bit his hand. I thought my husband must have hurt him accidentally. I brought him to the vet and the vet could not find any sore spots.
6. A couple of months ago, I got home from work early and he was in his playpen in the semi-dark in the basement. He got out of his bed and came to the edge of the playpen so I reached down to pat him and he suddenly bit me while snarling, looking at me like he was a crazed dog in a horror movie. I got my hand away with just one tooth puncture but it looked like a switch had flipped in him for a few seconds. I ran to put water on the wound and when I came back, I sat down on a chair next to his playpen and he stood on his hind legs trying to lick me. I thought maybe I had woken him up and he was still semi-asleep or having hypnopompic hallucinations.
7. A few nights ago, I was down on the floor smelling the carpet trying to figure out why the room smelled like dog after I had cleaned everything and the dog had had a bath a week ago. We had just let the dog out of his playpen after work so he was very buzzy, racing around. The carpet smelled fine so I wanted to see if the dog smelled. I tried to stick my head into his fur to smell him but he backed away which I should have respected but I didn’t. Instead I reached to keep him from backing away with one arm and put my face into his fur and he totally freaked out, snarled like a crazed dog and clamped his teeth into my face and held on like a dog shaking a squirrel. I was at the ER overnight and had to go to plastic surgery today.  I am extremely grateful he did not hit my eye, and that this happened to me and not my daughter or a dogsitter. He left deep teeth marks on my jaw and neck that required stitches, and injured my facial nerve.

I have a vet appointment scheduled for next week to have a complete work-up (bloods, scans etc.) to figure out if this is a medical issue.

If it is not, we want to know if training is an option. He has not been trained (he will sit for a treat, that’s all). He is very stubborn, and because he was harder to train than other dogs we had, we just let things go or worked around it. But if I interact with him differently myself and train him, could I solve this?

Since Thursday, I have changed how I interact with him. He used to snuggle against us on the couch every night but since the bite, we decided to have him on the floor instead. We stopped patting him on the couch, and he quickly figured out that he to get pats he has to sit at our feet, and that's what he is doing.

So he can learn some things. But is he too old to learn not to bite? Can I ever train him enough that I can leave him with a dog sitter again after getting them used to him? Is professional training something that can help us? Or not?

If I understand this right, which I may not, the expansion teams can sign unprotected players under contract from the 8 existing teams to reach 10 players on their roster. The four teams will have to sign 11 players total to teach a roster of 10 per team.

Who do you think are the most vulnerable of the Victoire players? With only 11 players to be take from 8 teams, do you think we have to worry?

tldr; wonderful dog has started biting, unpredictably and very infrequently (every 6 months) and after having spent 24 hours at the hospital and plastic surgery last night, I need advice.

I have a 6 year old dog that I adopted from kijiji when he was 9 months. At that time, he lived with a family with 3 kids under 5, and they kept him in a crate all day because he was very nippy (Corgi puppy, typical baby landshark behaviour). They got rid of him because of this. He grew out of the playful nipping by 1.5 years.

He is a very typical Corgi in a lot of ways. He only wants to do something that he knows you want if he sees the treat first. He is easily spooked (when we got him he wouldn't even walk past a mailbox on the sidewalk) but he has improved a lot. However, he is still freaked out by a curtain blowing in the wind, a photo mobile shifting, a ball landing on fabric that slowly compresses, the screensaver on the TV.

He is affectionate on his own terms. He will jump up next to us for rubs every evening, but he is also a little motor, so plays fetch a lot indoors and then when he is tired lies down next to us. He licks us constantly when next to us, but will not sit on our laps except for boots before walks, is crate-trained, does not resource guard (you can take food out of his bowl even while he is eating) and is perfectly house-trained.

That said, there are some things we cannot get him to do, like walk peaceably past a large dog (goes nuts, but around people and small dogs is good) or let us pick him up when he knows the next place he is going is to bed in his crate. (Instead we take him for a late night pee, pick him up to wipe his feet, give him treats, and then carry him to bed.)

This long description is to give context to what happens next. In the last few years he has started biting (7 times in 3 years).

