u/Dogandcatlover26

I’m a high school junior, and I’ve been struggling all year with AP classes, but my mother doesn’t seem to understand that and always tells me I’m lazy. Honestly, this isn’t the first time I’ve thought about running away. I’ve considered it since I was younger, but I always decided against it because I knew there would be serious consequences. However, I think I may actually do it this year.

My biggest problem with my mom is that nothing I do ever seems good enough. When I get a good grade in a class, her response is always, “You could do better.” It feels like she undermines my efforts when I succeed and dismisses my struggles as laziness when I don’t.

Growing up, I would get beaten with a belt if I got anything lower than a B in my classes, which is considered normal in my culture. For years, fear became my only motivation to succeed academically. Instead of helping me build discipline or confidence, it damaged my motivation and made school feel more like something to survive than something to learn from. Now that I’m getting older and preparing for college, I realize that constantly being motivated by fear is unhealthy and will likely make life even harder for me in the future.

I’m a high school junior who wants to get a Greyhound during my first or second year of undergrad, but I honestly know almost nothing about what to expect. I originally thought an Italian Greyhound and a Greyhound were the same thing until I looked it up. I also didn’t realize Greyhounds were such big dogs until I researched them. The size doesn’t really bother me, though, since I actually prefer bigger dogs.

If I do decide to get one, what should I expect? I’m debating between adopting a retired racer or getting a puppy. Right now, I’m leaning more toward getting a puppy because I plan on going to graduate school, and I worry that a retired racer might already be pretty old by then and I would probably be constantly stressed about health issues more than I would with a younger dog.

I would also appreciate it if anyone could recommend me any ethical greyhound breeders in Miami, near Miami, or anywhere in Florida.

I’m a high school junior who wants to become a veterinarian, and I plan to get a dog during my third year of undergrad. I want the dog at an age that isn’t insanely energetic while I’m in vet school, but I also don’t want one at an age with so many health issues that I’m constantly worried. At the same time, I want a dog that will keep me active, since I have a hard time staying active unless an animal is involved.

I’ve been debating between a Doberman Pinscher, since it’s my dream dog, and an American Staffordshire Terrier because they’re smaller. I’m wondering if owning an adult Doberman would realistically fit my lifestyle, or if getting an American Staffordshire Terrier would make more sense.

I’m not getting the dog as a puppy during vet school. I’m getting it as a puppy during undergrad, so it’ll already be an adult by the time I start vet school. There’s also a chance I may get it even earlier than that. This wouldn’t be my first dog either — I already have my own dog, and I’ve also been raised around Pit Bulls and I’ve fostered Staffordshire Terriers before.

I got my Maltese/poodle mix from my cousins for free when she was around 6 months old, about 3 years ago. She’s honestly been one of the best things that’s happened to me because I’d wanted a dog since I was little. Lately though, we’ve been struggling with a few behaviors and I want to fix them the right way.
The biggest issue is that she’s started peeing on the couch. I’ve looked online, but most advice says dogs only understand correction if you catch them in the exact moment, which is difficult because she usually does it when I’m not looking or not home. I’m trying to figure out how to actually prevent the behavior instead of just reacting afterward.
She also gets extremely overexcited around people (especially little kids) and other dogs. She isn’t aggressive — she just barks nonstop and tries to rush over because she wants to play. Looking back, I realize I didn’t socialize her enough as a puppy, and now I’m trying to work on that.
She’s incredibly smart too. Before she was even a year old, she figured out how to push open doors that weren’t fully shut. Because of that, I’m wondering if part of the problem is that I’m not mentally stimulating her enough.
I love this dog a lot, which is exactly why I want to correct these behaviors properly instead of punishing her unfairly. I’m open to any advice on:
stopping the couch peeing,
helping with overexcitement/reactivity,
mental enrichment ideas,
and whether I should look into a trainer or vet visit first.
Also, I know a lot more now about backyard breeding than I did back then. At the time I honestly didn’t know anything about it, and I probably would’ve made different choices if I had. Thankfully she’s healthy and doesn’t have any major medical issues.
Any advice is appreciated.

I want to get another dog when I go to college, so fixing this issue will tell me if I can handle another dog in the future.

