u/K_nowbody_

As the title says, I’m resetting all of my progress and starting back at the Lake District, give me some rules I have to abide by.

This is not me crying about how awful women have it or anything, for me personally I think covering our breast should be an option, if we lived in a world where it would be safe to not do so. That being said, why can men with larger “breasts” than I have just walk around the pool with them flopping about and not be expected to cover them up? They look the same as breasts, it all the same fat tissue, the only difference is fully developed vs undeveloped mammary glands.

The same applies to men who wear tight shirts with their nipples just poking out to greet the world. If it’s gross for mine to be slightly visible even through my bra and tee why can theirs just be out like that and it’s not considered gross?? Again, they are the exact same, as far as I’m aware the only difference is women tend to have larger nipples for ease of latching.

Again, I’m not bitching about how awful I have it, I know the answer already and that’s ultimately just gender bias but I’m curious if anybody has reasonable validation for this?

I’ve been monitoring all week to make sure he’s okay and we do a few small training sessions throughout the day in which we use kibble for low value treats so he’s still getting snacks thoughout the day.

Were starting manners on the leash indoors for my 13 week old pup.
Issue is the drags behind me or just sits when I stay to walk. He doesn’t even follow a lure when with high-values.

Every single video I’ve seen on leash training addresses pulling but I can’t find anything on dragging.

Hullo!
I’ve always seen the value of a responsibly used prong but unfortunately before getting my pup I moved somewhere that they’re illegal.

He’s small so I obviously don’t want to do training on just a flat, is martingale my only option? If so anybody with tips on how to use them effectively? All of my research into training before I got my pup involved prongs as I saw them as the safest more efficient method but now am a bit lost since I can’t use them lmao.

TIA!

As the title says, I love dinosaurs and have done for my whole life but suddenly as I’m trying to think of a simply shaped one to make a mini of out of clay I’ve suddenly forgotten every dinosaur in existence.
Something simply but still obviously Dino

Hullo!
I’ve never owned a small dog before, while volunteering at shelters I’ve been around smaller breeds but they were all still larger than my pup is predicted to be. I’m having a bit of trouble with simple affectionate interactions. I don’t want to reach over his head as he thinks we’re playing or runs off, the same happens when I get down on his level.
I try to just pat his head but again he thinks we’re playing and will mouth at my hand, which I obviously need to discourage.
He’s tiny so it’s so hard to resist just picking him up and cuddling but I do try to avoid it to respect boundaries and not overwhelm him.

Any advice?

Do you have any way of recycling them? I’ve got like 3 ends that are too small to keep chewing on in a plastic bag hoping I can do smth with them.
I’m not opposed to just throwing them out but I’d like it avoid it if possible.

I use a Kong btw so there’s probably an inch ish of each bully stick leftover.

This is mainly a rant.
I’ve got my 12 week old mini poodle working on ignoring other dogs unless told otherwise.

My little dude had a beautiful sit stay, staring up at me waiting for him incremental treats. Till I see a woman coming with her dog on one of those god awful flexi leashes. I start paying attention to her because she’s approaching and the dog has way too much like to obviously not be trained. I’m assuming she’s closing the distance to reel in the flexi leash because they need slack to be able to do so but no. She and this pulling like mad dog get closer until they’re basically on top of my pup.

He, obviously, breaks the sit stay. This woman didn’t ask if they could interact, didn’t even acknowledge me, didn’t ask if my obviously young puppy had his shots, nothing. She let her fully untrained dog basically barrel into my puppy.
I pick him up and say we’re working on training so I don’t want him to play with other dogs and she makes a face at me as if I’m being the dick.

This is like the 10th time this has happened.
A week or so ago a man with his 3 young ish daughters (I’m assuming they were his) I was working on the basics of a sit-stay with distraction and he was doing great, he loves kids so I thought it’d be a good opportunity.
One of these girls asks if she can pet, in this situation I would ‘free’ him and allow him to interact because she seemed polite but before i could answer her dad answers for me and says she can pet.
These 3 girls surround my puppy and start trying to pick him up, one grabs his back legs and tried to hold him like a damn wheelbarrow, another by his collar.
I pull him away and say that’s not nice and they cannot pet, obviously getting glares from all 4 now.

Why do people think me having a cute small dog is an invitation to pet? It’s not like it’s subtle either. I’m decked out with treat pouches, clicker etc holding a treat while he stares holding a sit. We are obviously training and grown adults think it’s okay to interrupt.

I made cookies today cause I’ve been craving them and when the first batch was done I put one on a spatula to show my mom so she could tell me if it looked cooked enough.
Upon turning around to show my mother I watched the cookie slide off the wide of the spatula, in an attempt to rescue it I reached out with my mom-spatula holding hand to grab it.
Instead of grabbing it I whack the edge of it with my middle and index finger, the impact caused the still warm cookie to shatter into a hundred small pieces and fall to the ground.

EDIT: I think the biggest travesty of all is this cut my perfect 20 to 19 cookies

I asked my vet this already and they just said to check the chart on the back.

My puppy was 1.6 kg at 10 weeks, he’s currently 11 weeks and hasn’t gained anything so I obviously need to increase feeding. I’m just worried about an overweight unhealthy dog that I’ve been a bit too stingy.

Factors:
He’s male, 11 weeks 5 days and is 1.6-1.7 Kg (he wouldn’t sit still on the scale)
Parents are 6Kg and 7.9 Kg
He has probably an hour of active running play daily, sleeps 16-18 ish hours and the rest of his awake time is spent walking out to potty, chewing on toys and with more passive play. We do roughly 15 minutes of training a day, basic stuff since he’s so young but we use his kibble as low-value treats and toys/tiny pieces of fruit for high value.
I take 10% of his daily grams of kibble and use that as his treats so he’s still getting the recommended amount.
He’s fed 3x a day at 6am, 1pm and 6pm
Has access to water at all times.

We use Purina pro plan, Small & Mini puppy Healthy Start.

Like I said we did consult our vet and he just said to check the chart on the back. When I did I got roughly 100 grams daily which I feel like is a lot? When I think about it in proportion to his body weight it doesn’t seem crazy but just looking at each meal next to him it seems like a ton. Am I just stupid and can’t comprehend this chart?

I’m doing everything right as far as I know. I keep him moving before and after meals to get his system going, feed the same time daily, take him out after 15 minutes. Regardless, no matter how long I spend outside it’s like he’s holding it until we get in. It’s not immediately after we get back in but half-a full hour later, the moment I sit down to eat or read.
He never goes the same place twice consistently so I can’t bar off any specific location, my living room, kitchen and dining room are all connected so I can’t put up gates either.
I’ve seen some people put dogs in crates for an hour after meals but honestly I’m pro crate but that seems a bit mean, is it a viable option though? Has it worked for anyone?