1. The first time he was in the crate in the morning. His daytime minder came to pick him up and he didn't run out like normal. The minder reached into the crate and he bit him. I attributed that to a one-off that he was feeling sick and told the minder never to reach into the crate; not that the dog should bite, but if he doesn't burst out of his crate when it's opened, it's very weird, and it means he's sick.
2. My daughter, home from university, was trying to put his sweater on before a walk in the rain and grabbed his leg to put it into the sweater and he bit her. I attributed this to her inexperience because we do not grab his feet to get them into the sleeves, we move the sleeves around the feet.
3. I had dropped him off at the minder before going on a trip and the minder picked him up to take off his boots, and grabbed his foot to do so, and he bit him. The minder had not ever used boots (I had walked him there in the rain and forgot to deal with that myself). The minder was freaked out and gave up minding. But after that I told everyone, leave his feet to me.
4. The next time I was trying to pick him up to put him in his crate because I was not able to do it straight after his nighttime pee. He was fleeing and when I went to grab him, he did not just reflexively bite, like he did the other times, but actually turned on me snarling and chomped me hard and more than once. At this point I was shocked. But it was an unusual situation and I wasn't sure what to do or think.
5. He was sitting on the couch with us, being his normal sweet affectionate self and getting tummy rubs from my husband and out of absolutely nowhere he savaged his hand leaving a scar. I thought my husband must have hurt him accidentally. I brought him to the vet and the vet could not find anything wrong with him or any sore spots.
6. A couple of months ago, I got home from work early and he was in his playpen in the semi-dark in the basement. He got out of his bed and came to the edge of the playpen so I reached down to pat him and he suddenly bit me while snarling, looking at me like he was a crazed dog in a horror movie. I got my hand away with just one tooth puncture but it like a switch flipped in him for a few seconds. I ran to put water on the wound and when I came back he was so guilty and apologetic. I thought maybe I had woken him up and he was still semi-asleep or having hypnogogic hallucinations.
7. Last straw? Last night, I was down on the floor smelling the carpet trying to figure out why it smelled like dog when I had cleaned everything and the dog had had a bath a week ago. We had just let the dog out of his playpen after work so he was very buzzy, racing around. The carpet smelled fine so I stuck my head into the dog's side to smell him to see if it was his fur and he totally freaked out, snarled like a crazed dog and clamped his teeth into my face and held on like a dog shaking a squirrel. I was at the ER overnight and had to go to plastic surgery today. I just don't know what to do or think. I am extremely grateful he did not hit my eye, and that this happened to me and not my daughter or a dogsitter. He left deep teeth marks on my jaw and neck that required stitches, and my lips are lopsided till the facial nerve heals.

What should I do? (It is pointless reaming me out for letting this pattern develop.) I just want to know what I should do NOW. I feel like I can't keep him. But I also love him and feel so sad for him because he's like the best dog when he's not in these insane moments. But he also feels like a time bomb, and anyone looking after him, for literal months, would say he's the best boy. Until suddenly, briefly, he's not.

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I think The Victoire are doing such a great job promoting these champions. Getting sports loving eyeballs on them everywhere and treating them the way other champions are treated. (Would love it if some of her teammates are there too!)

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Been wearing my Victoire gear around town the last few days and it's been fun!

Picked up a birthday present for my dog and got enthusiastic Victoire support from the vet tech!

Picked up contacts, and the optician asked me what the shirt was for since she had noticed *everyone* wearing them on the subway (that was the day of the parade). When I told her, she was delighted that it was for a women's championship. (Future Victoire fan!)

Walking home from the parade, I was stopped by two little old ladies (I am in my 60's so I mean actually old) who asked me excitedly if I had been to the parade and how it was.

Out walking my dog and got enthusiastic support from a neighbour who's been following Poulin since she played at Dawson.

Yesterday I walked downtown in my Victoire t-shirt and two gray haired ladies stopped me to say they loved my shirt and Go Victoire! I am so psyched! Victoire support everywhere!

So proud of this team and of the fans showing up!

Insane time today at the Victoire party! Bonus to see MPP and Walter up close!