I got my Maltese/poodle mix from my cousins for free when she was around 6 months old, about 3 years ago. She’s honestly been one of the best things that’s happened to me because I’d wanted a dog since I was little. Lately though, we’ve been struggling with a few behaviors and I want to fix them the right way.
The biggest issue is that she’s started peeing on the couch. I’ve looked online, but most advice says dogs only understand correction if you catch them in the exact moment, which is difficult because she usually does it when I’m not looking or not home. I’m trying to figure out how to actually prevent the behavior instead of just reacting afterward.
She also gets extremely overexcited around people (especially little kids) and other dogs. She isn’t aggressive — she just barks nonstop and tries to rush over because she wants to play. Looking back, I realize I didn’t socialize her enough as a puppy, and now I’m trying to work on that.
She’s incredibly smart too. Before she was even a year old, she figured out how to push open doors that weren’t fully shut. Because of that, I’m wondering if part of the problem is that I’m not mentally stimulating her enough.
I love this dog a lot, which is exactly why I want to correct these behaviors properly instead of punishing her unfairly. I’m open to any advice on:
stopping the couch peeing,
helping with overexcitement/reactivity,
mental enrichment ideas,
and whether I should look into a trainer or vet visit first.
Also, I know a lot more now about backyard breeding than I did back then. At the time I honestly didn’t know anything about it, and I probably would’ve made different choices if I had. Thankfully she’s healthy and doesn’t have any major medical issues.
Any advice is appreciated.

I got my Maltese poodle mix when she was 6 months from my cousins for free 3 years ago and it was the best since I’ve wanted a dog since I was a kid, but lately we have been having trouble with her. She has started peeing on our couch and I’m not really sure how to stop because every answer I’ve looked up online says she won’t understand why she’s in trouble if I don’t correct it the moment it happens, which is hard for me because she either does it when I’m not looking or when I’m not home. She also has problems with other dogs, she doesn’t hate them she just gets overexcited with people especially little kids. She also gets overexcited dogs and starts barking like crazy, while trying to get to the other dog because she wants to play( I didn’t socialize her as a puppy and after being online realized how important it is). I think the peeing thing may be because I’m not mentally exercising her enough since she is incredibly smart (she managed to figure out how to open doors that aren’t tightly closed with her head before she was a year old), but I’m not sure. I love my dog which is why I want to correct all these behaviors .

I knew nothing of backyard Breeding at the time and probably wouldn’t have gotten her if I knew anything about it back them. I’m very lucky she has no issues.

I’m a high school junior who wants to be a vet. I lost almost all my motivation this year, but have been working on getting it back. I plan on working at a vet office this summer to remind of why I wanted to become a vet. I plan on working at my uncles company where he sells insurance in my undergraduate years while majoring in public health. I even plan on getting my license for selling health insurance during that time period. I wanted to know if having that license and major with all the other stuff vet school requires would make me stand out to UF or any other vet school when I finally apply.

I’m a high school student who wants to become a vet, but I also want to get into hunting with dogs like Dobermans(I know Dobermans aren’t traditionally used for hunting, but I just want one because their my dream dog and I’ve seen online that you can train them to hunt) and an actual hunting breed, once I finally finish vet school. I mostly want to do it since it’s a good way of staying active which I have a problem with, it’s a more humane way of getting meat compared to buying at the store,It would keep my dogs active, while also keeping overpopulation of the non native species in check and it’s much healthier to hunt my own meat. It’s just that I know literally nothing about hunting or training dogs to hunt and I don’t know anyone who hunts since I live in Miami. I do not plan on staying in Miami though. My goal is to move to Michigan when I’m older,specifically the Southfield area

I’m a high school junior whose dream job is a veterinarian. I know full well the job isn’t just playing around with animals all day. I’ve been allowed to work with the vet at the shelter I volunteer at and it was real eye opener for what to expect, but it also made me realize that this is a career I really do want to pursue. I’m planning on going to a community college then transferring to a 4yr college to save money. I wanted to know what classes in both college that aren’t prerequisites would be useful to attend? What clubs should I join and how involved should I be in them. What would be a good number of vet and animal hours to make me a competitive applicant. What major would you recommend that isn’t biology that wouldn’t be to stressful and could let me get a decent job for all years I don’t get accepted to vet school. I would also like some studying tips since I tend to memorize and I get easily distracted, which I know are both pretty bad which is why I’m trying to fix my problem now

I’m a high school junior who really wants become a vet, but I’ve just been lacking motivation since the beginning of the school year. My mother was the reason I cared about my grades staying good when I was younger because I didn’t want to get punished, but now that she isn’t doing that I don’t have any real motivation since that was my only reason to make sure my grades stayed up, I also decided to take 2 AP classes that caused me to burn out way quicker since I was struggling in both of them. AP bio was the one I struggled with the most, I really wanted to switch out but my mom said I was just being lazy. I would focus on AP bio more which would cause me forget about stuff for my other classes and because of that my gpa which used to be at a 3.5 is probably gonna go down to a 2.1 or 2.2 when this school year is over. I want to do better, but I just need to find something to motivate so that I can keep all my grades up my senior year. I want to fix my issue with motivation by my first year of college, so that I am able to do all the prerequisites needed for vet school without letting it make me do bad in school. I also wanted to go out of state for college but with my grades and how expensive out of state college is, I will probably have to wait till I go graduate school so that most of my debt comes from there. I’m willing to try anythin, since I know full well I will completely hate any job that isn’t a vet and I don’t want to be miserable for the rest of my life.

