u/Comfortable_Corgi954

Hi, I’m not autistic (at least never been diagnosed). I’m looking to start the process to get an assessment but right now I’m looking for a weighted blanket. I have one but it’s just not that big and is quite light because I got it a good few years ago. I’ve found that it does help when I’m overwhelmed and just need to settle in bed and think of nothing. I’m looking for a bigger and heavier one. I’m based in the UK. Does anyone know where I can find a good one and is there a weight limit to a weighted blanket? Like is there an unsafe weight it can be and how do I know what a safe weight would be? Thank you.

I’m wanting to open up my house a bit more to my puppy. She is a 12 week puppy and when she first came home we gave her too much freedom. In that time, she chose the passage towards the door, the landing and bedroom upstairs and the dining room as perfect places to go potty rather than outside. So, we blocked her off from going to those places and had her sleep in her crate. Now, about 4 weeks later, she’s going poo outside and somewhat reliably going outside with one or two accidents but it’s starting to slow down significantly. Now though she can get over the barricades with relative ease if she wants to and so I’m thinking of opening up the house. We’ve tried her in the dining room a bit and she’s done good with supervision but I haven’t tried without fully. I opened up the passage for her tonight but she went back to what she was doing back when she first came home, waiting and refusing to go outside to come inside to pee in the passage. So, I’ve blocked it off again for the night. But now I realised I really don’t know how to introduce a puppy to an area of the house, especially if they’ve been peeing there before. Anyone have any advice, tips or suggestions? Thank you.

I’m wanting to open up my house a bit more to my puppy. She is a 12 week puppy and when she first came home we gave her too much freedom. In that time, she chose the passage towards the door, the landing and bedroom upstairs and the dining room as perfect places to go potty rather than outside. So, we blocked her off from going to those places and had her sleep in her crate. Now, about 4 weeks later, she’s going poo outside and somewhat reliably going outside with one or two accidents but it’s starting to slow down significantly. Now though she can get over the barricades with relative ease if she wants to and so I’m thinking of opening up the house. We’ve tried her in the dining room a bit and she’s done good with supervision but I haven’t tried without fully. I opened up the passage for her tonight but she went back to what she was doing back when she first came home, waiting and refusing to go outside to come inside to pee in the passage. So, I’ve blocked it off again for the night. But now I realised I really don’t know how to introduce a puppy to an area of the house, especially if they’ve been peeing there before. Anyone have any advice, tips or suggestions? Thank you.

I’m wanting to open up my house a bit more to my puppy. She is a 12 week puppy and when she first came home we gave her too much freedom. In that time, she chose the passage towards the door, the landing and bedroom upstairs and the dining room as perfect places to go potty rather than outside. So, we blocked her off from going to those places and had her sleep in her crate. Now, about 4 weeks later, she’s going poo outside and somewhat reliably going outside with one or two accidents but it’s starting to slow down significantly. Now though she can get over the barricades with relative ease if she wants to and so I’m thinking of opening up the house. We’ve tried her in the dining room a bit and she’s done good with supervision but I haven’t tried without fully. I opened up the passage for her tonight but she went back to what she was doing back when she first came home, waiting and refusing to go outside to come inside to pee in the passage. So, I’ve blocked it off again for the night. But now I realised I really don’t know how to introduce a puppy to an area of the house, especially if they’ve been peeing there before. Anyone have any advice, tips or suggestions? Thank you.

I had terrible puppy blues in the first week as in sobbing everyday but after the first week everything seemed to be looking up. She’s 12 weeks and is really starting to get the hang of going potty outside. She still has accidents and peeing is quite a bit behind popping but it’s amazing progress. Crate training has also gone amazingly. We’ve only had 3 bad incidents and other than that she’s an angel in the crate. But I truly don’t feel like we have any kind of bond. She goes to my mam and dad for everything, she only comes to me for food. She doesn’t really want to play with me but to be fair that is probably my fault. She used to always want to be laying on or touching me when she had her naps but that has basically stopped in the last week. Today, she growled at me because I tried to take my blanket away from her. And she knows it’s not hers because she has one of the couch that I’ve let her do whatever she likes with but she has boundaries with mine (that she barely listens to on a good day). All she does is look for stuff to get into or mischief like bringing clumps of mud in the house last night. I can’t enjoy her anymore because it feels like she only seems me as a person that will only tell her no and discipline her. And I know I need to play with her more but I’m either exhausted from the get go or by the time I’m not, she’s already just been a dick by biting at or jumping at me so I’m so annoyed I don’t even want to look at her let alone lay with her. I’m starting to just feel tense around her and starting to just anticipate the next problem. I don’t know what to do anymore because I do love her and she seems to at least like me because she goes crazy when I even go back to her after going to the bathroom. I need help, please.