I’m a junior in high school that wants to go to vet school, but I’m worried no matter what I do it won’t be enough compared to all the other people when I finally apply. I see online all these people with these amazing stats,but they don’t get accepted, it makes me feel like there is no hope for me. I don’t want to let that discourage me though, so I’ve been trying to find things that will make me unique in my application when I finally apply. I wanted to know if the fact that I worked with poultry my freshman year of high school and even competed in a competition will make me unique since I never see anyone have any experience with poultry from all the stats I’ve seen online and would a small interest in coding be useful in standing out too. Also, do I need to be in leadership positions in clubs in college because I would much rather just be a very active member of it. I would also just prefer working on my hours in with the time the leadership position would have taken from me.

I wanted to know if there are any ethical Doberman breeders near Southfield Michigan that don’t crop or dock them as puppies or would I be better off looking a bit farther.

I wanted to know if there are any ethical Doberman breeders near Southfield Michigan that don’t crop or dock them as puppies or would I be better off looking a bit farther.

I’m a high school junior who really wants become a vet, but I’ve just been lacking motivation since the beginning of the school year. My mother was the reason I cared about my grades staying good when I was younger because I didn’t want to get punished, but now that she isn’t doing that I don’t have any real motivation since that was my only reason to make sure my grades staying good when up, I also decided to take to AP classes that also caused me to burn out way quicker since I was struggling in both of them. AP bio was the one I struggled with the most, I really wanted to switch out but my mom said I was just being lazy. I would focus on those classes more which would make me forget about stuff for my other classes and all together my gpa which used to be at a 3.5 is probably gonna go down to a 2.1 or 2.2 when this school year is over. I want to do better, but I just need to find something to motivate so that I can keep all my grades up my senior year. I want to fix my issue with motivation by my first year of college, so that I am able to do all the prerequisites needed for vet school without letting it making me do bad in school. I also wanted to go out of state for college but with my grades and how expensive out of state college is, I will probably have to wait till I go graduate school so that most of my debt comes from there. I’m willing to try anythin, since I know full well I will completely hate any job that isn’t a veterinarian and I don’t want to be miserable for the rest of my life.

I’m a junior in high school that wants to go to vet school, but I’m worried no matter what I do it won’t be enough compared to all the other people when I finally apply. I see online all these people with these amazing stats,but they don’t get accepted, it makes me feel like there is no hope for me. I don’t want to let that discourage me though, so I’ve been trying to find things that will make me unique in my application when I finally apply. I wanted to know if the fact that I worked with poultry my freshman year of high school and even competed in a competition will make me unique since I never see anyone have any experience with poultry from all the stats I’ve seen online and would a small interest in coding be useful in standing out too. Also, do I need to be in leadership positions in clubs in college because I would much rather just be a very active member of it. I would also just prefer working on my hours in with the time the leadership position would have taken from me

I’m a student from Miami who wants to live in the Southfield area with a vet job in Michigan once I graduate from vet school. It’s my dream place to live because it has less bugs compared to Florida and it snows.I wanted to know if it would be easy to get a job as a vet and would I be able to buy a house in a year living there on the average vet salary, or would it take a while. I would also like to know what there is to do around that area, also I would really appreciate knowing how dog friendly the Southfield area is.

I’m a student from Miami who wants to live in the Southfield area with a vet job in Michigan once I graduate from vet school. It’s my dream place to live because it has less bugs compared to Florida and it snows.I wanted to know if it would be easy to get a job as a vet and would I be able to buy a house in a year living there on the average vet salary, or would it take a while. I would also like to know what there is to do around that area, also I would really appreciate knowing how dog friendly the Southfield area is.

I’m a high school junior who just found out about the university of Wisconsin-river falls and it checks so many boxes for me by being way more affordable than my home State, and their Tuition for an out-of-state student is Amazing, it also works because I plan on moving to Wisconsin after I graduate. If I do decide to go I’m going to pick the companionship animals part of their animal science degree so I can go their vet school. Before I do make my final decision, I just have to know if the school is good at the program I’m going to to pick and is it decent enough that it’ll be easy for me to get a vet job in Wisconsin as soon as I graduate vet school?