I’m writing a Shane 5+1 fic about things Ilya didn’t know about Shane and one thing he did know. One of the things that I’m having Ilya not know is that Shane learned to play guitar in secondary school. I’m just really struggling on what song Shane would want to learn on guitar. I was just going to go for the most popular song of the time (when Shane was 14 so about 2005) but that doesn’t really feel like Shane to me. I think if he was to put the time into learning a song on an instrument then I think it would be a song he likes or means something to him. Anyone have any suggestions on songs they think Shane would care enough about to learn on guitar? I know this feels like a small detail in a fic but to me, these small details make a fic good to read (or at least to me, the small details make it fun to write).

I am going to try and retry crate training with my 10 week old puppy. We’ve had her for about a week and I tried crate training her but gave up pretty quick. I got some good advice from a friend about where to put the crate to hopefully make it easier and I have a better crate setup in mind. I really want to try again but I’m concerned that I am too late for it to be successful. Am I or will it just take some serious determination? Also, I’m wondering about tips when it comes to keeping them happy in the crate and about closing the door. When’s the best time to begin closing and or locking the door and if I do, how long is best to let them whine if I know that they are okay? I don’t want to let it go too long but I also don’t want to let her out the minute she begins. TLDR, am I too late and any good crate training tips, mainly about closing the door, keeping her happy and letting her whine? Thank you!

I feel like I’m failing. I have a 10 week old puppy that’s cannot stop getting into stuff. When she’s inside she won’t stop chewing things and finding things no matter what I try to give her to chew instead of. When she’s outside, she won’t stop finding random things or eating rocks and so I’m telling her no and taking them of her because she will genuinely will hurt herself. But now, I feel like she can’t trust me. We gave her a pig’s ear chew tonight and she started resource guarding from me when I got near. Outside she even snapped and barked at me when I got close. I started feeding her treats to try and teach her that I won’t take everything off her but I fell like I’m failing. I feel like I can’t do right by doing wrong and I don’t know what to do. I’m starting to think that I can’t take care of her, that we made a mistake and that she would be better off with someone else. But I don’t want to give up on her because she doesn’t deserve that and I do love her. I don’t know what to do, I need help, advice or words of encouragement.

I feel as if my 9 week old puppy is not getting the amount of naps or as deep of sleep as she needs. She sleeps in the living room with the family but every time a loud noise on tv happens or anyone moves or opens something, she is awake. I don’t force her to sleep either, she just kind of sleeps when she wants to or “crashes” as we call it because she is quite the mental puppy. I am worried she’s not getting adequate sleep for her age but when I look at advice, it says to put her in a crate. The problem is is that she HATES the crate. It’s mainly she HATES being alone and she HATES being confined. I once tethered her to the stairs to get something done and she screamed until I let her go. So really, I don’t know what to do because I am worried but the only advice I can find feels as if it doesn’t work for her. Does anyone have any advice about making sure she’s getting adequate sleep? Or advice about crate training a dog like her? Any advice is helpful and any words are appreciated. Thanks.

I got a 9 week old puppy and potty and crate training have been a nightmare. I’ve been taking her outside when she goes to the door, after sleep and eating and when she’s squatting. But every time we go outside the only things she does is try to eat rocks, plants and just scavenge. And I know she’s not hungry cause she never finishes a bowl of food when I leave it out for her. I feel like I can’t use the crate either because it she’s started peeing in her crate rather than outside. She begs to go outside but then only eats stuff then comes back inside then pees poops or both. I feel like I’m doing everything I can and nothing is working. I need help ASAP.

I got a 9 week old puppy and potty and crate training have been a nightmare. I’ve been taking her outside when she goes to the door, after sleep and eating and when she’s squatting. But every time we go outside the only things she does is try to eat rocks, plants and just scavenge. And I know she’s not hungry cause she never finishes a bowl of food when I leave it out for her. I feel like I can’t use the crate either because it she’s started peeing in her crate rather than outside. She begs to go outside but then only eats stuff then comes back inside then pees poops or both. I feel like I’m doing everything I can and nothing is working. I need help ASAP.

Need some help finding clothes that are nice but don’t aggravate my eczema. I’m a lad and I’m looking for trousers that are nice and look nice. I do wear jeans but after a couple of hours my legs are itchy as hell. So I’m looking for trousers that look nice but are soft enough that I can wear them for a good few hours (while keeping busy and are at least decent in the heat) without wanting to itch my legs to sheds? So does anyone have any suggestions of types of trousers, material or places that are good to look? Thanks.